Agricultural population (FAO, numbers) - Labor, migration and population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Agricultural population is defined as all persons depending for their livelihood on agriculture, hunting, fishing and forestry. It comprises all persons economically active in agriculture as well as their non-working dependents. It is not necessary that this referred population exclusively come from rural population. Source: Food and Agriculture Organisation.
Agricultural population (FAO, numbers) - Labor, migration and population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2006)

Rank

Country

Value

1Africa482,663,000
2Sub-Saharan Africa438,540,000
3Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa432,914,000
4Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria392,268,000
5Ethiopia64,604,000
6North Africa44,123,000
7Nigeria40,646,000
8Democratic Republic of the Congo36,610,000
9Tanzania29,672,000
10Kenya26,552,000
11Egypt24,102,000
12Uganda22,653,000
13Sudan20,938,000
14Mozambique15,752,000
15Madagascar13,710,000
16Ghana12,613,000
17Angola11,624,000
18Burkina Faso10,895,000
19Malawi10,109,000
20Morocco10,043,000
21Niger9,360,000
22Senegal8,656,000
23Cameroon8,256,000
24Ivory Coast8,062,000
25Zimbabwe7,807,000
26Guinea7,481,000
27Algeria7,444,000
28Burundi7,309,000
29Rwanda7,007,000
30Mali6,441,000
31Somalia5,773,000
32South Africa5,626,000
33Chad5,417,000
34Zambia4,629,000
35Benin4,213,000
36Togo3,592,000
37Eritrea3,553,000
38Sierra Leone3,382,000
39Central African Republic2,869,000
40Liberia2,304,000
41Tunisia2,288,000
42Mauritania1,555,000
43Guinea-Bissau1,336,000
44Republic of the Congo1,313,000
45Gambia1,279,000
46Namibia905,000
47Lesotho752,000
48Botswana625,000
49Djibouti623,000
50Comoros581,000
51Gabon399,000
52Swaziland345,000
53Equatorial Guinea336,000
54Libya246,000
55Mauritius117,000
56Cape Verde99,000
57Sao Tome and Principe94,000
58Seychelles66,000
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