Rural population in Northern Africa in 2025 — 131,355,996 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 198.7%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Northern Africa
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131M | +1.57M | +1.21% |
| 2024 | 130M | +1.26M | +0.98% |
| 2023 | 129M | +1.4M | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 127M | +1.7M | +1.36% |
| 2021 | 125M | +1.68M | +1.36% |
| 2020 | 124M | +1.76M | +1.44% |
| 2019 | 122M | +1.9M | +1.59% |
| 2018 | 120M | +2.14M | +1.81% |
| 2017 | 118M | +2.25M | +1.95% |
| 2016 | 116M | +2.12M | +1.87% |
| 2015 | 114M | +2.03M | +1.82% |
| 2014 | 112M | +1.96M | +1.79% |
| 2013 | 110M | +1.82M | +1.69% |
| 2012 | 108M | +1.67M | +1.58% |
| 2011 | 106M | +1.54M | +1.47% |
| 2010 | 105M | +1.54M | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 103M | +1.58M | +1.56% |
| 2008 | 101M | +1.48M | +1.48% |
| 2007 | 99.94M | +1.39M | +1.41% |
| 2006 | 98.56M | +1.36M | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 97.2M | +1.35M | +1.41% |
| 2004 | 95.84M | +1.32M | +1.39% |
| 2003 | 94.53M | +1.32M | +1.41% |
| 2002 | 93.21M | +1.35M | +1.47% |
| 2001 | 91.86M | +1.35M | +1.49% |
| 2000 | 90.52M | +1.35M | +1.51% |
| 1999 | 89.17M | +1.36M | +1.55% |
| 1998 | 87.81M | +1.35M | +1.56% |
| 1997 | 86.47M | +1.27M | +1.49% |
| 1996 | 85.2M | +1.29M | +1.53% |
| 1995 | 83.91M | +1.36M | +1.65% |
| 1994 | 82.55M | +1.32M | +1.63% |
| 1993 | 81.23M | +1.35M | +1.69% |
| 1992 | 79.88M | +1.22M | +1.55% |
| 1991 | 78.66M | +1.22M | +1.57% |
| 1990 | 77.45M | +1.2M | +1.57% |
| 1989 | 76.25M | +1.08M | +1.43% |
| 1988 | 75.18M | +1.07M | +1.44% |
| 1987 | 74.11M | +1.07M | +1.47% |
| 1986 | 73.04M | +1.13M | +1.58% |
| 1985 | 71.9M | +1.23M | +1.73% |
| 1984 | 70.68M | +1.35M | +1.95% |
| 1983 | 69.33M | +1.52M | +2.24% |
| 1982 | 67.81M | +1.56M | +2.35% |
| 1981 | 66.25M | +1.59M | +2.47% |
| 1980 | 64.66M | +1.56M | +2.47% |
| 1979 | 63.1M | +1.49M | +2.42% |
| 1978 | 61.61M | +1.44M | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 60.17M | +1.43M | +2.44% |
| 1976 | 58.74M | +1.47M | +2.57% |
| 1975 | 57.27M | +1.32M | +2.35% |
| 1974 | 55.95M | +1.19M | +2.17% |
| 1973 | 54.76M | +1.11M | +2.07% |
| 1972 | 53.65M | +961,002 | +1.82% |
| 1971 | 52.69M | +947,367 | +1.83% |
| 1970 | 51.74M | +920,628 | +1.81% |
| 1969 | 50.82M | +909,745 | +1.82% |
| 1968 | 49.91M | +900,735 | +1.84% |
| 1967 | 49.01M | +897,893 | +1.87% |
| 1966 | 48.11M | +818,423 | +1.73% |
| 1965 | 47.29M | +720,328 | +1.55% |
| 1964 | 46.57M | +677,502 | +1.48% |
| 1963 | 45.89M | +639,707 | +1.41% |
| 1962 | 45.25M | +619,045 | +1.39% |
| 1961 | 44.63M | +657,106 | +1.49% |
| 1960 | 43.98M | — | — |
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.