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 |
2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
| India |
933,771,782 |
930,009,287 |
927,115,988 |
923,922,894 |
919,344,187 |
| China |
486,269,694 |
491,187,847 |
498,265,397 |
514,720,978 |
524,949,305 |
| Pakistan |
151,425,264 |
150,182,866 |
148,635,874 |
146,857,246 |
145,152,617 |
| Indonesia |
117,768,206 |
118,521,181 |
119,348,672 |
120,153,103 |
120,608,691 |
| Bangladesh |
116,326,899 |
115,734,374 |
115,015,289 |
114,551,246 |
114,082,169 |
| Ethiopia |
99,017,129 |
96,875,952 |
95,137,766 |
93,200,529 |
91,144,728 |
| Nigeria |
86,197,462 |
86,197,021 |
86,166,415 |
86,099,297 |
85,970,564 |
| United States |
67,110,025 |
66,690,719 |
66,395,204 |
66,324,070 |
65,614,368 |
| Egypt |
65,617,760 |
64,606,260 |
63,724,156 |
62,836,352 |
61,863,283 |
| Vietnam |
62,088,011 |
62,252,711 |
62,671,362 |
63,191,768 |
63,528,412 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo |
58,845,037 |
57,338,936 |
55,891,177 |
54,471,578 |
53,096,497 |
| Philippines |
51,558,262 |
51,523,010 |
51,517,019 |
51,436,589 |
51,285,077 |
| Tanzania |
42,985,142 |
42,176,917 |
41,248,158 |
40,330,625 |
39,441,529 |
| Kenya |
37,833,597 |
37,200,488 |
36,567,989 |
35,922,210 |
35,232,892 |
| Myanmar |
37,686,829 |
37,462,516 |
37,244,507 |
37,027,107 |
36,807,311 |
| Russia |
35,984,572 |
36,269,113 |
36,546,120 |
36,756,868 |
36,912,720 |
| Uganda |
33,764,793 |
33,154,295 |
32,488,275 |
31,769,092 |
31,029,837 |
| Sudan |
32,629,898 |
32,236,962 |
31,415,505 |
30,619,133 |
29,846,458 |
| Afghanistan |
30,894,968 |
30,274,281 |
29,861,163 |
29,199,291 |
28,337,682 |
| Thailand |
28,011,135 |
28,878,940 |
29,760,547 |
30,636,852 |
31,522,285 |
| Mexico |
26,631,040 |
26,751,936 |
26,892,400 |
27,036,144 |
27,220,160 |
| Brazil |
26,147,729 |
26,604,695 |
26,956,386 |
27,311,161 |
27,633,484 |
| Yemen |
24,985,269 |
24,339,322 |
23,743,565 |
23,233,792 |
22,855,154 |
| South Africa |
23,020,452 |
22,782,673 |
22,478,960 |
22,143,236 |
21,801,583 |
| Mozambique |
21,622,370 |
21,209,035 |
20,784,486 |
20,346,663 |
19,897,700 |
| Niger |
21,516,311 |
20,888,147 |
20,280,521 |
19,683,688 |
19,089,517 |
| Madagascar |
21,219,490 |
20,837,415 |
20,453,085 |
20,064,250 |
19,667,704 |
| Iran |
21,133,614 |
21,186,610 |
21,235,830 |
21,405,713 |
21,585,424 |
| Italy |
17,967,681 |
18,008,624 |
18,046,705 |
18,117,705 |
18,214,383 |
| Sri Lanka |
17,597,528 |
17,747,508 |
17,763,212 |
17,609,245 |
17,552,585 |
| Malawi |
17,522,023 |
17,130,747 |
16,741,827 |
16,350,617 |
15,955,305 |
| Uzbekistan |
17,470,884 |
17,125,419 |
16,804,412 |
16,535,565 |
16,287,196 |
| Burkina Faso |
16,627,547 |
16,368,767 |
16,098,004 |
15,817,372 |
15,486,957 |
| Mali |
16,399,940 |
16,058,195 |
15,738,096 |
15,412,351 |
15,095,076 |
| Germany |
15,072,134 |
15,149,354 |
15,280,967 |
15,409,705 |
15,533,898 |
| Poland |
14,716,781 |
14,790,726 |
14,863,018 |
15,053,639 |
15,200,382 |
| France |
14,508,304 |
14,482,930 |
14,425,783 |
14,390,983 |
14,359,738 |
| Ghana |
14,255,974 |
14,171,060 |
14,082,125 |
13,961,388 |
13,840,014 |
| Chad |
14,232,250 |
13,700,570 |
13,329,981 |
12,964,294 |
12,635,201 |
| Morocco |
14,076,664 |
13,993,977 |
13,925,421 |
13,867,850 |
13,816,976 |
| Iraq |
13,581,587 |
13,279,212 |
12,978,101 |
12,690,442 |
12,411,885 |
| Cameroon |
12,731,197 |
12,477,336 |
12,231,902 |
11,989,811 |
11,745,865 |
| Algeria |
11,664,402 |
11,742,450 |
11,808,013 |
11,867,532 |
11,913,596 |
| United Kingdom |
11,539,646 |
11,447,124 |
11,393,867 |
11,412,539 |
11,546,671 |
| Ukraine |
11,517,780 |
12,551,293 |
13,554,186 |
13,679,273 |
13,778,218 |
| Zambia |
11,392,257 |
11,164,959 |
10,931,878 |
10,699,096 |
10,462,210 |
| Colombia |
11,366,471 |
11,358,309 |
11,346,392 |
11,321,752 |
11,249,483 |
| Angola |
11,079,544 |
11,028,821 |
10,963,212 |
10,886,060 |
10,792,811 |
| Burundi |
10,465,109 |
10,347,796 |
10,228,353 |
10,102,335 |
9,953,027 |
| Cambodia |
10,344,718 |
10,256,594 |
10,166,049 |
10,063,273 |
9,957,505 |
| Nepal |
9,934,840 |
10,014,311 |
9,978,990 |
9,818,195 |
9,664,364 |
| Rwanda |
9,927,834 |
9,858,682 |
9,868,881 |
9,864,318 |
9,841,291 |
| Zimbabwe |
9,920,197 |
9,849,444 |
9,814,932 |
9,780,423 |
9,745,612 |
| Japan |
9,858,369 |
10,037,960 |
10,212,754 |
10,377,401 |
10,489,745 |
| South Korea |
9,740,302 |
9,733,823 |
9,752,526 |
9,757,675 |
9,685,143 |
| North Korea |
9,632,548 |
9,681,791 |
9,725,303 |
9,765,699 |
9,802,069 |
| Spain |
9,608,377 |
9,578,782 |
9,590,947 |
9,616,062 |
9,595,694 |
| Turkey |
9,367,217 |
9,315,399 |
9,107,933 |
9,230,424 |
9,363,009 |
| Romania |
9,117,940 |
9,112,140 |
9,134,196 |
9,129,427 |
9,125,367 |
| South Sudan |
9,063,394 |
8,731,504 |
8,640,347 |
8,538,291 |
8,348,481 |
| Guinea |
8,982,471 |
8,821,215 |
8,658,159 |
8,493,346 |
8,325,277 |
| Papua New Guinea |
8,825,153 |
8,699,644 |
8,567,050 |
8,424,819 |
8,270,684 |
| Somalia |
8,431,847 |
8,277,702 |
8,133,796 |
7,944,896 |
7,752,238 |
| Malaysia |
8,274,535 |
8,335,892 |
8,396,149 |
8,455,042 |
8,414,399 |
| Senegal |
8,189,280 |
8,217,735 |
8,227,092 |
8,217,266 |
8,185,564 |
| Guatemala |
8,045,936 |
7,985,475 |
7,936,163 |
7,889,196 |
7,835,555 |
| Kazakhstan |
7,775,026 |
7,724,512 |
7,694,032 |
7,795,356 |
7,859,926 |
| Tajikistan |
7,668,813 |
7,514,916 |
7,355,663 |
7,195,718 |
7,039,779 |
| Canada |
6,998,556 |
6,874,663 |
6,815,136 |
6,863,793 |
6,870,504 |
| Benin |
6,809,168 |
6,747,288 |
6,680,394 |
6,607,473 |
6,527,228 |
| Ecuador |
6,629,118 |
6,578,768 |
6,527,102 |
6,478,465 |
6,404,933 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
6,567,002 |
6,151,828 |
5,837,083 |
5,596,516 |
5,327,562 |
| Haiti |
5,300,872 |
5,308,627 |
5,318,067 |
5,326,127 |
5,329,711 |
| Saudi Arabia |
5,292,596 |
5,104,618 |
4,934,233 |
5,109,476 |
4,918,599 |
| Peru |
5,150,956 |
5,233,431 |
5,322,178 |
5,409,583 |
5,482,861 |
| Lao PDR |
4,690,438 |
4,681,426 |
4,670,262 |
4,656,343 |
4,638,797 |
| Sierra Leone |
4,669,414 |
4,612,943 |
4,554,465 |
4,493,307 |
4,430,288 |
| Togo |
4,667,061 |
4,620,636 |
4,578,333 |
4,526,561 |
4,461,791 |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
4,635,680 |
4,554,797 |
4,470,278 |
4,384,568 |
4,291,511 |
| Honduras |
4,437,494 |
4,411,938 |
4,388,116 |
4,364,685 |
4,337,497 |
| Azerbaijan |
4,213,127 |
4,215,088 |
4,220,751 |
4,209,491 |
4,197,085 |
| Portugal |
4,103,817 |
4,056,250 |
4,031,257 |
4,005,126 |
3,999,821 |
| Turkmenistan |
3,898,153 |
3,827,721 |
3,754,659 |
3,679,652 |
3,602,725 |
| Tunisia |
3,656,876 |
3,671,293 |
3,686,908 |
3,699,467 |
3,702,574 |
| Bolivia |
3,561,196 |
3,546,425 |
3,540,019 |
3,539,659 |
3,532,520 |
| Argentina |
3,554,494 |
3,581,395 |
3,611,716 |
3,640,709 |
3,662,286 |
| Australia |
3,336,037 |
3,295,446 |
3,278,655 |
3,264,804 |
3,217,025 |
| Dominican Republic |
3,132,211 |
3,097,401 |
3,011,755 |
2,943,137 |
2,882,526 |
| Venezuela |
3,042,447 |
3,043,276 |
3,056,280 |
3,089,054 |
3,153,382 |
| Czech Republic |
2,962,055 |
2,913,834 |
2,870,066 |
2,917,788 |
2,904,067 |
| Central African Republic |
2,900,897 |
2,891,853 |
2,921,321 |
2,900,109 |
2,878,804 |
| Hungary |
2,849,618 |
2,866,298 |
2,869,447 |
2,872,914 |
2,864,188 |
| Austria |
2,810,159 |
2,803,147 |
2,796,573 |
2,805,155 |
2,813,371 |
| Nicaragua |
2,789,145 |
2,759,875 |
2,733,696 |
2,711,154 |
2,688,087 |
| Slovak Republic |
2,540,213 |
2,542,588 |
2,549,848 |
2,552,100 |
2,543,451 |
| Cuba |
2,520,700 |
2,532,079 |
2,547,113 |
2,558,487 |
2,568,496 |
| Serbia |
2,507,308 |
2,539,063 |
2,640,517 |
2,675,260 |
2,705,223 |
| Liberia |
2,471,981 |
2,447,046 |
2,423,367 |
2,400,274 |
2,377,849 |
| Eritrea |
2,266,289 |
2,221,359 |
2,178,051 |
2,135,504 |
2,098,504 |
| Republic Of Congo |
2,246,695 |
2,194,231 |
2,143,699 |
2,095,391 |
2,049,091 |
| Greece |
2,208,999 |
2,238,886 |
2,284,365 |
2,320,881 |
2,338,505 |
| Chile |
2,198,671 |
2,221,316 |
2,244,084 |
2,267,264 |
2,279,277 |
| Paraguay |
2,097,963 |
2,120,105 |
2,185,336 |
2,237,577 |
2,281,278 |
| Mauritania |
2,023,328 |
2,008,173 |
1,993,309 |
1,978,808 |
1,963,128 |
| Belarus |
1,944,455 |
1,986,501 |
2,034,374 |
2,083,378 |
2,123,677 |
| Ireland |
1,906,034 |
1,882,250 |
1,856,296 |
1,840,952 |
1,827,668 |
| Bulgaria |
1,693,375 |
1,714,549 |
1,734,406 |
1,747,464 |
1,739,125 |
| Croatia |
1,650,280 |
1,658,012 |
1,676,947 |
1,701,565 |
1,725,755 |
| El Salvador |
1,602,135 |
1,623,682 |
1,646,281 |
1,679,807 |
1,716,433 |
| Bosnia |
1,542,667 |
1,569,663 |
1,606,555 |
1,650,628 |
1,690,664 |
| Panama |
1,522,215 |
1,504,134 |
1,485,727 |
1,468,883 |
1,450,258 |
| UAE |
1,502,524 |
1,459,387 |
1,402,071 |
1,391,774 |
1,414,050 |
| Namibia |
1,482,893 |
1,458,438 |
1,431,772 |
1,404,019 |
1,378,204 |
| Belgium |
1,466,427 |
1,461,288 |
1,456,320 |
1,465,807 |
1,482,519 |
| Georgia |
1,458,241 |
1,484,624 |
1,504,607 |
1,526,349 |
1,539,015 |
| Finland |
1,451,468 |
1,461,436 |
1,475,516 |
1,488,280 |
1,505,017 |
| Moldova |
1,400,907 |
1,456,381 |
1,510,461 |
1,545,850 |
1,577,959 |
| Lesotho |
1,324,978 |
1,333,479 |
1,342,108 |
1,349,643 |
1,356,484 |
| Switzerland |
1,316,842 |
1,323,530 |
1,375,262 |
1,525,355 |
1,648,230 |
| Sweden |
1,197,887 |
1,216,081 |
1,231,757 |
1,248,376 |
1,263,394 |
| Jamaica |
1,179,902 |
1,192,781 |
1,204,849 |
1,214,094 |
1,222,595 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1,171,580 |
1,154,615 |
1,137,851 |
1,121,306 |
1,104,378 |
| Costa Rica |
1,078,188 |
1,095,600 |
1,113,861 |
1,131,657 |
1,147,718 |
| Oman |
1,031,551 |
945,492 |
894,505 |
903,702 |
937,623 |
| Mongolia |
1,028,802 |
1,037,548 |
1,041,674 |
1,061,728 |
1,051,285 |
| Armenia |
1,016,883 |
1,022,520 |
1,026,221 |
1,031,366 |
1,036,736 |
| Albania |
1,007,817 |
1,033,013 |
1,057,957 |
1,083,685 |
1,110,217 |
| Timor-Leste |
988,443 |
977,872 |
961,397 |
942,003 |
922,176 |
| Gambia |
976,565 |
967,928 |
959,433 |
950,773 |
942,366 |
| Slovenia |
942,802 |
943,300 |
942,214 |
938,007 |
930,327 |
| Norway |
934,366 |
930,093 |
926,916 |
930,488 |
936,225 |
| Eswatini |
912,935 |
909,353 |
904,756 |
898,539 |
892,622 |
| Lithuania |
902,383 |
898,008 |
893,312 |
915,465 |
920,752 |
| Libya |
886,562 |
877,793 |
867,887 |
857,578 |
846,496 |
| Kosovo |
856,300 |
922,943 |
955,560 |
980,522 |
1,001,775 |
| New Zealand |
837,725 |
820,454 |
822,183 |
821,024 |
804,942 |
| Jordan |
837,095 |
854,931 |
872,253 |
888,594 |
905,407 |
| Israel |
836,283 |
812,580 |
793,256 |
776,018 |
759,142 |
| Netherlands |
836,261 |
887,595 |
941,616 |
1,002,323 |
1,059,806 |
| Botswana |
817,953 |
815,193 |
804,044 |
793,785 |
785,278 |
| Mauritius |
761,625 |
770,139 |
771,487 |
770,234 |
769,074 |
| North Macedonia |
689,967 |
696,910 |
703,905 |
720,931 |
738,709 |
| Denmark |
680,769 |
685,459 |
687,484 |
685,805 |
685,541 |
| West Bank And Gaza |
678,902 |
676,039 |
672,696 |
668,898 |
664,675 |
| Trinidad And Tobago |
629,688 |
628,989 |
629,868 |
629,544 |
628,330 |
| Guyana |
607,657 |
604,284 |
599,842 |
594,031 |
594,232 |
| Latvia |
596,032 |
596,572 |
599,628 |
605,842 |
611,154 |
| Comoros |
568,482 |
560,786 |
552,984 |
544,959 |
537,007 |
| Solomon Islands |
559,932 |
551,814 |
543,812 |
535,795 |
529,544 |
| Lebanon |
551,230 |
562,597 |
573,793 |
585,665 |
608,509 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
533,405 |
524,994 |
516,325 |
508,326 |
499,090 |
| Bhutan |
458,185 |
461,235 |
462,881 |
464,399 |
465,971 |
| Cyprus |
448,227 |
443,753 |
439,035 |
433,413 |
427,590 |
| Estonia |
401,809 |
398,053 |
396,914 |
400,431 |
403,659 |
| Fiji |
382,532 |
384,914 |
388,119 |
391,726 |
396,061 |
| Djibouti |
313,130 |
311,439 |
310,717 |
309,464 |
307,649 |
| Maldives |
307,656 |
308,886 |
305,874 |
299,270 |
292,398 |
| Vanuatu |
249,069 |
243,380 |
237,812 |
231,858 |
223,361 |
| Belize |
238,664 |
233,032 |
227,755 |
224,131 |
220,278 |
| Suriname |
215,354 |
212,508 |
210,175 |
208,137 |
205,737 |
| Montenegro |
215,285 |
215,754 |
216,727 |
217,746 |
218,306 |
| Gabon |
207,788 |
213,314 |
218,939 |
224,170 |
228,966 |
| Puerto Rico |
186,543 |
189,632 |
193,967 |
196,514 |
199,747 |
| Samoa |
178,744 |
177,589 |
176,224 |
173,685 |
171,150 |
| Uruguay |
150,974 |
152,668 |
154,559 |
156,361 |
158,040 |
| St. Lucia |
127,117 |
126,760 |
129,528 |
132,346 |
134,582 |
| Cabo Verde |
125,848 |
129,760 |
133,498 |
139,561 |
145,875 |
| Brunei |
115,564 |
114,857 |
113,984 |
112,859 |
111,589 |
| Barbados |
114,562 |
114,751 |
114,772 |
114,647 |
114,496 |
| Channel Islands |
112,763 |
112,382 |
112,025 |
111,669 |
111,270 |
| French Polynesia |
107,677 |
107,409 |
107,048 |
106,749 |
106,640 |
| New Caledonia |
93,479 |
93,108 |
92,942 |
92,997 |
93,143 |
| Micronesia |
87,363 |
86,987 |
86,628 |
86,098 |
85,624 |
| Tonga |
82,477 |
82,829 |
83,065 |
82,580 |
82,074 |
| Bahamas |
74,610 |
74,260 |
73,415 |
72,584 |
71,729 |
| Grenada |
74,391 |
74,393 |
74,350 |
74,220 |
74,072 |
| Sao Tome And Principe |
72,483 |
71,576 |
70,642 |
69,484 |
68,471 |
| Antigua And Barbuda |
70,500 |
70,084 |
69,654 |
69,215 |
68,789 |
| Seychelles |
65,759 |
66,040 |
54,986 |
54,850 |
54,665 |
| St. Vincent And The Grenadines |
52,975 |
53,486 |
54,037 |
54,532 |
55,004 |
| Kiribati |
50,992 |
51,439 |
51,817 |
52,442 |
54,172 |
| Aruba |
40,973 |
40,905 |
41,004 |
41,260 |
41,182 |
| Isle Of Man |
40,245 |
40,219 |
40,203 |
40,190 |
40,149 |
| Luxembourg |
34,644 |
34,219 |
34,652 |
38,707 |
41,794 |
| Liechtenstein |
33,997 |
33,691 |
33,423 |
33,196 |
32,930 |
| Faroe Islands |
33,075 |
32,883 |
32,610 |
32,236 |
31,905 |
| St. Kitts And Nevis |
31,935 |
31,942 |
32,014 |
32,119 |
32,203 |
| Malta |
24,170 |
23,367 |
23,241 |
24,825 |
25,532 |
| Iceland |
22,554 |
22,238 |
21,566 |
21,487 |
21,716 |
| Qatar |
19,030 |
20,090 |
19,954 |
23,421 |
23,242 |
| Dominica |
17,884 |
18,255 |
18,641 |
19,024 |
19,388 |
| British Virgin Islands |
17,293 |
17,322 |
17,402 |
17,390 |
17,327 |
| Curacao |
13,288 |
13,184 |
13,252 |
13,399 |
13,585 |
| Guam |
9,766 |
9,734 |
9,679 |
9,599 |
9,579 |
| Andorra |
9,040 |
8,963 |
8,884 |
8,828 |
8,765 |
| American Samoa |
8,852 |
8,801 |
8,756 |
8,646 |
8,508 |
| Marshall Islands |
8,402 |
8,823 |
9,259 |
9,700 |
10,147 |
| Greenland |
6,788 |
6,910 |
7,056 |
7,168 |
7,297 |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
4,958 |
5,042 |
5,124 |
5,211 |
5,242 |
| Palau |
3,696 |
3,709 |
3,719 |
3,722 |
3,688 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
3,623 |
3,742 |
3,860 |
3,949 |
4,035 |
| Tuvalu |
3,533 |
3,666 |
3,812 |
3,960 |
4,101 |
| Turks And Caicos Islands |
2,803 |
2,892 |
2,965 |
3,020 |
3,047 |
| San Marino |
971 |
974 |
992 |
1,008 |
1,005 |
