Bangladesh
Rural population

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.

Global rank#4out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

117 M100 M83 M66 M49 M196019932025Bangladesh · 2025: 117.29MBangladesh

Analytical takeaways

  • Bangladesh records 117.29M for Rural population in 2025, ranking #4 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Rural population increased from 49.18M in 1960 to 117.29M in 2025, a gain of 68.11M.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

Comparison

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