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 |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
India |
900,239,774 |
898,024,053 |
895,386,227 |
892,338,114 |
888,881,381 |
China |
529,465,517 |
544,289,492 |
558,762,145 |
572,999,405 |
586,968,786 |
Pakistan |
140,885,076 |
138,797,696 |
136,637,555 |
134,412,664 |
132,141,029 |
Indonesia |
118,034,120 |
118,597,107 |
119,115,843 |
119,581,818 |
119,995,396 |
Bangladesh |
101,534,935 |
101,815,917 |
102,058,752 |
102,261,195 |
102,425,423 |
Nigeria |
99,895,289 |
99,033,580 |
98,156,653 |
97,263,534 |
96,354,724 |
Ethiopia |
91,738,352 |
90,022,234 |
88,290,017 |
86,546,146 |
84,790,101 |
Vietnam |
60,813,626 |
60,992,356 |
61,129,967 |
61,226,806 |
61,288,919 |
Egypt |
59,571,123 |
58,552,675 |
57,492,251 |
56,392,787 |
55,256,782 |
Philippines |
58,095,301 |
57,630,884 |
57,140,716 |
56,624,425 |
56,076,098 |
United States |
56,843,442 |
57,469,027 |
57,592,357 |
57,994,170 |
58,333,412 |
Democratic Republic Of Congo |
49,667,024 |
48,687,370 |
47,694,889 |
46,691,418 |
45,680,987 |
Tanzania |
39,387,290 |
38,691,642 |
37,993,577 |
37,293,015 |
36,593,461 |
Kenya |
39,318,626 |
38,718,025 |
38,112,446 |
37,501,158 |
36,881,405 |
Myanmar |
37,570,619 |
37,466,040 |
37,371,328 |
37,284,851 |
37,195,873 |
Russia |
35,956,189 |
36,372,705 |
36,697,963 |
36,938,654 |
37,147,222 |
Uganda |
35,082,057 |
34,326,791 |
33,485,073 |
32,570,632 |
31,617,586 |
Thailand |
33,462,385 |
33,901,849 |
34,330,981 |
34,749,636 |
35,158,587 |
Afghanistan |
29,353,133 |
28,796,851 |
28,244,483 |
27,694,940 |
27,131,343 |
Sudan |
28,924,766 |
28,391,086 |
27,856,005 |
27,320,645 |
26,785,833 |
Brazil |
27,140,788 |
27,477,555 |
27,807,885 |
28,133,824 |
28,454,529 |
Mexico |
24,728,980 |
24,844,052 |
24,948,670 |
25,041,299 |
25,121,419 |
Nepal |
23,440,813 |
23,141,618 |
22,843,201 |
22,549,618 |
22,289,627 |
Niger |
20,921,148 |
20,182,041 |
19,460,488 |
18,756,596 |
18,070,398 |
Iran |
20,113,553 |
20,264,140 |
20,404,280 |
20,533,487 |
20,657,356 |
Mozambique |
20,060,734 |
19,667,795 |
19,273,935 |
18,880,985 |
18,491,502 |
Turkey |
19,926,363 |
20,152,820 |
20,331,795 |
20,467,276 |
20,567,887 |
South Africa |
19,305,303 |
19,361,915 |
19,408,552 |
19,444,293 |
19,468,830 |
Yemen |
18,737,717 |
18,519,540 |
18,292,399 |
18,056,196 |
17,809,825 |
Germany |
18,667,512 |
18,750,282 |
18,798,952 |
18,809,664 |
18,795,376 |
Sri Lanka |
17,977,378 |
17,817,298 |
17,750,912 |
17,666,251 |
17,501,735 |
Uzbekistan |
17,308,463 |
16,973,620 |
16,644,772 |
16,320,520 |
16,016,163 |
Madagascar |
17,281,829 |
17,020,562 |
16,758,457 |
16,495,096 |
16,231,649 |
Italy |
16,924,836 |
17,217,178 |
17,479,118 |
17,861,881 |
18,073,840 |
Malawi |
16,171,024 |
15,796,178 |
15,429,448 |
15,070,299 |
14,716,797 |
Poland |
15,084,074 |
15,143,331 |
15,172,143 |
15,167,875 |
15,150,057 |
Burkina Faso |
14,781,404 |
14,505,412 |
14,229,032 |
13,952,831 |
13,676,524 |
Morocco |
13,419,849 |
13,460,542 |
13,496,742 |
13,527,842 |
13,553,612 |
Ghana |
13,332,254 |
13,252,922 |
13,168,803 |
13,079,667 |
12,986,134 |
Ukraine |
13,250,844 |
13,412,612 |
13,549,776 |
13,675,909 |
13,787,367 |
Chad |
12,892,432 |
12,562,497 |
12,234,607 |
11,908,718 |
11,584,230 |
Cambodia |
12,766,097 |
12,667,630 |
12,561,921 |
12,449,293 |
12,330,450 |
France |
12,661,527 |
12,819,027 |
12,972,990 |
13,122,453 |
13,263,152 |
Iraq |
11,893,008 |
11,707,564 |
11,526,416 |
11,348,290 |
11,161,440 |
Mali |
11,538,012 |
11,358,895 |
11,178,338 |
10,997,181 |
10,816,442 |
Algeria |
11,483,873 |
11,518,353 |
11,542,954 |
11,558,339 |
11,567,446 |
Cameroon |
11,393,898 |
11,266,065 |
11,135,127 |
11,000,846 |
10,863,853 |
Angola |
11,041,997 |
10,903,384 |
10,764,271 |
10,625,063 |
10,483,874 |
Rwanda |
10,944,098 |
10,694,380 |
10,440,836 |
10,184,677 |
9,929,221 |
United Kingdom |
10,669,915 |
10,798,029 |
10,926,403 |
11,033,746 |
11,135,542 |
Burundi |
10,532,561 |
10,260,793 |
9,989,400 |
9,719,004 |
9,451,330 |
Zambia |
10,370,034 |
10,179,380 |
9,989,319 |
9,800,075 |
9,610,601 |
Japan |
10,221,684 |
10,376,129 |
10,513,072 |
10,631,834 |
10,748,180 |
Zimbabwe |
10,216,947 |
10,070,822 |
9,928,166 |
9,788,215 |
9,647,147 |
North Korea |
9,670,882 |
9,697,732 |
9,718,747 |
9,734,655 |
9,745,214 |
South Korea |
9,617,303 |
9,634,283 |
9,612,727 |
9,564,386 |
9,500,413 |
Colombia |
9,361,143 |
9,451,496 |
9,512,141 |
9,545,848 |
9,563,831 |
South Sudan |
9,046,601 |
8,932,708 |
8,860,864 |
8,822,997 |
8,799,976 |
Spain |
8,965,568 |
9,089,040 |
9,160,656 |
9,209,330 |
9,281,373 |
Senegal |
8,838,902 |
8,686,416 |
8,530,657 |
8,372,351 |
8,212,348 |
Romania |
8,730,078 |
8,821,100 |
8,894,686 |
8,958,416 |
9,023,346 |
Somalia |
8,714,542 |
8,559,929 |
8,408,045 |
8,258,876 |
8,112,889 |
Guinea |
8,467,627 |
8,290,075 |
8,109,741 |
7,927,767 |
7,748,190 |
Guatemala |
8,170,759 |
8,119,648 |
8,063,081 |
8,001,178 |
7,934,315 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
8,018,648 |
7,792,168 |
7,712,115 |
7,767,278 |
7,949,486 |
Kazakhstan |
8,015,101 |
7,939,086 |
7,860,906 |
7,780,651 |
7,695,637 |
Papua New Guinea |
7,891,952 |
7,753,046 |
7,613,283 |
7,472,957 |
7,332,486 |
Malaysia |
7,310,403 |
7,392,394 |
7,474,014 |
7,555,378 |
7,637,126 |
Peru |
7,172,274 |
7,155,880 |
7,120,116 |
7,067,388 |
7,005,790 |
Tajikistan |
7,046,444 |
6,914,218 |
6,775,545 |
6,631,423 |
6,484,196 |
Canada |
7,017,013 |
7,013,300 |
6,962,996 |
6,890,028 |
6,815,687 |
Ecuador |
6,375,273 |
6,322,214 |
6,256,949 |
6,180,950 |
6,098,120 |
Benin |
6,353,512 |
6,253,752 |
6,153,002 |
6,051,235 |
5,948,778 |
Saudi Arabia |
5,474,978 |
5,470,303 |
5,460,690 |
5,445,017 |
5,421,312 |
Haiti |
4,851,662 |
4,893,055 |
4,934,130 |
4,974,510 |
5,013,890 |
Togo |
4,802,246 |
4,735,438 |
4,667,724 |
4,599,185 |
4,529,629 |
Lao PDR |
4,653,497 |
4,635,257 |
4,613,903 |
4,589,691 |
4,563,413 |
Sierra Leone |
4,610,280 |
4,553,024 |
4,493,844 |
4,432,879 |
4,370,546 |
Azerbaijan |
4,385,166 |
4,400,904 |
4,407,577 |
4,405,307 |
4,400,516 |
Kyrgyz Republic |
4,207,572 |
4,154,812 |
4,093,812 |
4,024,399 |
3,958,480 |
Honduras |
4,127,639 |
4,124,378 |
4,119,683 |
4,113,431 |
4,105,676 |
Austria |
3,672,522 |
3,678,385 |
3,683,835 |
3,686,762 |
3,686,708 |
Tunisia |
3,594,097 |
3,596,642 |
3,595,659 |
3,591,574 |
3,585,297 |
Argentina |
3,559,798 |
3,579,773 |
3,599,141 |
3,617,403 |
3,634,137 |
Australia |
3,510,320 |
3,535,137 |
3,519,751 |
3,494,578 |
3,467,878 |
Bolivia |
3,493,674 |
3,487,551 |
3,480,065 |
3,471,223 |
3,460,830 |
Portugal |
3,414,362 |
3,469,087 |
3,521,605 |
3,577,639 |
3,640,950 |
Venezuela |
3,351,303 |
3,332,977 |
3,353,461 |
3,406,369 |
3,474,491 |
Serbia |
2,966,839 |
3,004,845 |
3,037,846 |
3,065,922 |
3,093,250 |
Turkmenistan |
2,875,551 |
2,863,849 |
2,849,353 |
2,832,246 |
2,812,448 |
Central African Republic |
2,821,711 |
2,791,700 |
2,763,118 |
2,736,176 |
2,712,573 |
Czech Republic |
2,759,991 |
2,774,917 |
2,783,117 |
2,785,892 |
2,788,986 |
Nicaragua |
2,729,410 |
2,715,272 |
2,699,365 |
2,681,761 |
2,662,543 |
Paraguay |
2,707,654 |
2,697,309 |
2,685,487 |
2,672,174 |
2,657,551 |
Hungary |
2,694,979 |
2,735,697 |
2,770,705 |
2,800,601 |
2,832,442 |
Cuba |
2,569,977 |
2,583,148 |
2,594,348 |
2,603,578 |
2,610,637 |
Slovak Republic |
2,515,539 |
2,524,162 |
2,523,688 |
2,520,439 |
2,515,590 |
Liberia |
2,456,817 |
2,423,184 |
2,388,948 |
2,354,022 |
2,318,337 |
Chile |
2,340,642 |
2,346,132 |
2,341,903 |
2,329,159 |
2,310,651 |
Switzerland |
2,261,756 |
2,252,847 |
2,242,521 |
2,231,010 |
2,217,678 |
Greece |
2,128,861 |
2,170,608 |
2,209,932 |
2,247,680 |
2,288,166 |
Mauritania |
2,094,698 |
2,077,143 |
2,058,876 |
2,039,966 |
2,020,351 |
Belarus |
1,876,469 |
1,924,485 |
1,974,004 |
2,020,372 |
2,068,303 |
Dominican Republic |
1,838,800 |
1,894,044 |
1,951,483 |
2,011,294 |
2,073,501 |
Ireland |
1,814,588 |
1,812,143 |
1,805,722 |
1,792,632 |
1,781,281 |
Republic Of Congo |
1,794,236 |
1,775,225 |
1,755,497 |
1,735,045 |
1,714,180 |
El Salvador |
1,687,118 |
1,722,476 |
1,758,851 |
1,796,330 |
1,834,989 |
Bulgaria |
1,654,065 |
1,685,936 |
1,719,734 |
1,755,697 |
1,792,408 |
Bosnia |
1,650,494 |
1,672,559 |
1,695,855 |
1,720,299 |
1,746,954 |
Croatia |
1,642,337 |
1,718,119 |
1,738,221 |
1,759,939 |
1,787,283 |
Lesotho |
1,522,574 |
1,520,399 |
1,517,759 |
1,514,770 |
1,511,550 |
Georgia |
1,488,191 |
1,509,450 |
1,523,815 |
1,541,599 |
1,557,150 |
Moldova |
1,467,190 |
1,497,639 |
1,526,337 |
1,553,729 |
1,582,645 |
Panama |
1,368,149 |
1,362,863 |
1,356,355 |
1,348,752 |
1,340,242 |
Libya |
1,322,540 |
1,326,777 |
1,328,855 |
1,328,901 |
1,328,187 |
Netherlands |
1,302,381 |
1,354,158 |
1,409,098 |
1,466,411 |
1,528,626 |
Jamaica |
1,288,936 |
1,293,702 |
1,297,684 |
1,300,903 |
1,303,341 |
UAE |
1,268,967 |
1,281,005 |
1,290,784 |
1,298,062 |
1,304,681 |
Sweden |
1,225,108 |
1,244,794 |
1,263,481 |
1,278,923 |
1,292,817 |
Namibia |
1,215,922 |
1,218,801 |
1,221,269 |
1,223,367 |
1,225,218 |
West Bank And Gaza |
1,132,085 |
1,118,249 |
1,103,858 |
1,089,088 |
1,073,875 |
Guinea-Bissau |
1,116,239 |
1,098,222 |
1,079,997 |
1,061,606 |
1,043,049 |
Armenia |
1,085,415 |
1,087,122 |
1,087,882 |
1,087,746 |
1,086,539 |
Albania |
1,041,188 |
1,075,204 |
1,106,598 |
1,137,407 |
1,167,112 |
Mongolia |
1,039,235 |
1,027,515 |
1,014,540 |
1,000,361 |
985,109 |
Costa Rica |
954,579 |
979,547 |
1,005,676 |
1,032,885 |
1,061,270 |
Slovenia |
939,156 |
943,608 |
943,491 |
942,771 |
944,897 |
Timor-Leste |
917,934 |
905,506 |
892,938 |
880,254 |
867,646 |
Gambia |
914,646 |
904,267 |
893,744 |
883,080 |
872,299 |
Norway |
901,946 |
915,909 |
929,678 |
942,971 |
956,662 |
Lithuania |
887,542 |
893,078 |
898,175 |
905,487 |
918,778 |
Eswatini |
886,674 |
879,741 |
872,799 |
865,852 |
859,072 |
Jordan |
859,928 |
875,633 |
888,646 |
898,972 |
905,484 |
North Macedonia |
851,107 |
860,473 |
867,892 |
872,779 |
876,519 |
Finland |
798,226 |
800,844 |
803,615 |
806,259 |
808,330 |
Mauritius |
749,824 |
749,824 |
749,731 |
749,148 |
748,132 |
Lebanon |
738,311 |
755,918 |
770,719 |
782,453 |
789,070 |
Denmark |
688,752 |
693,004 |
698,080 |
702,536 |
705,807 |
Israel |
686,007 |
683,115 |
678,959 |
673,494 |
667,787 |
Botswana |
681,775 |
684,864 |
687,149 |
688,708 |
690,189 |
New Zealand |
676,747 |
677,048 |
666,466 |
659,719 |
651,473 |
Oman |
676,741 |
700,833 |
724,210 |
746,685 |
767,078 |
Trinidad And Tobago |
655,867 |
654,766 |
653,027 |
650,668 |
647,671 |
Comoros |
625,358 |
614,108 |
602,737 |
591,240 |
579,620 |
Latvia |
594,684 |
602,157 |
608,174 |
613,959 |
620,063 |
Guyana |
577,754 |
575,871 |
573,860 |
571,744 |
569,491 |
Solomon Islands |
527,095 |
517,425 |
507,657 |
497,809 |
487,924 |
Bhutan |
444,481 |
445,097 |
445,555 |
445,886 |
446,093 |
Estonia |
406,552 |
409,094 |
410,648 |
411,399 |
412,117 |
Cyprus |
402,894 |
400,590 |
397,867 |
394,716 |
391,231 |
Equatorial Guinea |
383,337 |
377,403 |
371,173 |
364,639 |
357,830 |
Fiji |
381,565 |
383,257 |
384,906 |
386,545 |
388,346 |
Maldives |
320,181 |
320,709 |
317,311 |
310,413 |
300,916 |
Vanuatu |
233,757 |
228,750 |
223,730 |
218,704 |
213,659 |
Djibouti |
218,309 |
216,748 |
215,010 |
213,101 |
211,025 |
Gabon |
218,243 |
220,525 |
222,885 |
225,279 |
227,625 |
Belgium |
218,200 |
221,765 |
225,069 |
228,427 |
231,939 |
Belize |
217,840 |
214,616 |
211,313 |
207,916 |
204,418 |
Puerto Rico |
209,130 |
210,642 |
205,163 |
205,077 |
213,251 |
Suriname |
199,915 |
198,581 |
197,111 |
195,490 |
193,736 |
Montenegro |
199,534 |
201,999 |
204,336 |
206,498 |
208,638 |
Barbados |
197,811 |
197,737 |
197,591 |
197,360 |
197,043 |
Cabo Verde |
184,854 |
185,411 |
185,906 |
186,337 |
186,722 |
Bahrain |
181,438 |
178,564 |
174,062 |
168,134 |
161,569 |
Samoa |
164,634 |
162,916 |
161,506 |
160,348 |
159,311 |
Uruguay |
153,242 |
155,797 |
158,340 |
160,944 |
163,584 |
St. Lucia |
149,475 |
149,031 |
148,514 |
147,917 |
147,276 |
Channel Islands |
120,897 |
120,027 |
118,981 |
117,789 |
116,525 |
French Polynesia |
107,176 |
106,814 |
106,416 |
105,977 |
105,517 |
Brunei |
94,691 |
95,153 |
95,576 |
95,963 |
96,306 |
Micronesia |
89,437 |
88,643 |
87,848 |
87,067 |
86,262 |
Tonga |
82,093 |
81,282 |
80,351 |
79,328 |
78,369 |
New Caledonia |
76,538 |
77,460 |
78,395 |
79,346 |
80,309 |
Antigua And Barbuda |
74,658 |
74,001 |
73,316 |
72,598 |
71,843 |
Grenada |
71,545 |
71,408 |
71,238 |
71,024 |
70,778 |
Bahamas |
66,027 |
65,889 |
65,698 |
65,462 |
65,184 |
Aruba |
60,173 |
60,112 |
60,016 |
59,897 |
59,747 |
Sao Tome And Principe |
55,678 |
56,206 |
56,777 |
57,394 |
58,050 |
Luxembourg |
53,222 |
53,882 |
54,417 |
54,831 |
55,298 |
Kiribati |
53,004 |
53,041 |
53,118 |
53,221 |
53,353 |
St. Vincent And The Grenadines |
51,793 |
52,110 |
52,406 |
52,683 |
52,954 |
Seychelles |
41,693 |
41,801 |
41,863 |
41,907 |
41,921 |
Isle Of Man |
40,078 |
40,052 |
39,981 |
39,861 |
39,750 |
St. Kitts And Nevis |
36,997 |
36,786 |
36,562 |
36,300 |
36,023 |
Liechtenstein |
32,718 |
32,639 |
32,556 |
32,481 |
32,393 |
Faroe Islands |
28,165 |
28,147 |
28,123 |
28,097 |
28,071 |
Malta |
26,826 |
27,086 |
26,826 |
26,112 |
25,525 |
Iceland |
22,546 |
22,362 |
22,157 |
21,823 |
21,384 |
Qatar |
21,158 |
22,040 |
22,996 |
24,062 |
25,122 |
Dominica |
20,645 |
20,813 |
20,978 |
21,142 |
21,309 |
Curacao |
16,703 |
16,948 |
17,164 |
17,296 |
17,294 |
British Virgin Islands |
15,540 |
15,568 |
15,582 |
15,576 |
15,571 |
Marshall Islands |
13,019 |
13,145 |
13,277 |
13,417 |
13,565 |
Andorra |
9,392 |
9,337 |
9,270 |
9,193 |
9,124 |
Guam |
8,484 |
8,544 |
8,601 |
8,653 |
8,709 |
Greenland |
7,078 |
7,169 |
7,280 |
7,386 |
7,542 |
American Samoa |
7,070 |
7,091 |
7,109 |
7,125 |
7,136 |
Northern Mariana Islands |
4,697 |
4,721 |
4,744 |
4,768 |
4,790 |
Tuvalu |
4,199 |
4,243 |
4,287 |
4,327 |
4,372 |
Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
4,192 |
4,316 |
4,446 |
4,579 |
4,717 |
Palau |
3,365 |
3,440 |
3,516 |
3,595 |
3,675 |
Turks And Caicos Islands |
2,419 |
2,476 |
2,536 |
2,600 |
2,666 |
San Marino |
809 |
849 |
891 |
937 |
986 |