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 |
892,338,114 |
888,881,381 |
885,015,936 |
880,723,742 |
876,033,415 |
| China |
568,902,350 |
582,840,458 |
596,465,626 |
610,192,900 |
624,030,741 |
| Pakistan |
134,412,664 |
132,141,029 |
129,847,570 |
127,581,399 |
125,348,710 |
| Indonesia |
119,581,818 |
119,995,396 |
120,344,709 |
120,631,391 |
120,841,413 |
| Bangladesh |
102,261,195 |
102,425,423 |
102,554,027 |
102,647,880 |
102,699,980 |
| Nigeria |
97,263,534 |
96,354,724 |
95,429,218 |
94,484,919 |
93,526,366 |
| Ethiopia |
86,546,146 |
84,790,101 |
83,021,597 |
81,245,141 |
79,458,316 |
| Vietnam |
61,226,806 |
61,288,919 |
61,325,121 |
61,343,887 |
61,342,809 |
| United States |
57,994,170 |
58,333,412 |
58,598,755 |
58,788,250 |
58,955,597 |
| Philippines |
56,624,425 |
56,076,098 |
55,486,055 |
54,851,130 |
54,183,617 |
| Egypt |
56,392,787 |
55,256,782 |
54,087,949 |
52,891,004 |
51,687,644 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. |
46,691,418 |
45,680,987 |
44,667,921 |
43,657,619 |
42,652,337 |
| Kenya |
37,501,158 |
36,881,405 |
36,246,629 |
35,593,715 |
34,921,840 |
| Tanzania |
37,293,015 |
36,593,461 |
35,896,823 |
35,205,372 |
34,520,751 |
| Myanmar |
37,284,851 |
37,195,873 |
37,088,142 |
36,951,313 |
36,779,554 |
| Russia |
36,938,654 |
37,147,222 |
37,292,302 |
37,393,138 |
37,465,023 |
| Thailand |
34,749,636 |
35,158,587 |
35,556,091 |
35,941,816 |
36,311,547 |
| Uganda |
32,570,632 |
31,617,586 |
30,678,944 |
29,792,913 |
28,974,075 |
| Brazil |
28,133,824 |
28,454,529 |
28,776,239 |
29,096,331 |
29,416,964 |
| Afghanistan |
27,694,940 |
27,131,343 |
26,530,194 |
25,877,997 |
25,165,924 |
| Sudan |
27,320,645 |
26,785,833 |
26,251,090 |
25,717,183 |
25,183,364 |
| Mexico |
25,041,299 |
25,121,419 |
25,188,376 |
25,242,937 |
25,283,004 |
| Nepal |
22,549,618 |
22,289,627 |
22,099,191 |
22,001,853 |
22,013,936 |
| Iran |
20,533,487 |
20,657,356 |
20,782,114 |
20,911,894 |
21,047,449 |
| Turkey |
20,467,276 |
20,567,887 |
20,648,276 |
20,723,127 |
20,792,434 |
| South Africa |
19,444,293 |
19,468,830 |
19,481,009 |
19,480,494 |
19,465,728 |
| Mozambique |
18,880,985 |
18,491,502 |
18,110,049 |
17,739,553 |
17,380,956 |
| Germany |
18,809,664 |
18,795,376 |
18,755,733 |
18,624,547 |
18,472,108 |
| Niger |
18,756,596 |
18,070,398 |
17,402,295 |
16,751,993 |
16,119,617 |
| Yemen |
18,056,196 |
17,809,825 |
17,552,294 |
17,282,713 |
17,000,893 |
| 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 |
16,495,096 |
16,231,649 |
15,968,245 |
15,705,380 |
15,443,362 |
| 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 |
15,070,299 |
14,716,797 |
14,365,354 |
14,013,643 |
13,661,720 |
| Burkina Faso |
13,952,831 |
13,676,524 |
13,400,386 |
13,124,763 |
12,849,408 |
| Ukraine |
13,675,909 |
13,787,367 |
13,882,141 |
13,970,207 |
14,048,855 |
| Morocco |
13,527,842 |
13,553,612 |
13,572,792 |
13,585,015 |
13,589,411 |
| France |
13,122,453 |
13,263,152 |
13,400,202 |
13,539,246 |
13,664,265 |
| Ghana |
13,079,667 |
12,986,134 |
12,888,366 |
12,786,683 |
12,681,435 |
| Cambodia |
12,449,293 |
12,330,450 |
12,205,946 |
12,077,539 |
11,944,816 |
| Chad |
11,908,718 |
11,584,230 |
11,259,511 |
10,933,886 |
10,606,750 |
| Algeria |
11,558,339 |
11,567,446 |
11,573,775 |
11,581,512 |
11,591,085 |
| Iraq |
11,348,290 |
11,161,440 |
10,948,776 |
10,699,783 |
10,406,862 |
| United Kingdom |
11,033,746 |
11,135,542 |
11,228,768 |
11,313,292 |
11,392,615 |
| Cameroon |
11,000,846 |
10,863,853 |
10,724,119 |
10,582,588 |
10,439,096 |
| Mali |
10,997,181 |
10,816,442 |
10,638,599 |
10,464,833 |
10,296,679 |
| Angola |
10,625,063 |
10,483,874 |
10,340,318 |
10,192,856 |
10,040,929 |
| Japan |
10,608,200 |
10,732,418 |
10,849,141 |
10,958,283 |
11,067,921 |
| Rwanda |
10,184,677 |
9,929,221 |
9,678,594 |
9,435,870 |
9,203,070 |
| Zambia |
9,800,075 |
9,610,601 |
9,419,129 |
9,224,802 |
9,027,051 |
| Zimbabwe |
9,788,215 |
9,647,147 |
9,499,100 |
9,340,770 |
9,170,486 |
| North Korea |
9,734,655 |
9,745,214 |
9,750,790 |
9,751,935 |
9,747,983 |
| Burundi |
9,719,004 |
9,451,330 |
9,188,748 |
8,932,905 |
8,685,036 |
| South Korea |
9,568,386 |
9,500,413 |
9,443,539 |
9,369,405 |
9,283,086 |
| Colombia |
9,545,848 |
9,563,831 |
9,582,981 |
9,616,282 |
9,668,302 |
| Spain |
9,209,330 |
9,281,373 |
9,371,187 |
9,473,817 |
9,590,865 |
| Romania |
8,958,416 |
9,023,346 |
9,082,745 |
9,137,575 |
9,178,039 |
| South Sudan |
8,822,997 |
8,799,976 |
8,764,375 |
8,695,541 |
8,588,930 |
| Senegal |
8,372,351 |
8,212,348 |
8,052,117 |
7,892,481 |
7,734,305 |
| Somalia |
8,258,876 |
8,112,889 |
7,970,057 |
7,830,603 |
7,694,525 |
| Guatemala |
8,001,178 |
7,934,315 |
7,863,355 |
7,788,224 |
7,709,179 |
| Guinea |
7,927,767 |
7,748,190 |
7,575,985 |
7,414,743 |
7,266,418 |
| Kazakhstan |
7,780,651 |
7,695,637 |
7,604,467 |
7,509,900 |
7,413,562 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
7,767,278 |
7,949,486 |
8,237,635 |
8,608,522 |
9,074,695 |
| Malaysia |
7,555,378 |
7,637,126 |
7,720,258 |
7,805,974 |
7,891,653 |
| Papua New Guinea |
7,472,957 |
7,332,486 |
7,192,301 |
7,052,789 |
6,914,611 |
| Peru |
7,067,388 |
7,005,790 |
6,946,297 |
6,899,489 |
6,868,729 |
| Canada |
6,890,046 |
6,815,698 |
6,752,474 |
6,691,082 |
6,655,859 |
| Tajikistan |
6,631,423 |
6,484,196 |
6,337,318 |
6,193,245 |
6,053,037 |
| Ecuador |
6,180,950 |
6,098,120 |
6,013,650 |
5,933,924 |
5,860,544 |
| Benin |
6,051,235 |
5,948,778 |
5,846,022 |
5,743,276 |
5,640,685 |
| Saudi Arabia |
5,445,017 |
5,421,312 |
5,385,287 |
5,334,913 |
5,268,189 |
| Haiti |
4,974,510 |
5,013,890 |
5,051,862 |
5,088,189 |
5,122,176 |
| Togo |
4,599,185 |
4,529,629 |
4,458,809 |
4,386,574 |
4,312,849 |
| Lao PDR |
4,589,691 |
4,563,413 |
4,536,333 |
4,509,297 |
4,482,703 |
| Sierra Leone |
4,432,879 |
4,370,546 |
4,307,309 |
4,243,690 |
4,179,978 |
| Azerbaijan |
4,405,307 |
4,400,516 |
4,388,966 |
4,369,801 |
4,345,898 |
| Honduras |
4,113,431 |
4,105,676 |
4,096,486 |
4,085,771 |
4,073,535 |
| 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 |
3,585,297 |
3,578,150 |
3,571,324 |
3,565,446 |
| 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 |
3,448,768 |
3,435,596 |
3,421,053 |
| Venezuela |
3,406,369 |
3,474,491 |
3,532,895 |
3,563,493 |
3,561,895 |
| Serbia |
3,065,922 |
3,093,250 |
3,119,072 |
3,143,538 |
3,167,188 |
| Turkmenistan |
2,832,246 |
2,812,448 |
2,789,963 |
2,765,000 |
2,737,480 |
| 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 |
2,736,176 |
2,712,573 |
2,694,567 |
2,683,457 |
2,680,333 |
| Nicaragua |
2,681,761 |
2,662,543 |
2,641,994 |
2,620,293 |
2,598,376 |
| Paraguay |
2,672,174 |
2,657,551 |
2,641,610 |
2,625,333 |
2,608,528 |
| Cuba |
2,603,578 |
2,610,637 |
2,615,009 |
2,616,476 |
2,616,306 |
| Slovak Republic |
2,520,439 |
2,515,590 |
2,508,703 |
2,500,969 |
2,492,579 |
| Liberia |
2,354,022 |
2,318,337 |
2,281,744 |
2,244,165 |
2,206,042 |
| Chile |
2,329,159 |
2,310,651 |
2,290,337 |
2,271,327 |
2,254,856 |
| 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 |
2,039,966 |
2,020,351 |
2,000,078 |
1,979,088 |
1,957,467 |
| Belarus |
2,029,943 |
2,076,890 |
2,122,548 |
2,165,435 |
2,208,224 |
| Dominican Republic |
2,011,294 |
2,073,501 |
2,138,191 |
2,203,774 |
2,269,885 |
| El Salvador |
1,796,330 |
1,834,989 |
1,874,997 |
1,916,512 |
1,959,420 |
| 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 |
1,714,180 |
1,693,489 |
1,673,264 |
1,653,911 |
| Bosnia |
1,720,299 |
1,746,954 |
1,777,179 |
1,811,629 |
1,851,088 |
| Moldova |
1,553,729 |
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 |
1,514,770 |
1,511,550 |
1,508,202 |
1,504,972 |
1,501,893 |
| Netherlands |
1,466,411 |
1,528,626 |
1,594,889 |
1,664,686 |
1,738,782 |
| Panama |
1,348,752 |
1,340,242 |
1,331,144 |
1,321,666 |
1,311,972 |
| Libya |
1,328,901 |
1,328,187 |
1,328,296 |
1,330,517 |
1,335,456 |
| Jamaica |
1,300,903 |
1,303,341 |
1,304,961 |
1,305,789 |
1,305,772 |
| UAE |
1,298,062 |
1,304,681 |
1,313,813 |
1,327,002 |
1,347,574 |
| Sweden |
1,278,923 |
1,292,817 |
1,304,687 |
1,317,697 |
1,333,506 |
| Namibia |
1,223,367 |
1,225,218 |
1,227,103 |
1,229,212 |
1,231,606 |
| 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 |
1,087,746 |
1,086,539 |
1,083,967 |
1,079,970 |
1,074,327 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1,061,606 |
1,043,049 |
1,024,311 |
1,005,443 |
986,435 |
| Costa Rica |
1,032,885 |
1,061,270 |
1,090,837 |
1,121,685 |
1,153,723 |
| Mongolia |
1,000,361 |
985,109 |
968,957 |
952,602 |
936,043 |
| 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 |
898,972 |
905,484 |
907,084 |
902,935 |
891,882 |
| Gambia |
883,080 |
872,299 |
861,416 |
850,447 |
839,409 |
| Timor-Leste |
880,254 |
867,646 |
855,331 |
843,507 |
832,215 |
| North Macedonia |
875,613 |
879,685 |
883,006 |
885,630 |
887,545 |
| Eswatini |
865,852 |
859,072 |
852,662 |
846,797 |
841,535 |
| Finland |
806,259 |
808,330 |
809,183 |
809,601 |
809,669 |
| Lebanon |
782,453 |
789,070 |
787,854 |
776,997 |
754,644 |
| Mauritius |
749,148 |
748,132 |
746,586 |
744,937 |
742,551 |
| Oman |
746,685 |
767,078 |
783,863 |
795,859 |
799,611 |
| Denmark |
702,536 |
705,807 |
707,867 |
708,958 |
710,514 |
| Botswana |
688,708 |
690,189 |
692,623 |
696,549 |
702,444 |
| Israel |
673,494 |
667,787 |
661,802 |
655,408 |
648,712 |
| New Zealand |
659,719 |
651,473 |
641,118 |
629,598 |
619,619 |
| Trinidad And Tobago |
650,668 |
647,671 |
644,011 |
639,685 |
634,672 |
| Latvia |
613,959 |
620,063 |
626,640 |
633,204 |
638,967 |
| Comoros |
591,240 |
579,620 |
567,905 |
556,099 |
544,194 |
| Guyana |
571,744 |
569,491 |
567,091 |
564,516 |
561,734 |
| Solomon Islands |
497,809 |
487,924 |
478,064 |
468,272 |
458,532 |
| Bhutan |
445,886 |
446,093 |
446,238 |
446,354 |
446,402 |
| Estonia |
411,399 |
412,117 |
413,645 |
415,458 |
417,118 |
| Cyprus |
394,716 |
391,231 |
387,555 |
383,753 |
379,901 |
| Fiji |
386,545 |
388,346 |
390,533 |
393,264 |
396,694 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
364,639 |
357,830 |
350,726 |
343,374 |
335,750 |
| Maldives |
310,413 |
300,916 |
290,277 |
279,640 |
269,250 |
| Belgium |
228,427 |
231,939 |
235,807 |
239,464 |
242,900 |
| Gabon |
225,279 |
227,625 |
229,722 |
231,425 |
232,631 |
| Vanuatu |
218,704 |
213,659 |
208,572 |
203,452 |
198,283 |
| Djibouti |
213,101 |
211,025 |
208,791 |
206,408 |
203,881 |
| Belize |
207,916 |
204,418 |
200,796 |
197,044 |
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 |
197,360 |
197,043 |
196,649 |
196,165 |
195,595 |
| Suriname |
195,490 |
193,736 |
191,834 |
189,793 |
187,622 |
| Cabo Verde |
186,337 |
186,722 |
187,046 |
187,332 |
187,564 |
| Bahrain |
168,134 |
161,569 |
155,554 |
150,918 |
148,104 |
| Uruguay |
160,944 |
163,584 |
166,276 |
169,065 |
171,892 |
| Samoa |
160,348 |
159,311 |
158,198 |
156,910 |
155,412 |
| St. Lucia |
147,917 |
147,276 |
146,618 |
145,965 |
145,352 |
| Channel Islands |
117,789 |
116,525 |
115,293 |
114,180 |
113,242 |
| French Polynesia |
105,977 |
105,517 |
105,069 |
104,651 |
104,248 |
| Brunei |
95,963 |
96,306 |
96,594 |
96,828 |
96,986 |
| Micronesia |
87,067 |
86,262 |
85,388 |
84,435 |
83,378 |
| New Caledonia |
79,346 |
80,309 |
81,287 |
82,279 |
83,280 |
| Tonga |
79,328 |
78,369 |
77,656 |
77,323 |
77,456 |
| Antigua And Barbuda |
72,598 |
71,843 |
71,036 |
70,178 |
69,260 |
| Grenada |
71,024 |
70,778 |
70,489 |
70,149 |
69,764 |
| Bahamas |
65,462 |
65,184 |
64,882 |
64,564 |
64,237 |
| Aruba |
59,897 |
59,747 |
59,572 |
59,361 |
59,110 |
| Sao Tome And Principe |
57,394 |
58,050 |
58,747 |
59,485 |
60,258 |
| Luxembourg |
54,831 |
55,298 |
55,524 |
55,941 |
56,277 |
| Kiribati |
53,221 |
53,353 |
53,508 |
53,668 |
53,848 |
| St. Vincent And The Grenadines |
52,683 |
52,954 |
53,231 |
53,515 |
53,827 |
| Seychelles |
41,907 |
41,921 |
41,818 |
41,665 |
41,140 |
| Isle Of Man |
39,861 |
39,750 |
39,696 |
39,747 |
39,939 |
| St. Kitts And Nevis |
36,300 |
36,023 |
35,732 |
35,419 |
35,094 |
| Liechtenstein |
32,481 |
32,393 |
32,269 |
32,106 |
31,892 |
| Faroe Islands |
28,097 |
28,071 |
28,048 |
28,046 |
28,059 |
| 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 |
21,309 |
21,478 |
21,652 |
21,839 |
| Curacao |
17,296 |
17,294 |
17,129 |
16,822 |
16,459 |
| British Virgin Islands |
15,576 |
15,571 |
15,571 |
15,570 |
15,589 |
| Marshall Islands |
13,417 |
13,565 |
13,722 |
13,895 |
14,076 |
| Andorra |
9,193 |
9,124 |
9,084 |
9,090 |
9,156 |
| Guam |
8,653 |
8,709 |
8,771 |
8,847 |
8,937 |
| Greenland |
7,386 |
7,542 |
7,683 |
7,816 |
7,987 |
| American Samoa |
7,125 |
7,136 |
7,136 |
7,122 |
7,092 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
4,768 |
4,790 |
4,808 |
4,821 |
4,826 |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
4,579 |
4,717 |
4,860 |
5,009 |
5,164 |
| Tuvalu |
4,327 |
4,372 |
4,420 |
4,470 |
4,522 |
| Palau |
3,595 |
3,675 |
3,761 |
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 |
1,133 |
