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COMCEC Agriculture Outlook 2019
Annex 9: Rural Population, as Percentage of Total Population
Source: World Development Indicator
Country Name 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2016 2017
Benin 63.242 61.667 59.457 56.907 54.305 53.771 53.232
Burkina Faso 84.869 82.156 78.463 75.367 72.47 71.866 71.257
Cameroon 57.427 54.458 51.459 48.441 45.422 44.821 44.223
Chad 78.527 78.363 78.199 78.015 77.485 77.323 77.142
Cote d'Ivoire 58.79 56.845 54.766 52.67 50.556 50.119 49.674
Gabon 25.203 21.121 17.548 14.467 11.882 11.441 11.024
Gambia, The 56.638 52.132 47.98 44.338 40.772 40.082 39.401
Guinea 70.525 69.131 67.743 66.322 64.859 64.54 64.207
Guinea-Bissau 65.629 63.757 61.843 59.889 57.877 57.467 57.055
Mali 74.481 71.644 67.94 64.001 60.009 59.217 58.428
Mozambique 72.505 70.902 70.001 68.17 65.6 65.074 64.545
Niger 84.227 83.814 83.758 83.779 83.753 83.71 83.65
Nigeria 67.795 65.16 60.926 56.52 52.162 51.317 50.481
Senegal 60.394 59.68 58.286 56.227 54.138 53.704 53.26
Sierra Leone 65.571 64.374 63.081 61.144 59.171 58.772 58.364
Togo 69.295 67.093 64.815 62.467 59.9 59.372 58.838
Uganda 87.154 85.214 83.04 80.617 77.94 77.376 76.804
African Group 67.19247059 65.14770588 62.90029412 60.54947059 58.13535294 57.64541176 57.15205882
Algeria 44.003 40.081 36.17 32.46 29.152 28.541 27.948
Bahrain 11.612 11.628 11.578 11.366 11.001 10.91 10.814
Comoros 71.699 71.92 72.125 72.027 71.53 71.381 71.216
Djibouti 23.7 23.468 23.239 23.001 22.583 22.472 22.352
Egypt, Arab Rep. 57.186 57.203 56.973 56.981 57.215 57.268 57.295
Iraq 31.22 31.504 31.234 30.897 30.079 29.906 29.722
Jordan 21.793 21.73 20.515 13.912 9.744 9.494 9.253
Kuwait 1.904 1 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanon 15.18 14 13.373 12.666 11.894 11.734 11.571
Libya 24.006 23.613 22.92 21.948 20.73 20.46 20.183
Mauritania 61.295 61.909 57.889 53.412 48.911 48.038 47.176
Morocco 48.308 46.665 44.826 41.982 39.191 38.64 38.092
Oman 28.331 28.431 27.6 24.839 18.65 17.5 16.44
Palestine 29.784 28.031 26.939 25.851 24.632 24.372 24.106
Qatar 5.002 3.689 2.604 1.499 1.055 0.985 0.922
Saudi Arabia 21.33 20.152 19.021 17.916 16.82 16.599 16.378
Somalia 68.575 66.753 63.689 60.69 56.755 56.184 55.609
Sudan 67.768 67.505 67.24 66.911 66.106 65.879 65.63
Syrian Arab Republic 49.896 48.053 46.218 44.4 47.832 47.165 46.5
Tunisia 38.526 36.568 34.763 33.343 31.944 31.654 31.358
United Arab Emirates 21.681 19.764 17.738 15.913 14.326 14.035 13.752
Yemen, Rep. 76.24 73.733 71.064 68.224 65.223 64.606 63.984
Arab Group 37.22904545 36.24545455 34.89627273 33.19263636 31.60786364 31.26468182 30.92277273
Afghanistan 78.376 77.922 77.297 76.263 75.197 74.98 74.75
Albania 61.089 58.259 53.269 47.837 42.566 41.579 40.617
Azerbaijan 47.794 48.614 47.611 46.594 45.286 44.979 44.657
Bangladesh 78.307 76.41 73.191 69.538 65.692 64.917 64.142
Brunei Darussalam 31.356 28.836 26.837 25.039 23.337 23.01 22.688
Guyana 70.863 71.306 72.178 73.366 73.559 73.518 73.462
Indonesia 63.924 57.998 54.058 50.086 46.687 46.011 45.341
Iran, Islamic Rep. 39.764 35.958 32.442 29.374 26.642 26.12 25.606
Kazakhstan 44.079 43.902 43.537 43.173 42.809 42.736 42.664
Kyrgyz Republic 63.651 64.702 64.71 64.694 64.223 64.056 63.865
Malaysia 44.312 38.023 33.406 29.088 25.787 25.16 24.553
Maldives 74.362 72.294 66.25 63.566 61.471 61.046 60.62
Pakistan 68.164 67.018 66.018 65.003 63.974 63.766 63.558
Suriname 33.924 33.556 33.318 33.656 33.944 33.96 33.959
Tajikistan 71.123 73.499 73.49 73.48 73.258 73.149 73.018
Turkey 37.877 35.259 32.16 29.175 26.389 25.866 25.356
Turkmenistan 55.206 54.087 52.948 51.509 49.683 49.272 48.847
Uzbekistan 56.269 53.874 51.463 49.044 49.25 49.35 49.45
Asian Group 56.69111111 55.08427778 53.01016667 51.13805556 49.43077778 49.08194444 48.73072222
OIC Total 53.70420905 52.15914607 50.26891117 48.2933875 46.39133145 45.99734601 45.60185126
World Total 55.15827083 53.31094036 50.8481466 48.35478997 46.0866268 45.6303548 45.17775826