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Annex 8: Rural Population, Thousands
Area Name 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2016
African Group 151,926 170,251 189,011 208,189 228,906 255,813
Benin 3,262 3,735 4,234 4,791 5,349 6,046
Burkina Faso 7,594 8,563 9,537 10,531 11,600 12,924
Cameroon 7,069 7,730 8,318 8,965 9,682 10,562
Chad 4,717 5,497 6,537 7,872 9,274 11,184
Côte d'Ivoire 7,441 8,549 9,421 9,748 10,087 10,694
Gabon 294 268 245 233 235 250
Gambia 566 604 642 688 740 811
Guinea 4,348 5,551 6,076 6,504 7,032 7,729
Guinea-Bissau 728 766 788 817 852 906
Mali 6,491 7,153 7,858 8,695 9,649 10,674
Mozambique 9,936 11,426 12,810 14,646 16,724 19,458
Niger 6,781 7,982 9,515 11,341 13,541 16,743
Nigeria 66,994 73,226 79,725 84,650 89,628 95,604
Senegal 4,616 5,281 5,896 6,625 7,462 8,620
Sierra Leone 2,878 2,803 2,938 3,574 3,989 4,414
Togo 2,704 2,962 3,335 3,684 4,062 4,529
Uganda 15,507 18,154 21,135 24,824 29,000 34,666
Arab Group 116,656 127,517 139,085 150,929 164,437 180,232
Algeria 12,416 12,719 12,499 12,040 11,729 11,652
Bahrain 59 65 77 103 142 159
Comoros 297 341 390 441 497 570
Djibouti 142 149 168 182 196 213
Egypt 32,451 36,436 39,988 43,743 47,925 54,330
Iraq 5,292 6,309 7,424 8,436 9,526 11,313
Jordan 951 989 1,030 1,076 1,259 1,522
Kuwait 43 32 39 41 52 67
Lebanon 456 460 453 535 556 726
Libya 1,077 1,188 1,267 1,338 1,379 1,337
Mauritania 1,191 1,274 1,375 1,467 1,564 1,701
Morocco 12,840 13,080 13,463 13,696 13,714 13,869
Oman 614 624 645 693 755 970
Palestine 639 737 819 894 986 1,116
Qatar 34 26 22 22 24 18
Saudi Arabia 3,823 3,996 4,184 4,547 4,914 5,380
Somalia 5,203 5,284 6,015 6,750 7,562 8,587
Sudan 19,386 20,927 23,990 27,503 31,281 36,022
Syrian Arab Republic 6,356 7,158 7,886 8,455 9,316 7,730
Tunisia 3,462 3,511 3,547 3,526 3,625 3,758
United Arab Emirates 390 531 624 812 1,319 1,316
Yemen 9,533 11,680 13,180 14,627 16,116 17,878
Asian Group 385,572 408,544 425,439 441,570 452,522 465,157
Afghanistan 10,006 13,721 15,817 19,331 21,692 25,253
Albania 2,089 1,947 1,800 1,604 1,394 1,197
Azerbaijan 3,311 3,673 3,913 3,995 4,219 4,401
Bangladesh 85,152 92,956 100,541 104,979 105,801 105,861
Brunei Darussalam 88 93 96 97 95 95
Indonesia 125,946 125,903 122,689 122,568 121,446 118,896
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 24,554 24,087 23,780 22,846 21,903 20,969
Kazakhstan 7,150 6,971 6,589 6,859 7,552 8,322
Kyrgyzstan 2,732 2,903 3,169 3,341 3,525 3,900
Malaysia 9,056 9,082 8,816 8,572 8,177 7,681
Maldives 166 189 203 211 219 229
Pakistan 74,755 83,725 92,596 100,457 108,139 117,421
Tajikistan 3,611 4,100 4,570 5,042 5,615 6,386
Turkey 21,998 22,153 22,298 21,876 21,181 20,763
Turkmenistan 2,023 2,323 2,443 2,518 2,625 2,809
Uzbekistan 12,271 14,026 15,424 16,570 18,225 20,230
Guyana 523 539 537 538 536 552
Suriname 140 151 159 166 177 190
OIC 654,154 706,311 753,535 800,689 845,864 901,202
World 3,006,048 3,147,133 3,261,086 3,315,558 3,353,513 3,390,862
Source: World Development Indicator