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 |
2018 |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
India |
892,321,651 |
888,869,466 |
885,010,817 |
880,723,750 |
876,035,725 |
China |
568,902,350 |
582,840,458 |
596,465,626 |
610,192,900 |
624,030,741 |
Pakistan |
134,404,267 |
132,134,976 |
129,844,974 |
127,581,406 |
125,349,873 |
Indonesia |
119,578,640 |
119,993,091 |
120,343,715 |
120,631,391 |
120,841,853 |
Bangladesh |
102,248,095 |
102,415,912 |
102,549,930 |
102,647,873 |
102,701,829 |
Nigeria |
97,263,561 |
96,354,756 |
95,429,242 |
94,484,916 |
93,526,351 |
Ethiopia |
86,546,264 |
84,790,179 |
83,021,629 |
81,245,145 |
79,458,307 |
Vietnam |
61,223,241 |
61,286,326 |
61,324,000 |
61,343,883 |
61,343,307 |
United States |
57,967,430 |
58,308,905 |
58,575,095 |
58,769,219 |
58,939,798 |
Philippines |
56,624,705 |
56,076,281 |
55,486,117 |
54,851,133 |
54,183,617 |
Egypt |
56,392,783 |
55,256,784 |
54,087,949 |
52,891,003 |
51,687,636 |
Congo, Dem. Rep. |
46,691,418 |
45,680,986 |
44,667,920 |
43,657,626 |
42,652,338 |
Kenya |
37,501,479 |
36,881,645 |
36,246,743 |
35,593,713 |
34,921,779 |
Tanzania |
37,296,263 |
36,595,845 |
35,897,878 |
35,205,369 |
34,520,239 |
Myanmar |
37,284,905 |
37,195,915 |
37,088,161 |
36,951,315 |
36,779,548 |
Russia |
36,938,654 |
37,147,222 |
37,292,301 |
37,393,138 |
37,465,023 |
Thailand |
34,749,671 |
35,158,608 |
35,556,101 |
35,941,812 |
36,311,537 |
Uganda |
32,566,140 |
31,614,420 |
30,677,654 |
29,792,918 |
28,974,560 |
Brazil |
28,133,826 |
28,454,530 |
28,776,240 |
29,096,333 |
29,416,963 |
Afghanistan |
27,695,286 |
27,131,559 |
26,530,269 |
25,877,997 |
25,165,917 |
Sudan |
27,320,646 |
26,785,832 |
26,251,095 |
25,717,184 |
25,183,363 |
Mexico |
25,041,300 |
25,121,419 |
25,188,375 |
25,242,938 |
25,283,002 |
Nepal |
22,543,325 |
22,285,143 |
22,097,328 |
22,001,852 |
22,014,709 |
Iran |
20,533,504 |
20,657,372 |
20,782,121 |
20,911,896 |
21,047,445 |
Turkey |
20,462,214 |
20,564,196 |
20,646,687 |
20,723,126 |
20,793,146 |
South Africa |
19,439,954 |
19,465,654 |
19,479,624 |
19,480,493 |
19,466,373 |
Mozambique |
18,880,955 |
18,491,502 |
18,110,056 |
17,739,553 |
17,380,937 |
Germany |
18,809,664 |
18,795,376 |
18,755,733 |
18,624,547 |
18,472,108 |
Niger |
18,756,694 |
18,070,468 |
17,402,336 |
16,751,993 |
16,119,596 |
Yemen |
18,056,198 |
17,809,832 |
17,552,294 |
17,282,718 |
17,000,891 |
Italy |
17,861,881 |
18,073,840 |
18,276,159 |
18,483,353 |
18,679,287 |
Sri Lanka |
17,666,251 |
17,501,735 |
17,320,519 |
17,141,717 |
16,992,664 |
Madagascar |
16,495,131 |
16,231,667 |
15,968,251 |
15,705,385 |
15,443,355 |
Uzbekistan |
16,320,520 |
16,016,163 |
15,716,939 |
15,414,708 |
15,117,410 |
Poland |
15,167,875 |
15,150,057 |
15,120,448 |
15,088,963 |
15,051,507 |
Malawi |
15,070,382 |
14,716,853 |
14,365,384 |
14,013,642 |
13,661,711 |
Burkina Faso |
13,952,879 |
13,676,558 |
13,400,406 |
13,124,769 |
12,849,399 |
Ukraine |
13,675,909 |
13,787,367 |
13,882,142 |
13,970,207 |
14,048,855 |
Morocco |
13,527,860 |
13,553,627 |
13,572,801 |
13,585,013 |
13,589,406 |
France |
13,095,854 |
13,252,520 |
13,400,202 |
13,539,246 |
13,664,265 |
Ghana |
13,079,667 |
12,986,138 |
12,888,365 |
12,786,684 |
12,681,431 |
Cambodia |
12,449,295 |
12,330,451 |
12,205,949 |
12,077,540 |
11,944,814 |
Chad |
11,908,736 |
11,584,239 |
11,259,517 |
10,933,889 |
10,606,748 |
Algeria |
11,558,343 |
11,567,453 |
11,573,776 |
11,581,514 |
11,591,085 |
Iraq |
11,348,289 |
11,161,438 |
10,948,776 |
10,699,780 |
10,406,862 |
United Kingdom |
11,033,746 |
11,135,542 |
11,228,768 |
11,313,292 |
11,392,615 |
Cameroon |
11,000,836 |
10,863,842 |
10,724,114 |
10,582,585 |
10,439,098 |
Mali |
10,997,144 |
10,816,422 |
10,638,588 |
10,464,836 |
10,296,683 |
Angola |
10,625,055 |
10,483,867 |
10,340,319 |
10,192,857 |
10,040,932 |
Japan |
10,608,200 |
10,732,418 |
10,849,141 |
10,958,283 |
11,067,921 |
Rwanda |
10,184,652 |
9,929,202 |
9,678,584 |
9,435,874 |
9,203,075 |
Zambia |
9,800,136 |
9,610,647 |
9,419,162 |
9,224,797 |
9,027,027 |
Zimbabwe |
9,788,355 |
9,647,246 |
9,499,135 |
9,340,761 |
9,170,466 |
North Korea |
9,734,737 |
9,745,279 |
9,750,821 |
9,751,936 |
9,747,967 |
Burundi |
9,719,003 |
9,451,342 |
9,188,745 |
8,932,902 |
8,685,033 |
South Korea |
9,568,386 |
9,500,413 |
9,443,539 |
9,369,405 |
9,283,086 |
Colombia |
9,543,470 |
9,562,114 |
9,582,253 |
9,616,282 |
9,668,612 |
Spain |
9,209,330 |
9,281,373 |
9,371,187 |
9,473,817 |
9,590,865 |
Romania |
8,957,760 |
9,022,689 |
9,082,745 |
9,137,575 |
9,178,039 |
South Sudan |
8,822,993 |
8,799,964 |
8,764,369 |
8,695,542 |
8,588,930 |
Senegal |
8,372,370 |
8,212,362 |
8,052,124 |
7,892,486 |
7,734,300 |
Somalia |
8,258,837 |
8,112,863 |
7,970,045 |
7,830,601 |
7,694,528 |
Guatemala |
8,001,178 |
7,934,315 |
7,863,355 |
7,788,224 |
7,709,179 |
Guinea |
7,927,783 |
7,748,205 |
7,575,990 |
7,414,738 |
7,266,423 |
Kazakhstan |
7,780,671 |
7,695,637 |
7,604,467 |
7,509,900 |
7,413,562 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
7,749,502 |
7,936,621 |
8,232,147 |
8,608,520 |
9,077,101 |
Malaysia |
7,555,510 |
7,637,218 |
7,720,297 |
7,805,973 |
7,891,641 |
Papua New Guinea |
7,472,950 |
7,332,478 |
7,192,295 |
7,052,791 |
6,914,610 |
Peru |
7,067,386 |
7,005,789 |
6,946,296 |
6,899,488 |
6,868,726 |
Canada |
6,888,668 |
6,815,329 |
6,752,474 |
6,691,082 |
6,655,859 |
Tajikistan |
6,631,416 |
6,484,194 |
6,337,321 |
6,193,252 |
6,053,040 |
Ecuador |
6,180,950 |
6,098,122 |
6,013,650 |
5,933,924 |
5,860,546 |
Benin |
6,051,242 |
5,948,785 |
5,846,019 |
5,743,271 |
5,640,687 |
Saudi Arabia |
5,444,563 |
5,420,978 |
5,385,143 |
5,334,912 |
5,268,256 |
Haiti |
4,974,507 |
5,013,889 |
5,051,860 |
5,088,190 |
5,122,176 |
Togo |
4,599,184 |
4,529,629 |
4,458,809 |
4,386,572 |
4,312,849 |
Lao PDR |
4,589,697 |
4,563,416 |
4,536,331 |
4,509,299 |
4,482,698 |
Sierra Leone |
4,432,882 |
4,370,548 |
4,307,305 |
4,243,693 |
4,179,972 |
Azerbaijan |
4,405,307 |
4,400,516 |
4,388,966 |
4,369,801 |
4,345,898 |
Honduras |
4,113,430 |
4,105,675 |
4,096,486 |
4,085,776 |
4,073,539 |
Kyrgyz Republic |
4,024,399 |
3,958,480 |
3,894,285 |
3,825,700 |
3,756,020 |
Austria |
3,686,762 |
3,686,708 |
3,677,700 |
3,654,565 |
3,629,979 |
Argentina |
3,617,403 |
3,634,137 |
3,649,822 |
3,664,923 |
3,679,391 |
Tunisia |
3,591,574 |
3,585,299 |
3,578,151 |
3,571,323 |
3,565,448 |
Portugal |
3,577,639 |
3,640,950 |
3,708,283 |
3,779,248 |
3,855,050 |
Australia |
3,494,578 |
3,467,878 |
3,435,109 |
3,405,449 |
3,380,029 |
Bolivia |
3,471,223 |
3,460,830 |
3,448,765 |
3,435,596 |
3,421,053 |
Venezuela |
3,404,373 |
3,473,065 |
3,532,295 |
3,563,493 |
3,562,151 |
Serbia |
3,065,922 |
3,093,250 |
3,119,072 |
3,143,538 |
3,167,188 |
Turkmenistan |
2,832,249 |
2,812,449 |
2,789,964 |
2,765,002 |
2,737,482 |
Hungary |
2,800,601 |
2,832,442 |
2,867,756 |
2,903,693 |
2,937,544 |
Czech Republic |
2,785,892 |
2,788,986 |
2,792,682 |
2,797,131 |
2,801,426 |
Central African Republic |
2,736,177 |
2,712,576 |
2,694,569 |
2,683,456 |
2,680,335 |
Nicaragua |
2,681,765 |
2,662,548 |
2,641,996 |
2,620,295 |
2,598,376 |
Paraguay |
2,672,175 |
2,657,553 |
2,641,608 |
2,625,333 |
2,608,529 |
Cuba |
2,603,577 |
2,610,638 |
2,615,010 |
2,616,477 |
2,616,304 |
Slovak Republic |
2,520,439 |
2,515,590 |
2,508,703 |
2,500,969 |
2,492,579 |
Liberia |
2,354,022 |
2,318,339 |
2,281,744 |
2,244,165 |
2,206,040 |
Chile |
2,329,158 |
2,310,652 |
2,290,337 |
2,271,326 |
2,254,855 |
Greece |
2,247,680 |
2,288,166 |
2,329,011 |
2,375,617 |
2,428,790 |
Switzerland |
2,231,010 |
2,217,678 |
2,198,922 |
2,176,779 |
2,153,942 |
Mauritania |
2,039,970 |
2,020,347 |
2,000,078 |
1,979,086 |
1,957,468 |
Belarus |
2,029,943 |
2,076,890 |
2,122,548 |
2,165,435 |
2,208,224 |
Dominican Republic |
2,011,297 |
2,073,505 |
2,138,192 |
2,203,775 |
2,269,884 |
El Salvador |
1,796,332 |
1,834,988 |
1,874,999 |
1,916,513 |
1,959,422 |
Ireland |
1,792,632 |
1,781,281 |
1,771,980 |
1,761,447 |
1,754,105 |
Croatia |
1,759,939 |
1,787,283 |
1,819,891 |
1,843,070 |
1,868,155 |
Bulgaria |
1,755,697 |
1,792,408 |
1,829,783 |
1,866,995 |
1,903,435 |
Congo, Rep. |
1,735,045 |
1,714,181 |
1,693,490 |
1,673,265 |
1,653,914 |
Bosnia |
1,720,299 |
1,746,950 |
1,777,181 |
1,811,629 |
1,851,086 |
Moldova |
1,552,487 |
1,582,645 |
1,610,940 |
1,630,138 |
1,642,861 |
Georgia |
1,541,599 |
1,557,150 |
1,571,628 |
1,585,179 |
1,596,856 |
Lesotho |
1,514,630 |
1,511,463 |
1,508,173 |
1,504,980 |
1,501,885 |
Netherlands |
1,466,411 |
1,528,626 |
1,594,889 |
1,664,686 |
1,738,782 |
Panama |
1,348,754 |
1,340,245 |
1,331,146 |
1,321,665 |
1,311,973 |
Libya |
1,328,901 |
1,328,188 |
1,328,297 |
1,330,517 |
1,335,455 |
Jamaica |
1,300,904 |
1,303,343 |
1,304,959 |
1,305,787 |
1,305,772 |
UAE |
1,298,061 |
1,304,680 |
1,313,814 |
1,327,003 |
1,347,573 |
Sweden |
1,278,923 |
1,292,817 |
1,304,687 |
1,317,697 |
1,333,506 |
Namibia |
1,223,344 |
1,225,207 |
1,227,101 |
1,229,214 |
1,231,608 |
Albania |
1,137,407 |
1,167,112 |
1,195,854 |
1,226,200 |
1,258,985 |
West Bank And Gaza |
1,089,088 |
1,073,875 |
1,064,347 |
1,051,809 |
1,038,634 |
Armenia |
1,087,759 |
1,086,546 |
1,083,966 |
1,079,968 |
1,074,327 |
Guinea-Bissau |
1,061,609 |
1,043,049 |
1,024,313 |
1,005,440 |
986,438 |
Costa Rica |
1,032,885 |
1,061,270 |
1,090,839 |
1,121,685 |
1,153,724 |
Mongolia |
1,000,359 |
985,106 |
968,957 |
952,604 |
936,042 |
Norway |
942,971 |
956,662 |
969,171 |
981,114 |
991,897 |
Slovenia |
942,771 |
944,897 |
949,506 |
953,743 |
957,645 |
Lithuania |
905,487 |
918,778 |
936,019 |
951,939 |
964,514 |
Jordan |
898,132 |
904,867 |
906,816 |
902,935 |
892,005 |
Gambia |
883,084 |
872,296 |
861,418 |
850,447 |
839,411 |
Timor-Leste |
880,252 |
867,647 |
855,331 |
843,513 |
832,213 |
North Macedonia |
875,613 |
879,685 |
883,006 |
885,627 |
887,542 |
Eswatini |
865,789 |
859,030 |
852,654 |
846,802 |
841,535 |
Finland |
806,259 |
808,330 |
809,183 |
809,601 |
809,669 |
Lebanon |
781,257 |
788,202 |
787,483 |
776,997 |
754,808 |
Mauritius |
749,148 |
748,132 |
746,586 |
744,937 |
742,551 |
Oman |
746,686 |
767,080 |
783,863 |
795,860 |
799,612 |
Denmark |
702,536 |
705,807 |
707,867 |
708,958 |
710,514 |
Botswana |
688,726 |
690,205 |
692,629 |
696,549 |
702,443 |
Israel |
673,494 |
667,787 |
661,802 |
655,408 |
648,712 |
New Zealand |
651,695 |
648,806 |
638,275 |
627,727 |
618,686 |
Trinidad And Tobago |
650,676 |
647,676 |
644,011 |
639,683 |
634,674 |
Latvia |
613,959 |
620,063 |
626,640 |
633,204 |
638,967 |
Comoros |
591,240 |
579,621 |
567,902 |
556,091 |
544,194 |
Guyana |
571,742 |
569,493 |
567,093 |
564,515 |
561,741 |
Solomon Islands |
497,811 |
487,930 |
478,063 |
468,261 |
458,532 |
Bhutan |
445,885 |
446,096 |
446,239 |
446,348 |
446,404 |
Estonia |
411,399 |
412,117 |
413,645 |
415,458 |
417,118 |
Cyprus |
394,717 |
391,229 |
387,554 |
383,752 |
379,897 |
Fiji |
386,541 |
388,346 |
390,529 |
393,262 |
396,697 |
Equatorial Guinea |
364,641 |
357,828 |
350,725 |
343,372 |
335,751 |
Maldives |
310,408 |
300,919 |
290,282 |
279,641 |
269,248 |
Belgium |
228,427 |
231,939 |
235,807 |
239,464 |
242,900 |
Gabon |
225,279 |
227,626 |
229,721 |
231,424 |
232,630 |
Vanuatu |
218,708 |
213,667 |
208,575 |
203,453 |
198,283 |
Djibouti |
213,101 |
211,025 |
208,790 |
206,407 |
203,878 |
Belize |
207,916 |
204,415 |
200,796 |
197,048 |
193,168 |
Montenegro |
206,498 |
208,638 |
210,706 |
212,741 |
214,705 |
Puerto Rico |
205,077 |
213,251 |
217,959 |
221,453 |
224,429 |
Barbados |
197,361 |
197,046 |
196,648 |
196,163 |
195,595 |
Suriname |
195,491 |
193,735 |
191,836 |
189,795 |
187,620 |
Cabo Verde |
186,338 |
186,721 |
187,048 |
187,333 |
187,562 |
Bahrain |
168,134 |
161,569 |
155,554 |
150,917 |
148,104 |
Uruguay |
160,944 |
163,584 |
166,276 |
169,065 |
171,892 |
Samoa |
160,350 |
159,306 |
158,194 |
156,912 |
155,413 |
St. Lucia |
147,916 |
147,276 |
146,615 |
145,961 |
145,343 |
Channel Islands |
117,791 |
116,524 |
115,294 |
114,178 |
113,237 |
French Polynesia |
105,979 |
105,516 |
105,069 |
104,653 |
104,245 |
Brunei |
95,963 |
96,304 |
96,596 |
96,827 |
96,984 |
Micronesia |
87,067 |
86,260 |
85,388 |
84,442 |
83,379 |
New Caledonia |
83,278 |
83,387 |
83,460 |
83,412 |
83,280 |
Tonga |
79,327 |
78,366 |
77,648 |
77,324 |
77,460 |
Antigua And Barbuda |
72,601 |
71,843 |
71,041 |
70,174 |
69,260 |
Grenada |
71,027 |
70,778 |
70,488 |
70,147 |
69,765 |
Bahamas |
65,462 |
65,186 |
64,883 |
64,566 |
64,238 |
Aruba |
59,897 |
59,750 |
59,576 |
59,362 |
59,109 |
Sao Tome And Principe |
57,393 |
58,051 |
58,749 |
59,483 |
60,258 |
Luxembourg |
54,831 |
55,298 |
55,524 |
55,941 |
56,277 |
Kiribati |
53,224 |
53,355 |
53,505 |
53,669 |
53,850 |
St. Vincent And The Grenadines |
52,683 |
52,954 |
53,227 |
53,522 |
53,823 |
Seychelles |
41,907 |
41,921 |
41,818 |
41,665 |
41,140 |
Isle Of Man |
39,863 |
39,744 |
39,692 |
39,748 |
39,939 |
St. Kitts And Nevis |
36,302 |
36,029 |
35,730 |
35,419 |
35,092 |
Liechtenstein |
32,474 |
32,389 |
32,272 |
32,111 |
31,895 |
Faroe Islands |
28,097 |
28,074 |
28,048 |
28,044 |
28,056 |
Malta |
26,112 |
25,525 |
25,136 |
24,861 |
24,566 |
Qatar |
24,062 |
25,122 |
26,146 |
27,068 |
27,838 |
Iceland |
21,823 |
21,384 |
21,015 |
20,841 |
20,733 |
Dominica |
21,142 |
21,308 |
21,478 |
21,655 |
21,837 |
Curacao |
17,346 |
17,294 |
17,129 |
16,822 |
16,459 |
British Virgin Islands |
15,580 |
15,576 |
15,571 |
15,572 |
15,591 |
Marshall Islands |
13,417 |
13,566 |
13,725 |
13,894 |
14,075 |
Andorra |
9,193 |
9,125 |
9,084 |
9,092 |
9,156 |
Guam |
8,653 |
8,709 |
8,772 |
8,847 |
8,938 |
Greenland |
7,386 |
7,542 |
7,683 |
7,816 |
7,987 |
American Samoa |
7,126 |
7,136 |
7,136 |
7,123 |
7,092 |
Northern Mariana Islands |
4,768 |
4,791 |
4,808 |
4,821 |
4,826 |
Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
4,578 |
4,717 |
4,859 |
5,009 |
5,164 |
Tuvalu |
4,329 |
4,374 |
4,418 |
4,470 |
4,522 |
Palau |
3,594 |
3,675 |
3,762 |
3,858 |
3,963 |
Turks And Caicos Islands |
2,600 |
2,666 |
2,736 |
2,808 |
2,882 |
San Marino |
937 |
986 |
1,035 |
1,085 |
1,134 |