Colombia Rural Population 1960-2023

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Colombia rural population for 2021 was 9,406,924, a 0.56% decline from 2020.
  • Colombia rural population for 2020 was 9,460,370, a 0.24% decline from 2019.
  • Colombia rural population for 2019 was 9,483,412, a 0.12% increase from 2018.
  • Colombia rural population for 2018 was 9,472,017, a 0.18% increase from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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China 529,465,517
Russia 35,956,998
Thailand 34,251,820
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Mexico 24,053,703
Iran 20,798,288
Turkey 19,863,725
South Africa 19,096,392
Iraq 12,572,937
Algeria 11,370,967
Colombia 9,406,924
Romania 8,732,240
Guatemala 8,170,759
Kazakhstan 8,014,427
Malaysia 7,488,317
Peru 7,248,826
Ecuador 6,342,935
Azerbaijan 4,381,941
Venezuela 3,292,334
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Serbia 2,962,612
Cuba 2,556,097
Paraguay 2,514,193
Belarus 1,876,469
Dominican Republic 1,866,357
Bosnia 1,654,279
Bulgaria 1,648,939
Libya 1,280,107
Jamaica 1,225,749
Namibia 1,189,044
Albania 1,041,188
Armenia 1,020,631
Costa Rica 957,348
Jordan 933,557
North Macedonia 851,107
Mauritius 749,824
Botswana 736,148
Lebanon 609,988
Guyana 588,163
Equatorial Guinea 432,136
Fiji 390,740
Maldives 307,128
Gabon 224,215
Belize 215,213
Suriname 207,072
Montenegro 199,225
Samoa 179,951
St. Lucia 145,625
Tonga 81,523
Grenada 78,886
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 48,564
Dominica 20,713
Marshall Islands 9,183
American Samoa 5,778
Tuvalu 3,945
Nauru 0
Colombia Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2021 9,406,924 18.26 -0.57%
2020 9,460,370 18.58 -0.24%
2019 9,483,412 18.90 0.12%
2018 9,472,017 19.22 0.18%
2017 9,454,686 19.55 -0.20%
2016 9,473,755 19.89 -0.65%
2015 9,535,148 20.24 -0.77%
2014 9,608,655 20.59 -0.76%
2013 9,681,760 20.94 -0.71%
2012 9,751,197 21.30 -0.66%
2011 9,816,173 21.67 -0.60%
2010 9,875,678 22.04 -0.57%
2009 9,932,078 22.41 -0.56%
2008 9,988,139 22.80 -0.52%
2007 10,040,198 23.18 -0.44%
2006 10,084,569 23.58 -0.38%
2005 10,122,893 23.98 -0.31%
2004 10,153,848 24.38 -0.24%
2003 10,177,790 24.79 -0.18%
2002 10,195,634 25.20 -0.11%
2001 10,206,862 25.62 -0.06%
2000 10,212,798 26.04 -0.01%
1999 10,213,458 26.47 0.06%
1998 10,207,806 26.90 0.13%
1997 10,194,872 27.34 0.19%
1996 10,175,430 27.78 0.23%
1995 10,151,842 28.22 0.32%
1994 10,119,915 28.67 0.38%
1993 10,081,888 29.13 0.41%
1992 10,040,865 29.59 0.42%
1991 9,998,757 30.05 0.49%
1990 9,949,619 30.52 0.56%
1989 9,893,612 30.99 0.59%
1988 9,835,867 31.47 0.60%
1987 9,777,368 31.95 0.62%
1986 9,717,259 32.43 0.51%
1985 9,667,695 32.97 0.25%
1984 9,643,244 33.61 0.35%
1983 9,609,265 34.27 0.39%
1982 9,571,812 34.93 0.40%
1981 9,533,667 35.59 0.44%
1980 9,492,012 36.26 0.46%
1979 9,448,746 36.94 0.45%
1978 9,406,607 37.62 0.46%
1977 9,363,735 38.31 0.41%
1976 9,325,353 39.00 0.38%
1975 9,289,877 39.69 0.44%
1974 9,249,137 40.39 0.46%
1973 9,207,126 41.11 0.45%
1972 9,165,869 41.86 0.49%
1971 9,120,846 42.61 0.61%
1970 9,065,563 43.37 0.75%
1969 8,997,679 44.12 0.87%
1968 8,919,376 44.88 1.01%
1967 8,830,131 45.65 1.13%
1966 8,730,938 46.41 1.25%
1965 8,622,529 47.18 1.31%
1964 8,510,292 47.97 0.06%
1963 8,504,966 49.42 0.19%
1962 8,488,685 50.86 0.30%
1961 8,463,079 52.30 0.40%
1960 8,429,309 53.73 %