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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
201 Palau 3,659
202 Northern Mariana Islands 3,406
203 Tuvalu 3,280
204 Turks and Caicos Islands 2,626
205 San Marino 959
206 Bahrain 0
207 Bermuda 0
208 Cayman Islands 0
209 Gibraltar 0
210 Hong Kong SAR, China 0
211 Kuwait 0
212 Macao SAR, China 0
213 Monaco 0
214 Naoero 0
215 Singapore 0
216 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0
217 St. Martin (French part) 0
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.