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Marshall Islands
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#198out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

16 K14 K12 K9.7 K7.6 K196019932025Marshall Islands · 2025: 7,581Marshall Islands

Analytical takeaways

  • Marshall Islands records 7,581 for Rural population in 2025, ranking #198 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Rural population declined from 9,581 in 1960 to 7,581 in 2025, a decrease of 2,000.
  • 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.

Comparison

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