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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
238
Highest
782,365 1000 No
India
Lowest
0 1000 No
China, Macao SAR
Median
1,395 1000 No
Years covered
101
1950–2050
Data points
25,744

What the numbers show

Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population is currently reported for 238 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 1,395 1000 No, and the mean is 14,919 1000 No.

Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 176 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
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 71,473 1000 No 2050 up 8.0% volatile
5 Nigeria 123,508 1000 No 2050 up 5.5% rising
5 United Republic of Tanzania 61,539 1000 No 2050 up 10.9% volatile
6 Ethiopia 116,333 1000 No 2050 up 4.1% rising
6 Viet Nam 48,918 1000 No 2050 down 9.9% rising
7 USSR 99,726 1000 No 1991 up 0.9% falling
8 Indonesia 87,446 1000 No 2050 down 11.9% rising
8 Türkiye 13,435 1000 No 2050 down 13.1% falling
9 Bangladesh 84,090 1000 No 2050 down 10.4% rising
9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 13,112 1000 No 2050 down 13.9% flat
10 Egypt 68,113 1000 No 2050 down 1.8% rising
10 Melanesia 11,877 1000 No 2050 up 5.9% volatile
11 Uganda 59,035 1000 No 2050 up 13.3% volatile
11 Syrian Arab Republic 9,546 1000 No 2050 down 5.4% rising
12 Philippines 57,828 1000 No 2050 down 5.8% rising
12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6,923 1000 No 2050 down 15.3% rising
13 Kenya 51,282 1000 No 2050 up 4.6% volatile
13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,061 1000 No 2050 down 8.0% rising
14 Niger 48,989 1000 No 2050 up 27.7% volatile
14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,381 1000 No 2050 down 11.3% rising
15 Ethiopia PDR 47,359 1000 No 1992 up 34.3% rising
15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,060 1000 No 2050 down 7.7% rising
16 Sudan 38,124 1000 No 2050 up 4.8% rising
16 Republic of Moldova 1,420 1000 No 2050 down 19.7% falling
17 Afghanistan 36,430 1000 No 2050 up 1.7% volatile
17 Timor-Leste 1,362 1000 No 2050 up 9.1% rising
18 Myanmar 32,967 1000 No 2050 down 9.7% rising
18 Polynesia 412.03 1000 No 2050 down 1.7% rising
19 Sudan (former) 32,054 1000 No 2011 up 30.0% rising
19 Micronesia 160.73 1000 No 2050 down 3.2% rising
20 Mozambique 30,302 1000 No 2050 up 9.3% rising
21 Malawi 28,345 1000 No 2050 up 13.3% volatile
21 Micronesia (Federated States of) 86.96 1000 No 2050 down 2.6% rising
22 Madagascar 22,645 1000 No 2050 up 5.5% volatile
22 Wallis and Futuna Islands 10.86 1000 No 2050 down 1.9% rising
23 Nepal 22,611 1000 No 2050 down 6.5% rising
24 Russian Federation 22,126 1000 No 2050 down 17.4% falling
25 Burkina Faso 21,530 1000 No 2050 up 9.4% volatile
25 Côte d'Ivoire 16,730 1000 No 2050 up 5.8% volatile
26 Yemen 20,674 1000 No 2050 down 2.3% volatile
27 Chad 20,416 1000 No 2050 up 11.2% volatile
28 Thailand 19,963 1000 No 2050 down 17.8% flat
28 Caribbean 8,434 1000 No 2050 down 13.8% falling
29 Mexico 19,369 1000 No 2050 down 12.2% rising
29 Cabo Verde 165.49 1000 No 2050 down 6.6% falling
30 Burundi 18,579 1000 No 2050 up 17.4% volatile
31 Brazil 17,625 1000 No 2050 down 15.3% falling
32 South Sudan 16,235 1000 No 2050 up 9.0% rising
33 Mali 16,195 1000 No 2050 up 8.0% rising
34 Zimbabwe 16,032 1000 No 2050 up 3.2% rising
35 Iraq 15,931 1000 No 2050 up 3.7% volatile
36 Uzbekistan 15,752 1000 No 2050 down 9.2% rising
37 Zambia 15,424 1000 No 2050 up 9.7% volatile
38 Rwanda 15,403 1000 No 2050 up 6.2% volatile
39 Angola 14,914 1000 No 2050 up 8.9% rising
40 South Africa 14,698 1000 No 2050 down 10.7% rising
41 Sri Lanka 14,218 1000 No 2050 down 10.5% rising
42 Ghana 13,752 1000 No 2050 down 1.1% rising
43 Cameroon 13,402 1000 No 2050 up 3.3% rising
44 Somalia 12,986 1000 No 2050 up 10.2% volatile
45 Cambodia 12,957 1000 No 2050 down 3.5% rising
46 Guinea 12,452 1000 No 2050 up 7.0% rising
47 Germany 12,413 1000 No 2050 down 17.3% falling
48 Senegal 12,088 1000 No 2050 up 5.8% volatile
49 Yugoslav SFR 11,825 1000 No 1991 down 2.2% falling
50 Papua New Guinea 10,546 1000 No 2050 up 6.4% volatile
51 Italy 10,422 1000 No 2050 down 17.7% falling
52 Morocco 10,402 1000 No 2050 down 11.1% rising
53 Poland 9,591 1000 No 2050 down 19.8% falling
54 Algeria 8,905 1000 No 2050 down 9.0% rising
55 Guatemala 8,847 1000 No 2050 down 4.4% rising
56 Tajikistan 8,278 1000 No 2050 up 1.1% rising
57 Benin 8,269 1000 No 2050 up 5.2% rising
58 France 8,235 1000 No 2050 down 14.6% falling
59 Ukraine 7,781 1000 No 2050 down 19.7% falling
60 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7,373 1000 No 2050 down 13.1% falling
61 Kazakhstan 7,093 1000 No 2050 down 8.6% rising
62 Republic of Korea 6,841 1000 No 2050 down 18.5% falling
63 Colombia 6,104 1000 No 2050 down 15.7% falling
64 Togo 6,031 1000 No 2050 up 3.4% rising
65 Peru 5,953 1000 No 2050 down 11.0% rising
66 Ecuador 5,794 1000 No 2050 down 8.5% rising
67 Japan 5,756 1000 No 2050 down 20.4% volatile
68 Canada 5,715 1000 No 2050 down 11.6% rising
69 Romania 5,465 1000 No 2050 down 19.1% falling
70 Spain 5,322 1000 No 2050 down 17.7% falling
71 Malaysia 5,289 1000 No 2050 down 11.1% flat
72 Sierra Leone 5,247 1000 No 2050 down 0.9% rising
73 Czechoslovakia 4,892 1000 No 1992 down 1.0% falling
74 Serbia and Montenegro 4,481 1000 No 2005 down 11.6% falling
75 Saudi Arabia 4,348 1000 No 2050 down 11.2% rising
76 Eritrea 3,830 1000 No 2050 up 2.3% rising
77 Kyrgyzstan 3,767 1000 No 2050 down 6.3% rising
78 Central African Republic 3,521 1000 No 2050 up 2.3% rising
79 Haiti 3,521 1000 No 2050 down 10.9% rising
80 Australia and New Zealand 3,512 1000 No 2050 down 9.5% rising
81 Honduras 3,456 1000 No 2050 down 8.3% rising
82 Azerbaijan 3,207 1000 No 2050 down 14.2% falling
83 Liberia 3,115 1000 No 2050 up 3.8% rising
84 Australia 3,001 1000 No 2050 down 8.9% rising
85 China, Taiwan Province of 2,853 1000 No 2050 down 19.4% falling
86 Tunisia 2,745 1000 No 2050 down 12.3% rising
87 Argentina 2,664 1000 No 2050 down 11.5% falling
88 Nicaragua 2,653 1000 No 2023 up 5.0% rising
89 Austria 2,584 1000 No 2050 down 14.9% rising
90 Turkmenistan 2,454 1000 No 2050 down 8.6% rising
91 Mauritania 2,433 1000 No 2050 up 2.4% rising
92 Serbia 2,326 1000 No 2050 down 19.0% falling
93 Congo 2,302 1000 No 2050 up 4.6% rising
94 Paraguay 2,290 1000 No 2050 down 10.0% rising
95 Portugal 1,861 1000 No 2050 down 19.7% falling
96 Switzerland 1,842 1000 No 2050 down 12.4% rising
97 Czechia 1,792 1000 No 2050 down 16.9% falling
98 Cuba 1,722 1000 No 2050 down 18.6% falling
99 Lesotho 1,719 1000 No 2050 down 1.5% rising
100 Slovakia 1,704 1000 No 2050 down 17.5% falling
101 Chile 1,690 1000 No 2050 down 14.3% falling
102 Guinea-Bissau 1,541 1000 No 2050 up 7.9% rising
103 Hungary 1,505 1000 No 2050 down 19.8% falling
104 Ireland 1,447 1000 No 2050 down 10.4% rising
105 Palestine 1,412 1000 No 2050 down 0.3% rising
106 Eswatini 1,378 1000 No 2050 up 4.4% rising
107 Greece 1,228 1000 No 2050 down 19.4% falling
108 Namibia 1,223 1000 No 2050 down 2.1% rising
109 Panama 1,175 1000 No 2050 down 8.5% rising
110 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,082 1000 No 2050 down 18.7% falling
111 Dominican Republic 1,056 1000 No 2050 down 13.1% falling
112 Gambia 1,039 1000 No 2050 up 2.7% rising
113 El Salvador 1,013 1000 No 2050 down 15.0% falling
114 United Arab Emirates 1,005 1000 No 2050 down 9.3% volatile
115 Belarus 1,004 1000 No 2050 down 18.1% falling
116 Croatia 992.92 1000 No 2050 down 19.6% falling
117 Libya 939.57 1000 No 2050 down 12.9% rising
118 Georgia 911.09 1000 No 2050 down 18.9% falling
119 Mongolia 908.11 1000 No 2050 down 9.2% rising
120 Comoros 863.69 1000 No 2050 up 8.0% volatile
121 Bulgaria 817.52 1000 No 2050 down 22.3% volatile
122 Jamaica 799.47 1000 No 2050 down 19.1% falling
123 Sweden 788.88 1000 No 2050 down 12.2% falling
124 Armenia 695.21 1000 No 2050 down 18.3% falling
125 Jordan 669.38 1000 No 2050 down 5.8% rising
126 Norway 663.52 1000 No 2050 down 10.4% falling
127 Solomon Islands 647.38 1000 No 2050 up 7.0% volatile
128 Mauritius 616.68 1000 No 2050 down 11.5% rising
129 Slovenia 606.77 1000 No 2050 down 16.8% falling
130 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 589.64 1000 No 2050 down 17.0% volatile
131 Finland 583.99 1000 No 2050 down 14.7% falling
132 Albania 580.32 1000 No 2050 down 20.1% falling
133 Israel 579.95 1000 No 2050 down 6.2% rising
134 Costa Rica 569.35 1000 No 2050 down 14.0% falling
135 Botswana 550.66 1000 No 2050 down 7.7% rising
136 Lithuania 526.79 1000 No 2050 down 20.0% falling
137 Guyana 526.41 1000 No 2050 down 7.5% rising
138 North Macedonia 525.79 1000 No 2050 down 18.6% falling
139 New Zealand 511.04 1000 No 2050 down 12.4% rising
140 Equatorial Guinea 489.2 1000 No 2050 up 5.8% rising
141 Denmark 485.03 1000 No 2050 down 13.9% falling
142 Trinidad and Tobago 482.78 1000 No 2050 down 13.2% rising
143 Bhutan 420.94 1000 No 2050 down 6.6% rising
144 Belgium-Luxembourg 372.33 1000 No 1999 down 15.8% falling
145 Latvia 365.13 1000 No 2050 down 17.5% falling
146 Lebanon 359.79 1000 No 2050 down 15.7% falling
147 Cyprus 353.01 1000 No 2050 down 8.9% rising
148 Oman 346.71 1000 No 2050 down 10.4% flat
149 Vanuatu 311.57 1000 No 2050 up 7.8% volatile
150 Fiji 300.52 1000 No 2050 down 10.7% rising
151 Maldives 265.89 1000 No 2050 down 3.8% rising
152 Estonia 259.52 1000 No 2050 down 15.8% falling
153 Belize 254.28 1000 No 2050 up 0.0% volatile
154 Mayotte 231.01 1000 No 2050 up 7.7% volatile
155 Djibouti 200.16 1000 No 2050 down 8.0% rising
156 Samoa 191.01 1000 No 2050 up 2.1% rising
157 Gabon 176.73 1000 No 2050 down 3.0% falling
158 Suriname 168.36 1000 No 2050 down 10.4% rising
159 Barbados 165.89 1000 No 2050 down 8.9% rising
160 Bahrain 158.19 1000 No 2050 down 9.2% volatile
161 Puerto Rico 142.52 1000 No 2050 down 20.5% volatile
162 Belgium 139 1000 No 2050 down 14.5% falling
163 Saint Lucia 133.72 1000 No 2050 down 6.7% rising
164 Montenegro 133.55 1000 No 2050 down 15.2% falling
165 Tonga 98.27 1000 No 2050 up 0.8% rising
166 French Polynesia 98.05 1000 No 2050 down 9.1% rising
167 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 96.95 1000 No 1990 up 32.4% rising
168 Uruguay 95.27 1000 No 2050 down 15.5% volatile
169 Western Sahara 91.33 1000 No 2050 down 2.0% rising
170 Antigua and Barbuda 86.42 1000 No 2050 down 2.3% rising
171 Brunei Darussalam 76.89 1000 No 2050 down 10.3% rising
172 New Caledonia 71.31 1000 No 2050 down 6.0% rising
173 Grenada 57.77 1000 No 2050 down 9.7% rising
174 Sao Tome and Principe 56 1000 No 2050 up 2.0% flat
175 Bahamas 54.95 1000 No 2050 down 10.8% rising
176 Kiribati 52.42 1000 No 2050 down 0.6% rising
177 French Guiana 48.8 1000 No 2050 up 1.5% rising
178 Aruba 48.38 1000 No 2050 down 11.2% rising
179 Luxembourg 39.27 1000 No 2050 down 7.5% falling
180 Saint Kitts and Nevis 37.83 1000 No 2050 down 5.7% rising
181 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 37.72 1000 No 2050 down 12.6% falling
182 Isle of Man 35.61 1000 No 2050 down 7.4% rising
183 Liechtenstein 34.16 1000 No 2050 down 1.9% rising
184 Seychelles 29.39 1000 No 2050 down 12.5% rising
185 Martinique 26.15 1000 No 2050 down 18.1% volatile
186 Faroe Islands 26.03 1000 No 2050 down 6.8% flat
187 Netherlands Antilles (former) 20.19 1000 No 2010 up 27.6% falling
188 Iceland 16.3 1000 No 2050 down 12.2% falling
189 Dominica 15.34 1000 No 2050 down 13.5% falling
190 Curaçao 14.72 1000 No 2050 down 12.0% falling
191 British Virgin Islands 14.51 1000 No 2050 down 8.1% rising
192 Malta 14.3 1000 No 2050 down 16.7% falling
193 Qatar 11.18 1000 No 2050 down 10.2% rising
194 Marshall Islands 9.41 1000 No 2050 down 7.4% falling
195 Andorra 7.53 1000 No 2050 down 14.9% rising
196 Guam 6.13 1000 No 2050 down 12.8% volatile
197 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 5.49 1000 No 2050 down 10.2% falling
198 American Samoa 5.24 1000 No 2050 down 15.4% falling
199 Montserrat 4.66 1000 No 2050 down 3.5% falling
200 Greenland 4.24 1000 No 2050 down 17.1% falling
201 Guadeloupe 4.13 1000 No 2050 down 18.1% volatile
202 Tuvalu 3.27 1000 No 2050 down 6.6% falling
203 Cook Islands 3.08 1000 No 2050 down 12.6% falling
204 Palau 2.98 1000 No 2050 down 9.8% falling
205 Northern Mariana Islands 2.82 1000 No 2050 down 19.8% falling
206 United States Virgin Islands 2.09 1000 No 2050 down 21.0% volatile
207 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 2.03 1000 No 2050 down 11.0% falling
208 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.59 1000 No 2050 down 9.6% falling
209 Tokelau 1.56 1000 No 2050 up 4.0% falling
210 Réunion 0.983 1000 No 2050 down 13.5% volatile
211 Niue 0.69 1000 No 2050 down 7.3% volatile
212 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.525 1000 No 2050 down 12.2% falling
213 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.382 1000 No 2050 down 14.7% falling
214 San Marino 0.358 1000 No 2050 down 16.2% volatile
215 Kuwait 0 1000 No 2050 — volatile
215 Singapore 0 1000 No 2050 — volatile
215 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 1000 No 2050 — volatile
215 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
277 places, 25,744 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.