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Wendell Cox Consultancy. (August 31, 2023). Distribution of built-up areas with a population of 500,000 and over in Africa as a share of worldwide urban areas in 2022 and 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1491339/share-of-urban-areas-africa-as-share-of-global-urban-areas/
Wendell Cox Consultancy. "Distribution of built-up areas with a population of 500,000 and over in Africa as a share of worldwide urban areas in 2022 and 2023." Chart. August 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1491339/share-of-urban-areas-africa-as-share-of-global-urban-areas/
Wendell Cox Consultancy. (2023). Distribution of built-up areas with a population of 500,000 and over in Africa as a share of worldwide urban areas in 2022 and 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1491339/share-of-urban-areas-africa-as-share-of-global-urban-areas/
Wendell Cox Consultancy. "Distribution of Built-up Areas with a Population of 500,000 and over in Africa as a Share of Worldwide Urban Areas in 2022 and 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1491339/share-of-urban-areas-africa-as-share-of-global-urban-areas/
Wendell Cox Consultancy, Distribution of built-up areas with a population of 500,000 and over in Africa as a share of worldwide urban areas in 2022 and 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1491339/share-of-urban-areas-africa-as-share-of-global-urban-areas/ (last visited July 12, 2025)
Distribution of built-up areas with a population of 500,000 and over in Africa as a share of worldwide urban areas in 2022 and 2023 [Graph], Wendell Cox Consultancy, August 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1491339/share-of-urban-areas-africa-as-share-of-global-urban-areas/
