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Table 1 – Prevalence of current tobacco smoking in national surveys in selected countries by continen
Country by continent Population, millions, 2013 Income group Year Age group, yr Male, % Female, % Total, %
AFRICA
East Africa
Kenya 44.4 Low 2008–2009 15–54 20.0 – –
Malawi 16.4 Low 2009 25–64 25.9 2.9 14.1
Rwanda 11.8 Low 2010 15–5 16.1 3.6 –
Tanzania 49.3 Low 2012 15–49 20.0 0.6 –
Uganda 37.6 Low 2011 15–5 15.7 2.8 –
North Africa
Algeria 39.2 Up-mid 2010 15–74 27.1 1.7 15.3
Egypt 82.1 Lo-mid 2009 15 37.7 0.5 19.4
Libya 6.2 Up-mid 2009 25–64 49.6 0.8 –
Morocco 33.0 Lo-mid 2006 18 31.5 3.3 18.0
Central Africa
Cameroon 22.3 Lo-mid 2003 15 12.7 2.0 6.3
Chad 12.8 Low 2008 25–64 20.2 1.2 11.2
Gabon 1.7 Up-mid 2009 15–64 21.0 4.6 –
Sao Tome and Principe 0.2 Lo-mid 2009 25–64 9.7 1.7 5.5
Southern Africa
Botswana 2.0 Up-mid 2007 25–64 32.8 7.8 19.7
South Africa 53.0 Up-mid 2012 15 32. 10. 20.
Swaziland 1.2 Lo-mid 2007 25–64 12.9 2.2 7.1
West Africa
Benin 10.3 Low 2008 25–64 15.8 1.7 8.7
Ivory Coast 20.3 Lo-mid 2012 15–49 26.2 1.7 –
Ghana 25.9 Lo-mid 2008 15–5 8.2 0.4 4.2
Niger 17.8 Low 2007 15–64 8.7 1.0 –
Nigeria 173.6 Lo-mid 2010 15 10.0 1.1 5.6
Sierra Leone 6.1 Low 2009 25–64 43.1 10.5 25.8
AMERICAS
North America
Canada 35.2 High 2012 15 18.4 13.9 16.1
United States 316.1 High 2012–2013 18 22.6 14.9 19.2
Caribbean
Cuba 11.3 Up-mid 2010 15 31.1 16.4 23.7
Dominican Republic 10.4 Up-mid 2003 18 17.2 12.5 14.9
Jamaica 2.7 Up-mid 2011 15–74 22. 7. 15.
Trinidad and Tobago 1.3 High 2011 15–64 33. 9. 21.
Central America
Costa Rica 4.9 Up-mid 2010 18–70 18.6 5.8 12.8
El Salvador 6.3 Lo-mid 2005 12–65 21.5 3.4 11.7
Mexico 122.3 Up-mid 2009 15 24.8 7.8 15.9
Panama 3.9 Up-mid 2013 15 9.4 2.8 6.1
South America
Argentina 41.4 Up-mid 2012 15 29.4 15.6 22.1
Brazil 200.4 Up-mid 2008 15 21.6 13.1 17.2
Chile 17.6 High 2010 15 44.2 37.1 40.6
Paraguay 6.8 Lo-mid 2011 15–74 22.8 6.1 14.5
Uruguay 3.4 High 2009 15 30.7 19.8 25.0
Venezuela 30.4 Up-mid 2011 18–65 28.9 14.4 21.5
ASIA
East Asia
China 1357.4 Up-mid 2010 15 52.9 2.4 28.1
Japan 127.3 High 2011 20 32.4 9.7 20.1
Mongolia 2.8 Lo-mid 2009 15–64 48.0 6.9 27.7
South Korea 48.6 High 2011 20 47.3 6.8 27.0
Southeast Asia
Cambodia 15.1 Low 2011 15 39.1 3.4 19.5
Indonesia 249.9 Lo-mid 2011 15 67.0 2.7 34.8
Malaysia 29.7 Up-mid 2011 15 43.9 1.0 23.1
Philippines 98.4 Lo-mid 2009 15 47.7 9.0 28.3
Singapore 5.4 High 2012 18–69 27. 5. 16.
Thailand 67.0 Up-mid 2011 15 46.6 2.6 24.0
Vietnam 89.7 Lo-mid 2010 15 47.4 1.4 23.8
South and Central Asia
Bangladesh 156.6 Low 2009 15 44.7 1.5 23.0
India 1252.1 Lo-mid 2009–2010 15 24.3 2.9 14.0
Kazakhstan 17.0 Up-mid 2007 15–65 48.0 12.1 29.8
Kyrgyzstan 5.7 Lo-mid 2005 15 45.0 1.6 21.8
Nepal 27.8 Low 2011 15–49 51.9 13.3 –
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