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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (1972) by country
Showing values for 1972.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
712,036,800
1972
Chinese People
# 2
India :
456,211,400
1972
Indian People
# 3
Indonesia :
101,179,900
1972
Indonesian People
# 4
Bangladesh :
62,320,290
1972
Bangladeshi People
# 5
United States :
55,328,580
1972
American People
# 6
Japan :
48,620,480
1972
Japanese People
# 7
Pakistan :
48,160,050
1972
Pakistani People
# 8
Russia :
47,144,400
1972
Russian People
# 9
Nigeria :
42,377,540
1972
Nigerian People
# 10
Brazil :
42,146,370
1972
Brazilian People
# 11
Vietnam :
36,477,840
1972
Vietnamese People
# 12
Thailand :
29,828,280
1972
Thai People
# 13
Ethiopia :
27,748,210
1972
Ethiopian People
# 14
Philippines :
25,506,670
1972
Philippine People
# 15
Turkey :
22,477,500
1972
Turkish People
# 16
Burma :
21,579,960
1972
Burmese People
# 17
Germany :
21,394,740
1972
German People
# 18
Mexico :
21,288,760
1972
Mexican People
# 19
Egypt :
21,103,370
1972
Egyptian People
# 20
Ukraine :
21,026,760
1972
Ukrainian People
# 21
Italy :
19,131,240
1972
Italian People
# 22
Korea, South :
18,755,170
1972
Korean People
# 23
Iran :
17,253,280
1972
Iranian People
# 24
Poland :
15,416,300
1972
Polish People
# 25
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
15,277,490
1972
Congolese People
# 26
France :
14,569,340
1972
French People
# 27
Tanzania :
13,188,780
1972
Tanzanian People
# 28
Sudan :
12,847,330
1972
Sudanese People
# 29
Nepal :
12,136,710
1972
Nepalese People
# 30
Romania :
12,129,180
1972
Romanian People
# 31
South Africa :
12,044,160
1972
South African People
# 32
Afghanistan :
11,710,800
1972
Afghan People
# 33
United Kingdom :
11,589,640
1972
British People
# 34
Spain :
11,216,270
1972
Spanish People
# 35
Kenya :
10,733,510
1972
Kenyan People
# 36
Sri Lanka :
10,353,110
1972
Sri Lankan People
# 37
Morocco :
10,098,530
1972
Moroccan People
# 38
Colombia :
9,959,648
1972
Colombian People
# 39
Uganda :
9,185,547
1972
Ugandan People
# 40
Mozambique :
9,138,761
1972
Mozambican People
# 41
Algeria :
8,786,671
1972
Algerian People
# 42
Uzbekistan :
7,954,136
1972
Uzbekistani People
# 43
Malaysia :
7,394,326
1972
Malaysian People
# 44
Korea, North :
6,758,392
1972
Korean People
# 45
Ghana :
6,678,362
1972
Ghanaian People
# 46
Kazakhstan :
6,613,084
1972
Kazakhstani People
# 47
Cambodia :
6,319,234
1972
Cambodian People
# 48
Madagascar :
6,209,755
1972
Malagasy People
# 49
Peru :
5,714,406
1972
Peruvian People
# 50
Yemen :
5,633,545
1972
Yemeni People
# 51
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,373,893
1972
Serbian People
# 52
Cameroon :
5,364,287
1972
Cameroonian People
# 53
Canada :
5,353,250
1972
Canadian People
# 54
Angola :
5,292,863
1972
Angolan People
# 55
Burkina Faso :
5,232,408
1972
Burkinabe People
# 56
Portugal :
5,213,124
1972
Portuguese People
# 57
Netherlands :
5,025,033
1972
Dutch People
# 58
Argentina :
5,017,914
1972
Argentine People
# 59
Belarus :
4,903,234
1972
Belarusian People
# 60
Mali :
4,870,911
1972
Malian People
# 61
Zimbabwe :
4,568,831
1972
Zimbabwean People
# 62
Iraq :
4,512,743
1972
Iraqi People
# 63
Malawi :
4,463,412
1972
Malawian People
# 64
Niger :
4,387,517
1972
Nigerien People
# 65
Czech Republic :
4,265,287
1972
Czech People
# 66
Greece :
4,122,718
1972
Greek People
# 67
Hungary :
4,059,897
1972
Hungarian People
# 68
Côte d'Ivoire :
4,058,070
1972
Ivoirian People
# 69
Bulgaria :
3,908,941
1972
Bulgarian People
# 70
Rwanda :
3,878,090
1972
Rwandan People
# 71
Syria :
3,815,754
1972
Syrian People
# 72
Ecuador :
3,764,408
1972
Ecuadorian People
# 73
Haiti :
3,711,105
1972
Haitian People
# 74
Guatemala :
3,664,386
1972
Guatemalan People
# 75
Burundi :
3,480,180
1972
Burundian People
# 76
Chad :
3,407,147
1972
Chadian People
# 77
Guinea :
3,374,351
1972
Guinean People
# 78
Cuba :
3,360,346
1972
Cuban People
# 79
Senegal :
3,318,758
1972
Senegalese People
# 80
Zambia :
3,135,301
1972
Zambian People
# 81
Venezuela :
3,065,955
1972
Venezuelan People
# 82
Saudi Arabia :
2,972,043
1972
Saudi People
# 83
Switzerland :
2,874,527
1972
Swiss People
# 84
Tunisia :
2,823,993
1972
Tunisian People
# 85
Somalia :
2,801,452
1972
Somali People
# 86
Dominican Republic :
2,693,729
1972
Dominican People
# 87
Azerbaijan :
2,652,743
1972
Azerbaijani People
# 88
Bolivia :
2,635,344
1972
Bolivian People
# 89
Slovakia :
2,624,516
1972
Slovak People
# 90
Austria :
2,592,452
1972
Austrian People
# 91
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,588,039
1972
Herzegovinian People
# 92
Croatia :
2,577,929
1972
Croatian People
# 93
Laos :
2,554,692
1972
Lao People
# 94
Georgia :
2,477,194
1972
Georgian People
# 95
Moldova :
2,449,754
1972
Moldovan People
# 96
Benin :
2,412,475
1972
Beninese People
# 97
Papua New Guinea :
2,387,782
1972
Papua New Guinean People
# 98
Chile :
2,332,929
1972
Chilean People
# 99
El Salvador :
2,279,851
1972
Salvadoran People
# 100
Sierra Leone :
2,263,447
1972
Sierra Leonean People
# 101
Finland :
2,157,600
1972
Finnish People
# 102
Tajikistan :
1,996,416
1972
Tajikistani People
# 103
Kyrgyzstan :
1,931,118
1972
Kyrgyzstani People
# 104
Honduras :
1,918,633
1972
Honduran People
# 105
Australia :
1,905,394
1972
Australian People
# 106
Togo :
1,779,292
1972
Togolese People
# 107
Eritrea :
1,679,506
1972
Eritrean People
# 108
Lithuania :
1,541,434
1972
Lithuanian People
# 109
Paraguay :
1,530,250
1972
Paraguayan People
# 110
Albania :
1,522,061
1972
Albanian People
# 111
Sweden :
1,487,950
1972
Swedish People
# 112
Ireland :
1,437,610
1972
Irish People
# 113
Central African Republic :
1,375,892
1972
Central African People
# 114
Norway :
1,316,768
1972
Norwegian People
# 115
Nicaragua :
1,242,260
1972
Nicaraguan People
# 116
Turkmenistan :
1,211,888
1972
Turkmen People
# 117
Costa Rica :
1,149,874
1972
Costa Rican People
# 118
Puerto Rico :
1,124,085
1972
Puerto Rican People
# 119
Jamaica :
1,107,353
1972
Jamaican People
# 120
Mauritania :
1,098,882
1972
Mauritanian People
# 121
Libya :
1,078,576
1972
Libyan People
# 122
Slovenia :
1,066,259
1972
Slovenian People
# 123
Liberia :
1,061,320
1972
Liberian People
# 124
Armenia :
1,020,906
1972
Armenian People
# 125
Lesotho :
971,408.1
1972
Basotho People
# 126
Denmark :
965,452.8
1972
Danish People
# 127
Lebanon :
943,658.3
1972
Lebanese People
# 128
Latvia :
914,718.6
1972
Latvian People
# 129
Trinidad and Tobago :
873,149.3
1972
Tobagonian People
# 130
Congo, Republic of the :
832,793.1
1972
Congolese People
# 131
Macedonia, Republic of :
828,017
1972
Macedonian People
# 132
Panama :
825,182.9
1972
Panamanian People
# 133
Botswana :
724,446.7
1972
Motswana -Batswana People
# 134
Mongolia :
712,736.4
1972
Mongolian People
# 135
Jordan :
707,657.5
1972
Jordanian People
# 136
Namibia :
631,552.9
1972
Namibian People
# 137
Belgium :
574,772.8
1972
Belgian People
# 138
Oman :
573,503.7
1972
Omani People
# 139
East Timor :
554,579.6
1972
Timorese People
# 140
New Zealand :
528,744.4
1972
New Zealand People
# 141
Guinea-Bissau :
509,535.3
1972
Guinean People
# 142
Guyana :
507,906.3
1972
Guyanese People
# 143
Mauritius :
489,419.1
1972
Mauritian People
# 144
Uruguay :
485,037.4
1972
Uruguayan People
# 145
Hong Kong :
474,214
1972
Hong Kong People
# 146
Estonia :
474,137.6
1972
Estonian People
# 147
Israel :
467,163.2
1972
Israeli People
# 148
Bhutan :
402,164.5
1972
Bhutanese People
# 149
Gambia, The :
393,406.9
1972
Gambian People
# 150
Swaziland :
391,389
1972
Swazi People
# 151
Cyprus :
355,136.7
1972
Cypriot People
# 152
Gabon :
351,919.2
1972
Gabonese People
# 153
Fiji :
349,574.1
1972
Fijian People
# 154
Cape Verde :
218,106.5
1972
Cape Verdean People
# 155
Equatorial Guinea :
198,476.6
1972
Equatorial Guinean People
# 156
Suriname :
196,656.7
1972
Surinamese People
# 157
Solomon Islands :
157,152.4
1972
Solomon Islander People
# 158
Barbados :
142,042.1
1972
Barbadian People
# 159
Samoa :
116,127.5
1972
Samoan People
# 160
Maldives :
109,363.8
1972
Maldivian People
# 161
Kuwait :
108,316.7
1972
Kuwaiti People
# 162
Luxembourg :
85,100.08
1972
Luxembourg People
# 163
Vanuatu :
79,965.94
1972
- People
# 164
Saint Lucia :
78,678.78
1972
Saint Lucian People
# 165
Tonga :
77,254.74
1972
Tongan People
# 166
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
67,556.39
1972
Saint Vincentian People
# 167
Djibouti :
65,518.03
1972
Djiboutian People
# 168
Grenada :
63,598.63
1972
Grenadian People
# 169
Belize :
60,769.22
1972
Belizean People
# 170
New Caledonia :
56,232.95
1972
New Caledonian People
# 171
Bahamas, The :
54,924.8
1972
Bahamian People
# 172
Brunei :
54,145.73
1972
Bruneian People
# 173
United Arab Emirates :
53,922.38
1972
Emirati People
# 174
São Tomé and Príncipe :
53,613.12
1972
Sao Tomean People
# 175
French Polynesia :
52,124.74
1972
French Polynesian People
# 176
Netherlands Antilles :
52,124.62
1972
Dutch Antillean People
# 177
Micronesia, Federated States of :
46,560.53
1972
Micronesian People
# 178
Antigua and Barbuda :
42,789.3
1972
Barbudan People
# 179
Kiribati :
37,265.08
1972
- People
# 180
Bahrain :
37,260.96
1972
Bahraini People
# 181
Dominica :
34,818
1972
Dominican People
# 182
Malta :
33,195.34
1972
Maltese People
# 183
Seychelles :
32,530.38
1972
Seychellois People
# 184
Iceland :
30,054.2
1972
Icelandic People
# 185
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
29,099.76
1972
Nevisian People
# 186
Guam :
26,286.77
1972
Guamanian People
# 187
Man, Isle of :
26,052.3
1972
Manx People
# 188
Virgin Islands :
21,401.6
1972
Virgin Islander People
# 189
Qatar :
15,356.03
1972
Qatari People
# 190
Greenland :
12,857.46
1972
Greenlandic People
# 191
Marshall Islands :
10,478.4
1972
Marshallese People
# 192
Macau :
6,499.16
1972
Chinese People
Total :
2,424,918,594.12
Weighted average:
12,629,784.3
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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