demographic2025
Rural population — series 2
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
14,704,065.9people
Median: 1,441,042.2people
Countries Covered
236
with available data
Highest
India
941,424,260.0people
Lowest
Bermuda
0.0people
Top 5 Countries
1India941,424,260.0people
2People's Republic of China476,615,580.0people
3Pakistan154,342,480.0people
4Bangladesh117,289,304.0people
5Indonesia116,023,090.0people
By Region
Asia78,056,584.6people(27 countries)
Africa41,116,551.4people(9 countries)
North America27,540,440.0people(4 countries)
South America7,710,677.6people(7 countries)
Other4,415,485.3people(155 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 (941,424,260.0people)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 14,704,065.9people)
Asia (27)
Africa (9)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Other (155)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
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 2025; 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 | India | 941,424,260.0people |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | 476,615,580.0people |
| 3 | Pakistan | 154,342,480.0people |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 117,289,304.0people |
| 5 | Indonesia | 116,023,090.0people |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 102,810,160.0people |
| 7 | Nigeria | 86,043,450.0people |
| 8 | United States of America | 68,787,790.0people |
| 9 | Egypt | 67,581,864.0people |
| 10 | Vietnam | 62,147,904.0people |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61,929,724.0people |
| 12 | Philippines | 51,651,030.0people |
| 13 | United Republic of Tanzania | 44,526,216.0people |
| 14 | Kenya | 39,000,060.0people |
| 15 | Myanmar | 38,075,296.0people |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 35,638,400.0people |
| 17 | Uganda | 34,972,584.0people |
| 18 | Sudan | 33,614,004.0people |
| 19 | Afghanistan | 32,470,876.0people |
| 20 | Thailand | 26,643,062.0people |
| 21 | Mexico | 26,335,424.0people |
| 22 | Yemen | 26,303,478.0people |
| 23 | Brazil | 25,160,174.0people |
| 24 | South Africa | 23,428,558.0people |
| 25 | Niger | 22,788,190.0people |
| 26 | Mozambique | 22,373,900.0people |
| 27 | Madagascar | 21,968,436.0people |
| 28 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 20,908,436.0people |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 18,479,012.0people |
| 30 | Malawi | 18,307,198.0people |
| 31 | Uzbekistan | 18,149,752.0people |
| 32 | Italy | 17,932,636.0people |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 17,111,576.0people |
| 34 | Mali | 17,081,598.0people |
| 35 | Poland | 15,223,817.0people |
| 36 | Chad | 15,213,850.0people |
| 37 | Germany | 15,017,303.0people |
| 38 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14,867,741.0people |
| 39 | Ghana | 14,402,760.0people |
| 40 | Morocco | 14,170,247.0people |
| 41 | Iraq | 14,134,598.0people |
| 42 | France | 14,100,001.0people |
| 43 | Cameroon | 13,245,748.0people |
| 44 | Ukraine | 11,851,791.0people |
| 45 | Zambia | 11,851,647.0people |
| 46 | United Kingdom | 11,598,652.0people |
| 47 | Algeria | 11,470,458.0people |
| 48 | Colombia | 11,335,429.0people |
| 49 | Angola | 11,141,406.0people |
| 50 | Burundi | 10,693,640.0people |
| 51 | Cambodia | 10,511,458.0people |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 10,086,549.0people |
| 53 | Rwanda | 10,065,464.0people |
| 54 | Nepal | 9,774,149.0people |
| 55 | South Korea | 9,726,821.0people |
| 56 | South Sudan | 9,545,728.0people |
| 57 | North Korea | 9,515,145.0people |
| 58 | Japan | 9,478,789.0people |
| 59 | Spain | 9,331,395.0people |
| 60 | Guinea | 9,283,836.0people |
| 61 | Türkiye | 9,212,179.0people |
| 62 | Papua New Guinea | 9,064,472.0people |
| 63 | Romania | 9,043,461.0people |
| 64 | Somalia | 8,817,135.0people |
| 65 | Senegal | 8,374,129.0people |
| 66 | Guatemala | 8,167,126.5people |
| 67 | Malaysia | 8,132,833.0people |
| 68 | Tajikistan | 7,964,410.5people |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 7,840,262.0people |
| 70 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7,152,293.5people |
| 71 | Benin | 6,909,167.0people |
| 72 | Canada | 6,871,419.5people |
| 73 | Ecuador | 6,695,598.0people |
| 74 | Togo | 5,405,701.0people |
| 75 | Saudi Arabia | 5,318,958.5people |
| 76 | Haiti | 5,284,534.0people |
| 77 | Peru | 4,980,302.0people |
| 78 | Taiwan, Province of China | 4,871,564.0people |
| 79 | Sierra Leone | 4,769,147.0people |
| 80 | Kyrgyzstan | 4,760,276.0people |
| 81 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4,699,186.0people |
| 82 | Honduras | 4,484,696.0people |
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 4,300,795.5people |
| 84 | Turkmenistan | 4,029,962.2people |
| 85 | Portugal | 4,009,043.5people |
| 86 | Tunisia | 3,617,769.8people |
| 87 | Bolivia | 3,577,885.2people |
| 88 | Argentina | 3,506,749.0people |
| 89 | Australia | 3,312,608.2people |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 3,166,095.5people |
| 91 | Central African Republic | 3,056,937.5people |
| 92 | Venezuela | 3,045,059.5people |
| 93 | Czech Republic | 2,877,710.0people |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 2,841,991.2people |
| 95 | Hungary | 2,822,868.8people |
| 96 | Austria | 2,760,026.2people |
| 97 | Slovakia | 2,562,571.0people |
| 98 | Liberia | 2,517,032.5people |
| 99 | Serbia | 2,499,159.8people |
| 100 | Cuba | 2,490,721.0people |
| 101 | Eritrea | 2,361,128.0people |
| 102 | Republic of the Congo | 2,326,379.2people |
| 103 | Chile | 2,149,383.0people |
| 104 | Paraguay | 2,076,588.9people |
| 105 | Greece | 2,064,833.8people |
| 106 | Mauritania | 2,046,894.2people |
| 107 | Ireland | 1,879,705.1people |
| 108 | Belarus | 1,844,996.1people |
| 109 | Bulgaria | 1,734,186.1people |
| 110 | Moldova, Republic of | 1,685,800.2people |
| 111 | Croatia | 1,623,367.2people |
| 112 | United Arab Emirates | 1,592,778.2people |
| 113 | El Salvador | 1,558,038.9people |
| 114 | Panama | 1,547,342.9people |
| 115 | Namibia | 1,519,602.6people |
| 116 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,485,530.9people |
| 117 | Georgia | 1,477,820.6people |
| 118 | Belgium | 1,449,529.0people |
| 119 | Finland | 1,432,555.4people |
| 120 | Lesotho | 1,307,637.6people |
| 121 | Switzerland | 1,279,898.8people |
| 122 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,200,093.0people |
| 123 | Sweden | 1,163,931.5people |
| 124 | Jamaica | 1,151,132.5people |
| 125 | Albania | 1,139,880.4people |
| 126 | Oman | 1,127,612.9people |
| 127 | Costa Rica | 1,044,667.1people |
| 128 | Mongolia | 1,014,856.7people |
| 129 | Timor-Leste | 1,010,176.6people |
| 130 | Armenia | 1,005,909.1people |
| 131 | Republic of The Gambia | 988,057.5people |
| 132 | Slovenia | 931,708.6people |
| 133 | Norway | 923,838.0people |
| 134 | Eswatini | 920,507.1people |
| 135 | Libya | 901,646.6people |
| 136 | Lithuania | 875,034.2people |
| 137 | New Zealand | 840,416.7people |
| 138 | Botswana | 821,007.5people |
| 139 | Israel | 801,507.8people |
| 140 | Jordan | 782,425.6people |
| 141 | Mauritius | 773,181.9people |
| 142 | Netherlands | 745,139.4people |
| 143 | State of Palestine | 705,304.4people |
| 144 | Trinidad and Tobago | 695,590.6people |
| 145 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 673,079.9people |
| 146 | Denmark | 669,529.0people |
| 147 | Guyana | 614,521.8people |
| 148 | Comoros | 583,195.8people |
| 149 | Latvia | 581,413.8people |
| 150 | Solomon Islands | 576,071.6people |
| 151 | Equatorial Guinea | 550,977.7people |
| 152 | Lebanon | 528,774.1people |
| 153 | Cyprus | 456,529.3people |
| 154 | Bhutan | 450,681.6people |
| 155 | Estonia | 393,579.7people |
| 156 | Fiji | 377,512.5people |
| 157 | Djibouti | 319,986.3people |
| 158 | Maldives | 304,531.1people |
| 159 | Vanuatu | 260,352.6people |
| 160 | Belize | 247,147.7people |
| 161 | Suriname | 218,901.1people |
| 162 | Montenegro | 217,604.9people |
| 163 | Gabon | 205,177.1people |
| 164 | Puerto Rico | 183,101.7people |
| 165 | Samoa | 180,913.4people |
| 166 | Uruguay | 147,108.1people |
| 167 | Saint Lucia | 127,731.8people |
| 168 | Cape Verde | 117,962.5people |
| 169 | Brunei Darussalam | 116,531.3people |
| 170 | Barbados | 113,898.1people |
| 171 | French Polynesia | 108,019.2people |
| 172 | New Caledonia | 93,999.2people |
| 173 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 88,126.0people |
| 174 | Tonga | 81,794.2people |
| 175 | Western Sahara | 78,817.4people |
| 176 | Bahamas | 75,242.6people |
| 177 | Grenada | 74,287.7people |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | 74,065.1people |
| 179 | Seychelles | 72,387.3people |
| 180 | Antigua and Barbuda | 71,283.9people |
| 181 | Jersey | 68,078.1people |
| 182 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 51,979.4people |
| 183 | Kiribati | 49,975.0people |
| 184 | Guernsey | 45,394.0people |
| 185 | French Guiana | 41,982.0people |
| 186 | Aruba | 41,367.8people |
| 187 | Isle of Man | 40,262.4people |
| 188 | Luxembourg | 34,810.8people |
| 189 | Liechtenstein | 34,257.3people |
| 190 | Faroe Islands | 33,800.9people |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31,954.5people |
| 192 | Reunion | 24,233.3people |
| 193 | Malta | 23,558.3people |
| 194 | Iceland | 23,028.0people |
| 195 | Qatar | 19,962.2people |
| 196 | Mayotte | 18,724.1people |
| 197 | Dominica | 17,135.8people |
| 198 | Virgin Islands, British | 16,927.7people |
| 199 | Curaçao | 15,816.9people |
| 200 | Guadeloupe | 13,274.9people |
| 201 | Wallis and Futuna | 11,194.0people |
| 202 | Martinique | 10,816.3people |
| 203 | Guam | 9,768.6people |
| 204 | Andorra | 9,161.5people |
| 205 | American Samoa | 8,969.8people |
| 206 | Marshall Islands | 7,580.9people |
| 207 | Greenland | 6,369.4people |
| 208 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 5,922.0people |
| 209 | Montserrat | 3,967.6people |
| 210 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 3,880.0people |
| 211 | Palau | 3,659.1people |
| 212 | Northern Mariana Islands | 3,406.4people |
| 213 | Tuvalu | 3,279.7people |
| 214 | Saint Helena | 3,262.0people |
| 215 | Cook Islands | 3,064.4people |
| 216 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2,625.8people |
| 217 | Tokelau | 2,608.0people |
| 218 | Niue | 1,143.1people |
| 219 | San Marino | 944.4people |
| 220 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 640.7people |
| 221 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 548.0people |
| 222 | Cayman Islands | 0.0people |
| 223 | Gibraltar | 0.0people |
| 224 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 0.0people |
| 225 | Hong Kong | 0.0people |
| 226 | Kuwait | 0.0people |
| 227 | Macao | 0.0people |
| 228 | Monaco | 0.0people |
| 229 | Nauru | 0.0people |
| 230 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0people |
| 231 | Saint Barthélemy | 0.0people |
| 232 | Anguilla | 0.0people |
| 233 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0people |
| 234 | Singapore | 0.0people |
| 235 | Bahrain | 0.0people |
| 236 | Bermuda | 0.0people |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).
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