Urbanization in Africa
Postcolonial period

Urbanization in Africa

Section Title: Postcolonial period
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Country / Region	1950–1955	1955–1960	1960–1965	1965–1970	1970–1975	1975–1980	1980–1985	1985–1990	1990–1995	1995–2000	2000–2005

Africa	4.50	4.63	4.85	4.68	4.37	4.45	4.38	4.26	4.16	3.91	3.76

Eastern Africa	5.57	5.77	6.08	6.07	6.28	6.56	5.36	5.56	5.31	5.10	4.70

Southern Africa	3.21	3.32	3.00	3.03	2.82	2.64	2.73	2.63	3.50	3.15	2.13

South Africa	3.14	3.23	2.88	2.90	2.66	2.46	2.49	2.29	3.41	3.13	2.09

Figure 1: Average yearly urbanization growth as %. From: World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, FN 2002.

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From figure 1, in 1990, the urbanization rate grew from 2.29% to 3.41% in Africa.

final_sentence: From figure 1, in 1990, the urbanization rate grew from 2.29% to 3.41% in Africa.