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Annex 8a: Rural Population (Thousands)
AreaName 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
African Group 151,809 169,986 188,575 207,330 227,425 249,183
Benin 3,277 3,785 4,285 4,911 5,530 6,098
Burkina Faso 7,594 8,563 9,537 10,531 11,552 12,566
Cameroon 7,284 7,999 8,674 9,334 10,000 10,672
Chad 4,713 5,481 6,505 7,831 9,144 10,548
Côte d'Ivoire 7,349 8,358 9,108 9,247 9,383 9,757
Gabon 292 266 244 229 223 225
Gambia 566 604 641 685 734 795
Guinea 4,333 5,527 6,033 6,435 7,085 7,759
Guinea-Bissau 731 768 807 841 869 906
Mali 6,107 6,695 7,351 8,113 8,952 9,769
Mozambique 10,176 11,587 12,958 14,707 16,548 18,385
Niger 6,562 7,721 9,211 10,979 13,103 15,659
Nigeria 67,238 73,506 80,066 85,044 90,267 95,843
Senegal 4,591 5,260 5,883 6,636 7,482 8,423
Sierra Leone 2,698 2,575 2,665 3,234 3,552 3,795
Togo 2,705 2,969 3,264 3,591 3,939 4,305
Uganda 15,593 18,322 21,343 24,982 29,062 33,678
Arab Group 114,898 125,089 135,806 147,006 159,747 171,498
Algeria 12,573 12,900 12,714 12,284 12,036 11,895
Bahrain 59 65 78 102 143 153
Comoros 298 334 380 433 492 552
Djibouti 142 157 170 180 192 204
Egypt 31,843 34,980 37,832 40,894 44,488 48,168
Iraq 5,307 6,357 7,498 8,551 9,588 10,919
Jordan 897 935 963 986 1,131 1,255
Kuwait 42 31 36 42 52 59
Lebanon 456 460 453 535 556 617
Libya 1,034 1,140 1,224 1,292 1,351 1,355
Mauritania 1,188 1,278 1,375 1,475 1,564 1,638
Morocco 12,734 12,962 13,398 13,519 13,390 13,516
Oman 614 610 623 696 696 930
Palestine 672 774 898 959 1,038 1,126
Qatar 34 25 22 21 24 18
Saudi Arabia 3,795 3,960 4,060 4,696 4,884 5,044
Somalia 4,447 4,352 4,930 5,490 6,046 6,724
Sudan 19,283 21,195 24,274 27,899 32,024 36,089
Syrian Arab Republic 6,359 7,154 7,867 8,396 9,544 9,428
Tunisia 3,421 3,461 3,493 3,508 3,622 3,725
United Arab Emirates 378 509 598 736 1,346 1,385
Yemen 9,322 11,450 12,920 14,312 15,540 16,698
Asian Group 355,690 410,850 428,599 442,500 451,524 457,899
Afghanistan 9,583 14,112 16,212 19,169 21,387 23,460
Albania 2,191 2,051 1,925 1,703 1,507 1,362
Azerbaijan 3,714 3,946 4,077 4,238 4,362
Bangladesh 86,111 93,866 101,153 104,762 105,090 105,427
Brunei Darussalam 88 93 96 97 98 98
Indonesia 123,999 124,085 121,180 121,362 120,522 118,287
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 24,613 24,044 23,700 22,759 21,872 21,161
Kazakhstan 6,854 6,453 6,821 7,366 7,841
Kyrgyzstan 2,923 3,206 3,263 3,451 3,670
Malaysia 9,143 9,184 8,905 8,633 8,225 7,753
Maldives 160 182 197 197 195 195
Pakistan 77,124 86,356 96,145 103,108 109,780 115,223
Tajikistan 4,114 4,548 5,007 5,605 6,304
Turkey 22,028 22,167 22,275 21,824 21,126 20,402
Turkmenistan 2,312 2,435 2,514 2,602 2,685
Uzbekistan 14,129 15,535 16,492 17,719 18,906
Guyana 511 516 531 546 564 577
Suriname 139 148 157 166 177 186
OIC 622,397 705,925 752,980 796,836 838,696 878,580
World 5,309,668 5,735,123 6,126,622 6,519,636 6,929,725 7,349,472
Source: FAOSTAT