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China vs South Africa: Rural population

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

In , China's Rural population was 480.54M, compared to South Africa's 23.24M. That makes China's value 1,967.7% higher than South Africa's.

China

Rank #2 of 217 globally

China trend
Latest (2024)
480.54M
Year-over-year
-1.2%
10-year change
-20.8%
Peak
743.25M (2005)
Trough
480.54M (2024)

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.