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| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 17 | ||||||||||||
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 5,007 | 6,367 | 14,079 | 10,124 | 10,773 | 9,940 | 11,390 | 12,327 | 12,856 | 14,645 | 16,227 | 17,887 | |
| Tunisia | 315 | 890 | 952 | 1,675 | 1,849 | 2,219 | 2,382 | 2,320 | 2,622 | 2,800 | |||
| Burundi | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 177 | 346 | 211 | 380 | 930 | 1,201 | 1,274 | 865 | 1,073 | 1,083 | 542 | ||
| Kenya | 1,017 | 2,031 | 2,488 | 2,328 | 2,816 | 3,437 | 3,675 | 3,903 | |||||
| Madagascar | 227 | 439 | 610 | 621 | 739 | 633 | 800 | 638 | 860 | 855 | 770 | 814 | |
| Malawi | 135 | 105 | 159 | 205 | 401 | 409 | 334 | 393 | 428 | 499 | |||
| Mauritius | 213 | 826 | 839 | 787 | 855 | 991 | 1,110 | 1,035 | 1,086 | 1,123 | |||
| Rwanda | 16 | 2 | 21 | 109 | 102 | 246 | 194 | 255 | 318 | 316 | |||
| Seychelles | 3 | 91 | 106 | 13 | 58 | 67 | 105 | ||||||
| Sudan | 573 | 533 | 934 | 915 | 847 | 223 | 1,616 | 1,333 | 1,332 | 1,558 | 1,780 | 1,647 | |
| Uganda | 27 | 228 | 413 | 725 | 1,076 | 1,046 | 1,291 | 1,359 | |||||
| Zambia | 14 | 240 | 378 | 470 | 633 | 398 | 527 | 682 | 793 | 1,072 | 1,190 | 1,083 | |
| Zimbabwe | 372 | 426 | 323 | 310 | 285 | 155 |