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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
101 Congo, Rep. 2.33M
102 Greece 2.16M
103 Chile 2.15M
104 Paraguay 2.08M
105 Mauritania 2.05M
106 Ireland 1.94M
107 Belarus 1.86M
108 Bulgaria 1.66M
109 Croatia 1.64M
110 United Arab Emirates 1.62M
111 El Salvador 1.56M
112 Panama 1.55M
113 Georgia 1.53M
114 Namibia 1.52M
115 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.49M
116 Belgium 1.47M
117 Finland 1.44M
118 Moldova 1.33M
119 Lesotho 1.31M
120 Switzerland 1.30M
121 Guinea-Bissau 1.20M
122 Sweden 1.16M
123 Jamaica 1.15M
124 Oman 1.13M
125 Armenia 1.05M
126 Costa Rica 1.04M
127 Mongolia 1.03M
128 Timor-Leste 1.01M
129 Gambia, The 988,057
130 Albania 966,348
131 Slovenia 937,832
132 Norway 921,833
133 Eswatini 920,507
134 Libya 901,647
135 Lithuania 893,162
136 Israel 852,511
137 New Zealand 852,066
138 Botswana 821,007
139 Jordan 782,426
140 Kosovo 773,835
141 Mauritius 758,222
142 Netherlands 734,613
143 West Bank and Gaza 683,093
144 North Macedonia 675,721
145 Denmark 670,272
146 Trinidad and Tobago 629,587
147 Guyana 614,522
148 Comoros 583,195
149 Latvia 579,603
150 Solomon Islands 576,071
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.