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United States
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#8out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

68 M64 M61 M57 M54 M196019932025United States · 2025: 67.70MUnited States

Analytical takeaways

  • United States records 67.70M for Rural population in 2025, ranking #8 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Rural population increased from 54.24M in 1960 to 67.70M in 2025, a gain of 13.46M.
  • 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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