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Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population. Source: The data on urban population shares used to estimate rural population come from the United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects. Total population figures are World Bank estimates.

Rank	Country	Value
Rural population (% of total population) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)
1	Burundi	89.60
2	Uganda	87.02
3	Niger	83.46
4	Ethiopia	83
5	Rwanda	81.66
6	Malawi	81.20
7	Burkina Faso	80.44
8	Eritrea	79.28
9	Kenya	78.40
10	Swaziland	75.06
11	Lesotho	74.54
12	Tanzania	74.48
13	Chad	73.32
14	Comoros	71.92
15	Madagascar	70.48
16	Guinea-Bissau	70.16
17	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria	68.31
18	Mali	67.82
19	Democratic Republic of the Congo	66.04
20	Guinea	65.56
21	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa	65.04
22	Zambia	64.58
23	Sub-Saharan Africa	63.50
24	Somalia	63.48
25	Mozambique	63.16
26	Namibia	63.16
27	Zimbabwe	62.66
28	Sierra Leone	62.24
29	Central African Republic	61.42
30	Africa	60.79
31	Equatorial Guinea	60.62
32	Mauritania	59
33	Benin	58.80
34	Togo	58
35	Senegal	57.62
36	Mauritius	57.52
37	Egypt	57.28
38	Sudan	56.56
39	Nigeria	51.64
40	Ivory Coast	51.22
41	Ghana	49.98
42	North Africa	47.19
43	Seychelles	45.66
44	Morocco	43.98
45	Gambia	43.58
46	Angola	43.30
47	Cameroon	43.24
48	Botswana	40.42
49	Cape Verde	40.38
50	Liberia	39.86
51	Sao Tome and Principe	39.44
52	South Africa	39.26
53	Republic of the Congo	38.66
54	Algeria	34.78
55	Tunisia	33.50
56	Libya	22.46
57	Gabon	14.96
58	Djibouti	12.70

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