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Russian Federation
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#16out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

55 M50 M45 M40 M36 M196019932025Russian Federation · 2025: 35.52MRussian Federation

Analytical takeaways

  • Russian Federation records 35.52M for Rural population in 2025, ranking #16 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Rural population declined from 54.98M in 1960 to 35.52M in 2025, a decrease of 19.46M.
  • 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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