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CONTENTS
1) OUR TRIP
- Average driving speed by country
- Diesel price by country
2) AFRICA STATS
These stats were taken from the 2006 CIA world factbook, which is available online from the CIA website. Most stats are "latest available", so often from different years, but give some interesting indications of the countries we visited. (Yes I was bored!!)
- Population + Density
- Per Capita GDP
- GDP breakdown
- Tarred/Untarred road
- HIV/AIDS rate of infection
- Fertility rate
Average Driving Speed by country (km/hr)
| |
10 |
20 |
30 |
40 |
50 |
60 |
70 |
80 |
|
Europe
Turkey
Syria
Jordan
Egypt
Sudan
Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania
Malawi
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Namibia
S. Africa
|
 67
60
54
67
77
48
40
35
61
71
45
64
61
80
77
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** NOTE: Driving time around cities and National Parks not included.
Diesel price by country (US$)
| |
0.25 |
0.50 |
0.75 |
1.00 |
1.25 |
1.50 |
1.75 |
2.00 |
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U.K.
France
Netherlands
Germany
Austria
Spain
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Syria *
Jordan
Egypt
Sudan
Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania
Malawi
Zambia
Zimbabwe**
Botswana
Namibia
S. Africa
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 1.86
1.55
1.39
1.56
1.33
1.26
1.49
1.18
1.63
0.14
0.56
0.44
0.13
0.54
0.60
1.04
1.13
1.12
1.40
1.50
0.85
1.02
1.12
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* SYRIA charges Foreigners US$100 per week "diesel tax". After this tax, the average fuel bill worked out to US$0.56.
** Black market rate
Population & Population Density
POPULATION (mil)
 POPULATION DENSITY (pers/km²)
| |
10m |
20m |
30m |
40m |
50m |
60m |
70m |
80m |
| |
20 |
40 |
60 |
80 |
100 |
120 |
|
|
Turkey |
70
91
|
|
Syria |
19
102
|
|
Jordan |
6
64
|
|
Egypt |
78
79
|
|
Sudan |
41
17
|
|
Ethiopia |
75
67
|
|
Kenya |
35
61
|
|
Tanzania |
38
42
|
|
Malawi |
13
138
|
|
Zambia |
12
16
|
|
Zimbabwe |
12
32
|
|
Botswana |
1.6
2.7
|
|
Namibia |
2
2.4
|
|
S. Africa |
44
36
|
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GDP per capita (US$)
| |
2,000 |
4,000 |
6,000 |
8,000 |
10,000 |
12,000 |
|
Turkey
Syria
Jordan
Egypt
Sudan
Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania
Malawi
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Namibia
S. Africa
|
 8,200
3,900
4,700
3,900
2,100
900
1,100
700
600
900
2,300
10,500
7,000
12,000
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GDP breakdown by Sector
AGRICULTURE
INDUSTRY
 SERVICES
Tarred/Untarred Road
 UNTARRED (1000's km)
TARRED (1000's km)
| |
50 |
100 |
150 |
200 |
250 |
300 |
350 |
400 |
Turkey
Syria
Jordan
Egypt
Sudan
Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania
Malawi
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Namibia
S. Africa
|
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HIV/AIDS rate
| |
10% |
20% |
30% |
40% |
Turkey
Syria
Jordan
Egypt
Sudan
Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania
Malawi
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Namibia
S. Africa
|
?
>0.1
>0.1
>0.1
2.3
4.4
6.7
9
14
17
25
37
21
22
|
Fertility rate (births/woman)
| |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Turkey
Syria
Jordan
Egypt
Sudan
Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania
Malawi
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Namibia
S. Africa
|
1.9
3.4
2.6
2.8
4.7
5.2
4.9
5.0
5.9
5.4
3.1
2.8
3.1
2.2
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