1. Addis Ababa:(2,757,729)
2. Dire Dawa
3. Mekele
4. Nazret
5. Bahir Dar
Rank Size Rule:
Dire Dawa=1,378,865 (Estimate)
Mekele=919,243 (Estimate)
Nazret=689,433 (Estimate)
Bahir Dar=551,546 (Estimate)
Actual Populations:
Dire Dawa=252,279 (Actual)
Mekele=215,546 (Actual)
Nazret=213,995 (Actual)
Bahir Dar=168,899 (Actual)
The estimates for the populations using the rank size rule was so off, I wouldn't even consider it being valid. I wouldn't use the rank size rule for predicting the populations of the five largest cities in Ethiopia. This probably doesn't work, because the geographies between U.S. and Ethiopia are different. The estimate populations were about two and a half times as much as the actual populations. Overall the rank size rule is invalid for predicting Ethiopia's' cities populations.
Population: 86,960,000
Population Density: 79
% Urban Population: 17%
% Urban Population Living in Slums: 82%
Average % Change in Urban Population: 4.3%
% with Improved Urban Sanitation: 29%
% with Improved Urban Water Supply: 98%
Pupil-Teacher Ratio: 55
2. Dire Dawa
3. Mekele
4. Nazret
5. Bahir Dar
Rank Size Rule:
Dire Dawa=1,378,865 (Estimate)
Mekele=919,243 (Estimate)
Nazret=689,433 (Estimate)
Bahir Dar=551,546 (Estimate)
Actual Populations:
Dire Dawa=252,279 (Actual)
Mekele=215,546 (Actual)
Nazret=213,995 (Actual)
Bahir Dar=168,899 (Actual)
The estimates for the populations using the rank size rule was so off, I wouldn't even consider it being valid. I wouldn't use the rank size rule for predicting the populations of the five largest cities in Ethiopia. This probably doesn't work, because the geographies between U.S. and Ethiopia are different. The estimate populations were about two and a half times as much as the actual populations. Overall the rank size rule is invalid for predicting Ethiopia's' cities populations.
Population: 86,960,000
Population Density: 79
% Urban Population: 17%
% Urban Population Living in Slums: 82%
Average % Change in Urban Population: 4.3%
% with Improved Urban Sanitation: 29%
% with Improved Urban Water Supply: 98%
Pupil-Teacher Ratio: 55