Rural population in Eastern Africa in 2025 — 349,108,142 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 357.4%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Africa
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 349M | +5.92M | +1.73% |
| 2024 | 343M | +6.05M | +1.79% |
| 2023 | 337M | +6.4M | +1.93% |
| 2022 | 331M | +5.84M | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 325M | +6.18M | +1.94% |
| 2020 | 319M | +6.49M | +2.08% |
| 2019 | 312M | +6.47M | +2.12% |
| 2018 | 306M | +5.83M | +1.95% |
| 2017 | 300M | +5.63M | +1.91% |
| 2016 | 294M | +5.73M | +1.99% |
| 2015 | 289M | +5.71M | +2.02% |
| 2014 | 283M | +5.71M | +2.06% |
| 2013 | 277M | +6.02M | +2.22% |
| 2012 | 271M | +5.98M | +2.26% |
| 2011 | 265M | +5.99M | +2.31% |
| 2010 | 259M | +6.07M | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 253M | +5.76M | +2.33% |
| 2008 | 247M | +5.25M | +2.17% |
| 2007 | 242M | +5.69M | +2.41% |
| 2006 | 236M | +5.21M | +2.25% |
| 2005 | 231M | +5.13M | +2.27% |
| 2004 | 226M | +5.14M | +2.33% |
| 2003 | 221M | +5.1M | +2.36% |
| 2002 | 216M | +5M | +2.37% |
| 2001 | 211M | +4.96M | +2.41% |
| 2000 | 206M | +5.01M | +2.49% |
| 1999 | 201M | +4.93M | +2.52% |
| 1998 | 196M | +4.89M | +2.56% |
| 1997 | 191M | +5.19M | +2.79% |
| 1996 | 186M | +5.1M | +2.82% |
| 1995 | 181M | +3.82M | +2.16% |
| 1994 | 177M | +3.51M | +2.02% |
| 1993 | 173M | +4.2M | +2.48% |
| 1992 | 169M | +4.06M | +2.46% |
| 1991 | 165M | +4.01M | +2.49% |
| 1990 | 161M | +3.94M | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 157M | +3.7M | +2.41% |
| 1988 | 154M | +3.76M | +2.51% |
| 1987 | 150M | +3.84M | +2.63% |
| 1986 | 146M | +3.69M | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 142M | +3.6M | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 139M | +3.47M | +2.57% |
| 1983 | 135M | +3.49M | +2.65% |
| 1982 | 132M | +3.59M | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 128M | +3.25M | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 125M | +2.94M | +2.41% |
| 1979 | 122M | +3.1M | +2.61% |
| 1978 | 119M | +2.87M | +2.47% |
| 1977 | 116M | +2.67M | +2.36% |
| 1976 | 113M | +2.72M | +2.46% |
| 1975 | 111M | +2.62M | +2.42% |
| 1974 | 108M | +2.56M | +2.43% |
| 1973 | 105M | +2.4M | +2.34% |
| 1972 | 103M | +2.36M | +2.34% |
| 1971 | 101M | +2.44M | +2.48% |
| 1970 | 98.15M | +2.43M | +2.54% |
| 1969 | 95.72M | +2.42M | +2.59% |
| 1968 | 93.3M | +2.38M | +2.61% |
| 1967 | 90.92M | +2.27M | +2.57% |
| 1966 | 88.65M | +2.2M | +2.54% |
| 1965 | 86.45M | +2.18M | +2.58% |
| 1964 | 84.27M | +2.11M | +2.56% |
| 1963 | 82.17M | +2.01M | +2.51% |
| 1962 | 80.16M | +1.96M | +2.51% |
| 1961 | 78.2M | +1.87M | +2.45% |
| 1960 | 76.33M | — | — |
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.