Table 1 Summary of number of dams and projected average number of people living around dams in the 2020s, 2050s and 2080s in stable, unstable and no malaria zones across sub-Saharan Africa, using two future climate scenarios (RCP 2.6 and RCP 8.5)
From: Malaria and large dams in sub-Saharan Africa: future impacts in a changing climate
| Â | 2010 | 2020s | 2050s | 2080s | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Area (sq. km) | Population in the region | No. dams (%) | No. people within 5Â km from reservoirs | Area (sq. km) | Population in the region | No. dams | No. people within 5Â km from reservoirs | Area (sq. km) | Population in the region | No. dams (%) | No. people within 5Â km from reservoirs | Area (sq. km) | Population in the region | No. dams (%) | No. people within 5Â km from reservoirs | |
RCP 2.6 | ||||||||||||||||
 Stable | 7,086,268 | 298,682,666 | 307 (24) | 6,406,226 | 7,408,321 | 361,264,297 | 354 (28) | 7,198,341 | 8,264,718 | 489,811,003 | 377 (30) | 8,872,392 | 9,113,482 | 546,622,885 | 386 (30) | 10,097,454 |
 Unstable | 14,459,409 | 418,451,433 | 416 (33) | 8,193,239 | 14,378,791 | 462,113,462 | 433 (34) | 9,202,466 | 13,666,490 | 590,443,015 | 645 (51) | 12,105,161 | 12,972,969 | 682,788,932 | 628 (50) | 14,713,709 |
 No malaria | 2,042,223 | 273,355,662 | 545 (43) | 5,605,474 | 1,800,788 | 322,401,006 | 481 (38) | 4,891,743 | 1,656,692 | 281,714,037 | 246 (19) | 4,048,543 | 1,501,449 | 319,587,199 | 254 (20) | 3,310,021 |
 Total | 23,587,900 | 990,489,781 | 1268 (100) | 20,204,939 | 23,587,900 | 1,145,778,765 | 1268 (100 | 21,292,550 | 23,587,900 | 1,361,968,055 | 1268 (100 | 25,026,096 | 23,587,900 | 1,548,999,016 | 1268 (100) | 28,121,184 |
RCP 8.5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Stable | 7,086,268 | 298,682,666 | 307 (24) | 6,406,226 | 7,871,237 | 403,671,332 | 381 (30) | 8,671,114 | 8,671,114 | 498,594,276 | 346 (27) | 9,408,302 | 10,945,711 | 572,083,572 | 427 (34) | 10,983,666 |
 Unstable | 14,459,409 | 418,451,433 | 416 (33) | 8,193,239 | 13,950,337 | 501,242,107 | 609 (48) | 10,309,672 | 10,309,672 | 621,144,735 | 692 (55) | 13,611,448 | 11,511,801 | 697,130,875 | 645 (51) | 15,231,541 |
 No malaria | 2,042,223 | 273,355,662 | 545 (43) | 5,605,474 | 1,766,326 | 388,923,354 | 268 (21) | 3,833,107 | 3,833,107 | 349,366,669 | 230 (18) | 3,115,432 | 1,130,388 | 381,136,413 | 196 (15) | 3,109,886 |
 Total | 23,587,900 | 990,489,781 | 1268 (100) | 20,204,939 | 23,587,900 | 1,293,836,793 | 1268 (100) | 22,813,893 | 23,587,900 | 1,469,105,680 | 1268 (100) | 26,135,182 | 23,587,900 | 1,650,350,860 | 1268 (100) | 29,325,093 |