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Sub-Saharan Africa
Rural population growth (annual %)

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Niger leads Rural population growth (annual %) in 2025 at 3, while Cabo Verde sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with -3. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.00.71.42.12.8NigerNiger: 32.8Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 32.6ChadChad: 32.5Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 32.5SudanSudan: 22.3Somalia, Fed. Rep.Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 22.2MalawiMalawi: 22.2MaliMali: 22.0EritreaEritrea: 22.0CameroonCameroon: 22.0ZambiaZambia: 21.9EthiopiaEthiopia: 21.9

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Niger 3
2 Central African Republic 3
3 Chad 3
4 Congo, Dem. Rep. 3
5 Sudan 2
6 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 2
7 Malawi 2
8 Mali 2
9 Eritrea 2
10 Cameroon 2
11 Zambia 2
12 Ethiopia 2
13 Uganda 2
14 Tanzania 2
15 Congo, Rep. 2
16 Madagascar 2
17 South Sudan 2
18 Equatorial Guinea 2
19 Mozambique 2
20 Guinea 2
21 Kenya 1
22 Burkina Faso 1
23 Burundi 1
24 Comoros 1
25 Guinea-Bissau 1
26 Cote d'Ivoire 1
27 Togo 1
28 Namibia 1
29 Senegal 1
30 Sao Tome and Principe 1
31 Sierra Leone 1
32 Zimbabwe 1
33 Liberia 1
34 South Africa 1
35 Seychelles 1
36 Rwanda 1
37 Benin 1
38 Mauritania 1
39 Ghana 0
40 Eswatini 0
41 Gambia, The 0
42 Angola 0
43 Botswana 0
44 Nigeria 0
45 Mauritius 0
46 Lesotho -1
47 Gabon -1
48 Cabo Verde -3

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Rural population growth (annual %) in 2025, Niger leads with a gap of 0 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 48 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Cabo Verde at -3.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.