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 |
909,121,500 |
908,804,812 |
909,384,771 |
908,684,959 |
906,325,664 |
| China |
499,814,553 |
514,596,570 |
529,465,517 |
544,289,492 |
558,762,145 |
| Pakistan |
149,004,914 |
146,845,783 |
144,765,164 |
142,759,072 |
140,882,429 |
| Indonesia |
114,976,836 |
115,892,393 |
116,919,988 |
117,874,897 |
118,656,904 |
| Bangladesh |
102,954,517 |
103,206,552 |
103,398,765 |
103,504,655 |
103,604,879 |
| Nigeria |
102,316,764 |
101,575,770 |
100,840,661 |
100,084,652 |
99,300,013 |
| Ethiopia |
97,227,189 |
95,420,799 |
93,611,468 |
91,766,343 |
89,898,498 |
| Egypt |
64,135,744 |
63,300,985 |
62,430,223 |
61,488,326 |
60,487,813 |
| Philippines |
60,678,673 |
60,117,263 |
59,577,632 |
59,003,479 |
58,337,359 |
| Vietnam |
59,829,437 |
60,123,739 |
60,379,495 |
60,560,066 |
60,695,620 |
| United States |
55,937,486 |
56,376,192 |
56,870,028 |
57,473,509 |
57,592,357 |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo |
53,745,241 |
52,636,799 |
51,557,473 |
50,476,837 |
49,407,432 |
| Tanzania |
42,210,185 |
41,471,864 |
40,725,784 |
39,967,867 |
39,216,539 |
| Kenya |
38,834,893 |
38,358,435 |
37,902,724 |
37,432,361 |
36,936,235 |
| Myanmar |
37,051,911 |
36,965,999 |
36,879,663 |
36,786,680 |
36,676,246 |
| Uganda |
35,576,357 |
34,889,566 |
34,136,762 |
33,323,884 |
32,486,255 |
| Russia |
35,480,468 |
35,877,495 |
36,282,223 |
36,668,590 |
36,964,045 |
| Thailand |
33,310,049 |
33,777,188 |
34,251,820 |
34,715,730 |
35,160,432 |
| Afghanistan |
30,863,394 |
30,181,937 |
29,547,690 |
28,829,317 |
28,042,342 |
| Sudan |
30,625,231 |
30,020,115 |
29,406,434 |
28,773,881 |
28,128,529 |
| Brazil |
26,429,509 |
26,795,765 |
27,182,995 |
27,559,886 |
27,904,512 |
| Nepal |
24,129,310 |
23,994,819 |
23,725,239 |
23,309,854 |
23,021,883 |
| Mexico |
23,658,946 |
23,843,271 |
24,053,703 |
24,278,613 |
24,461,683 |
| Niger |
22,563,670 |
21,780,401 |
21,022,639 |
20,287,928 |
19,571,248 |
| Mozambique |
20,761,112 |
20,379,448 |
20,007,111 |
19,619,219 |
19,222,873 |
| Yemen |
20,728,115 |
20,491,585 |
20,268,538 |
20,045,810 |
19,788,293 |
| Iran |
20,280,562 |
20,537,534 |
20,798,288 |
21,059,632 |
21,302,584 |
| Turkey |
19,229,921 |
19,526,684 |
19,716,558 |
19,924,769 |
20,124,610 |
| South Africa |
18,837,844 |
18,965,399 |
19,096,392 |
19,196,477 |
19,252,374 |
| Germany |
18,784,632 |
18,730,526 |
18,682,511 |
18,750,282 |
18,798,952 |
| Madagascar |
18,026,828 |
17,801,970 |
17,578,693 |
17,348,887 |
17,108,814 |
| Uzbekistan |
18,012,461 |
17,657,930 |
17,308,463 |
16,973,620 |
16,644,772 |
| Sri Lanka |
17,803,472 |
17,960,843 |
17,977,378 |
17,817,298 |
17,750,912 |
| Malawi |
17,105,427 |
16,736,441 |
16,370,252 |
16,000,221 |
15,627,061 |
| Italy |
16,468,986 |
16,705,485 |
16,944,019 |
17,214,086 |
17,479,118 |
| Burkina Faso |
15,690,102 |
15,446,047 |
15,196,430 |
14,935,196 |
14,670,338 |
| Poland |
14,594,364 |
14,679,358 |
15,070,539 |
15,143,331 |
15,172,143 |
| Ghana |
13,908,804 |
13,853,989 |
13,794,798 |
13,725,263 |
13,646,945 |
| Chad |
13,824,812 |
13,458,554 |
13,094,226 |
12,729,867 |
12,372,693 |
| Morocco |
13,198,229 |
13,261,620 |
13,323,470 |
13,379,661 |
13,434,809 |
| Iraq |
12,923,750 |
12,746,359 |
12,572,937 |
12,387,061 |
12,187,255 |
| Cambodia |
12,612,034 |
12,556,766 |
12,496,843 |
12,423,573 |
12,349,492 |
| Mali |
12,534,572 |
12,327,741 |
12,118,494 |
11,904,776 |
11,695,460 |
| France |
12,422,661 |
12,568,575 |
12,711,228 |
12,855,403 |
12,999,819 |
| Cameroon |
11,655,151 |
11,519,492 |
11,383,170 |
11,242,817 |
11,094,657 |
| Rwanda |
11,572,862 |
11,335,329 |
11,096,904 |
10,854,688 |
10,612,900 |
| Angola |
11,486,557 |
11,359,649 |
11,227,528 |
11,089,900 |
10,942,954 |
| Burundi |
11,281,370 |
11,031,286 |
10,786,763 |
10,545,078 |
10,287,647 |
| Algeria |
11,279,395 |
11,328,186 |
11,370,967 |
11,413,449 |
11,449,736 |
| Zimbabwe |
11,246,318 |
11,033,499 |
10,827,136 |
10,617,452 |
10,408,889 |
| Ukraine |
11,064,850 |
11,430,780 |
13,261,249 |
13,435,621 |
13,576,734 |
| Zambia |
11,038,749 |
10,857,387 |
10,672,830 |
10,480,465 |
10,279,833 |
| United Kingdom |
10,497,193 |
10,576,752 |
10,622,327 |
10,798,066 |
10,926,403 |
| Japan |
9,907,790 |
10,066,305 |
10,221,684 |
10,376,129 |
10,513,072 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
9,892,618 |
9,564,966 |
9,356,279 |
9,248,998 |
9,080,189 |
| North Korea |
9,626,397 |
9,667,582 |
9,702,586 |
9,731,082 |
9,752,555 |
| South Korea |
9,589,588 |
9,597,146 |
9,621,887 |
9,634,283 |
9,612,727 |
| Somalia |
9,449,071 |
9,269,665 |
9,090,664 |
8,906,671 |
8,701,179 |
| Colombia |
9,190,949 |
9,311,387 |
9,406,924 |
9,460,370 |
9,483,412 |
| Senegal |
8,956,364 |
8,816,497 |
8,674,634 |
8,526,730 |
8,375,929 |
| Spain |
8,923,913 |
8,932,638 |
8,982,448 |
9,089,469 |
9,160,656 |
| Papua New Guinea |
8,912,355 |
8,765,048 |
8,610,641 |
8,448,551 |
8,278,107 |
| Guinea |
8,786,117 |
8,638,804 |
8,489,377 |
8,335,753 |
8,177,237 |
| South Sudan |
8,738,526 |
8,638,206 |
8,543,371 |
8,463,875 |
8,368,685 |
| Romania |
8,637,756 |
8,668,484 |
8,733,236 |
8,824,640 |
8,894,686 |
| Kazakhstan |
8,322,453 |
8,248,656 |
8,094,722 |
7,939,086 |
7,860,906 |
| Guatemala |
8,255,892 |
8,216,182 |
8,170,759 |
8,119,648 |
8,063,081 |
| Malaysia |
7,302,226 |
7,393,781 |
7,488,317 |
7,582,878 |
7,673,844 |
| Tajikistan |
7,279,615 |
7,169,192 |
7,046,761 |
6,918,252 |
6,787,161 |
| Canada |
7,272,932 |
7,105,599 |
7,015,868 |
7,011,720 |
6,966,193 |
| Peru |
7,240,866 |
7,249,838 |
7,248,826 |
7,228,131 |
7,188,973 |
| Benin |
6,842,701 |
6,738,656 |
6,632,056 |
6,521,955 |
6,408,115 |
| Ecuador |
6,404,506 |
6,377,754 |
6,342,935 |
6,302,697 |
6,246,175 |
| Saudi Arabia |
5,560,527 |
5,559,991 |
5,569,435 |
5,656,225 |
5,709,090 |
| Togo |
5,025,764 |
4,962,262 |
4,896,604 |
4,829,156 |
4,760,552 |
| Sierra Leone |
4,896,638 |
4,833,746 |
4,768,441 |
4,699,703 |
4,628,214 |
| Haiti |
4,730,238 |
4,770,701 |
4,812,100 |
4,851,974 |
4,889,165 |
| Lao PDR |
4,714,088 |
4,698,995 |
4,682,315 |
4,663,189 |
4,641,317 |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
4,416,627 |
4,362,033 |
4,257,353 |
4,154,812 |
4,093,812 |
| Azerbaijan |
4,290,049 |
4,343,714 |
4,381,941 |
4,400,904 |
4,407,577 |
| Honduras |
4,215,060 |
4,214,875 |
4,215,972 |
4,214,803 |
4,209,597 |
| Austria |
3,695,875 |
3,684,012 |
3,672,325 |
3,678,385 |
3,683,835 |
| Tunisia |
3,669,694 |
3,680,393 |
3,692,618 |
3,701,056 |
3,704,682 |
| Bolivia |
3,569,643 |
3,565,773 |
3,566,464 |
3,566,167 |
3,559,929 |
| Australia |
3,565,036 |
3,515,066 |
3,502,976 |
3,529,080 |
3,515,460 |
| Argentina |
3,516,356 |
3,538,352 |
3,559,798 |
3,579,773 |
3,599,141 |
| Portugal |
3,378,005 |
3,395,541 |
3,435,051 |
3,469,087 |
3,521,605 |
| Venezuela |
3,334,307 |
3,289,223 |
3,292,334 |
3,339,366 |
3,407,070 |
| Central African Republic |
3,237,862 |
3,173,417 |
3,129,787 |
3,088,372 |
3,033,389 |
| Turkmenistan |
2,997,211 |
2,990,694 |
2,980,799 |
2,967,958 |
2,953,086 |
| Serbia |
2,838,273 |
2,874,177 |
2,962,612 |
3,004,845 |
3,037,846 |
| Nicaragua |
2,829,164 |
2,810,208 |
2,789,745 |
2,769,106 |
2,748,202 |
| Czech Republic |
2,767,136 |
2,734,517 |
2,709,018 |
2,774,917 |
2,783,117 |
| Hungary |
2,602,308 |
2,646,824 |
2,694,980 |
2,735,697 |
2,770,705 |
| Paraguay |
2,528,540 |
2,521,216 |
2,514,193 |
2,502,992 |
2,489,311 |
| Cuba |
2,516,176 |
2,533,843 |
2,556,097 |
2,577,237 |
2,590,505 |
| Liberia |
2,515,915 |
2,488,813 |
2,463,081 |
2,437,512 |
2,412,132 |
| Slovak Republic |
2,494,835 |
2,503,549 |
2,515,539 |
2,524,162 |
2,523,688 |
| Chile |
2,353,195 |
2,369,699 |
2,374,855 |
2,368,728 |
2,352,709 |
| Switzerland |
2,283,085 |
2,273,624 |
2,263,530 |
2,253,266 |
2,242,521 |
| Eritrea |
2,126,864 |
2,113,713 |
2,100,324 |
2,085,623 |
2,074,379 |
| Mauritania |
2,057,093 |
2,040,187 |
2,024,451 |
2,009,661 |
1,994,344 |
| Greece |
2,002,527 |
2,048,160 |
2,109,825 |
2,170,211 |
2,209,932 |
| Republic Of Congo |
1,881,648 |
1,866,593 |
1,850,943 |
1,834,446 |
1,817,563 |
| Ireland |
1,869,935 |
1,836,398 |
1,816,368 |
1,812,037 |
1,805,722 |
| Belarus |
1,768,566 |
1,815,531 |
1,868,889 |
1,924,485 |
1,974,004 |
| Dominican Republic |
1,762,730 |
1,813,679 |
1,866,357 |
1,920,541 |
1,977,456 |
| Lesotho |
1,621,552 |
1,615,392 |
1,608,881 |
1,599,780 |
1,589,485 |
| Bosnia |
1,596,786 |
1,621,904 |
1,654,279 |
1,691,724 |
1,726,532 |
| Croatia |
1,596,188 |
1,610,925 |
1,633,904 |
1,718,119 |
1,738,221 |
| El Salvador |
1,566,222 |
1,598,862 |
1,634,233 |
1,671,098 |
1,711,610 |
| Bulgaria |
1,498,212 |
1,528,155 |
1,648,939 |
1,685,936 |
1,719,734 |
| Georgia |
1,476,808 |
1,473,975 |
1,488,191 |
1,509,450 |
1,523,815 |
| Moldova |
1,408,252 |
1,442,777 |
1,479,663 |
1,506,003 |
1,525,908 |
| Panama |
1,362,230 |
1,360,444 |
1,358,683 |
1,356,428 |
1,351,913 |
| Libya |
1,267,050 |
1,273,772 |
1,280,107 |
1,284,810 |
1,288,001 |
| Netherlands |
1,219,560 |
1,259,248 |
1,302,355 |
1,354,158 |
1,409,098 |
| Jamaica |
1,204,303 |
1,215,546 |
1,225,749 |
1,232,220 |
1,238,482 |
| Sweden |
1,186,635 |
1,206,837 |
1,225,108 |
1,244,794 |
1,263,481 |
| Namibia |
1,174,846 |
1,181,955 |
1,189,044 |
1,193,946 |
1,197,828 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1,172,940 |
1,157,198 |
1,141,289 |
1,124,913 |
1,107,850 |
| UAE |
1,163,057 |
1,176,081 |
1,189,467 |
1,202,890 |
1,216,952 |
| West Bank And Gaza |
1,158,063 |
1,145,354 |
1,132,085 |
1,118,249 |
1,103,858 |
| Mongolia |
1,065,551 |
1,055,872 |
1,045,010 |
1,032,543 |
1,016,826 |
| Armenia |
1,007,320 |
1,012,841 |
1,020,631 |
1,029,293 |
1,037,446 |
| Gambia |
985,251 |
978,162 |
970,908 |
963,137 |
955,107 |
| Albania |
971,992 |
1,005,551 |
1,041,188 |
1,075,204 |
1,106,598 |
| Slovenia |
931,346 |
934,533 |
939,634 |
943,608 |
943,491 |
| Timor-Leste |
919,001 |
911,089 |
902,269 |
892,837 |
884,181 |
| Eswatini |
910,659 |
906,348 |
901,726 |
895,279 |
889,128 |
| Costa Rica |
905,771 |
930,373 |
957,348 |
985,122 |
1,013,042 |
| Jordan |
904,697 |
922,394 |
933,557 |
937,903 |
941,163 |
| Lithuania |
899,076 |
892,957 |
889,294 |
893,078 |
898,175 |
| Norway |
883,411 |
891,476 |
901,946 |
915,909 |
929,678 |
| Finland |
794,473 |
795,579 |
798,128 |
800,844 |
803,615 |
| Mauritius |
745,691 |
747,287 |
749,986 |
749,987 |
749,894 |
| North Macedonia |
734,232 |
748,840 |
757,148 |
770,626 |
784,127 |
| Botswana |
725,903 |
730,591 |
736,148 |
741,589 |
745,611 |
| Trinidad And Tobago |
714,682 |
714,385 |
713,019 |
710,280 |
711,537 |
| Israel |
697,214 |
691,676 |
686,549 |
683,115 |
678,959 |
| Denmark |
684,197 |
686,700 |
688,752 |
693,004 |
698,080 |
| New Zealand |
679,786 |
671,172 |
675,254 |
677,048 |
666,466 |
| Comoros |
595,328 |
586,880 |
578,317 |
569,314 |
560,303 |
| Guyana |
592,780 |
590,192 |
588,163 |
583,663 |
585,574 |
| Latvia |
589,533 |
591,254 |
595,103 |
602,157 |
608,174 |
| Lebanon |
565,803 |
589,488 |
609,988 |
627,169 |
650,002 |
| Solomon Islands |
547,640 |
538,975 |
529,982 |
520,674 |
511,577 |
| Oman |
538,749 |
560,597 |
585,672 |
623,536 |
670,025 |
| Bhutan |
438,201 |
440,632 |
443,105 |
445,612 |
448,104 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
438,133 |
435,309 |
432,136 |
429,337 |
425,111 |
| Cyprus |
416,009 |
414,105 |
412,374 |
410,602 |
407,912 |
| Estonia |
412,452 |
409,926 |
407,066 |
409,107 |
410,662 |
| Fiji |
386,601 |
388,373 |
390,740 |
393,508 |
397,236 |
| Maldives |
302,343 |
306,227 |
307,128 |
305,221 |
301,504 |
| Vanuatu |
247,615 |
242,389 |
237,230 |
232,127 |
227,104 |
| Djibouti |
243,747 |
242,328 |
240,823 |
239,158 |
237,192 |
| Belize |
219,348 |
217,242 |
215,213 |
213,159 |
210,633 |
| Gabon |
218,584 |
221,340 |
224,215 |
227,148 |
230,087 |
| Belgium |
214,107 |
215,837 |
218,168 |
221,657 |
225,069 |
| Suriname |
209,339 |
208,236 |
207,072 |
205,498 |
203,532 |
| Puerto Rico |
204,074 |
205,765 |
209,073 |
210,643 |
205,163 |
| Montenegro |
194,083 |
196,496 |
199,225 |
201,999 |
204,336 |
| Barbados |
193,378 |
193,416 |
193,336 |
193,142 |
192,882 |
| Cabo Verde |
191,686 |
192,507 |
193,416 |
194,299 |
195,065 |
| Samoa |
186,169 |
183,207 |
179,951 |
176,480 |
173,643 |
| Bahrain |
150,497 |
151,007 |
151,858 |
155,046 |
158,474 |
| St. Lucia |
145,693 |
145,594 |
145,625 |
145,467 |
145,092 |
| Uruguay |
144,763 |
147,591 |
150,653 |
153,795 |
156,815 |
| Channel Islands |
120,710 |
119,980 |
119,131 |
118,131 |
117,010 |
| French Polynesia |
116,482 |
115,865 |
115,331 |
114,805 |
114,201 |
| Brunei |
94,356 |
94,946 |
95,515 |
96,075 |
96,625 |
| Micronesia |
88,286 |
87,659 |
87,034 |
86,397 |
85,971 |
| Tonga |
82,813 |
82,147 |
81,523 |
80,941 |
80,700 |
| Grenada |
79,421 |
79,192 |
78,886 |
78,480 |
78,057 |
| New Caledonia |
73,097 |
74,505 |
75,912 |
77,209 |
78,378 |
| Antigua And Barbuda |
71,353 |
70,935 |
70,492 |
70,023 |
69,543 |
| Bahamas |
67,567 |
67,680 |
67,855 |
68,104 |
68,241 |
| Aruba |
59,245 |
59,554 |
59,803 |
60,011 |
60,091 |
| Kiribati |
56,394 |
56,354 |
56,273 |
56,157 |
56,113 |
| Sao Tome And Principe |
54,716 |
55,128 |
55,614 |
56,073 |
56,658 |
| Luxembourg |
52,967 |
53,025 |
53,305 |
53,882 |
54,417 |
| Seychelles |
49,323 |
49,874 |
41,716 |
41,801 |
41,863 |
| St. Vincent And The Grenadines |
47,391 |
47,946 |
48,564 |
49,144 |
49,719 |
| Isle Of Man |
39,405 |
39,495 |
39,540 |
39,587 |
39,671 |
| Liechtenstein |
33,798 |
33,610 |
33,390 |
33,169 |
32,952 |
| St. Kitts And Nevis |
32,905 |
32,888 |
32,893 |
32,948 |
33,017 |
| Faroe Islands |
30,371 |
30,379 |
30,367 |
30,192 |
29,859 |
| Malta |
27,987 |
27,220 |
26,912 |
27,086 |
26,826 |
| Iceland |
23,451 |
22,951 |
22,560 |
22,362 |
22,157 |
| Dominica |
20,447 |
20,585 |
20,713 |
20,814 |
20,867 |
| Qatar |
17,548 |
18,381 |
19,409 |
21,117 |
22,795 |
| Curacao |
16,231 |
16,462 |
16,703 |
16,948 |
17,164 |
| British Virgin Islands |
15,848 |
15,862 |
15,897 |
15,914 |
15,882 |
| Andorra |
9,792 |
9,730 |
9,596 |
9,389 |
9,173 |
| Marshall Islands |
8,875 |
8,929 |
9,183 |
9,640 |
10,101 |
| Guam |
8,360 |
8,432 |
8,501 |
8,566 |
8,669 |
| Greenland |
6,858 |
6,954 |
7,078 |
7,169 |
7,280 |
| American Samoa |
5,606 |
5,669 |
5,778 |
5,934 |
6,082 |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
3,959 |
4,073 |
4,192 |
4,316 |
4,446 |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
3,946 |
3,973 |
4,013 |
4,067 |
4,134 |
| Tuvalu |
3,847 |
3,900 |
3,945 |
3,983 |
4,030 |
| Palau |
3,177 |
3,258 |
3,338 |
3,417 |
3,499 |
| Turks And Caicos Islands |
2,650 |
2,721 |
2,782 |
2,831 |
2,861 |
| San Marino |
728 |
763 |
803 |
851 |
900 |
