| Rural population - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 | Africa | 597,522,157 |
| 2 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 520,268,725 |
| 3 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa | 501,154,209 |
| 4 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | 423,012,819 |
| 5 |  Nigeria | 78,141,390 |
| 6 | North Africa | 77,253,432 |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 66,992,150 |
| 8 | Egypt | 46,698,764 |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 42,401,224 |
| 10 | Tanzania | 31,642,026 |
| 11 | Kenya | 30,210,724 |
| 12 | Uganda | 27,547,804 |
| 13 | Sudan | 23,386,272 |
| 14 | South Africa | 19,114,516 |
| 15 | Mozambique | 13,756,636 |
| 16 | Morocco | 13,734,506 |
| 17 | Madagascar | 13,469,391 |
| 18 | Niger | 12,242,533 |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 12,233,786 |
| 20 | Algeria | 11,951,019 |
| 21 | Ghana | 11,670,793 |
| 22 | Malawi | 11,594,064 |
| 23 | Ivory Coast | 10,546,865 |
| 24 | Mali | 8,620,695 |
| 25 | Cameroon | 8,171,477 |
| 26 | Zambia | 8,150,137 |
| 27 | Chad | 8,114,645 |
| 28 | Rwanda | 7,937,919 |
| 29 | Zimbabwe | 7,809,240 |
| 30 | Angola | 7,802,949 |
| 31 | Burundi | 7,234,532 |
| 32 | Senegal | 7,036,082 |
| 33 | Guinea | 6,446,551 |
| 34 | Somalia | 5,683,930 |
| 35 | Benin | 5,093,307 |
| 36 | Eritrea | 3,960,990 |
| 37 | Togo | 3,745,991 |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 3,460,453 |
| 39 | Tunisia | 3,459,411 |
| 40 | Central African Republic | 2,716,884 |
| 41 | Mauritania | 1,888,170 |
| 42 | Liberia | 1,512,049 |
| 43 | Lesotho | 1,503,340 |
| 44 | Libya | 1,409,732 |
| 45 | Republic of the Congo | 1,397,618 |
| 46 | Namibia | 1,335,304 |
| 47 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,105,333 |
| 48 | Swaziland | 876,576 |
| 49 | Botswana | 769,998 |
| 50 | Mauritius | 729,834 |
| 51 | Gambia | 723,515 |
| 52 | Comoros | 462,856 |
| 53 | Equatorial Guinea | 399,605 |
| 54 | Gabon | 216,645 |
| 55 | Cape Verde | 201,364 |
| 56 | Djibouti | 107,662 |
| 57 | Sao Tome and Principe | 63,480 |
| 58 | Seychelles | 39,420 |
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