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  Developing countries : water supply data
 

The developing countries are found in the regions of Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa, most of Asia (without Japan), Latin America and the Caribbean as well as Oceania.

The population served with improved water supply in developing countries has increased by 9% between 1990 and 2004, which amounts to 1'174 million more people (693 million in urban areas and 481 million in rural settings) served in 14 years.

 
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Click to see a graph showing the change of 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 1'421'909 1'319'705 102'204 (97)     93 (98)     70 > 2'179'184 2'012'376 166'808 (99)     92 (99)     70
Rural 2'642'437 1'580'329 1'062'108 (98)     60 (98)     19 > 2'928'834 2'061'289 867'545 (100)     70 (99)     25
Total 4'064'346 2'900'034 1'164'312 (98)     71 (98)     37 > 5'108'018 4'073'655 1'034'353 (99)     80 (99)     44
 
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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