Resources and border disputes in Eastern Africa

Figures & data

Figure 1.  The Bwamba area, not administered until 1920.

Source: Kibulya and Langlands.

Figure 2.  The Kenya–Uganda boundary in Lake Victoria.

Source: War Office, 1938 Kenya Colony Map.

Table 1. East African population in millions: 1950–2010 actual.

	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010
Uganda	5	7	9	13	18	24	33
Kenya	6	8	11	16	23	31	40
Tanzania	8	10	14	19	26	35	42
Source: Author

Table 2. East African population projections in millions.

	2010	2020	2030	2040
Uganda	33	48	67	94
Kenya	40	48	54	60
Tanzania	42	50	57	62
Rwanda	11	14	17	21
Burundi	9	12	16	19
Source: Africapedia (http://www.africapedia.com/wiki/index.php?content_id=113)

Table 3. East Africa profile in 2007.

	Population (growth)	Population (millions)	Land surface (sq km)	Pop density	GDP (billions)
Uganda	3.3	31	241,000	129	12
Kenya	2.6	38	580,000	66	24
Tanzania	2.4	40	947,000	42	16
Rwanda	2.8	9.7	26,000	373	3.3
Burundi	3.9	8.5	28,000	304	1
Source: World Bank (http://ddp-ext.worldbank.org/ext/ddpreports/)

Figure 3.  The Uganda–DRC boundary in Lake Albert.

Source: FAO.

Table 4. Nile perch exports to EU countries (in tonnes).

Origin	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Kenya	7488	2447	1121	30	2747	3972	5086	6737	5176
Tanzania	9015	12,506	4581	26,857	23,063	23,119	26,965	30,813	23,880
Uganda	8621	8894	2731	3451	14,776	12,213	13,062	18,539	23,793
Total	25,124	23,846	8433	30,338	40,586	39,303	45,113	56,089	52,849
Source: Eurostat

Table 5. Nile perch exports to EU countries (in Euro).

Origin	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Kenya	26,109	6589	4539	125	13,062	19,375	19,134	23,433	19,087
Tanzania	26,491	42,899	15,699	110,667	99,170	114,235	99,701	99,510	89,723
Uganda	31,892	32,544	11,305	14,649	62,930	60,679	51,049	69,491	101,318
Total	87,491	82,032	31,543	125,440	175,163	194,289	169,884	192,434	210,128
Source: Eurostat

Figure 4.  Lake Malawi.

Source: CIA.