Table 2

Cities included in the analysis; number of DHS clusters (also known as enumeration areas), and number of women with births during the 5-year survey recall period

Most populous cityFirst administrative division where the city is locatedDHS yearNumber of clusters sampled in the first administrative divisionNumber in the final analysis sample
NamePopulation in 2015
(million)
TotalUrbanCityWomen 15–49
years in sample
Women with livebirths in recall periodLivebirths in recall period
Bujumbura1.0Bujumbura Mairie Province20163333331304477662
Lilongwe1.1Lilongwe District20153714141643679813
Ndjamena1.2N'Djamena Region201450505016277861307
Monrovia1.2Montserrado County2019443635291712031443
Freetown1.5Western Urban District20195252522373847998
Contonou1.5Littoral Department2017515151958408579
Lome1.7Grande agglomeration de Lome2013828282290311881573
Conakry2.2Conakry Region20185151511917677901
Harare2.3Harare Province20154432321684709880
Lusaka2.4Lusaka Province201863413922549461183
Bamako2.8Bamako Region201847474618119411325
Dakar3.1Dakar Region20192016151827664819
Addis Ababa3.7Addis Ababa City2016565656930198244
Kampala3.8Greater Kampala20164545451025445580
Accra4.5Greater Accra Region20144742421693586761
Dar es Salaam5.3Dar es Salaam Region20153737371536634772
Nairobi5.9Nairobi County2014565656377016572051
Luanda7.0Luanda Province2015666363539525983593
Kinshasa7.3Kinshasa Province201336363622558881306
Johannesburg8.3Gauteng Province2016968834748275329
Lagos11.8Lagos State2018524947272610611432
Cairo/Giza23.0Cairo/Giza Governorates2014153/108153/79153/79289013501775
  • DHS, Demographic and Health Survey.