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Table 1 Publications by country over the 25-year period per 1,000,000 of 2015 estimated population

From: Understanding the state of health policy and systems research in West Africa and capacity strengthening needs: scoping of peer-reviewed publications trends and patterns 1990–2015

2015 estimated mid-year

Population Popo

% 2015 pop

Publications

Per 1,000,000 of 2015 estimated population

Nigeria

183,523,432

53%

70

0.381

Ghana

26,984,328

8%

41

1.519

Côte d'Ivoire

21,295,284

6%

6

0.282

Niger

19,268,380

6%

6

0.311

Burkina Faso

17,914,625

5%

53

2.958

Mali

16,258,587

5%

11

0.677

Senegal

14,967,446

4%

9

0.601

Guinea

12,347,766

4%

3

0.243

Benin

10,879,828

3%

10

0.919

Togo

7,170,797

2%

1

0.139

Sierra Leone

6,318,575

2%

11

1.741

Liberia

4,503,439

1%

3

0.666

Gambia

1,970,081

1%

3

1.523

Guinea-Bissau

1,787,793

1%

1

0.559

Cape Verde

508,315

0%

0

0.000

Total Population WA

345,698,676

100%

 

0.000

Several West African

  

13

0.038

Several African

  

4

0.012

Multi International

  

1

0.003

  

246

0.712