Population by Country
Rural Population by Country 2025
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5 Countries with the Greatest Share of Rural Population
Country | Rural Population 2024↓ | Rural Population Rate 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | India | 916M | 63.13% |
 | China | 485.5M | 34.46% |
 | Pakistan | 154.9M | 61.64% |
 | Indonesia | 115.7M | 40.8% |
 | Nigeria | 104.6M | 44.97% |
 | Bangladesh | 102M | 58.77% |
 | Ethiopia | 100.8M | 76.34% |
 | Egypt | 66.1M | 56.74% |
 | Vietnam | 60.4M | 59.81% |
 | Philippines | 59.5M | 51.39% |
 | DR Congo | 56.8M | 51.95% |
 | United States | 56.1M | 16.49% |
 | Tanzania | 42.4M | 61.86% |
 | Kenya | 39.5M | 69.95% |
 | Myanmar | 36.8M | 67.53% |
 | Uganda | 36.3M | 72.61% |
 | Russia | 35.1M | 24.45% |
 | Thailand | 32.7M | 45.68% |
 | Sudan | 31.9M | 63.25% |
 | Afghanistan | 31M | 72.74% |
 | Brazil | 25.4M | 11.98% |
 | Yemen | 24.2M | 59.52% |
 | Mexico | 23.7M | 18.14% |
 | Nepal | 23M | 77.63% |
 | Niger | 22.4M | 82.77% |
 | Mozambique | 21M | 60.67% |
 | Iran | 20.4M | 22.3% |
 | South Africa | 19.7M | 30.7% |
 | Turkey | 18.9M | 22.11% |
 | Madagascar | 18.8M | 58.77% |
 | Germany | 18.5M | 22.11% |
 | Uzbekistan | 18M | 49.37% |
 | Sri Lanka | 17.7M | 80.58% |
 | Malawi | 17.6M | 81.4% |
 | Italy | 16.3M | 27.71% |
 | Burkina Faso | 15.7M | 66.83% |
 | Chad | 15.3M | 75.31% |
 | Ivory Coast | 14.8M | 46.36% |
 | Poland | 14.5M | 39.67% |
 | Ghana | 13.8M | 40.15% |
 | Morocco | 13.1M | 34.36% |
 | Cambodia | 13M | 73.97% |
 | Mali | 13M | 53.07% |
 | Iraq | 13M | 28.15% |
 | France | 12.3M | 17.96% |
 | Burundi | 11.9M | 84.84% |
 | Cameroon | 11.7M | 40.11% |
 | Rwanda | 11.7M | 81.92% |
 | Angola | 11.6M | 30.72% |
 | Algeria | 11.4M | 24.25% |
 | Zambia | 11.3M | 53.09% |
 | Ukraine | 11.3M | 29.72% |
 | Zimbabwe | 11.2M | 67.33% |
 | United Kingdom | 10.5M | 15.12% |
 | Syria | 10.4M | 41.96% |
 | Somalia | 9.8M | 51.48% |
 | Japan | 9.8M | 7.87% |
 | North Korea | 9.7M | 36.5% |
 | South Korea | 9.6M | 18.5% |
 | South Sudan | 9.4M | 78.44% |
 | Senegal | 9.2M | 49.92% |
 | Colombia | 9.2M | 17.35% |
 | Papua New Guinea | 9.1M | 86.12% |
 | Guinea | 9.1M | 61.48% |
 | Spain | 8.9M | 18.2% |
 | Romania | 8.6M | 45.12% |
 | Kazakhstan | 8.6M | 41.61% |
 | Guatemala | 8.6M | 46.46% |
 | Tajikistan | 7.6M | 71.48% |
 | Canada | 7.4M | 18.02% |
 | Malaysia | 7.4M | 20.8% |
 | Peru | 7.1M | 20.86% |
 | Benin | 7.1M | 49.33% |
 | Ecuador | 6.3M | 34.97% |
 | Saudi Arabia | 5.2M | 14.83% |
 | Togo | 5.2M | 54.94% |
 | Sierra Leone | 4.8M | 55.22% |
 | Laos | 4.7M | 61.09% |
 | Haiti | 4.7M | 39.53% |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.5M | 61.83% |
 | Azerbaijan | 4.3M | 42% |
 | Honduras | 4.2M | 39.18% |
 | Austria | 3.7M | 40.18% |
 | Australia | 3.6M | 13.25% |
 | Tunisia | 3.6M | 29.12% |
 | Bolivia | 3.5M | 28.46% |
 | Turkmenistan | 3.4M | 45.48% |
 | Argentina | 3.4M | 7.42% |
 | Portugal | 3.4M | 31.58% |
 | Venezuela | 3.3M | 11.5% |
 | Central African Republic | 3M | 55.87% |
 | Serbia | 2.8M | 42.63% |
 | Nicaragua | 2.8M | 39.85% |
 | Czechia | 2.7M | 25.26% |
 | Liberia | 2.6M | 45.92% |
 | Hungary | 2.6M | 26.82% |
 | Paraguay | 2.5M | 36.51% |
 | Slovakia | 2.5M | 45.83% |
 | Cuba | 2.5M | 22.34% |
 | Chile | 2.3M | 11.88% |
 | Switzerland | 2.3M | 25.67% |
 | Mauritania | 2.1M | 41.54% |
 | Eritrea | 2M | 56.09% |
 | Greece | 2M | 19.02% |
 | Republic of the Congo | 1.9M | 30.36% |
 | Ireland | 1.9M | 35.24% |
 | Belarus | 1.7M | 18.88% |
 | Dominican Republic | 1.7M | 14.99% |
 | Lesotho | 1.6M | 69.1% |
 | Croatia | 1.6M | 41.06% |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.6M | 49.29% |
 | El Salvador | 1.5M | 24% |
 | Bulgaria | 1.5M | 22.96% |
 | Georgia | 1.4M | 38.84% |
 | Panama | 1.4M | 30.11% |
 | Moldova | 1.3M | 56.4% |
 | Namibia | 1.3M | 44.21% |
 | Libya | 1.3M | 18.09% |
 | United Arab Emirates | 1.3M | 11.99% |
 | Jamaica | 1.2M | 42.24% |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.2M | 54.11% |
 | Netherlands | 1.2M | 6.55% |
 | Sweden | 1.2M | 11.02% |
 | Armenia | 1.1M | 36.07% |
 | Mongolia | 1.1M | 30.74% |
 | Gambia | 963.8K | 34.92% |
 | Timor-Leste | 940.6K | 67.16% |
 | Albania | 939.8K | 34.62% |
 | Eswatini | 932K | 74.99% |
 | Slovenia | 926.3K | 43.56% |
 | Jordan | 900.4K | 7.79% |
 | Lithuania | 897.1K | 31.06% |
 | Norway | 873.8K | 15.68% |
 | Costa Rica | 863.5K | 16.83% |
 | Finland | 796.4K | 14.13% |
 | Mauritius | 743.8K | 59.06% |
 | North Macedonia | 719.2K | 40.13% |
 | Israel | 703.6K | 7.05% |
 | New Zealand | 689.1K | 12.91% |
 | Denmark | 679.8K | 11.37% |
 | Botswana | 668.4K | 26.51% |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 635.4K | 46.44% |
 | Guyana | 604.1K | 72.68% |
 | Lebanon | 603.6K | 10.4% |
 | Comoros | 603K | 69.58% |
 | Solomon Islands | 602.2K | 73.51% |
 | Oman | 581.1K | 11% |
 | Latvia | 580.8K | 31.19% |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 475.5K | 25.13% |
 | Cyprus | 447.1K | 32.92% |
 | Bhutan | 435.3K | 55% |
 | Estonia | 411.3K | 29.98% |
 | Fiji | 379K | 40.81% |
 | Maldives | 304K | 57.59% |
 | Djibouti | 248.6K | 21.27% |
 | Vanuatu | 242.1K | 73.85% |
 | Belize | 221.7K | 53.16% |
 | Gabon | 220.7K | 8.69% |
 | Suriname | 212.3K | 33.47% |
 | Belgium | 210.9K | 1.78% |
 | Puerto Rico | 203K | 6.34% |
 | Montenegro | 194.4K | 31.16% |
 | Barbados | 193.4K | 68.45% |
 | Samoa | 180K | 82.58% |
 | Cape Verde | 165.8K | 31.59% |
 | Bahrain | 158.9K | 10% |
 | Uruguay | 140.5K | 4.15% |
 | French Polynesia | 105.9K | 37.58% |
 | Brunei | 95.1K | 20.56% |
 | Micronesia | 86.5K | 76.45% |
 | Tonga | 80K | 76.79% |
 | New Caledonia | 78.7K | 26.89% |
 | Grenada | 73.5K | 62.73% |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | 71K | 75.66% |
 | Bahamas | 65.2K | 16.24% |
 | Aruba | 59.8K | 55.53% |
 | Kiribati | 55.9K | 41.55% |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | 54.1K | 22.99% |
 | Luxembourg | 52.4K | 7.73% |
 | Seychelles | 49.5K | 40.76% |
 | Isle of Man | 39K | 46.29% |
 | Liechtenstein | 34.3K | 85.29% |
 | Faroe Islands | 31.1K | 56.79% |
 | Malta | 28.7K | 4.99% |
 | Iceland | 23.9K | 5.91% |
 | Dominica | 18.3K | 27.69% |
 | Qatar | 17.5K | 0.61% |
 | Curacao | 17.1K | 10.97% |
 | Andorra | 10K | 12.25% |
 | Guam | 8K | 4.76% |
 | Marshall Islands | 7.8K | 20.79% |
 | Greenland | 6.7K | 11.85% |
 | American Samoa | 5.9K | 12.72% |
 | United States Virgin Islands | 3.8K | 3.69% |
 | Northern Mariana Islands | 3.5K | 7.83% |
 | Tuvalu | 3.2K | 33.07% |
 | Palau | 3K | 17.16% |
 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.6K | 5.57% |
 | San Marino | 703 | 2.07% |
| Total | 3.4B |
