Colombia Rural Population 1960-2024

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 2022 was 9,311,387, a 1.02% decline from 2021.
  • 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.
Data Source: World Bank

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China 514,596,570
Russia 35,877,495
Thailand 33,777,188
Brazil 26,795,765
Mexico 23,843,271
Iran 20,537,534
Turkey 19,526,684
South Africa 18,965,399
Iraq 12,746,359
Algeria 11,328,186
Colombia 9,311,387
Romania 8,668,484
Kazakhstan 8,243,190
Guatemala 8,216,182
Malaysia 7,393,781
Peru 7,249,838
Ecuador 6,377,754
Azerbaijan 4,343,714
Venezuela 3,289,223
Turkmenistan 2,990,694
Serbia 2,874,177
Cuba 2,533,843
Paraguay 2,521,216
Belarus 1,815,531
Dominican Republic 1,813,679
Bosnia 1,621,904
Bulgaria 1,528,155
Libya 1,273,772
Jamaica 1,215,546
Namibia 1,181,955
Armenia 1,012,841
Albania 1,005,551
Costa Rica 930,373
Jordan 922,394
North Macedonia 841,220
Mauritius 747,287
Botswana 730,591
Guyana 590,192
Lebanon 589,488
Equatorial Guinea 435,309
Fiji 388,373
Maldives 306,227
Gabon 221,340
Belize 217,242
Suriname 208,236
Montenegro 196,496
Samoa 183,207
St. Lucia 145,594
Tonga 82,147
Grenada 79,192
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 47,946
Dominica 20,585
Marshall Islands 8,929
American Samoa 5,669
Tuvalu 3,900
Nauru 0
Colombia Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2022 9,311,387 17.95 -1.02%
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 0.00%