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Rural population

For 2025, Rural population is led by India at 941.42M. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

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.

Countries ranked 217
Snapshot year 2025
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0.0235 M471 M706 M941 MIndiaIndia: 941.42M941 MChinaChina: 473.41M473 MPakistanPakistan: 154.34M154 MBangladeshBangladesh: 117.29M117 MIndonesiaIndonesia: 116.02M116 MEthiopiaEthiopia: 102.81M103 MNigeriaNigeria: 86.04M86 MUnited StatesUnited States: 67.70M68 MEgypt, Arab Rep.Egypt, Arab Rep.: 67.58M68 MViet NamViet Nam: 62.15M62 MCongo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 61.93M62 MPhilippinesPhilippines: 51.65M52 M
Rank Country Value
51 Cambodia 10.51M
52 Zimbabwe 10.09M
53 Rwanda 10.07M
54 Nepal 9.77M
55 Korea, Rep. 9.73M
56 Spain 9.62M
57 South Sudan 9.55M
58 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 9.52M
59 Japan 9.50M
60 Guinea 9.28M
61 Romania 9.10M
62 Papua New Guinea 9.06M
63 Turkiye 9.02M
64 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 8.82M
65 Senegal 8.37M
66 Guatemala 8.17M
67 Malaysia 8.13M
68 Tajikistan 7.96M
69 Kazakhstan 7.84M
70 Syrian Arab Republic 7.15M
71 Canada 7.13M
72 Benin 6.91M
73 Ecuador 6.70M
74 Saudi Arabia 5.69M
75 Haiti 5.28M
76 Peru 4.98M
77 Kyrgyz Republic 4.79M
78 Togo 4.78M
79 Sierra Leone 4.77M
80 Lao PDR 4.70M
81 Honduras 4.48M
82 Azerbaijan 4.24M
83 Portugal 4.16M
84 Turkmenistan 4.03M
85 Tunisia 3.62M
86 Bolivia 3.58M
87 Argentina 3.51M
88 Australia 3.39M
89 Dominican Republic 3.17M
90 Central African Republic 3.06M
91 Venezuela, RB 3.05M
92 Czechia 2.95M
93 Nicaragua 2.84M
94 Austria 2.79M
95 Hungary 2.79M
96 Slovak Republic 2.53M
97 Liberia 2.52M
98 Cuba 2.49M
99 Serbia 2.45M
100 Eritrea 2.36M
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • India sits at the top of the Rural population distribution in 2025 at 941.42M, with a lead of 468.01M over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Croatia at 1.64M, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits St. Martin (French part) (0), and the page currently covers 217 countries.