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People > Urban and rural Stats: compare key data on China & India

Definitions

  • Female rural population: Total number of females living in rural areas by country.
  • Female urban population: Total number of females living in urban areas by country.
  • Females living in cities proper: Total number of females living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000.
  • Females living in cities proper per thousand people: Total number of females living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Male rural population: Total number of males living in rural areas by country.
  • Male rural population per thousand people: Total number of males living in rural areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Male urban population: Total number of males living in urban areas by country.
  • Male urban population per thousand people: Total number of males living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Males living in cities proper: Total number of males living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000.
  • Males living in cities proper per thousand people: Total number of males living in cities proper. The UN definition for city proper varies for each country but usually refers to a locality with legal boundaries, some form of local government and does not include its outlying suburbs and districts. Numbers only include cities proper with a population over 100,000. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Population living in cities proper: Each city population by sex, city and city type.
  • Rural population: Total population living in rural areas by country.
  • Rural population per thousand people: Total population living in rural areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Urban population: Total population living in urban areas by country.
  • Urban population per thousand people: Total population living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Female urban population per thousand people: Total number of females living in urban areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Female rural population per thousand people: Total number of females living in rural areas by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
STAT China India HISTORY
Female rural population 378.83 million
Ranked 1st.
394.59 million
Ranked 1st. 4% more than China

Female urban population 223.51 million
Ranked 1st. 39% more than India
160.31 million
Ranked 1st.

Females living in cities proper 332,855
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than India
58,896
Ranked 23th.
Females living in cities proper per thousand people 0.264
Ranked 21st. 5 times more than India
0.0556
Ranked 32nd.
Male rural population 405.01 million
Ranked 1st.
417.25 million
Ranked 1st. 3% more than China

Male rural population per thousand people 320.76
Ranked 16th.
355.21
Ranked 11th. 11% more than China

Male urban population 235.26 million
Ranked 1st. 32% more than India
178.04 million
Ranked 1st.

Male urban population per thousand people 186.33
Ranked 61st. 23% more than India
151.57
Ranked 61st.

Males living in cities proper 358,839
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than India
61,780
Ranked 24th.
Males living in cities proper per thousand people 0.284
Ranked 21st. 5 times more than India
0.0583
Ranked 33th.
Population living in cities proper 588.45 million
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than India
172.41 million
Ranked 1st.
Rural population 649.39 million
Ranked 1st.
811.84 million
Ranked 1st. 25% more than China

Rural population per thousand people 480.78
Ranked 15th.
691.13
Ranked 17th. 44% more than China

Urban population 701.3 million
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than India
338.36 million
Ranked 2nd.

Urban population per thousand people 519.22
Ranked 16th. 80% more than India
288.05
Ranked 69th.

Female urban population per thousand people 177.01
Ranked 64th. 30% more than India
136.48
Ranked 63th.

Female rural population per thousand people 300.03
Ranked 19th.
335.92
Ranked 15th. 12% more than China

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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