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Hong Kong SAR, China
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#210out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

506 K379 K253 K126 K0.0196019932025Hong Kong SAR, China · 2025: 0Hong Kong SAR, China

Analytical takeaways

  • Hong Kong SAR, China records 0 for Rural population in 2025, ranking #210 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Rural population declined from 458,036 in 1960 to 0 in 2025, a decrease of 458,036.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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