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Country
Profiles
Below are the countries where Urban Harvest has urban
agricultural projects. To view each country's profile
click on its name:
Cameroon
Kenya Peru
Philippines
Uganda
Vietnam
Comparative
Table of Country Sites
| |
Cameroon |
Kenya |
Peru |
Philippines |
Uganda |
Vietnam |
| Capital |
Yaounde |
Nairobi |
Lima |
Manila |
Kampala |
Hanoi |
| Area
sq. (km) |
465,458 |
582,646 |
1.280,000 |
300,000 |
241,038 |
329,247 |
| Population
(in millions) |
16.3 |
32.4 |
27.6 |
86.2 |
26.4 |
82.5 |
| Pop.
Growth |
1.97% |
1.14% |
1.39% |
1.88% |
2.97% |
1.3%
(2004) |
| Birth
rate |
35.08/
1,000 |
27.82/
1,000 |
21.27/
1,000 |
25.8
/1,000 |
46.31
/1,000 |
19.58/1,000 |
| Death
rate |
15.34
/ 1,000 |
16.31/
1,000 |
6.29/
1,000 |
5.53
/1,000 |
16.61
/1,000 |
6.14
/1,000 |
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| at
birth |
1.03
male/female |
1.03
male/female |
1.05
male/female |
1.05
male/female |
1.03
male/female |
1.08
male/female |
| under
15 yrs |
1.02
male/female |
1.02
male/female |
1.04
male/female |
1.04
male/female |
1.01
male/female |
1.06
male/female |
| 15-
64 |
1.01
male/female |
1.02
male/female |
1.01
male/female |
0.99
male/female |
1
male/female |
0.97
male/female |
| 65-
over |
0.82
male/female |
0.76
male/female |
0.89
male/female |
no |
0.77
male/female |
0.71
male/female |
| Infant
mortality (death/live births) |
69.18
/ 1,000 |
62.62/
1,000 |
32.95/
1,000 |
24.24
/1,000 |
86.15
/1,000 |
29.88
/1,000 |
| male |
73.16
/ 1,000 |
65.55/
1,000 |
35.57/
1,000 |
27.11
/1,000 |
93.58
/1,000 |
33.71
/1,000 |
| female |
65.09
/ 1,000 |
59.6/
1,000 |
30.21/
1,000 |
21.22
/1,000 |
78.5
/1,000 |
25.77
/1,000 |
| Life
expectancy |
47.95 |
44.94 |
69.22 |
69.6 |
45.28 |
70.35 |
| male |
47.1 |
44.79 |
67.48 |
66.74 |
43.76 |
67.86 |
| female |
48.83 |
45.1 |
71.03 |
72.61 |
46.83 |
73.02 |
| Below
poverty line |
48
% (2000) |
50%
(2003) |
54%
(2003) |
40%
(2001) |
35%
(2001) |
37%
(1998) |
| HIV/AIDS
adult prev. |
6.9
% (2003) |
6.7
% (2003) |
0.5%
(2003) |
less
than 0.1 (2003) |
4.1%
(2003) |
0.4%
(2003) |
| languages |
4 major African language groups,
English (official), French (official) |
English (official), Kiswahili
(official) |
Spanish,
Quechua, Aymara, large number of minor Amazonian
languages |
Filipino,
English, dialects - Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocan,
Hiligaynon or Ilonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango, and
Pangasinense |
English
(official), Ganda or Luganda,other Niger-Congo
languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic |
|
| Ethnicities |
Cameroon
Highlanders 31%, Equatorial Bantu 19%, Kirdi 11%,
Fulani 10%, Northwestern Bantu 8%, Eastern Nigritic
7%, other African 13%, non-African less than 1% |
Kikuyu
22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%,
Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African
(Asian, European, and Arab) 1% |
Amerindian
45%, mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 37%, white
15%, black, Japanese, Chinese, and other 3% |
Christian
Malay 91.5%, Muslim Malay 4%, Chinese 1.5%, other 3% |
Baganda
17%, Ankole 8%, Basoga 8%, Iteso 8%, Bakiga 7%,
Langi 6%, Rwanda 6%, Bagisu 5%, Acholi 4%, Lugbara
4%, Batoro 3%, Bunyoro 3%, Alur 2%, Bagwere 2%,
Bakonjo 2%, Jopodhola 2%, Karamojong 2%, Rundi 2%,
non-African (European, Asian, Arab) 1%, other 8% |
Vietnamese
85%-90%, Chinese, Hmong, Thai, Khmer, Cham, mountain
groups |
| Religion |
Indigenous
belief 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20% |
Protestant
45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%,
Muslim 10%, other 2% |
Roman
Catholic 90% |
Roman
Catholic 83%, Protestant 9%, Muslim 5%, Buddhist and
other 3% |
Roman
Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous
beliefs 18% |
Buddhist,
Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman
Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs,
Muslim |
| Economic
growth rate (GDP) |
4.2%
(2003) |
1.5%
(2003) |
4%
(2003) |
4.5%
(2003) |
4.40% |
7.2%
(2003) |
| Economic
sectors: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| agriculture |
42.60% |
19.70% |
8% |
14.50% |
36.10% |
21.80% |
| industry |
19.80% |
18.60% |
27% |
32.20% |
21.20% |
39.70% |
| services |
37.60% |
61.80% |
65% (2003) |
53.2% (2003) |
42.8%
(2003) |
38.5%
(2003) |
| land
use: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| arable
land |
12.81% |
8.08% |
2.89% |
18.95% |
25.88% |
19.97% |
| permanent
crops |
2.58% |
0.98% |
0.40% |
16.77% |
10.65% |
5.95% |
| other |
84.61% |
90.94% (2001) |
96.71% (2001) |
64.28%
(2001) |
63.47%
(2001) |
74.08%
(2001) |
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