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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (1961) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
552,564,200
1961
Chinese People
# 2
India :
364,110,200
1961
Indian People
# 3
Indonesia :
81,687,420
1961
Indonesian People
# 4
Russia :
54,895,820
1961
Russian People
# 5
United States :
54,409,280
1961
American People
# 6
Japan :
53,206,060
1961
Japanese People
# 7
Bangladesh :
49,609,560
1961
Bangladeshi People
# 8
Brazil :
40,488,610
1961
Brazilian People
# 9
Pakistan :
36,652,200
1961
Pakistani People
# 10
Nigeria :
34,625,900
1961
Nigerian People
# 11
Vietnam :
30,099,390
1961
Vietnamese People
# 12
Ukraine :
22,714,930
1961
Ukrainian People
# 13
Thailand :
22,030,010
1961
Thai People
# 14
Germany :
21,902,040
1961
German People
# 15
Ethiopia :
21,646,490
1961
Ethiopian People
# 16
Italy :
20,275,040
1961
Italian People
# 17
Philippines :
19,377,830
1961
Philippine People
# 18
Turkey :
19,188,290
1961
Turkish People
# 19
Mexico :
18,434,290
1961
Mexican People
# 20
Korea, South :
18,357,690
1961
Korean People
# 21
Burma :
17,735,100
1961
Burmese People
# 22
Egypt :
17,569,240
1961
Egyptian People
# 23
France :
17,108,010
1961
French People
# 24
Poland :
15,479,920
1961
Polish People
# 25
Iran :
14,519,360
1961
Iranian People
# 26
Spain :
13,053,900
1961
Spanish People
# 27
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
12,200,540
1961
Congolese People
# 28
Romania :
12,087,120
1961
Romanian People
# 29
United Kingdom :
11,469,680
1961
British People
# 30
Sudan :
10,461,900
1961
Sudanese People
# 31
Nepal :
9,877,655
1961
Nepalese People
# 32
Tanzania :
9,757,722
1961
Tanzanian People
# 33
South Africa :
9,563,740
1961
South African People
# 34
Afghanistan :
9,344,080
1961
Afghan People
# 35
Colombia :
8,714,846
1961
Colombian People
# 36
Sri Lanka :
8,603,160
1961
Sri Lankan People
# 37
Morocco :
8,374,866
1961
Moroccan People
# 38
Kenya :
7,733,017
1961
Kenyan People
# 39
Algeria :
7,493,322
1961
Algerian People
# 40
Mozambique :
7,457,215
1961
Mozambican People
# 41
Korea, North :
6,868,214
1961
Korean People
# 42
Uganda :
6,516,942
1961
Ugandan People
# 43
Malaysia :
6,110,815
1961
Malaysian People
# 44
Uzbekistan :
5,831,954
1961
Uzbekistani People
# 45
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,804,220
1961
Serbian People
# 46
Portugal :
5,775,477
1961
Portuguese People
# 47
Kazakhstan :
5,751,060
1961
Kazakhstani People
# 48
Ghana :
5,595,497
1961
Ghanaian People
# 49
Canada :
5,506,880
1961
Canadian People
# 50
Belarus :
5,497,050
1961
Belarusian People
# 51
Argentina :
5,413,641
1961
Argentine People
# 52
Peru :
5,331,528
1961
Peruvian People
# 53
Czech Republic :
5,160,290
1961
Czech People
# 54
Cambodia :
4,985,538
1961
Cambodian People
# 55
Madagascar :
4,900,334
1961
Malagasy People
# 56
Bulgaria :
4,857,939
1961
Bulgarian People
# 57
Yemen :
4,828,862
1961
Yemeni People
# 58
Greece :
4,717,997
1961
Greek People
# 59
Netherlands :
4,655,600
1961
Dutch People
# 60
Cameroon :
4,623,937
1961
Cameroonian People
# 61
Angola :
4,555,948
1961
Angolan People
# 62
Hungary :
4,380,667
1961
Hungarian People
# 63
Burkina Faso :
4,302,671
1961
Burkinabe People
# 64
Iraq :
4,202,263
1961
Iraqi People
# 65
Mali :
3,909,090
1961
Malian People
# 66
Malawi :
3,448,496
1961
Malawian People
# 67
Zimbabwe :
3,361,599
1961
Zimbabwean People
# 68
Niger :
3,329,931
1961
Nigerien People
# 69
Haiti :
3,249,069
1961
Haitian People
# 70
Ecuador :
2,995,695
1961
Ecuadorian People
# 71
Côte d'Ivoire :
2,985,636
1961
Ivoirian People
# 72
Syria :
2,979,347
1961
Syrian People
# 73
Venezuela :
2,967,413
1961
Venezuelan People
# 74
Cuba :
2,947,142
1961
Cuban People
# 75
Guinea :
2,945,285
1961
Guinean People
# 76
Burundi :
2,931,840
1961
Burundian People
# 77
Chad :
2,915,637
1961
Chadian People
# 78
Guatemala :
2,905,059
1961
Guatemalan People
# 79
Rwanda :
2,877,663
1961
Rwandan People
# 80
Croatia :
2,871,779
1961
Croatian People
# 81
Saudi Arabia :
2,821,520
1961
Saudi People
# 82
Slovakia :
2,762,745
1961
Slovak People
# 83
Senegal :
2,744,389
1961
Senegalese People
# 84
Finland :
2,709,612
1961
Finnish People
# 85
Tunisia :
2,654,537
1961
Tunisian People
# 86
Switzerland :
2,643,098
1961
Swiss People
# 87
Zambia :
2,614,802
1961
Zambian People
# 88
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,588,054
1961
Herzegovinian People
# 89
Chile :
2,463,197
1961
Chilean People
# 90
Austria :
2,459,189
1961
Austrian People
# 91
Georgia :
2,416,143
1961
Georgian People
# 92
Somalia :
2,370,839
1961
Somali People
# 93
Moldova :
2,330,266
1961
Moldovan People
# 94
Dominican Republic :
2,299,527
1961
Dominican People
# 95
Bolivia :
2,155,179
1961
Bolivian People
# 96
Benin :
2,122,051
1961
Beninese People
# 97
Azerbaijan :
2,096,926
1961
Azerbaijani People
# 98
Laos :
2,048,865
1961
Lao People
# 99
Papua New Guinea :
2,031,881
1961
Papua New Guinean People
# 100
Sierra Leone :
2,015,314
1961
Sierra Leonean People
# 101
Sweden :
1,998,816
1961
Swedish People
# 102
Australia :
1,897,423
1961
Australian People
# 103
Norway :
1,753,016
1961
Norwegian People
# 104
Lithuania :
1,675,420
1961
Lithuanian People
# 105
El Salvador :
1,635,888
1961
Salvadoran People
# 106
Ireland :
1,511,012
1961
Irish People
# 107
Honduras :
1,503,795
1961
Honduran People
# 108
Kyrgyzstan :
1,469,618
1961
Kyrgyzstani People
# 109
Tajikistan :
1,434,478
1961
Tajikistani People
# 110
Togo :
1,417,356
1961
Togolese People
# 111
Eritrea :
1,307,448
1961
Eritrean People
# 112
Puerto Rico :
1,298,249
1961
Puerto Rican People
# 113
Central African Republic :
1,234,159
1961
Central African People
# 114
Paraguay :
1,212,241
1961
Paraguayan People
# 115
Denmark :
1,182,004
1961
Danish People
# 116
Albania :
1,149,520
1961
Albanian People
# 117
Slovenia :
1,129,360
1961
Slovenian People
# 118
Lebanon :
1,089,442
1961
Lebanese People
# 119
Jamaica :
1,081,344
1961
Jamaican People
# 120
Libya :
1,001,659
1961
Libyan People
# 121
Latvia :
998,618
1961
Latvian People
# 122
Nicaragua :
998,086.9
1961
Nicaraguan People
# 123
Mauritania :
946,541.7
1961
Mauritanian People
# 124
Armenia :
925,339.9
1961
Armenian People
# 125
Macedonia, Republic of :
909,631.8
1961
Macedonian People
# 126
Costa Rica :
903,142.6
1961
Costa Rican People
# 127
Turkmenistan :
882,044
1961
Turkmen People
# 128
Liberia :
871,902.2
1961
Liberian People
# 129
Lesotho :
831,879.8
1961
Basotho People
# 130
Trinidad and Tobago :
714,879.8
1961
Tobagonian People
# 131
Congo, Republic of the :
695,959.6
1961
Congolese People
# 132
Belgium :
676,450.8
1961
Belgian People
# 133
Panama :
674,251.8
1961
Panamanian People
# 134
Mongolia :
620,203.5
1961
Mongolian People
# 135
Botswana :
567,086.2
1961
Motswana -Batswana People
# 136
New Zealand :
566,764
1961
New Zealand People
# 137
Estonia :
513,237
1961
Estonian People
# 138
Uruguay :
503,359.9
1961
Uruguayan People
# 139
Namibia :
501,136.2
1961
Namibian People
# 140
Oman :
500,922.4
1961
Omani People
# 141
Israel :
489,003
1961
Israeli People
# 142
Guinea-Bissau :
479,182.1
1961
Guinean People
# 143
Hong Kong :
461,275.4
1961
Hong Kong People
# 144
East Timor :
456,642.3
1961
Timorese People
# 145
Mauritius :
449,571.8
1961
Mauritian People
# 146
Jordan :
431,640.7
1961
Jordanian People
# 147
Guyana :
414,863.4
1961
Guyanese People
# 148
Gabon :
397,117.3
1961
Gabonese People
# 149
Cyprus :
367,150.3
1961
Cypriot People
# 150
Bhutan :
356,560.2
1961
Bhutanese People
# 151
Swaziland :
320,128.8
1961
Swazi People
# 152
Gambia, The :
318,839.1
1961
Gambian People
# 153
Fiji :
284,209.4
1961
Fijian People
# 154
Equatorial Guinea :
190,679.8
1961
Equatorial Guinean People
# 155
Cape Verde :
167,959.4
1961
Cape Verdean People
# 156
Suriname :
157,309.2
1961
Surinamese People
# 157
Barbados :
137,850.8
1961
Barbadian People
# 158
Solomon Islands :
114,451.9
1961
Solomon Islander People
# 159
Luxembourg :
95,384.96
1961
Luxembourg People
# 160
Samoa :
91,794.85
1961
Samoan People
# 161
Maldives :
89,137.55
1961
Maldivian People
# 162
Kuwait :
72,415.86
1961
Kuwaiti People
# 163
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
69,755.84
1961
Saint Vincentian People
# 164
Saint Lucia :
68,712.28
1961
Saint Lucian People
# 165
Grenada :
63,494.07
1961
Grenadian People
# 166
Vanuatu :
58,874.13
1961
- People
# 167
Tonga :
58,213.7
1961
Tongan People
# 168
São Tomé and Príncipe :
53,572.2
1961
Sao Tomean People
# 169
New Caledonia :
50,552.41
1961
New Caledonian People
# 170
Brunei :
46,907.96
1961
Bruneian People
# 171
French Polynesia :
46,108.09
1961
French Polynesian People
# 172
Bahamas, The :
45,583.29
1961
Bahamian People
# 173
Netherlands Antilles :
43,951
1961
Dutch Antillean People
# 174
Belize :
43,634.02
1961
Belizean People
# 175
Djibouti :
43,610.76
1961
Djiboutian People
# 176
Dominica :
43,283.24
1961
Dominican People
# 177
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
36,251.28
1961
Nevisian People
# 178
Micronesia, Federated States of :
35,591.32
1961
Micronesian People
# 179
Kiribati :
34,465.45
1961
- People
# 180
Iceland :
34,403.8
1961
Icelandic People
# 181
Antigua and Barbuda :
33,749.07
1961
Barbudan People
# 182
Guam :
33,605.73
1961
Guamanian People
# 183
Malta :
32,188.01
1961
Maltese People
# 184
Seychelles :
30,545.52
1961
Seychellois People
# 185
Bahrain :
28,700.15
1961
Bahraini People
# 186
United Arab Emirates :
25,096.29
1961
Emirati People
# 187
Man, Isle of :
21,537.2
1961
Manx People
# 188
Virgin Islands :
14,369.74
1961
Virgin Islander People
# 189
Greenland :
13,473.26
1961
Greenlandic People
# 190
Marshall Islands :
9,447
1961
Marshallese People
# 191
Macau :
7,978.61
1961
Chinese People
# 192
Qatar :
6,998.4
1961
Qatari People
Total :
2,039,285,290.04
Weighted average:
10,621,277.6
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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"Rural population (1961) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop-people-rural-population&date=1961
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