Rural Population by Country
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.
| Country Name |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
| India |
908,804,812 |
909,384,771 |
908,684,959 |
906,325,664 |
903,131,481 |
| China |
514,596,570 |
529,465,517 |
544,289,492 |
558,762,145 |
572,999,405 |
| Pakistan |
146,845,783 |
144,765,164 |
142,759,072 |
140,882,429 |
139,164,735 |
| Indonesia |
115,892,393 |
116,919,988 |
117,874,897 |
118,656,904 |
119,312,112 |
| Bangladesh |
103,206,552 |
103,398,765 |
103,504,655 |
103,604,879 |
103,723,251 |
| Nigeria |
101,575,770 |
100,840,661 |
100,084,652 |
99,300,013 |
98,511,358 |
| Ethiopia |
95,420,799 |
93,611,468 |
91,766,343 |
89,898,498 |
88,055,633 |
| Egypt |
63,300,985 |
62,430,223 |
61,488,326 |
60,487,813 |
59,439,309 |
| Vietnam |
60,123,739 |
60,379,495 |
60,560,066 |
60,695,620 |
60,822,052 |
| Philippines |
60,117,263 |
59,577,632 |
59,003,479 |
58,337,359 |
57,642,452 |
| United States |
56,378,923 |
56,867,044 |
57,470,836 |
57,592,357 |
57,994,170 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo |
52,636,799 |
51,557,473 |
50,476,837 |
49,407,432 |
48,368,317 |
| Tanzania |
41,471,864 |
40,725,784 |
39,967,867 |
39,216,539 |
38,469,815 |
| Kenya |
38,358,435 |
37,902,724 |
37,432,361 |
36,936,235 |
36,450,926 |
| Myanmar |
36,965,999 |
36,879,663 |
36,786,680 |
36,676,246 |
36,561,274 |
| Russia |
35,708,054 |
35,956,998 |
36,372,705 |
36,697,963 |
36,938,654 |
| Uganda |
34,889,566 |
34,136,762 |
33,323,884 |
32,486,255 |
31,645,525 |
| Thailand |
33,777,188 |
34,251,820 |
34,715,730 |
35,160,432 |
35,600,176 |
| Afghanistan |
30,181,937 |
29,547,690 |
28,829,317 |
28,042,342 |
27,333,488 |
| Sudan |
30,020,115 |
29,406,434 |
28,773,881 |
28,128,529 |
27,449,745 |
| Brazil |
26,795,765 |
27,182,995 |
27,559,886 |
27,904,512 |
28,227,475 |
| Nepal |
23,994,819 |
23,725,239 |
23,309,854 |
23,021,883 |
22,879,487 |
| Mexico |
23,843,271 |
24,053,703 |
24,278,613 |
24,461,683 |
24,609,311 |
| Niger |
21,780,401 |
21,022,639 |
20,287,928 |
19,571,248 |
18,868,776 |
| Iran |
20,537,534 |
20,798,288 |
21,059,632 |
21,302,584 |
21,491,720 |
| Yemen |
20,491,585 |
20,268,538 |
20,045,810 |
19,788,293 |
19,508,253 |
| Mozambique |
20,379,448 |
20,007,111 |
19,619,219 |
19,222,873 |
18,834,813 |
| Turkey |
19,609,710 |
19,863,725 |
20,104,161 |
20,344,486 |
20,583,909 |
| South Africa |
18,965,399 |
19,096,392 |
19,196,477 |
19,252,374 |
19,291,920 |
| Germany |
18,793,519 |
18,682,511 |
18,750,282 |
18,798,952 |
18,809,664 |
| Sri Lanka |
17,960,843 |
17,977,378 |
17,817,298 |
17,750,912 |
17,666,251 |
| Madagascar |
17,801,970 |
17,578,693 |
17,348,887 |
17,108,814 |
16,862,044 |
| Uzbekistan |
17,657,930 |
17,308,463 |
16,973,620 |
16,644,772 |
16,320,520 |
| Malawi |
16,736,441 |
16,370,252 |
16,000,221 |
15,627,061 |
15,256,915 |
| Italy |
16,681,796 |
16,937,284 |
17,214,086 |
17,479,118 |
17,861,881 |
| Burkina Faso |
15,446,047 |
15,196,430 |
14,935,196 |
14,670,338 |
14,405,827 |
| Poland |
14,974,307 |
15,070,539 |
15,143,331 |
15,172,143 |
15,167,875 |
| Ghana |
13,853,989 |
13,794,798 |
13,725,263 |
13,646,945 |
13,564,560 |
| Chad |
13,458,554 |
13,094,226 |
12,729,867 |
12,372,693 |
12,006,035 |
| Morocco |
13,261,620 |
13,323,470 |
13,379,661 |
13,434,809 |
13,489,703 |
| Iraq |
12,746,359 |
12,572,937 |
12,387,061 |
12,187,255 |
11,985,216 |
| France |
12,561,983 |
12,708,476 |
12,855,403 |
12,999,819 |
13,133,487 |
| Cambodia |
12,556,766 |
12,496,843 |
12,423,573 |
12,349,492 |
12,277,255 |
| Mali |
12,327,741 |
12,118,494 |
11,904,776 |
11,695,460 |
11,490,927 |
| Cameroon |
11,519,492 |
11,383,170 |
11,242,817 |
11,094,657 |
10,939,982 |
| Ukraine |
11,430,780 |
13,244,273 |
13,412,612 |
13,549,776 |
13,675,909 |
| Angola |
11,359,649 |
11,227,528 |
11,089,900 |
10,942,954 |
10,784,991 |
| Rwanda |
11,335,329 |
11,096,904 |
10,854,688 |
10,612,900 |
10,374,959 |
| Algeria |
11,328,186 |
11,370,967 |
11,413,449 |
11,449,736 |
11,475,841 |
| Zimbabwe |
11,033,499 |
10,827,136 |
10,617,452 |
10,408,889 |
10,204,026 |
| Burundi |
11,031,286 |
10,786,763 |
10,545,078 |
10,287,647 |
9,995,643 |
| Zambia |
10,857,387 |
10,672,830 |
10,480,465 |
10,279,833 |
10,073,534 |
| United Kingdom |
10,448,880 |
10,622,328 |
10,798,066 |
10,926,403 |
11,033,746 |
| Japan |
10,066,305 |
10,221,684 |
10,376,129 |
10,513,072 |
10,631,834 |
| North Korea |
9,667,582 |
9,702,586 |
9,731,082 |
9,752,555 |
9,768,391 |
| South Korea |
9,588,890 |
9,617,303 |
9,634,283 |
9,612,727 |
9,564,386 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
9,564,966 |
9,356,279 |
9,248,998 |
9,080,189 |
8,862,073 |
| Colombia |
9,311,387 |
9,406,924 |
9,460,370 |
9,483,412 |
9,472,017 |
| Somalia |
9,269,665 |
9,090,664 |
8,906,671 |
8,701,179 |
8,480,571 |
| Spain |
8,902,107 |
8,982,440 |
9,089,469 |
9,160,656 |
9,209,330 |
| Senegal |
8,816,497 |
8,674,634 |
8,526,730 |
8,375,929 |
8,224,798 |
| Papua New Guinea |
8,765,048 |
8,610,641 |
8,448,551 |
8,278,107 |
8,100,661 |
| Guinea |
8,638,804 |
8,489,377 |
8,335,753 |
8,177,237 |
8,017,536 |
| South Sudan |
8,638,206 |
8,543,371 |
8,463,875 |
8,368,685 |
8,356,285 |
| Romania |
8,627,368 |
8,732,240 |
8,824,640 |
8,894,686 |
8,958,416 |
| Kazakhstan |
8,243,190 |
8,014,427 |
7,939,086 |
7,860,906 |
7,780,651 |
| Guatemala |
8,216,182 |
8,170,759 |
8,119,648 |
8,063,081 |
8,001,178 |
| Malaysia |
7,393,781 |
7,488,317 |
7,582,878 |
7,673,844 |
7,764,161 |
| Peru |
7,249,838 |
7,248,826 |
7,228,131 |
7,188,973 |
7,114,817 |
| Tajikistan |
7,169,192 |
7,046,761 |
6,918,252 |
6,787,161 |
6,651,305 |
| Canada |
7,103,929 |
7,013,416 |
7,007,761 |
6,962,996 |
6,890,028 |
| Benin |
6,738,656 |
6,632,056 |
6,521,955 |
6,408,115 |
6,291,307 |
| Ecuador |
6,377,754 |
6,342,935 |
6,302,697 |
6,246,175 |
6,156,100 |
| Saudi Arabia |
5,559,991 |
5,569,435 |
5,656,225 |
5,709,090 |
5,657,530 |
| Togo |
4,962,262 |
4,896,604 |
4,829,156 |
4,760,552 |
4,691,053 |
| Sierra Leone |
4,833,746 |
4,768,441 |
4,699,703 |
4,628,214 |
4,555,219 |
| Haiti |
4,770,701 |
4,812,100 |
4,851,974 |
4,889,165 |
4,924,975 |
| Lao PDR |
4,698,995 |
4,682,315 |
4,663,189 |
4,641,317 |
4,617,970 |
| Azerbaijan |
4,357,959 |
4,381,941 |
4,400,904 |
4,407,577 |
4,405,307 |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
4,254,716 |
4,206,064 |
4,154,812 |
4,093,812 |
4,024,399 |
| Honduras |
4,214,875 |
4,215,972 |
4,214,803 |
4,209,597 |
4,201,524 |
| Austria |
3,684,288 |
3,672,325 |
3,678,385 |
3,683,835 |
3,686,762 |
| Tunisia |
3,680,393 |
3,692,618 |
3,701,056 |
3,704,682 |
3,705,806 |
| Bolivia |
3,565,773 |
3,566,464 |
3,566,167 |
3,559,929 |
3,548,811 |
| Argentina |
3,538,352 |
3,559,798 |
3,579,773 |
3,599,141 |
3,617,403 |
| Australia |
3,510,274 |
3,503,340 |
3,529,911 |
3,516,209 |
3,492,334 |
| Portugal |
3,385,528 |
3,422,889 |
3,469,087 |
3,521,605 |
3,577,639 |
| Venezuela |
3,289,223 |
3,292,334 |
3,339,366 |
3,407,070 |
3,517,041 |
| Central African Republic |
3,173,417 |
3,129,787 |
3,088,372 |
3,033,389 |
2,987,375 |
| Turkmenistan |
2,990,694 |
2,980,799 |
2,967,958 |
2,953,086 |
2,935,916 |
| Serbia |
2,915,423 |
2,962,612 |
3,004,845 |
3,037,846 |
3,065,922 |
| Nicaragua |
2,810,208 |
2,789,745 |
2,769,106 |
2,748,202 |
2,726,031 |
| Czech Republic |
2,697,096 |
2,709,018 |
2,774,917 |
2,783,117 |
2,785,892 |
| Hungary |
2,657,928 |
2,694,980 |
2,735,697 |
2,770,705 |
2,800,601 |
| Cuba |
2,533,843 |
2,556,097 |
2,577,237 |
2,590,505 |
2,601,305 |
| Paraguay |
2,521,216 |
2,514,193 |
2,502,992 |
2,489,311 |
2,475,204 |
| Slovak Republic |
2,503,549 |
2,515,539 |
2,524,162 |
2,523,688 |
2,520,439 |
| Liberia |
2,488,813 |
2,463,081 |
2,437,512 |
2,412,132 |
2,388,419 |
| Chile |
2,369,699 |
2,374,855 |
2,368,728 |
2,352,709 |
2,325,712 |
| Switzerland |
2,272,064 |
2,263,233 |
2,253,266 |
2,242,521 |
2,231,010 |
| Eritrea |
2,113,713 |
2,100,324 |
2,085,623 |
2,074,379 |
2,064,468 |
| Greece |
2,075,584 |
2,124,201 |
2,170,211 |
2,209,932 |
2,247,680 |
| Mauritania |
2,040,187 |
2,024,451 |
2,009,661 |
1,994,344 |
1,978,535 |
| Republic Of Congo |
1,866,593 |
1,850,943 |
1,834,446 |
1,817,563 |
1,800,121 |
| Ireland |
1,822,006 |
1,816,369 |
1,812,037 |
1,805,722 |
1,792,632 |
| Dominican Republic |
1,813,679 |
1,866,357 |
1,920,541 |
1,977,456 |
2,037,484 |
| Belarus |
1,811,720 |
1,868,889 |
1,924,485 |
1,974,004 |
2,020,372 |
| Bosnia |
1,621,904 |
1,654,279 |
1,691,724 |
1,726,532 |
1,759,737 |
| Lesotho |
1,615,392 |
1,608,881 |
1,599,780 |
1,589,485 |
1,579,209 |
| Croatia |
1,610,240 |
1,633,912 |
1,718,119 |
1,738,221 |
1,759,939 |
| El Salvador |
1,598,862 |
1,634,233 |
1,671,098 |
1,711,610 |
1,755,932 |
| Bulgaria |
1,528,155 |
1,648,939 |
1,685,936 |
1,719,734 |
1,755,697 |
| Georgia |
1,473,975 |
1,488,191 |
1,509,450 |
1,523,815 |
1,541,599 |
| Moldova |
1,473,227 |
1,490,716 |
1,506,003 |
1,525,908 |
1,553,149 |
| Panama |
1,360,444 |
1,358,683 |
1,356,428 |
1,351,913 |
1,345,002 |
| Libya |
1,273,772 |
1,280,107 |
1,284,810 |
1,288,001 |
1,288,951 |
| Netherlands |
1,259,398 |
1,302,355 |
1,354,158 |
1,409,098 |
1,466,411 |
| Jamaica |
1,215,546 |
1,225,749 |
1,232,220 |
1,238,482 |
1,246,374 |
| Sweden |
1,206,837 |
1,225,108 |
1,244,794 |
1,263,481 |
1,278,923 |
| Namibia |
1,181,955 |
1,189,044 |
1,193,946 |
1,197,828 |
1,202,070 |
| UAE |
1,176,081 |
1,189,467 |
1,202,890 |
1,216,952 |
1,231,912 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1,157,198 |
1,141,289 |
1,124,913 |
1,107,850 |
1,090,295 |
| West Bank And Gaza |
1,145,354 |
1,132,085 |
1,118,249 |
1,103,858 |
1,089,088 |
| Mongolia |
1,055,872 |
1,045,010 |
1,032,543 |
1,016,826 |
998,397 |
| Armenia |
1,012,841 |
1,020,631 |
1,029,293 |
1,037,446 |
1,045,300 |
| Albania |
1,004,807 |
1,041,188 |
1,075,204 |
1,106,598 |
1,137,407 |
| Gambia |
978,162 |
970,908 |
963,137 |
955,107 |
946,916 |
| Slovenia |
933,093 |
939,634 |
943,608 |
943,491 |
942,771 |
| Costa Rica |
930,373 |
957,348 |
985,122 |
1,013,042 |
1,041,416 |
| Jordan |
922,394 |
933,557 |
937,903 |
941,163 |
943,584 |
| Timor-Leste |
911,089 |
902,269 |
892,837 |
884,181 |
875,998 |
| Eswatini |
906,348 |
901,726 |
895,279 |
889,128 |
884,258 |
| Lithuania |
893,387 |
889,294 |
893,078 |
898,175 |
905,487 |
| Norway |
891,476 |
901,946 |
915,909 |
929,678 |
942,971 |
| North Macedonia |
841,220 |
851,107 |
860,473 |
867,892 |
872,779 |
| Finland |
795,690 |
798,128 |
800,844 |
803,615 |
806,259 |
| Mauritius |
747,287 |
749,986 |
749,987 |
749,894 |
749,310 |
| Botswana |
730,591 |
736,148 |
741,589 |
745,611 |
749,004 |
| Trinidad And Tobago |
714,385 |
713,019 |
710,280 |
711,537 |
704,445 |
| Israel |
691,177 |
686,058 |
683,115 |
678,959 |
673,494 |
| Denmark |
686,700 |
688,752 |
693,004 |
698,080 |
702,536 |
| New Zealand |
672,077 |
675,267 |
677,048 |
666,466 |
659,719 |
| Latvia |
592,511 |
595,103 |
602,157 |
608,174 |
613,959 |
| Guyana |
590,192 |
588,163 |
583,663 |
585,574 |
576,520 |
| Lebanon |
589,488 |
609,988 |
627,169 |
650,002 |
678,812 |
| Comoros |
586,880 |
578,317 |
569,314 |
560,303 |
551,454 |
| Oman |
560,597 |
585,672 |
623,536 |
670,025 |
711,385 |
| Solomon Islands |
538,975 |
529,982 |
520,674 |
511,577 |
502,684 |
| Bhutan |
440,632 |
443,105 |
445,612 |
448,104 |
450,437 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
435,309 |
432,136 |
429,337 |
425,111 |
418,437 |
| Cyprus |
414,105 |
412,374 |
410,602 |
407,912 |
404,530 |
| Estonia |
408,688 |
407,066 |
409,107 |
410,662 |
411,399 |
| Fiji |
388,373 |
390,740 |
393,508 |
397,236 |
402,079 |
| Maldives |
306,227 |
307,128 |
305,221 |
301,504 |
294,795 |
| Vanuatu |
242,389 |
237,230 |
232,127 |
227,104 |
222,159 |
| Djibouti |
242,328 |
240,823 |
239,158 |
237,192 |
234,941 |
| Gabon |
221,340 |
224,215 |
227,148 |
230,087 |
233,011 |
| Belize |
217,242 |
215,213 |
213,159 |
210,633 |
207,370 |
| Belgium |
215,535 |
218,295 |
221,657 |
225,069 |
228,427 |
| Suriname |
208,236 |
207,072 |
205,498 |
203,532 |
201,507 |
| Puerto Rico |
205,872 |
209,073 |
210,643 |
205,163 |
205,077 |
| Montenegro |
196,160 |
199,225 |
201,999 |
204,336 |
206,498 |
| Barbados |
193,416 |
193,336 |
193,142 |
192,882 |
192,574 |
| Cabo Verde |
192,507 |
193,416 |
194,299 |
195,065 |
195,740 |
| Samoa |
183,207 |
179,951 |
176,480 |
173,643 |
171,445 |
| Bahrain |
151,007 |
151,858 |
155,046 |
158,474 |
159,339 |
| Uruguay |
147,591 |
150,653 |
153,795 |
156,815 |
159,906 |
| St. Lucia |
145,594 |
145,625 |
145,467 |
145,092 |
144,662 |
| Channel Islands |
119,980 |
119,131 |
118,131 |
117,010 |
115,553 |
| French Polynesia |
115,865 |
115,331 |
114,805 |
114,201 |
113,584 |
| Brunei |
94,946 |
95,515 |
96,075 |
96,625 |
97,151 |
| Micronesia |
87,659 |
87,034 |
86,397 |
85,971 |
85,745 |
| Tonga |
82,147 |
81,523 |
80,941 |
80,700 |
80,828 |
| Grenada |
79,192 |
78,886 |
78,480 |
78,057 |
77,645 |
| New Caledonia |
76,599 |
77,111 |
77,602 |
78,378 |
79,499 |
| Antigua And Barbuda |
70,935 |
70,492 |
70,023 |
69,543 |
69,087 |
| Bahamas |
67,680 |
67,855 |
68,104 |
68,241 |
68,224 |
| Aruba |
59,554 |
59,803 |
60,011 |
60,091 |
59,963 |
| Kiribati |
56,354 |
56,273 |
56,157 |
56,113 |
56,170 |
| Sao Tome And Principe |
55,128 |
55,614 |
56,073 |
56,658 |
57,479 |
| Luxembourg |
52,836 |
53,305 |
53,882 |
54,417 |
54,831 |
| St. Vincent And The Grenadines |
47,946 |
48,564 |
49,144 |
49,719 |
50,326 |
| Seychelles |
41,629 |
41,716 |
41,801 |
41,863 |
41,907 |
| Isle Of Man |
39,495 |
39,540 |
39,587 |
39,671 |
39,719 |
| Liechtenstein |
33,610 |
33,390 |
33,169 |
32,952 |
32,707 |
| St. Kitts And Nevis |
32,888 |
32,893 |
32,948 |
33,017 |
33,062 |
| Faroe Islands |
30,379 |
30,367 |
30,192 |
29,859 |
29,521 |
| Malta |
26,825 |
26,912 |
27,086 |
26,826 |
26,112 |
| Iceland |
22,945 |
22,560 |
22,362 |
22,157 |
21,823 |
| Dominica |
20,585 |
20,713 |
20,814 |
20,867 |
20,905 |
| Qatar |
18,381 |
19,409 |
21,117 |
22,795 |
23,932 |
| Curacao |
16,462 |
16,703 |
16,948 |
17,164 |
17,296 |
| British Virgin Islands |
15,862 |
15,897 |
15,914 |
15,882 |
15,858 |
| Andorra |
9,730 |
9,596 |
9,389 |
9,173 |
8,955 |
| Marshall Islands |
8,929 |
9,183 |
9,640 |
10,101 |
10,563 |
| Guam |
8,432 |
8,501 |
8,566 |
8,669 |
8,805 |
| Greenland |
6,954 |
7,078 |
7,169 |
7,280 |
7,386 |
| American Samoa |
5,669 |
5,778 |
5,934 |
6,082 |
6,221 |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
4,073 |
4,192 |
4,316 |
4,446 |
4,579 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
3,973 |
4,013 |
4,067 |
4,134 |
4,216 |
| Tuvalu |
3,900 |
3,945 |
3,983 |
4,030 |
4,087 |
| Palau |
3,258 |
3,338 |
3,417 |
3,499 |
3,585 |
| Turks And Caicos Islands |
2,721 |
2,782 |
2,831 |
2,861 |
2,863 |
| San Marino |
763 |
803 |
851 |
900 |
947 |
