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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
151 Equatorial Guinea 550,978
152 Lebanon 528,774
153 Cyprus 456,529
154 Bhutan 450,682
155 Estonia 400,092
156 Fiji 377,513
157 Djibouti 319,986
158 Maldives 304,531
159 Vanuatu 260,353
160 Belize 247,148
161 Suriname 218,901
162 Montenegro 214,303
163 Gabon 205,177
164 Samoa 180,913
165 Puerto Rico (US) 180,246
166 Uruguay 147,108
167 St. Lucia 127,732
168 Cabo Verde 117,962
169 Brunei Darussalam 116,531
170 Barbados 113,898
171 Channel Islands 113,473
172 French Polynesia 108,019
173 New Caledonia 93,999
174 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 88,126
175 Tonga 81,794
176 Bahamas, The 75,243
177 Grenada 74,287
178 Sao Tome and Principe 74,065
179 Antigua and Barbuda 71,285
180 Seychelles 66,909
181 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 51,979
182 Kiribati 49,975
183 Aruba 41,612
184 Isle of Man 40,262
185 Luxembourg 35,144
186 Liechtenstein 35,022
187 Faroe Islands 33,136
188 St. Kitts and Nevis 31,954
189 Malta 25,040
190 Iceland 22,689
191 Qatar 19,042
192 Dominica 17,136
193 British Virgin Islands 16,928
194 Curacao 13,325
195 Guam 9,769
196 Andorra 9,161
197 American Samoa 8,970
198 Marshall Islands 7,581
199 Greenland 6,494
200 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 4,786
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.