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  Southern Asia: water supply data
 

Some 457 million more people have gained access to drinking water supply in Southern Asia between 1990 and 2004.

The most noticable increase has been in rural areas with a 15% increase (+ 305 million), whereas in urban settings the increase has been of around 4% (+ 153 million).

 
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Click to see a graph showing the evolution of the water supply coverage in rural and urban settings between 1990 and 2004.

 
 
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1990 - Population (thousands)
2004 - Population (thousands)
Total served unserved % served % house connect. Total served unserved % served % house connect.
sample size (percentage in parenthesis)
sample size (percentage in parenthesis)
Urban 311'840 279'625 32'215 (100)     90 (100)     56 > 459'235 432'190 27'045 (100)     94 (100)     50
Rural 863'358 565'563 297'795 (100)     66 (100)       9 > 1'068'873 870'037 198'836 (100)     81 (98)       8
Total 1'175'198 845'188 330'010 (100)     72 (100)     21 > 1'528'108 1'302'227 225'881 (100)     85 (98)     20
 
A data sheet with table, graph, map and detailed comments will be made available in the near future
 

From here, you may wish to find out what the situation is at country level. By selecting one of the countries in the pop up menu below you will open an Adobe Acrobat file which provides detailed information and graphs.

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