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Upper middle income
Rural population

Within the “Upper middle income” group, China leads Rural population in 2025 at 473.41M, while Tuvalu sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 3,280. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.0118 M237 M355 M473 MChinaChina: 473.41M473 MIndonesiaIndonesia: 116.02M116 MViet NamViet Nam: 62.15M62 MPhilippinesPhilippines: 51.65M52 MThailandThailand: 26.64M27 MMexicoMexico: 26.34M26 MBrazilBrazil: 25.16M25 MSouth AfricaSouth Africa: 23.43M23 MIran, Islamic Rep.Iran, Islamic Rep.: 20.91M21 MSri LankaSri Lanka: 17.31M17 MIraqIraq: 14.13M14 MUkraineUkraine: 11.85M12 M

Country table

#CountryValue
51 St. Lucia 127,732
52 Cabo Verde 117,962
53 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 88,126
54 Tonga 81,794
55 Grenada 74,287
56 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 51,979
57 Dominica 17,136
58 Marshall Islands 7,581
59 Tuvalu 3,280

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Upper middle income group for Rural population in 2025, China leads with a gap of 357.39M to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 59 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Tuvalu at 3,280.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.