Rural population in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025 — 731,422,742 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 275%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 731M | +10.99M | +1.53% |
| 2024 | 720M | +10.97M | +1.55% |
| 2023 | 709M | +11.32M | +1.62% |
| 2022 | 698M | +11.05M | +1.61% |
| 2021 | 687M | +11.54M | +1.71% |
| 2020 | 676M | +11.92M | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 664M | +12.07M | +1.85% |
| 2018 | 652M | +11.82M | +1.85% |
| 2017 | 640M | +11.65M | +1.85% |
| 2016 | 628M | +11.65M | +1.89% |
| 2015 | 616M | +11.58M | +1.91% |
| 2014 | 605M | +11.53M | +1.94% |
| 2013 | 593M | +11.7M | +2.01% |
| 2012 | 582M | +11.57M | +2.03% |
| 2011 | 570M | +11.45M | +2.05% |
| 2010 | 559M | +11.34M | +2.07% |
| 2009 | 547M | +10.97M | +2.05% |
| 2008 | 536M | +10.34M | +1.97% |
| 2007 | 526M | +10.57M | +2.05% |
| 2006 | 515M | +9.87M | +1.95% |
| 2005 | 506M | +9.72M | +1.96% |
| 2004 | 496M | +9.5M | +1.95% |
| 2003 | 486M | +9.39M | +1.97% |
| 2002 | 477M | +9.31M | +1.99% |
| 2001 | 468M | +9.18M | +2% |
| 2000 | 458M | +9.09M | +2.02% |
| 1999 | 449M | +9.05M | +2.05% |
| 1998 | 440M | +8.9M | +2.06% |
| 1997 | 431M | +8.84M | +2.09% |
| 1996 | 423M | +8.99M | +2.17% |
| 1995 | 414M | +8.44M | +2.08% |
| 1994 | 405M | +8.17M | +2.06% |
| 1993 | 397M | +8.49M | +2.19% |
| 1992 | 388M | +8.09M | +2.13% |
| 1991 | 380M | +7.48M | +2% |
| 1990 | 373M | +7.61M | +2.08% |
| 1989 | 365M | +7.39M | +2.07% |
| 1988 | 358M | +7.37M | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 351M | +7.35M | +2.14% |
| 1986 | 343M | +7.41M | +2.21% |
| 1985 | 336M | +7.31M | +2.23% |
| 1984 | 328M | +7.17M | +2.23% |
| 1983 | 321M | +7.46M | +2.38% |
| 1982 | 314M | +7.75M | +2.53% |
| 1981 | 306M | +7.26M | +2.43% |
| 1980 | 299M | +6.86M | +2.35% |
| 1979 | 292M | +6.98M | +2.45% |
| 1978 | 285M | +6.49M | +2.33% |
| 1977 | 278M | +5.94M | +2.18% |
| 1976 | 273M | +5.9M | +2.21% |
| 1975 | 267M | +5.76M | +2.21% |
| 1974 | 261M | +5.64M | +2.21% |
| 1973 | 255M | +5.36M | +2.14% |
| 1972 | 250M | +5.11M | +2.09% |
| 1971 | 245M | +5.11M | +2.13% |
| 1970 | 240M | +5.05M | +2.15% |
| 1969 | 235M | +4.91M | +2.14% |
| 1968 | 230M | +4.76M | +2.12% |
| 1967 | 225M | +4.59M | +2.09% |
| 1966 | 220M | +4.47M | +2.07% |
| 1965 | 216M | +4.4M | +2.08% |
| 1964 | 211M | +4.28M | +2.07% |
| 1963 | 207M | +4.16M | +2.05% |
| 1962 | 203M | +4.05M | +2.03% |
| 1961 | 199M | +3.91M | +2.01% |
| 1960 | 195M | — | — |
The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.
Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
The part of residents living outside cities — the other side of urbanization.
Demography Urban populationThe absolute number of city dwellers by country.
Demography PopulationResident population of every country as of mid-year — series from 1960 onward.
Labor Employment in agricultureThe share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.