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Australia vs South Africa: Rural population

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Australia's Rural population was 3.37M, compared to South Africa's 23.24M. That makes Australia's value 85.5% lower than South Africa's.

Australia

Rank #88 of 217 globally

Australia trend
Latest (2024)
3.37M
Year-over-year
+1.1%
10-year change
+8.2%
Peak
3.37M (2024)
Trough
2.90M (2005)

South Africa

Rank #24 of 217 globally

South Africa trend
Latest (2024)
23.24M
Year-over-year
+1.0%
10-year change
+13.4%
Peak
23.24M (2024)
Trough
19.52M (2009)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.RUR.TOTL), CC BY 4.0.