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Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population by country

The FAOSTAT Population module contains time series data on population, by sex and urban/rural. The series consist of both estimates and projections for different periods as available from the original sources, namely: 1. Population data refers to the World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision from the UN...

Countries reporting
239
Highest
782,365 1000 No
India
Lowest
0 1000 No
China, Macao SAR
Median
1,378 1000 No
Years covered
101
1950–2050
Data points
25,845

What the numbers show

Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population is currently reported for 239 countries. The highest value is 782,365 1000 No in India; the lowest is 0 1000 No in China, Macao SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,378 1000 No, and the mean is 14,857 1000 No.

Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 177 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia PDR (up 34.3%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 22.3%).

Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 782,365 1000 No 2050 down 9.1% rising
2 China 275,362 1000 No 2050 down 18.4% falling
3 China, mainland 272,509 1000 No 2050 down 18.4% falling
4 Pakistan 146,712 1000 No 2050 down 2.3% rising
5 Nigeria 123,508 1000 No 2050 up 5.5% rising
6 Ethiopia 116,333 1000 No 2050 up 4.1% rising
7 USSR 99,726 1000 No 1991 up 0.9% falling
8 Indonesia 87,446 1000 No 2050 down 11.9% rising
9 Bangladesh 84,090 1000 No 2050 down 10.4% rising
10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 71,473 1000 No 2050 up 8.0% volatile
11 Egypt 68,113 1000 No 2050 down 1.8% rising
12 United Republic of Tanzania 61,539 1000 No 2050 up 10.9% volatile
13 Uganda 59,035 1000 No 2050 up 13.3% volatile
14 Philippines 57,828 1000 No 2050 down 5.8% rising
15 Kenya 51,282 1000 No 2050 up 4.6% volatile
16 Niger 48,989 1000 No 2050 up 27.7% volatile
17 Viet Nam 48,918 1000 No 2050 down 9.9% rising
18 Ethiopia PDR 47,359 1000 No 1992 up 34.3% rising
19 Sudan 38,124 1000 No 2050 up 4.8% rising
20 Afghanistan 36,430 1000 No 2050 up 1.7% volatile
21 Myanmar 32,967 1000 No 2050 down 9.7% rising
22 Sudan (former) 32,054 1000 No 2011 up 30.0% rising
23 Mozambique 30,302 1000 No 2050 up 9.3% rising
24 Malawi 28,345 1000 No 2050 up 13.3% volatile
25 Madagascar 22,645 1000 No 2050 up 5.5% volatile
26 Nepal 22,611 1000 No 2050 down 6.5% rising
27 Russian Federation 22,126 1000 No 2050 down 17.4% falling
28 Burkina Faso 21,530 1000 No 2050 up 9.4% volatile
29 Yemen 20,674 1000 No 2050 down 2.3% volatile
30 Chad 20,416 1000 No 2050 up 11.2% volatile
31 Thailand 19,963 1000 No 2050 down 17.8% flat
32 Mexico 19,369 1000 No 2050 down 12.2% rising
33 Burundi 18,579 1000 No 2050 up 17.4% volatile
34 Brazil 17,625 1000 No 2050 down 15.3% falling
35 Côte d'Ivoire 16,730 1000 No 2050 up 5.8% volatile
36 South Sudan 16,235 1000 No 2050 up 9.0% rising
37 Mali 16,195 1000 No 2050 up 8.0% rising
38 Zimbabwe 16,032 1000 No 2050 up 3.2% rising
39 Iraq 15,931 1000 No 2050 up 3.7% volatile
40 Uzbekistan 15,752 1000 No 2050 down 9.2% rising
41 Zambia 15,424 1000 No 2050 up 9.7% volatile
42 Rwanda 15,403 1000 No 2050 up 6.2% volatile
43 Angola 14,914 1000 No 2050 up 8.9% rising
44 South Africa 14,698 1000 No 2050 down 10.7% rising
45 Sri Lanka 14,218 1000 No 2050 down 10.5% rising
46 Ghana 13,752 1000 No 2050 down 1.1% rising
47 Türkiye 13,435 1000 No 2050 down 13.1% falling
48 Cameroon 13,402 1000 No 2050 up 3.3% rising
49 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 13,112 1000 No 2050 down 13.9% flat
50 Somalia 12,986 1000 No 2050 up 10.2% volatile
51 Cambodia 12,957 1000 No 2050 down 3.5% rising
52 Guinea 12,452 1000 No 2050 up 7.0% rising
53 Germany 12,413 1000 No 2050 down 17.3% falling
54 Senegal 12,088 1000 No 2050 up 5.8% volatile
55 Melanesia 11,877 1000 No 2050 up 5.9% volatile
56 Yugoslav SFR 11,825 1000 No 1991 down 2.2% falling
57 Papua New Guinea 10,546 1000 No 2050 up 6.4% volatile
58 Italy 10,422 1000 No 2050 down 17.7% falling
59 Morocco 10,402 1000 No 2050 down 11.1% rising
60 Poland 9,591 1000 No 2050 down 19.8% falling
61 Syrian Arab Republic 9,546 1000 No 2050 down 5.4% rising
62 Algeria 8,905 1000 No 2050 down 9.0% rising
63 Guatemala 8,847 1000 No 2050 down 4.4% rising
64 Caribbean 8,434 1000 No 2050 down 13.8% falling
65 Tajikistan 8,278 1000 No 2050 up 1.1% rising
66 Benin 8,269 1000 No 2050 up 5.2% rising
67 France 8,235 1000 No 2050 down 14.6% falling
68 Ukraine 7,781 1000 No 2050 down 19.7% falling
69 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7,373 1000 No 2050 down 13.1% falling
70 Kazakhstan 7,093 1000 No 2050 down 8.6% rising
71 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6,923 1000 No 2050 down 15.3% rising
72 Republic of Korea 6,841 1000 No 2050 down 18.5% falling
73 Colombia 6,104 1000 No 2050 down 15.7% falling
74 Togo 6,031 1000 No 2050 up 3.4% rising
75 Peru 5,953 1000 No 2050 down 11.0% rising
76 Ecuador 5,794 1000 No 2050 down 8.5% rising
77 Japan 5,756 1000 No 2050 down 20.4% volatile
78 Canada 5,715 1000 No 2050 down 11.6% rising
79 Romania 5,465 1000 No 2050 down 19.1% falling
80 Spain 5,322 1000 No 2050 down 17.7% falling
81 Malaysia 5,289 1000 No 2050 down 11.1% flat
82 Sierra Leone 5,247 1000 No 2050 down 0.9% rising
83 Czechoslovakia 4,892 1000 No 1992 down 1.0% falling
84 Serbia and Montenegro 4,481 1000 No 2005 down 11.6% falling
85 Saudi Arabia 4,348 1000 No 2050 down 11.2% rising
86 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,061 1000 No 2050 down 8.0% rising
87 Eritrea 3,830 1000 No 2050 up 2.3% rising
88 Kyrgyzstan 3,767 1000 No 2050 down 6.3% rising
89 Central African Republic 3,521 1000 No 2050 up 2.3% rising
90 Haiti 3,521 1000 No 2050 down 10.9% rising
91 Australia and New Zealand 3,512 1000 No 2050 down 9.5% rising
92 Honduras 3,456 1000 No 2050 down 8.3% rising
93 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,381 1000 No 2050 down 11.3% rising
94 Azerbaijan 3,207 1000 No 2050 down 14.2% falling
95 Liberia 3,115 1000 No 2050 up 3.8% rising
96 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,060 1000 No 2050 down 7.7% rising
97 Australia 3,001 1000 No 2050 down 8.9% rising
98 China, Taiwan Province of 2,853 1000 No 2050 down 19.4% falling
99 Tunisia 2,745 1000 No 2050 down 12.3% rising
100 Argentina 2,664 1000 No 2050 down 11.5% falling
101 Nicaragua 2,653 1000 No 2023 up 5.0% rising
102 Austria 2,584 1000 No 2050 down 14.9% rising
103 Turkmenistan 2,454 1000 No 2050 down 8.6% rising
104 Mauritania 2,433 1000 No 2050 up 2.4% rising
105 Serbia 2,326 1000 No 2050 down 19.0% falling
106 Congo 2,302 1000 No 2050 up 4.6% rising
107 Paraguay 2,290 1000 No 2050 down 10.0% rising
108 Portugal 1,861 1000 No 2050 down 19.7% falling
109 Switzerland 1,842 1000 No 2050 down 12.4% rising
110 Czechia 1,792 1000 No 2050 down 16.9% falling
111 Cuba 1,722 1000 No 2050 down 18.6% falling
112 Lesotho 1,719 1000 No 2050 down 1.5% rising
113 Slovakia 1,704 1000 No 2050 down 17.5% falling
114 Chile 1,690 1000 No 2050 down 14.3% falling
115 Guinea-Bissau 1,541 1000 No 2050 up 7.9% rising
116 Hungary 1,505 1000 No 2050 down 19.8% falling
117 Ireland 1,447 1000 No 2050 down 10.4% rising
118 Republic of Moldova 1,420 1000 No 2050 down 19.7% falling
119 Palestine 1,412 1000 No 2050 down 0.3% rising
120 Eswatini 1,378 1000 No 2050 up 4.4% rising
121 Timor-Leste 1,362 1000 No 2050 up 9.1% rising
122 Greece 1,228 1000 No 2050 down 19.4% falling
123 Namibia 1,223 1000 No 2050 down 2.1% rising
124 Panama 1,175 1000 No 2050 down 8.5% rising
125 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,082 1000 No 2050 down 18.7% falling
126 Dominican Republic 1,056 1000 No 2050 down 13.1% falling
127 Gambia 1,039 1000 No 2050 up 2.7% rising
128 El Salvador 1,013 1000 No 2050 down 15.0% falling
129 United Arab Emirates 1,005 1000 No 2050 down 9.3% volatile
130 Belarus 1,004 1000 No 2050 down 18.1% falling
131 Croatia 992.92 1000 No 2050 down 19.6% falling
132 Libya 939.57 1000 No 2050 down 12.9% rising
133 Georgia 911.09 1000 No 2050 down 18.9% falling
134 Mongolia 908.11 1000 No 2050 down 9.2% rising
135 Comoros 863.69 1000 No 2050 up 8.0% volatile
136 Bulgaria 817.52 1000 No 2050 down 22.3% volatile
137 Jamaica 799.47 1000 No 2050 down 19.1% falling
138 Sweden 788.88 1000 No 2050 down 12.2% falling
139 Armenia 695.21 1000 No 2050 down 18.3% falling
140 Jordan 669.38 1000 No 2050 down 5.8% rising
141 Norway 663.52 1000 No 2050 down 10.4% falling
142 Solomon Islands 647.38 1000 No 2050 up 7.0% volatile
143 Mauritius 616.68 1000 No 2050 down 11.5% rising
144 Slovenia 606.77 1000 No 2050 down 16.8% falling
145 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 589.64 1000 No 2050 down 17.0% volatile
146 Finland 583.99 1000 No 2050 down 14.7% falling
147 Albania 580.32 1000 No 2050 down 20.1% falling
148 Israel 579.95 1000 No 2050 down 6.2% rising
149 Costa Rica 569.35 1000 No 2050 down 14.0% falling
150 Botswana 550.66 1000 No 2050 down 7.7% rising
151 Lithuania 526.79 1000 No 2050 down 20.0% falling
152 Guyana 526.41 1000 No 2050 down 7.5% rising
153 North Macedonia 525.79 1000 No 2050 down 18.6% falling
154 New Zealand 511.04 1000 No 2050 down 12.4% rising
155 Equatorial Guinea 489.2 1000 No 2050 up 5.8% rising
156 Denmark 485.03 1000 No 2050 down 13.9% falling
157 Trinidad and Tobago 482.78 1000 No 2050 down 13.2% rising
158 Bhutan 420.94 1000 No 2050 down 6.6% rising
159 Polynesia 412.03 1000 No 2050 down 1.7% rising
160 Belgium-Luxembourg 372.33 1000 No 1999 down 15.8% falling
161 Latvia 365.13 1000 No 2050 down 17.5% falling
162 Lebanon 359.79 1000 No 2050 down 15.7% falling
163 Cyprus 353.01 1000 No 2050 down 8.9% rising
164 Oman 346.71 1000 No 2050 down 10.4% flat
165 Vanuatu 311.57 1000 No 2050 up 7.8% volatile
166 Fiji 300.52 1000 No 2050 down 10.7% rising
167 Maldives 265.89 1000 No 2050 down 3.8% rising
168 Estonia 259.52 1000 No 2050 down 15.8% falling
169 Belize 254.28 1000 No 2050 up 0.0% volatile
170 Mayotte 231.01 1000 No 2050 up 7.7% volatile
171 Djibouti 200.16 1000 No 2050 down 8.0% rising
172 Samoa 191.01 1000 No 2050 up 2.1% rising
173 Gabon 176.73 1000 No 2050 down 3.0% falling
174 Suriname 168.36 1000 No 2050 down 10.4% rising
175 Barbados 165.89 1000 No 2050 down 8.9% rising
176 Cabo Verde 165.49 1000 No 2050 down 6.6% falling
177 Micronesia 160.73 1000 No 2050 down 3.2% rising
178 Bahrain 158.19 1000 No 2050 down 9.2% volatile
179 Puerto Rico 142.52 1000 No 2050 down 20.5% volatile
180 Belgium 139 1000 No 2050 down 14.5% falling
181 Saint Lucia 133.72 1000 No 2050 down 6.7% rising
182 Montenegro 133.55 1000 No 2050 down 15.2% falling
183 Channel Islands 109.54 1000 No 2050 down 5.5% rising
184 Tonga 98.27 1000 No 2050 up 0.8% rising
185 French Polynesia 98.05 1000 No 2050 down 9.1% rising
186 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 96.95 1000 No 1990 up 32.4% rising
187 Uruguay 95.27 1000 No 2050 down 15.5% volatile
188 Western Sahara 91.33 1000 No 2050 down 2.0% rising
189 Micronesia (Federated States of) 86.96 1000 No 2050 down 2.6% rising
190 Antigua and Barbuda 86.42 1000 No 2050 down 2.3% rising
191 Brunei Darussalam 76.89 1000 No 2050 down 10.3% rising
192 New Caledonia 71.31 1000 No 2050 down 6.0% rising
193 Grenada 57.77 1000 No 2050 down 9.7% rising
194 Sao Tome and Principe 56 1000 No 2050 up 2.0% flat
195 Bahamas 54.95 1000 No 2050 down 10.8% rising
196 Kiribati 52.42 1000 No 2050 down 0.6% rising
197 French Guiana 48.8 1000 No 2050 up 1.5% rising
198 Aruba 48.38 1000 No 2050 down 11.2% rising
199 Luxembourg 39.27 1000 No 2050 down 7.5% falling
200 Saint Kitts and Nevis 37.83 1000 No 2050 down 5.7% rising
201 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 37.72 1000 No 2050 down 12.6% falling
202 Isle of Man 35.61 1000 No 2050 down 7.4% rising
203 Liechtenstein 34.16 1000 No 2050 down 1.9% rising
204 Seychelles 29.39 1000 No 2050 down 12.5% rising
205 Martinique 26.15 1000 No 2050 down 18.1% volatile
206 Faroe Islands 26.03 1000 No 2050 down 6.8% flat
207 Netherlands Antilles (former) 20.19 1000 No 2010 up 27.6% falling
208 Iceland 16.3 1000 No 2050 down 12.2% falling
209 Dominica 15.34 1000 No 2050 down 13.5% falling
210 Curaçao 14.72 1000 No 2050 down 12.0% falling
211 British Virgin Islands 14.51 1000 No 2050 down 8.1% rising
212 Malta 14.3 1000 No 2050 down 16.7% falling
213 Qatar 11.18 1000 No 2050 down 10.2% rising
214 Wallis and Futuna Islands 10.86 1000 No 2050 down 1.9% rising
215 Marshall Islands 9.41 1000 No 2050 down 7.4% falling
216 Andorra 7.53 1000 No 2050 down 14.9% rising
217 Guam 6.13 1000 No 2050 down 12.8% volatile
218 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 5.49 1000 No 2050 down 10.2% falling
219 American Samoa 5.24 1000 No 2050 down 15.4% falling
220 Montserrat 4.66 1000 No 2050 down 3.5% falling
221 Greenland 4.24 1000 No 2050 down 17.1% falling
222 Guadeloupe 4.13 1000 No 2050 down 18.1% volatile
223 Tuvalu 3.27 1000 No 2050 down 6.6% falling
224 Cook Islands 3.08 1000 No 2050 down 12.6% falling
225 Palau 2.98 1000 No 2050 down 9.8% falling
226 Northern Mariana Islands 2.82 1000 No 2050 down 19.8% falling
227 United States Virgin Islands 2.09 1000 No 2050 down 21.0% volatile
228 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 2.03 1000 No 2050 down 11.0% falling
229 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.59 1000 No 2050 down 9.6% falling
230 Tokelau 1.56 1000 No 2050 up 4.0% falling
231 Réunion 0.983 1000 No 2050 down 13.5% volatile
232 Niue 0.69 1000 No 2050 down 7.3% volatile
233 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.525 1000 No 2050 down 12.2% falling
234 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.382 1000 No 2050 down 14.7% falling
235 San Marino 0.358 1000 No 2050 down 16.2% volatile
236 Kuwait 0 1000 No 2050 — volatile
236 Singapore 0 1000 No 2050 — volatile
236 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 1000 No 2050 — volatile
236 China, Macao SAR 0 1000 No 2050 — volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population
Unit
1000 No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
278 places, 25,845 data points, 1950–2050
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The FAOSTAT Population module contains time series data on population, by sex and urban/rural. The series consist of both estimates and projections for different periods as available from the original sources, namely: 1. Population data refers to the World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision from the UN Population Division. 2. Urban/rural population data refers to the World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision from the UN Population Division.