Country-level background characteristics related to COVID-19 vaccines and COVID-19 epidemiology at the time of vaccine arrival in 15 West African countries
| Countries | Country total population* | No of COVID-19 vaccines doses initially received | Arrival of vaccines to deployment duration (days) | COVID-19 cases per 100 000 population as of vaccine arrival | COVID deaths per 100 000 population as of vaccine arrival |
| Benin | 12 451 000 | 144 000 | 18 | 55 | 0.47 |
| Burkina Faso | 21 497 000 | 115 200 | 3 | 66 | 0.33 |
| Cape Verde | 556 000 | 24 000 | 6 | 2907 | 528.6 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 27 054 000 | 504 000 | 3 | 126 | 0.49 |
| Gambia | 2 487 000 | 36 000 | 7 | 201 | 8.55 |
| Ghana | 31 732 000 | 600 000 | 5 | 267 | 0.88 |
| Guinea | 13 497 000 | 194 400 | 20 | 164 | 1.28 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2 015 000 | 28 800 | 21 | 192 | 9.97 |
| Liberia | 5 180 000 | 396 000 | 27 | 45 | 0.96 |
| Mali | 20 856 000 | 44 286 | 15 | 54 | 0.29 |
| Niger | 25 131 000 | 400 000 | 7 | 23 | 0.11 |
| Nigeria | 211 401 000 | 3 924 000 | 2 | 66 | 0.03 |
| Senegal | 17 196 000 | 200 000 | 5 | 195 | 1.20 |
| Sierra Leone | 8 141 000 | 200 000 | 25 | 49 | 0.63 |
| Togo | 8 478 000 | 156 000 | 2 | 94 | 1.16 |
This table shows the total population of each of ECOWAS countries according to the UN Population Prospects 2020, number of COVID-19 vaccines doses initially received in the first shipments, duration of arrival of vaccines in the country to vaccine deployment, COVID-19 cases per 100 000 population and COVID deaths per 100 000 population as of vaccine arrival.
*Based on the UN Population Prospects 2020.
ECOWAS, Economic Community of West Africa States.