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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (1976) by country
Showing values for 1976.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
764,650,800
1976
Chinese People
# 2
India :
491,687,200
1976
Indian People
# 3
Indonesia :
108,912,400
1976
Indonesian People
# 4
Bangladesh :
66,735,440
1976
Bangladeshi People
# 5
United States :
57,343,200
1976
American People
# 6
Pakistan :
53,762,030
1976
Pakistani People
# 7
Japan :
48,085,560
1976
Japanese People
# 8
Nigeria :
46,064,340
1976
Nigerian People
# 9
Russia :
43,949,700
1976
Russian People
# 10
Brazil :
41,138,880
1976
Brazilian People
# 11
Vietnam :
39,876,680
1976
Vietnamese People
# 12
Thailand :
31,992,960
1976
Thai People
# 13
Ethiopia :
30,565,220
1976
Ethiopian People
# 14
Philippines :
27,653,950
1976
Philippine People
# 15
Turkey :
23,712,190
1976
Turkish People
# 16
Burma :
23,458,600
1976
Burmese People
# 17
Egypt :
22,649,200
1976
Egyptian People
# 18
Mexico :
22,199,920
1976
Mexican People
# 19
Germany :
21,396,200
1976
German People
# 20
Ukraine :
20,170,280
1976
Ukrainian People
# 21
Italy :
19,055,560
1976
Italian People
# 22
Iran :
18,341,750
1976
Iranian People
# 23
Korea, South :
18,017,710
1976
Korean People
# 24
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
17,439,810
1976
Congolese People
# 25
Poland :
15,167,390
1976
Polish People
# 26
Tanzania :
14,617,630
1976
Tanzanian People
# 27
France :
14,296,010
1976
French People
# 28
Sudan :
14,229,000
1976
Sudanese People
# 29
Nepal :
13,151,470
1976
Nepalese People
# 30
South Africa :
13,098,980
1976
South African People
# 31
Afghanistan :
12,604,910
1976
Afghan People
# 32
Romania :
12,138,440
1976
Romanian People
# 33
Kenya :
12,133,280
1976
Kenyan People
# 34
Sri Lanka :
11,061,390
1976
Sri Lankan People
# 35
Morocco :
10,712,820
1976
Moroccan People
# 36
Spain :
10,694,850
1976
Spanish People
# 37
Uganda :
10,310,620
1976
Ugandan People
# 38
Colombia :
10,253,740
1976
Colombian People
# 39
Mozambique :
9,813,003
1976
Mozambican People
# 40
Algeria :
9,764,585
1976
Algerian People
# 41
United Kingdom :
9,140,722
1976
British People
# 42
Uzbekistan :
8,705,337
1976
Uzbekistani People
# 43
Malaysia :
7,706,343
1976
Malaysian People
# 44
Ghana :
7,278,164
1976
Ghanaian People
# 45
Korea, North :
7,043,158
1976
Korean People
# 46
Madagascar :
6,764,497
1976
Malagasy People
# 47
Kazakhstan :
6,726,698
1976
Kazakhstani People
# 48
Cambodia :
6,238,312
1976
Cambodian People
# 49
Yemen :
6,078,068
1976
Yemeni People
# 50
Peru :
5,902,693
1976
Peruvian People
# 51
Canada :
5,733,689
1976
Canadian People
# 52
Burkina Faso :
5,654,222
1976
Burkinabe People
# 53
Cameroon :
5,586,891
1976
Cameroonian People
# 54
Angola :
5,580,324
1976
Angolan People
# 55
Portugal :
5,500,740
1976
Portuguese People
# 56
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,311,282
1976
Serbian People
# 57
Mali :
5,303,461
1976
Malian People
# 58
Zimbabwe :
5,106,505
1976
Zimbabwean People
# 59
Netherlands :
5,027,510
1976
Dutch People
# 60
Malawi :
4,986,632
1976
Malawian People
# 61
Argentina :
4,927,182
1976
Argentine People
# 62
Niger :
4,841,752
1976
Nigerien People
# 63
Iraq :
4,677,293
1976
Iraqi People
# 64
Côte d'Ivoire :
4,615,241
1976
Ivoirian People
# 65
Belarus :
4,537,984
1976
Belarusian People
# 66
Rwanda :
4,367,510
1976
Rwandan People
# 67
Syria :
4,256,216
1976
Syrian People
# 68
Greece :
4,053,648
1976
Greek People
# 69
Ecuador :
4,029,533
1976
Ecuadorian People
# 70
Guatemala :
4,017,835
1976
Guatemalan People
# 71
Hungary :
3,960,286
1976
Hungarian People
# 72
Haiti :
3,905,855
1976
Haitian People
# 73
Bulgaria :
3,634,985
1976
Bulgarian People
# 74
Burundi :
3,613,606
1976
Burundian People
# 75
Chad :
3,577,007
1976
Chadian People
# 76
Senegal :
3,555,738
1976
Senegalese People
# 77
Czech Republic :
3,447,485
1976
Czech People
# 78
Guinea :
3,426,423
1976
Guinean People
# 79
Zambia :
3,415,773
1976
Zambian People
# 80
Somalia :
3,372,230
1976
Somali People
# 81
Cuba :
3,276,305
1976
Cuban People
# 82
Venezuela :
3,097,128
1976
Venezuelan People
# 83
Saudi Arabia :
3,072,655
1976
Saudi People
# 84
Tunisia :
2,858,536
1976
Tunisian People
# 85
Bolivia :
2,821,058
1976
Bolivian People
# 86
Switzerland :
2,794,779
1976
Swiss People
# 87
Azerbaijan :
2,773,073
1976
Azerbaijani People
# 88
Dominican Republic :
2,758,394
1976
Dominican People
# 89
Laos :
2,715,999
1976
Lao People
# 90
Austria :
2,594,867
1976
Austrian People
# 91
Papua New Guinea :
2,580,541
1976
Papua New Guinean People
# 92
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,565,487
1976
Herzegovinian People
# 93
Benin :
2,541,958
1976
Beninese People
# 94
Slovakia :
2,534,090
1976
Slovak People
# 95
Georgia :
2,474,815
1976
Georgian People
# 96
El Salvador :
2,448,804
1976
Salvadoran People
# 97
Croatia :
2,441,670
1976
Croatian People
# 98
Moldova :
2,440,992
1976
Moldovan People
# 99
Sierra Leone :
2,346,943
1976
Sierra Leonean People
# 100
Tajikistan :
2,293,053
1976
Tajikistani People
# 101
Chile :
2,223,142
1976
Chilean People
# 102
Honduras :
2,099,058
1976
Honduran People
# 103
Kyrgyzstan :
2,075,855
1976
Kyrgyzstani People
# 104
Australia :
1,981,460
1976
Australian People
# 105
Finland :
1,956,564
1976
Finnish People
# 106
Togo :
1,924,581
1976
Togolese People
# 107
Eritrea :
1,851,757
1976
Eritrean People
# 108
Paraguay :
1,656,314
1976
Paraguayan People
# 109
Albania :
1,646,804
1976
Albanian People
# 110
Ireland :
1,486,817
1976
Irish People
# 111
Lithuania :
1,438,128
1976
Lithuanian People
# 112
Central African Republic :
1,423,943
1976
Central African People
# 113
Sweden :
1,415,828
1976
Swedish People
# 114
Nicaragua :
1,375,990
1976
Nicaraguan People
# 115
Turkmenistan :
1,358,394
1976
Turkmen People
# 116
Norway :
1,261,748
1976
Norwegian People
# 117
Costa Rica :
1,227,558
1976
Costa Rican People
# 118
Mauritania :
1,138,189
1976
Mauritanian People
# 119
Liberia :
1,134,678
1976
Liberian People
# 120
Jamaica :
1,128,080
1976
Jamaican People
# 121
Puerto Rico :
1,107,354
1976
Puerto Rican People
# 122
Lesotho :
1,038,820
1976
Basotho People
# 123
Libya :
1,035,947
1976
Libyan People
# 124
Armenia :
1,034,360
1976
Armenian People
# 125
Slovenia :
1,027,253
1976
Slovenian People
# 126
Trinidad and Tobago :
907,095
1976
Tobagonian People
# 127
Panama :
896,704.3
1976
Panamanian People
# 128
Denmark :
891,833.4
1976
Danish People
# 129
Congo, Republic of the :
888,097.4
1976
Congolese People
# 130
Latvia :
882,655.1
1976
Latvian People
# 131
Lebanon :
854,594.3
1976
Lebanese People
# 132
Macedonia, Republic of :
830,541
1976
Macedonian People
# 133
Botswana :
798,667.3
1976
Motswana -Batswana People
# 134
Jordan :
785,408.1
1976
Jordanian People
# 135
Mongolia :
752,633.6
1976
Mongolian People
# 136
Namibia :
692,686.6
1976
Namibian People
# 137
Oman :
615,051.6
1976
Omani People
# 138
Guinea-Bissau :
565,506.9
1976
Guinean People
# 139
East Timor :
550,223.6
1976
Timorese People
# 140
New Zealand :
531,358.8
1976
New Zealand People
# 141
Belgium :
521,945.2
1976
Belgian People
# 142
Guyana :
516,888.8
1976
Guyanese People
# 143
Mauritius :
514,896.1
1976
Mauritian People
# 144
Estonia :
461,253.4
1976
Estonian People
# 145
Uruguay :
460,037.6
1976
Uruguayan People
# 146
Israel :
459,290
1976
Israeli People
# 147
Hong Kong :
449,089.2
1976
Hong Kong People
# 148
Gambia, The :
428,957.1
1976
Gambian People
# 149
Bhutan :
425,562.8
1976
Bhutanese People
# 150
Swaziland :
424,072.4
1976
Swazi People
# 151
Fiji :
370,139.6
1976
Fijian People
# 152
Gabon :
338,139.9
1976
Gabonese People
# 153
Cyprus :
251,670.4
1976
Cypriot People
# 154
Cape Verde :
218,367.7
1976
Cape Verdean People
# 155
Solomon Islands :
180,897.4
1976
Solomon Islander People
# 156
Suriname :
178,526.2
1976
Surinamese People
# 157
Equatorial Guinea :
158,112.3
1976
Equatorial Guinean People
# 158
Barbados :
146,248.7
1976
Barbadian People
# 159
Samoa :
119,644.9
1976
Samoan People
# 160
Maldives :
115,245.2
1976
Maldivian People
# 161
Kuwait :
102,143.7
1976
Kuwaiti People
# 162
United Arab Emirates :
101,631.5
1976
Emirati People
# 163
Vanuatu :
89,974.91
1976
- People
# 164
Saint Lucia :
81,844.92
1976
Saint Lucian People
# 165
Luxembourg :
79,975.44
1976
Luxembourg People
# 166
Djibouti :
78,250.06
1976
Djiboutian People
# 167
Tonga :
73,280.86
1976
Tongan People
# 168
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
70,480.09
1976
Saint Vincentian People
# 169
Belize :
65,653.38
1976
Belizean People
# 170
Brunei :
64,268.21
1976
Bruneian People
# 171
Grenada :
61,694.77
1976
Grenadian People
# 172
New Caledonia :
60,419.74
1976
New Caledonian People
# 173
French Polynesia :
57,563.67
1976
French Polynesian People
# 174
São Tomé and Príncipe :
57,382.35
1976
Sao Tomean People
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
53,795.75
1976
Dutch Antillean People
# 176
Bahamas, The :
53,553.45
1976
Bahamian People
# 177
Micronesia, Federated States of :
47,624.92
1976
Micronesian People
# 178
Bahrain :
42,259.71
1976
Bahraini People
# 179
Antigua and Barbuda :
40,660.31
1976
Barbudan People
# 180
Kiribati :
37,622.57
1976
- People
# 181
Malta :
34,336.52
1976
Maltese People
# 182
Seychelles :
32,221.68
1976
Seychellois People
# 183
Dominica :
30,694.5
1976
Dominican People
# 184
Man, Isle of :
29,005.9
1976
Manx People
# 185
Iceland :
28,556
1976
Icelandic People
# 186
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
28,067.06
1976
Nevisian People
# 187
Virgin Islands :
22,867.2
1976
Virgin Islander People
# 188
Qatar :
19,928.81
1976
Qatari People
# 189
Guam :
14,000.14
1976
Guamanian People
# 190
Greenland :
12,554.22
1976
Greenlandic People
# 191
Marshall Islands :
10,363.6
1976
Marshallese People
# 192
Macau :
4,064.13
1976
Chinese People
Total :
2,568,765,078.97
Weighted average:
13,378,984.8
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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CITATION
"Rural population (1976) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop-people-rural-population&date=1976
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