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Canada vs South Africa: Rural population

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

In , Canada's Rural population was 7.14M, compared to South Africa's 23.24M. That makes Canada's value 69.3% lower than South Africa's.

Canada

Rank #70 of 217 globally

Canada trend
Latest (2024)
7.14M
Year-over-year
+2.0%
10-year change
+7.3%
Peak
7.14M (2024)
Trough
6.43M (2008)

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.