* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Rural population, percent of total population, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 53 countries was 51.28 percent. The highest value was in Burundi: 85.22 percent and the lowest value was in Gabon: 8.97 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Rural population, percent, 2023 Global rank Available data
Burundi 85.22 1 1960 - 2023
Niger 82.95 2 1960 - 2023
Rwanda 82.11 3 1960 - 2023
Malawi 81.72 4 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia 76.84 5 1960 - 2023
Chad 75.63 6 1960 - 2023
Swaziland 75.21 7 1960 - 2023
Uganda 73.23 8 1960 - 2023
Kenya 70.48 9 1960 - 2023
Comoros 69.87 10 1960 - 2023
Lesotho 69.58 11 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso 67.48 12 1960 - 2023
Zimbabwe 67.48 13 1960 - 2023
Sudan 63.66 14 1960 - 2023
Tanzania 62.59 15 1960 - 2023
Guinea 61.92 16 1960 - 2023
Mozambique 61.25 17 1960 - 2023
Madagascar 59.44 18 1960 - 2023
Mauritius 59.13 19 1960 - 2023
Egypt 56.9 20 1960 - 2023
Eritrea 56.73 21 1960 - 2023
C.A. Republic 56.39 22 1960 - 2023
Sierra Leone 55.7 23 1960 - 2023
Togo 55.51 24 1960 - 2023
G.-Bissau 54.53 25 1960 - 2023
Mali 53.81 26 1960 - 2023
Zambia 53.67 27 1960 - 2023
DR Congo 52.56 28 1960 - 2023
Somalia 52.08 29 1960 - 2023
Senegal 50.42 30 1960 - 2023
Benin 49.9 31 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast 46.85 32 1960 - 2023
Liberia 46.43 33 1960 - 2023
Nigeria 45.72 34 1960 - 2023
Namibia 45.11 35 1960 - 2023
Mauritania 42.3 36 1960 - 2023
Seychelles 41.18 37 1960 - 2023
Ghana 40.76 38 1960 - 2023
Cameroon 40.69 39 1960 - 2023
Gambia 35.53 40 1960 - 2023
Morocco 34.88 41 1960 - 2023
Cape Verde 32.02 42 1960 - 2023
Angola 31.31 43 1960 - 2023
South Africa 31.18 44 1960 - 2023
R. of Congo 30.81 45 1960 - 2023
Tunisia 29.46 46 1960 - 2023
Botswana 27.13 47 1960 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 25.55 48 1960 - 2023
Algeria 24.73 49 1960 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 23.6 50 1960 - 2023
Djibouti 21.45 51 1960 - 2023
Libya 18.39 52 1960 - 2023
Gabon 8.97 53 1960 - 2023



Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

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56.39
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