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Table 1 Regional breakdown of pastoralist populations in developing world

From: Launching Pastoralism as an open access journal with SpringerOpen

REGION

 

Millions

%

West Asia, excluding N. Africa

 

31.1

17

East Asia, inc. China

 

21.6

12

South Asia, inc. Pakistan and India

 

19.3

11

Ex USSR

 

8.2

5

South East Asia

 

1.4

1

 

sub-total

81.6

46

Sub-Saharan Africa

 

61.9

34.3

North Africa

 

5.1

2.8

 

sub-total

67

37

Central and South America

 

32.1

18

 

TOTAL

180.7

100%

  1. Source: Thornton et al. 2002