Annex table 2: Urban and rural distribution of youth, 1990-2005 continued
Region, country or territory
Youth aged 15-24 years by urban-rural residence in 2005 (in thousands) Urban
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Rural
990
293
Percentage of youth living in urban areas 1990
2005
76
77
Percentage of youth in total urban population (2005)
Percentage of youth in total rural population (2005)
22
22
Annual growth rate for youth by urban-rural residence (1990-2005) Urban
Rural
2
2
Morocco
3 378
3 059
54
52
20
22
1
2
Sudan
3 055
4 353
28
41
20
20
5
1
Tunisia
1 330
781
58
63
20
22
2
1
71
18
90
80
20
21
5
10
6 107
5 078
49
55
20
21
3
1
Western Sahara Southern Africa Botswana
280
150
49
65
27
19
5
1
Lesotho
114
352
15
24
25
23
6
2
Namibia South Africa Swaziland
157
288
31
35
22
22
4
3
5 482
4 088
52
57
19
21
2
1
74
200
28
27
27
23
3
3
26 136
29 085
38
47
23
18
5
2
Benin
765
967
41
44
23
19
4
4
Burkina Faso
655
2 162
18
23
26
19
5
2
72
44
46
62
25
20
5
1
2 241
1 793
47
56
26
18
5
3
183
115
43
61
21
15
6
1
Western Africa
Cape Verde Côte d’Ivoire Gambia Ghana
2 578
2 152
41
55
24
18
5
1
Guinea
668
1 097
32
38
22
18
4
2
Guinea-Bissau
101
198
32
34
21
18
3
3
Liberia
463
229
52
67
23
16
5
1
Mali
835
1 528
27
35
24
19
5
2
Mauritania
269
319
45
46
22
18
3
3
Niger
430
1 890
17
19
20
17
4
3
Nigeria
14 574
14 137
39
51
22
19
5
2
Senegal
1 132
1 291
44
47
23
19
4
3
444
614
37
42
22
17
3
2
Sierra Leone Togo
724
548
43
57
29
15
5
2
ASIA
306 864
413 996
33
43
20
17
2
—
Eastern Asia
118 733
124 995
32
49
18
15
2
-3
99 574
117 809
27
46
19
15
3
-3
China
907
..
100
100
13
..
—
..
Japan
Hong Kong, China, SAR
9 602
4 508
67
68
11
10
-2
-2
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of
2 345
1 362
60
63
16
15
-1
-2
Korea, Republic of
5 885
1 067
75
85
15
12
-1
-5
Macao, China, SAR Mongolia South-central Asia
80
..
100
100
17
..
2
..
339
249
60
58
23
22
1
2
110 923
218 015
30
34
22
19
3
2
Afghanistan
1 195
3 715
20
24
21
19
6
4
Bangladesh
9 361
21 805
23
30
24
19
4
1
57
89
21
39
29
20
7
1
Bhutan
103