Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Percentage living in rural areas.

DEFINITION: Percentage of people living in rural areas. Data for 2003. Urban-rural classification of population in internationally published statistics follows the national census definition, which differs from one country or area to another. National definitions are usually based on criteria that may include any of the following: size of population in a locality, population density, distance between built-up areas, predominant type of economic activity, legal or administrative boundaries and urban characteristics such as specific services and facilities.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Burundi	90%	2003
2	Uganda	88%	2003
=3	Ethiopia	84%	2003
=3	Malawi	84%	2003
=5	Burkina Faso	82%	2003
=5	Rwanda	82%	2003
=5	Lesotho	82%	2003
8	Eritrea	80%	2003
9	Niger	78%	2003
10	Swaziland	76%	2003
11	Chad	75%	2003
12	The Gambia	74%	2003
13	Madagascar	73%	2003
=14	Mali	68%	2003
=14	Democratic Republic of the Congo	68%	2003
=14	Namibia	68%	2003
17	Guinea-Bissau	66%	2003
=18	Tanzania	65%	2003
=18	Guinea	65%	2003
=18	Zimbabwe	65%	2003
=18	Somalia	65%	2003
=18	Togo	65%	2003
=18	Comoros	65%	2003
=24	Angola	64%	2003
=24	Mozambique	64%	2003
=24	Zambia	64%	2003
27	Sao Tome and Principe	62%	2003
=28	Sierra Leone	61%	2003
=28	Sudan	61%	2003
=28	Kenya	61%	2003
=31	Central African Republic	57%	2003
=31	Mauritius	57%	2003
=33	Ghana	55%	2003
=33	Benin	55%	2003
=35	Liberia	53%	2003
=35	Nigeria	53%	2003
37	Equatorial Guinea	52%	2003
=38	Senegal	50%	2003
=38	Seychelles	50%	2003
40	Cameroon	49%	2003
41	Botswana	48%	2003
42	Cape Verde	44%	2003
43	South Africa	43%	2003
44	Mauritania	38%	2003
=45	Gabon	16%	2003
=45	Djibouti	16%	2003

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