Fact Sheet 3 : People and Settlements

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Water availability per person in the Limpopo River Basin countries

Country
Total annual renewable fresh water avail.
(cu km/yr)
1995 Population (000)
1995 per capita water availability (cu m)
2000 Population Projection (000)
Botswana 14.7 1 459 10 075 1 651
Mozambique 216 15 400 14 026 17 245
South Africa 50 39 477 1 266 44 000
Zimbabwe 20 11 526 1 735 13 485

Country
2000 per capita water availability (cu m)
2025 Population UN medium projection (000)
2025 per capita water availability (cu m)
Botswana 8 905 2 270 6 476
Mozambique 15 525 22 730 8 080
South Africa 1 136 50 160 997
Zimbabwe 1 483 17 395 1 150

Hirji, R., Johnson, P., Maro, P. and Matiza Chiuta, T.(eds) 2002, Defining and Mainstreaming Environmental Sustainability in Water Resources Management in Southern Africa, SADC, IUCN, SARDC, World Bank: Maseru/Harare/Washington DC


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