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The rural population of the World

3.43B Number in 2022

The population of rural of World increased from 2,462 million in 1973 to 3,426 million in 2022 growing at an average annual rate of 0.68%.

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World - Population - Residence
Urban 4.52B Number in 2022 WB
Macro Region
Africa 162 timeseries
Asia 63 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 63 timeseries
Europe 128 timeseries
Middle East 48 timeseries
North America 63,482,852 Number in 2022 WB
Oceania 41 timeseries
South America 36 timeseries
Southeast Asia 38 timeseries
Country (Number in 2022)

India is the top country by the population of rural in the world. As of 2022, the population of rural in India was 908 million that accounts for 26.57% of the world's the population of rural. The top 5 countries (others are China, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Bangladesh) account for 52.31% of it. The world's total the population of rural was estimated at 3,420 million in 2022.

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India 908,804,812 WB
China 514,596,570 WB
Pakistan 146,845,783 WB
Indonesia 115,892,393 WB
Bangladesh 103,206,552 WB
Nigeria 101,575,770 WB
Ethiopia 95,420,799 WB
Egypt 63,300,985 WB
Viet Nam 60,123,739 WB
Philippines 60,117,263 WB
United States of America 56,378,923 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 52,636,799 WB
United Republic of Tanzania 41,471,864 WB
Kenya 38,358,435 WB
Myanmar 36,965,999 WB
Russian Federation 35,877,495 WB
Uganda 34,889,566 WB
Thailand 33,777,188 WB
Afghanistan 30,181,937 WB
Sudan 30,020,115 WB
Brazil 26,795,765 WB
Nepal 23,994,819 WB
Mexico 23,843,271 WB
Niger 21,780,401 WB
Iran 20,537,534 WB
Yemen 20,491,585 WB
Mozambique 20,379,448 WB
Turkey 19,526,684 WB
South Africa 18,965,399 WB
Germany 18,730,526 WB
Sri Lanka 17,960,843 WB
Madagascar 17,801,970 WB
Uzbekistan 17,657,930 WB
Malawi 16,736,441 WB
Italy 16,705,485 WB
Burkina Faso 15,446,047 WB
Poland 14,679,358 WB
Ghana 13,853,989 WB
Chad 13,458,554 WB
Côte d'Ivoire 13,330,919 WB
Morocco 13,261,620 WB
Iraq 12,746,359 WB
France 12,568,575 WB
Cambodia 12,556,766 WB
Mali 12,327,741 WB
Cameroon 11,519,492 WB
Ukraine 11,430,780 WB
Angola 11,359,649 WB
Rwanda 11,335,329 WB
Algeria 11,328,186 WB
Zimbabwe 11,033,499 WB
Burundi 11,031,286 WB
Zambia 10,857,387 WB
United Kingdom 10,448,877 WB
Japan 10,066,305 WB
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 9,667,582 WB
Republic of Korea 9,588,890 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 9,564,966 WB
Colombia 9,311,387 WB
Somalia 9,269,665 WB
Spain 8,932,638 WB
Senegal 8,816,497 WB
Papua New Guinea 8,765,048 WB
Romania 8,668,484 WB
Guinea 8,638,804 WB
South Sudan 8,638,206 WB
Kazakhstan 8,243,190 WB
Guatemala 8,216,182 WB
Malaysia 7,393,781 WB
Peru 7,249,838 WB
Tajikistan 7,169,192 WB
Canada 7,103,929 WB
Benin 6,738,656 WB
Ecuador 6,377,754 WB
Saudi Arabia 5,559,991 WB
Togo 4,962,262 WB
Sierra Leone 4,833,746 WB
Haiti 4,770,701 WB
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 4,698,995 WB
Kyrgyzstan 4,362,033 WB
Azerbaijan 4,343,714 WB
Honduras 4,214,875 WB
Austria 3,684,012 WB
Tunisia 3,680,393 WB
Bolivia 3,565,773 WB
Argentina 3,538,352 WB
Australia 3,513,869 WB
Portugal 3,395,541 WB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,289,223 WB
Central African Republic 3,173,417 WB
Turkmenistan 2,990,694 WB
Serbia 2,874,177 WB
Nicaragua 2,810,208 WB
Czech Republic 2,734,517 WB
Hungary 2,646,824 WB
Cuba 2,533,843 WB
Paraguay 2,521,216 WB
Slovakia 2,503,549 WB
Liberia 2,488,813 WB
Chile 2,369,699 WB
Switzerland 2,273,624 WB
Eritrea 2,113,713 WB
Greece 2,048,160 WB
Mauritania 2,040,187 WB
Congo 1,866,593 WB
Ireland 1,836,398 WB
Belarus 1,815,531 WB
Dominican Republic 1,813,679 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,621,904 WB
Lesotho 1,615,392 WB
Croatia 1,610,908 WB
El Salvador 1,598,862 WB
Bulgaria 1,528,155 WB
Georgia 1,473,975 WB
Republic of Moldova 1,442,777 WB
Panama 1,360,444 WB
Libya 1,273,772 WB
Netherlands 1,259,248 WB
Jamaica 1,215,546 WB
Sweden 1,206,837 WB
Namibia 1,181,955 WB
United Arab Emirates 1,176,081 WB
Guinea Bissau 1,157,198 WB
Palestine 1,145,354 WB
Mongolia 1,055,872 WB
Armenia 1,012,841 WB
Albania 1,005,551 WB
Gambia 978,162 WB
Slovenia 934,533 WB
Costa Rica 930,373 WB
Jordan 922,394 WB
Timor-Leste 911,089 WB
Eswatini 906,348 WB
Lithuania 892,957 WB
Norway 891,476 WB
North Macedonia 841,220 WB
Finland 795,579 WB
Mauritius 747,287 WB
Botswana 730,591 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 714,385 WB
Israel 691,676 WB
Denmark 686,700 WB
New Zealand 672,077 WB
Latvia 591,254 WB
Guyana 590,192 WB
Lebanon 589,488 WB
Comoros 586,880 WB
Oman 560,597 WB
Solomon Islands 538,975 WB
Bhutan 440,632 WB
Equatorial Guinea 435,309 WB
Cyprus 414,105 WB
Estonia 409,926 WB
Fiji 388,373 WB
Maldives 306,227 WB
Vanuatu 242,389 WB
Djibouti 242,328 WB
Gabon 221,340 WB
Belize 217,242 WB
Belgium 215,837 WB
Suriname 208,236 WB
Puerto Rico 205,872 WB
Montenegro 196,496 WB
Barbados 193,416 WB
Cabo Verde 192,507 WB
Samoa 183,207 WB
Bahrain 151,007 WB
Uruguay 147,591 WB
Saint Lucia 145,594 WB
Brunei Darussalam 94,946 WB
Micronesia (Federated States of) 87,659 WB
Tonga 82,147 WB
Grenada 79,192 WB
Antigua and Barbuda 70,935 WB
Bahamas 67,680 WB
Kiribati 56,354 WB
Sao Tome and Principe 55,128 WB
Luxembourg 53,025 WB
Seychelles 49,874 WB
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 47,946 WB
Liechtenstein 33,610 WB
Saint Kitts and Nevis 32,888 WB
Malta 27,220 WB
Iceland 22,951 WB
Dominica 20,585 WB
Qatar 18,381 WB
Andorra 9,730 WB
Marshall Islands 8,929 WB
Tuvalu 3,900 WB
Palau 3,258 WB
San Marino 763 WB
Hong Kong 0 WB
Kuwait 0 WB
Macau 0 WB
Monaco 0 WB
Nauru 0 WB
Singapore 0 WB
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