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Population living in rural areas
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
6,723,407.2people
Median: 1,411,589.5people
Countries Covered
236
with available data
Highest
People's Republic of China
233,255,860.0people
Lowest
Monaco
0.0people
Top 5 Countries
1People's Republic of China233,255,860.0people
2India232,951,710.0people
3United States of America88,168,800.0people
4Brazil43,297,410.0people
5Ethiopia42,371,150.0people
By Region
North America32,672,445.9people(4 countries)
Asia24,610,960.9people(27 countries)
Africa16,188,038.9people(9 countries)
South America10,828,976.4people(7 countries)
Europe5,230,243.9people(32 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0people)High (233,255,860.0people)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 6,723,407.2people)
North America (4)
Asia (27)
Africa (9)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
Other (155)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | People's Republic of China | 233,255,860.0people |
| 2 | India | 232,951,710.0people |
| 3 | United States of America | 88,168,800.0people |
| 4 | Brazil | 43,297,410.0people |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 42,371,150.0people |
| 6 | Nigeria | 41,559,040.0people |
| 7 | Indonesia | 38,738,080.0people |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 31,003,750.0people |
| 9 | Mexico | 28,750,228.0people |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 28,354,072.0people |
| 11 | Pakistan | 28,228,626.0people |
| 12 | Thailand | 28,192,828.0people |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 26,022,390.0people |
| 14 | France | 24,970,862.0people |
| 15 | Germany | 22,560,276.0people |
| 16 | Philippines | 17,025,228.0people |
| 17 | Madagascar | 16,537,540.0people |
| 18 | Myanmar | 16,242,931.0people |
| 19 | Mozambique | 15,391,163.0people |
| 20 | Poland | 15,251,249.0people |
| 21 | Türkiye | 15,211,575.0people |
| 22 | Italy | 13,928,683.0people |
| 23 | Uganda | 13,523,727.0people |
| 24 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 13,422,219.0people |
| 25 | South Africa | 12,946,943.0people |
| 26 | Vietnam | 12,879,107.0people |
| 27 | Kenya | 12,876,888.0people |
| 28 | Niger | 12,000,028.0people |
| 29 | Sudan | 11,798,051.0people |
| 30 | Ukraine | 11,595,895.0people |
| 31 | Mali | 11,492,792.0people |
| 32 | Japan | 11,208,849.0people |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 10,870,667.0people |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 10,307,488.0people |
| 35 | Spain | 10,185,347.0people |
| 36 | Cote d'Ivoire | 9,460,545.0people |
| 37 | United Kingdom | 9,399,965.0people |
| 38 | Colombia | 9,385,242.0people |
| 39 | Canada | 9,068,619.0people |
| 40 | Zambia | 8,917,910.0people |
| 41 | Algeria | 8,906,344.0people |
| 42 | Peru | 8,864,181.0people |
| 43 | Romania | 8,782,759.0people |
| 44 | Chad | 8,359,874.5people |
| 45 | Angola | 8,284,826.0people |
| 46 | Morocco | 8,011,368.5people |
| 47 | Nepal | 7,937,574.0people |
| 48 | Ghana | 7,384,663.5people |
| 49 | Malawi | 6,955,640.0people |
| 50 | Cameroon | 6,766,849.0people |
| 51 | Argentina | 6,305,240.5people |
| 52 | Guinea | 6,207,067.0people |
| 53 | Afghanistan | 6,088,986.0people |
| 54 | Malaysia | 6,004,631.0people |
| 55 | Cambodia | 5,341,949.5people |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 5,273,182.0people |
| 57 | Iraq | 5,263,172.0people |
| 58 | Yemen | 5,173,095.0people |
| 59 | South Korea | 5,129,661.5people |
| 60 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5,096,292.0people |
| 61 | Saudi Arabia | 5,068,565.5people |
| 62 | Senegal | 5,060,799.0people |
| 63 | Uzbekistan | 4,896,508.5people |
| 64 | Guatemala | 4,702,136.5people |
| 65 | Australia | 4,581,937.5people |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 4,542,401.0people |
| 67 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4,411,248.5people |
| 68 | Czech Republic | 4,213,036.5people |
| 69 | Honduras | 4,142,509.8people |
| 70 | Ecuador | 3,950,701.2people |
| 71 | South Sudan | 3,725,922.0people |
| 72 | Austria | 3,682,443.5people |
| 73 | Hungary | 3,651,094.2people |
| 74 | Benin | 3,585,948.0people |
| 75 | Chile | 3,532,675.5people |
| 76 | Greece | 3,511,344.0people |
| 77 | North Korea | 3,509,390.8people |
| 78 | Sri Lanka | 3,455,949.2people |
| 79 | Tunisia | 3,442,359.8people |
| 80 | Bolivia | 3,399,394.0people |
| 81 | Bangladesh | 3,395,753.2people |
| 82 | Egypt | 3,351,127.2people |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 3,348,638.8people |
| 84 | Venezuela | 3,271,479.5people |
| 85 | Sweden | 3,227,046.8people |
| 86 | Portugal | 3,057,906.8people |
| 87 | Somalia | 2,886,180.5people |
| 88 | Netherlands | 2,769,571.8people |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 2,766,128.8people |
| 90 | Paraguay | 2,682,680.5people |
| 91 | Slovakia | 2,535,403.0people |
| 92 | Togo | 2,492,404.8people |
| 93 | Belgium | 2,490,900.0people |
| 94 | Belarus | 2,448,774.5people |
| 95 | Serbia | 2,429,333.2people |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 2,337,485.2people |
| 97 | Ireland | 2,251,600.8people |
| 98 | Central African Republic | 2,208,323.5people |
| 99 | Finland | 2,163,611.0people |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 2,145,488.5people |
| 101 | Liberia | 2,109,090.8people |
| 102 | Switzerland | 2,071,888.1people |
| 103 | Denmark | 2,053,268.4people |
| 104 | Cuba | 1,998,233.1people |
| 105 | Haiti | 1,961,870.1people |
| 106 | Burundi | 1,943,236.2people |
| 107 | Norway | 1,911,235.0people |
| 108 | Mauritania | 1,880,447.6people |
| 109 | Croatia | 1,803,419.4people |
| 110 | Libya | 1,731,245.1people |
| 111 | Tajikistan | 1,679,025.9people |
| 112 | Turkmenistan | 1,633,936.2people |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,631,938.0people |
| 114 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,610,305.1people |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 1,594,358.8people |
| 116 | Namibia | 1,589,099.6people |
| 117 | El Salvador | 1,491,789.4people |
| 118 | Moldova, Republic of | 1,431,326.0people |
| 119 | Lesotho | 1,391,852.9people |
| 120 | Panama | 1,360,309.8people |
| 121 | Georgia | 1,354,626.1people |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 1,325,477.0people |
| 123 | Taiwan, Province of China | 1,287,003.8people |
| 124 | New Zealand | 1,202,559.5people |
| 125 | Eritrea | 1,197,019.4people |
| 126 | Lithuania | 1,176,253.4people |
| 127 | Slovenia | 1,044,652.1people |
| 128 | Oman | 1,035,957.6people |
| 129 | Rwanda | 1,033,967.9people |
| 130 | Mongolia | 970,912.1people |
| 131 | Albania | 921,963.5people |
| 132 | United Arab Emirates | 921,160.4people |
| 133 | Eswatini | 912,296.6people |
| 134 | Guinea-Bissau | 907,200.5people |
| 135 | Latvia | 814,870.2people |
| 136 | Jamaica | 782,524.0people |
| 137 | Botswana | 728,692.9people |
| 138 | Jordan | 710,062.4people |
| 139 | Timor-Leste | 671,378.1people |
| 140 | Armenia | 665,250.0people |
| 141 | Republic of The Gambia | 632,696.6people |
| 142 | Puerto Rico | 626,315.4people |
| 143 | Lebanon | 591,690.3people |
| 144 | Solomon Islands | 581,599.8people |
| 145 | Israel | 566,527.2people |
| 146 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 551,401.7people |
| 147 | Bhutan | 535,215.1people |
| 148 | Republic of the Congo | 475,798.9people |
| 149 | Uruguay | 467,384.5people |
| 150 | Estonia | 465,166.8people |
| 151 | Fiji | 406,635.9people |
| 152 | Gabon | 392,716.4people |
| 153 | Cyprus | 316,823.9people |
| 154 | State of Palestine | 300,939.5people |
| 155 | Maldives | 218,611.0people |
| 156 | Guyana | 212,813.4people |
| 157 | Vanuatu | 209,344.0people |
| 158 | Luxembourg | 197,271.9people |
| 159 | Qatar | 187,288.4people |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 185,894.1people |
| 161 | Equatorial Guinea | 180,828.7people |
| 162 | Suriname | 179,058.8people |
| 163 | Belize | 171,553.4people |
| 164 | Kuwait | 168,503.7people |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 146,254.7people |
| 166 | Mauritius | 117,061.0people |
| 167 | Djibouti | 111,715.4people |
| 168 | Montenegro | 110,798.8people |
| 169 | Comoros | 109,669.1people |
| 170 | French Polynesia | 107,288.4people |
| 171 | Martinique | 101,870.1people |
| 172 | Guadeloupe | 101,812.0people |
| 173 | Reunion | 100,835.0people |
| 174 | New Caledonia | 97,705.2people |
| 175 | Samoa | 89,515.0people |
| 176 | Iceland | 88,500.0people |
| 177 | French Guiana | 86,550.3people |
| 178 | Brunei Darussalam | 86,026.9people |
| 179 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 78,330.9people |
| 180 | Bahamas | 69,890.1people |
| 181 | Western Sahara | 54,284.8people |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | 48,579.1people |
| 183 | Kiribati | 42,180.8people |
| 184 | Tonga | 41,669.2people |
| 185 | Dominica | 38,586.0people |
| 186 | Barbados | 38,450.0people |
| 187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 36,000.1people |
| 188 | Hong Kong | 34,764.8people |
| 189 | Faroe Islands | 32,695.9people |
| 190 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 32,284.1people |
| 191 | Greenland | 32,221.9people |
| 192 | Grenada | 32,026.1people |
| 193 | Bahrain | 31,761.5people |
| 194 | Isle of Man | 27,279.2people |
| 195 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 27,074.0people |
| 196 | Seychelles | 25,640.0people |
| 197 | Mayotte | 25,604.0people |
| 198 | Malta | 25,360.0people |
| 199 | Guam | 25,082.0people |
| 200 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 23,130.1people |
| 201 | Antigua and Barbuda | 22,535.0people |
| 202 | Andorra | 20,594.4people |
| 203 | Marshall Islands | 17,347.9people |
| 204 | Cook Islands | 15,643.5people |
| 205 | Northern Mariana Islands | 15,328.0people |
| 206 | Anguilla | 14,843.0people |
| 207 | Virgin Islands, British | 13,763.2people |
| 208 | Wallis and Futuna | 11,616.0people |
| 209 | Palau | 10,801.9people |
| 210 | American Samoa | 10,614.1people |
| 211 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 10,372.1people |
| 212 | Curaçao | 10,035.0people |
| 213 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 9,897.0people |
| 214 | Jersey | 9,528.0people |
| 215 | Liechtenstein | 9,489.6people |
| 216 | San Marino | 6,795.0people |
| 217 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5,827.0people |
| 218 | Guernsey | 5,748.0people |
| 219 | Saint Helena | 5,430.0people |
| 220 | Cayman Islands | 5,302.0people |
| 221 | Aruba | 5,030.0people |
| 222 | Montserrat | 4,507.5people |
| 223 | Singapore | 4,222.0people |
| 224 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 3,505.5people |
| 225 | Saint Martin (French part) | 3,266.8people |
| 226 | Tuvalu | 2,869.0people |
| 227 | Tokelau | 2,128.0people |
| 228 | Niue | 1,798.5people |
| 229 | Saint Barthélemy | 1,348.0people |
| 230 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,307.5people |
| 231 | Macao | 1,119.5people |
| 232 | Bermuda | 1,029.0people |
| 233 | Nauru | 889.0people |
| 234 | Gibraltar | 0.0people |
| 235 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 0.0people |
| 236 | Monaco | 0.0people |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2020).
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