<page_title> Urbanization in Africa </page_title> <section_title> Postcolonial period </section_title> <table> <cell> 1985–1990 <row_header> Country / Region </row_header> <row_header> 1950–1955 </row_header> <row_header> 1955–1960 </row_header> <row_header> 1960–1965 </row_header> <row_header> 1965–1970 </row_header> <row_header> 1970–1975 </row_header> <row_header> 1975–1980 </row_header> <row_header> 1980–1985 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 1990–1995 <row_header> Country / Region </row_header> <row_header> 1950–1955 </row_header> <row_header> 1955–1960 </row_header> <row_header> 1960–1965 </row_header> <row_header> 1965–1970 </row_header> <row_header> 1970–1975 </row_header> <row_header> 1975–1980 </row_header> <row_header> 1980–1985 </row_header> <row_header> 1985–1990 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 2.29 <col_header> 1985–1990 </col_header> </cell> <cell> 3.41 <col_header> 1990–1995 </col_header> </cell> <cell> Figure 1: Average yearly urbanization growth as %. From: World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, FN 2002. <col_header> Country / Region </col_header> <col_header> 1950–1955 </col_header> <col_header> 1955–1960 </col_header> <col_header> 1960–1965 </col_header> <col_header> 1965–1970 </col_header> <col_header> 1970–1975 </col_header> <col_header> 1975–1980 </col_header> <col_header> 1980–1985 </col_header> <col_header> 1985–1990 </col_header> <col_header> 1990–1995 </col_header> <col_header> 1995–2000 </col_header> <col_header> 2000–2005 </col_header> </cell> </table>
From figure 1, in 1990, the urbanization rate grew from 2.29% to 3.41% in Africa.