Africa | Rural population (% of total population)

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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa
Records
53
Source
Africa | Rural population (% of total population)
1960 81.31362387
1961 80.7738016
1962 80.24209796
1963 79.71651159
1964 79.19488015
1965 78.67543719
1966 78.21591287
1967 77.75638865
1968 77.2972115
1969 76.83919234
1970 76.38273826
1971 75.96099063
1972 75.54124588
1973 75.12135739
1974 74.69848795
1975 74.27070634
1976 73.84316566
1977 73.41163833
1978 72.97766323
1979 72.54330734
1980 72.11030143
1981 71.69618027
1982 71.28451424
1983 70.87636579
1984 70.47492121
1985 70.07605541
1986 69.64636425
1987 69.22662119
1988 68.81306819
1989 68.40361345
1990 67.98829155
1991 67.60060178
1992 67.20839526
1993 66.81558045
1994 66.42713918
1995 66.0464607
1996 65.70729549
1997 65.37355508
1998 65.04185698
1999 64.70859903
2000 64.37262456
2001 64.00598014
2002 63.64575727
2003 63.28728532
2004 62.92793914
2005 62.56841028
2006 62.18998938
2007 61.81006081
2008 61.42905227
2009 61.04838623
2010 60.66570566
2011 60.27172369
2012

Africa | Rural population (% of total population)

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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa
Records
53
Source