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COMCEC Agriculture Outlook 2019
Annex 8: Rural Population, Thousands
Country Name
1995
[YR1995]
2000
[YR2000]
2005
[YR2005]
2010
[YR2010]
2015
[YR2015]
2016
[YR2016]
2017
[YR2017]
Benin 3,735k 4,234k 4,746k 5,235k 5,743k 5,846k 5,949k
Burkina Faso 8,563k 9,537k 10,531k 11,761k 13,125k 13,400k 13,677k
Cameroon 7,810k 8,449k 9,125k 9,854k 10,583k 10,724k 10,864k
Chad 5,505k 6,548k 7,895k 9,324k 10,934k 11,260k 11,584k
Cote d'Ivoire 8,348k 9,354k 10,052k 10,815k 11,742k 11,940k 12,139k
Gabon 0,273k 0,259k 0,244k 0,235k 0,231k 0,230k 0,228k
Gambia, The 0,639k 0,687k 0,741k 0,795k 0,850k 0,861k 0,872k
Guinea 5,127k 5,697k 6,171k 6,760k 7,415k 7,576k 7,748k
Guinea-Bissau 0,715k 0,766k 0,832k 0,912k 1,005k 1,024k 1,043k
Mali 7,139k 7,842k 8,680k 9,632k 10,465k 10,639k 10,816k
Mozambique 11,226k 12,558k 14,346k 16,041k 17,740k 18,110k 18,492k
Niger 7,993k 9,497k 11,412k 13,793k 16,752k 17,402k 18,070k
Nigeria 73,184k 79,680k 84,605k 89,586k 94,485k 95,429k 96,355k
Senegal 5,248k 5,847k 6,464k 7,129k 7,892k 8,052k 8,212k
Sierra Leone 2,822k 2,951k 3,561k 3,923k 4,244k 4,307k 4,371k
Togo 2,929k 3,304k 3,637k 4,011k 4,387k 4,459k 4,530k
Uganda 17,791k 20,153k 22,989k 26,143k 29,793k 30,678k 31,614k
African Group 169,048k 187,364k 206,032k 225,948k 247,386k 251,937k 256,564k
Algeria 12,654k 12,442k 11,990k 11,678k 11,582k 11,574k 11,567k
Bahrain 0,065k 0,077k 0,103k 0,141k 0,151k 0,156k 0,162k
Comoros 0,341k 0,390k 0,441k 0,497k 0,556k 0,568k 0,580k
Djibouti 0,149k 0,168k 0,182k 0,193k 0,206k 0,209k 0,211k
Egypt, Arab Rep. 35,646k 39,374k 43,028k 47,158k 52,891k 54,088k 55,257k
Iraq 6,291k 7,403k 8,409k 9,189k 10,700k 10,949k 11,161k
Jordan 1,000k 1,113k 1,183k 1,010k 0,903k 0,907k 0,905k
Kuwait 0,031k 0,020k 0,000k 0,000k 0,000k 0,000k 0,000k
Lebanon 0,536k 0,538k 0,628k 0,627k 0,777k 0,787k 0,788k
Libya 1,188k 1,265k 1,329k 1,360k 1,331k 1,328k 1,328k
Mauritania 1,418k 1,628k 1,751k 1,866k 1,979k 2,000k 2,020k
Morocco 13,040k 13,437k 13,652k 13,578k 13,585k 13,573k 13,554k
Oman 0,624k 0,645k 0,693k 0,755k 0,796k 0,784k 0,767k
Palestine 0,737k 0,819k 0,894k 0,979k 1,052k 1,064k 1,074k
Qatar 0,026k 0,022k 0,023k 0,028k 0,027k 0,026k 0,025k
Saudi Arabia 3,976k 4,164k 4,530k 4,913k 5,335k 5,385k 5,421k
Somalia 5,137k 5,922k 6,654k 7,309k 7,831k 7,970k 8,113k
Sudan 16,329k 18,412k 20,810k 23,114k 25,717k 26,251k 26,786k
Syrian Arab
Republic 7,158k 7,886k 8,486k 9,485k 8,609k 8,232k 7,937k
Tunisia 3,516k 3,550k 3,513k 3,546k 3,571k 3,578k 3,585k
United Arab
Emirates 0,524k 0,619k 0,814k 1,361k 1,327k 1,314k 1,305k
Yemen, Rep. 11,370k 12,836k 14,289k 15,797k 17,283k 17,552k 17,810k
Arab Group 121,756k 132,732k 143,403k 154,587k 166,207k 168,295k 170,355k
Afghanistan 14,194k 16,192k 19,830k 22,258k 25,878k 26,530k 27,132k
Albania 1,947k 1,800k 1,604k 1,394k 1,226k 1,196k 1,167k
Azerbaijan 3,673k 3,913k 3,995k 4,219k 4,370k 4,389k 4,401k
Bangladesh 90,186k 97,543k 101,761k 102,621k 102,648k 102,550k 102,416k
Brunei Darussalam 0,093k 0,096k 0,098k 0,097k 0,097k 0,097k 0,096k
Guyana 0,539k 0,532k 0,539k 0,550k 0,565k 0,567k 0,569k
Indonesia 125,888k 122,674k 122,328k 121,125k 120,631k 120,344k 119,993k
Iran, Islamic Rep. 24,432k 23,597k 22,632k 21,667k 20,912k 20,782k 20,657k
Kazakhstan 6,971k 6,534k 6,595k 7,047k 7,510k 7,604k 7,696k
Kyrgyz Republic 2,903k 3,169k 3,341k 3,524k 3,826k 3,894k 3,958k
Malaysia 9,078k 8,819k 8,582k 8,205k 7,806k 7,720k 7,637k
Maldives 0,189k 0,202k 0,212k 0,232k 0,280k 0,290k 0,301k
Pakistan 84,371k 95,396k 105,830k 116,631k 127,581k 129,845k 132,135k
Suriname 0,150k 0,158k 0,166k 0,178k 0,190k 0,192k 0,194k
Tajikistan 4,100k 4,569k 4,989k 5,531k 6,193k 6,337k 6,484k
Turkey 22,153k 22,298k 21,838k 21,101k 20,723k 20,647k 20,564k
Turkmenistan 2,323k 2,443k 2,517k 2,620k 2,765k 2,790k 2,812k
Uzbekistan 12,821k 13,280k 13,466k 14,008k 15,415k 15,717k 16,016k
Asian Group 406,013k 423,215k 440,324k 453,010k 468,615k 471,492k 474,229k
OIC Total 696,817k 743,311k 789,758k 833,545k 882,208k 891,724k 901,148k
World Total 3,147,042k 3,259,100k 3,310,653k 3,346,700k 3,382,164k 3,387,712k 3,392,454k
Source: World Development Indicator