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Useful sources about Africa

Welfare & population

UN data providing breakdown by religion

A UN database that provides country data on population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. It only includes data from available population and housing censuses reported to the UN Statistics Division.
Welfare & population

World Bank population data

A World Bank population databank that includes graphs, maps and comparisons between population indicators in sub-Saharan Africa.
Welfare & population

UN population data

World Population Prospects, a database from the UN Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, is often used for population calculations and forecasts.
Welfare & population

Employment and unemployment in South Africa

Statistics South Africa’s latest figures on employment and unemployment rates.

Welfare & population

Kenya Population and Housing Census 2019 : Volume IV (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics)

Data published by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) on the distribution of the population by county and sub-county, and population density in 2019. The Kenya Population and Housing Census is carried out every 10 years.


 

Education

Africa Check Fact-Check: No, South African university not offering witchcraft course - it’s just satire

 

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