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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (1978) by country
Showing values for 1978.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
777,170,900
1978
Chinese People
# 2
India :
509,917,300
1978
Indian People
# 3
Indonesia :
112,369,900
1978
Indonesian People
# 4
Bangladesh :
68,303,850
1978
Bangladeshi People
# 5
United States :
58,539,860
1978
American People
# 6
Pakistan :
56,630,770
1978
Pakistani People
# 7
Nigeria :
48,055,180
1978
Nigerian People
# 8
Japan :
47,705,650
1978
Japanese People
# 9
Russia :
42,982,060
1978
Russian People
# 10
Vietnam :
41,642,700
1978
Vietnamese People
# 11
Brazil :
40,477,400
1978
Brazilian People
# 12
Thailand :
33,016,160
1978
Thai People
# 13
Ethiopia :
32,125,940
1978
Ethiopian People
# 14
Philippines :
28,864,560
1978
Philippine People
# 15
Burma :
24,522,520
1978
Burmese People
# 16
Turkey :
24,319,420
1978
Turkish People
# 17
Egypt :
23,578,470
1978
Egyptian People
# 18
Mexico :
22,547,820
1978
Mexican People
# 19
Germany :
21,363,510
1978
German People
# 20
Ukraine :
19,683,880
1978
Ukrainian People
# 21
Italy :
18,980,390
1978
Italian People
# 22
Iran :
18,971,450
1978
Iranian People
# 23
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
18,679,520
1978
Congolese People
# 24
Korea, South :
17,294,100
1978
Korean People
# 25
Tanzania :
15,340,320
1978
Tanzanian People
# 26
Sudan :
15,062,610
1978
Sudanese People
# 27
Poland :
15,061,300
1978
Polish People
# 28
France :
14,336,790
1978
French People
# 29
Nepal :
13,679,330
1978
Nepalese People
# 30
South Africa :
13,630,970
1978
South African People
# 31
Kenya :
12,898,900
1978
Kenyan People
# 32
Afghanistan :
12,885,870
1978
Afghan People
# 33
Romania :
12,107,670
1978
Romanian People
# 34
Sri Lanka :
11,480,930
1978
Sri Lankan People
# 35
Morocco :
11,009,950
1978
Moroccan People
# 36
Uganda :
10,950,670
1978
Ugandan People
# 37
Spain :
10,474,370
1978
Spanish People
# 38
Colombia :
10,453,240
1978
Colombian People
# 39
Algeria :
10,183,580
1978
Algerian People
# 40
Mozambique :
10,154,410
1978
Mozambican People
# 41
Uzbekistan :
9,071,180
1978
Uzbekistani People
# 42
United Kingdom :
7,966,041
1978
British People
# 43
Malaysia :
7,838,493
1978
Malaysian People
# 44
Ghana :
7,483,039
1978
Ghanaian People
# 45
Korea, North :
7,230,619
1978
Korean People
# 46
Madagascar :
7,066,473
1978
Malagasy People
# 47
Kazakhstan :
6,778,639
1978
Kazakhstani People
# 48
Yemen :
6,425,832
1978
Yemeni People
# 49
Peru :
6,026,447
1978
Peruvian People
# 50
Cambodia :
5,906,617
1978
Cambodian People
# 51
Canada :
5,850,363
1978
Canadian People
# 52
Burkina Faso :
5,826,660
1978
Burkinabe People
# 53
Cameroon :
5,775,192
1978
Cameroonian People
# 54
Angola :
5,734,563
1978
Angolan People
# 55
Portugal :
5,543,640
1978
Portuguese People
# 56
Mali :
5,490,567
1978
Malian People
# 57
Zimbabwe :
5,367,079
1978
Zimbabwean People
# 58
Malawi :
5,305,777
1978
Malawian People
# 59
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,283,008
1978
Serbian People
# 60
Niger :
5,100,203
1978
Nigerien People
# 61
Netherlands :
5,005,178
1978
Dutch People
# 62
Côte d'Ivoire :
4,927,851
1978
Ivoirian People
# 63
Argentina :
4,870,237
1978
Argentine People
# 64
Iraq :
4,779,882
1978
Iraqi People
# 65
Rwanda :
4,654,374
1978
Rwandan People
# 66
Syria :
4,506,085
1978
Syrian People
# 67
Belarus :
4,368,165
1978
Belarusian People
# 68
Guatemala :
4,199,896
1978
Guatemalan People
# 69
Somalia :
4,155,571
1978
Somali People
# 70
Ecuador :
4,127,984
1978
Ecuadorian People
# 71
Greece :
4,079,418
1978
Greek People
# 72
Haiti :
4,025,325
1978
Haitian People
# 73
Hungary :
3,906,318
1978
Hungarian People
# 74
Burundi :
3,756,457
1978
Burundian People
# 75
Senegal :
3,685,078
1978
Senegalese People
# 76
Chad :
3,665,238
1978
Chadian People
# 77
Guinea :
3,542,001
1978
Guinean People
# 78
Zambia :
3,531,510
1978
Zambian People
# 79
Bulgaria :
3,499,158
1978
Bulgarian People
# 80
Cuba :
3,182,261
1978
Cuban People
# 81
Saudi Arabia :
3,173,315
1978
Saudi People
# 82
Venezuela :
3,117,497
1978
Venezuelan People
# 83
Czech Republic :
3,033,437
1978
Czech People
# 84
Tunisia :
2,972,744
1978
Tunisian People
# 85
Bolivia :
2,873,423
1978
Bolivian People
# 86
Azerbaijan :
2,842,547
1978
Azerbaijani People
# 87
Dominican Republic :
2,774,329
1978
Dominican People
# 88
Switzerland :
2,757,863
1978
Swiss People
# 89
Laos :
2,751,903
1978
Lao People
# 90
Papua New Guinea :
2,697,533
1978
Papua New Guinean People
# 91
Benin :
2,612,875
1978
Beninese People
# 92
Austria :
2,589,169
1978
Austrian People
# 93
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,544,178
1978
Herzegovinian People
# 94
El Salvador :
2,521,117
1978
Salvadoran People
# 95
Slovakia :
2,498,214
1978
Slovak People
# 96
Georgia :
2,464,092
1978
Georgian People
# 97
Tajikistan :
2,440,238
1978
Tajikistani People
# 98
Moldova :
2,415,829
1978
Moldovan People
# 99
Sierra Leone :
2,403,626
1978
Sierra Leonean People
# 100
Croatia :
2,364,564
1978
Croatian People
# 101
Honduras :
2,209,081
1978
Honduran People
# 102
Chile :
2,163,761
1978
Chilean People
# 103
Kyrgyzstan :
2,151,367
1978
Kyrgyzstani People
# 104
Australia :
2,033,093
1978
Australian People
# 105
Togo :
2,000,152
1978
Togolese People
# 106
Eritrea :
1,945,054
1978
Eritrean People
# 107
Finland :
1,939,224
1978
Finnish People
# 108
Paraguay :
1,734,863
1978
Paraguayan People
# 109
Albania :
1,708,935
1978
Albanian People
# 110
Ireland :
1,503,893
1978
Irish People
# 111
Central African Republic :
1,477,181
1978
Central African People
# 112
Nicaragua :
1,449,816
1978
Nicaraguan People
# 113
Turkmenistan :
1,435,024
1978
Turkmen People
# 114
Sweden :
1,411,886
1978
Swedish People
# 115
Lithuania :
1,385,390
1978
Lithuanian People
# 116
Costa Rica :
1,279,461
1978
Costa Rican People
# 117
Norway :
1,234,748
1978
Norwegian People
# 118
Liberia :
1,169,397
1978
Liberian People
# 119
Mauritania :
1,153,841
1978
Mauritanian People
# 120
Jamaica :
1,129,191
1978
Jamaican People
# 121
Puerto Rico :
1,087,161
1978
Puerto Rican People
# 122
Lesotho :
1,076,181
1978
Basotho People
# 123
Armenia :
1,042,397
1978
Armenian People
# 124
Libya :
1,011,030
1978
Libyan People
# 125
Slovenia :
1,009,353
1978
Slovenian People
# 126
Trinidad and Tobago :
932,370.8
1978
Tobagonian People
# 127
Panama :
932,258.7
1978
Panamanian People
# 128
Congo, Republic of the :
913,609.8
1978
Congolese People
# 129
Latvia :
875,891.6
1978
Latvian People
# 130
Denmark :
864,617.6
1978
Danish People
# 131
Botswana :
836,671.1
1978
Motswana -Batswana People
# 132
Macedonia, Republic of :
836,141.8
1978
Macedonian People
# 133
Jordan :
828,249.8
1978
Jordanian People
# 134
Lebanon :
782,088.8
1978
Lebanese People
# 135
Mongolia :
774,070.9
1978
Mongolian People
# 136
Namibia :
716,110.9
1978
Namibian People
# 137
Oman :
638,318.9
1978
Omani People
# 138
Guinea-Bissau :
611,204.3
1978
Guinean People
# 139
Mauritius :
535,640.9
1978
Mauritian People
# 140
New Zealand :
525,576.4
1978
New Zealand People
# 141
Guyana :
524,249.9
1978
Guyanese People
# 142
East Timor :
505,142.5
1978
Timorese People
# 143
Belgium :
487,568
1978
Belgian People
# 144
Estonia :
454,471.1
1978
Estonian People
# 145
Israel :
450,180
1978
Israeli People
# 146
Gambia, The :
447,710.2
1978
Gambian People
# 147
Swaziland :
443,977.2
1978
Swazi People
# 148
Bhutan :
443,303.5
1978
Bhutanese People
# 149
Uruguay :
442,608.5
1978
Uruguayan People
# 150
Hong Kong :
430,343.5
1978
Hong Kong People
# 151
Fiji :
380,985.9
1978
Fijian People
# 152
Gabon :
327,764.8
1978
Gabonese People
# 153
Cyprus :
231,666.4
1978
Cypriot People
# 154
Cape Verde :
218,850.5
1978
Cape Verdean People
# 155
Solomon Islands :
192,393.9
1978
Solomon Islander People
# 156
Suriname :
168,088.2
1978
Surinamese People
# 157
Equatorial Guinea :
151,224.1
1978
Equatorial Guinean People
# 158
United Arab Emirates :
149,048.3
1978
Emirati People
# 159
Barbados :
147,637.3
1978
Barbadian People
# 160
Samoa :
121,126.5
1978
Samoan People
# 161
Maldives :
118,925.1
1978
Maldivian People
# 162
Vanuatu :
95,074.83
1978
- People
# 163
Kuwait :
89,665.52
1978
Kuwaiti People
# 164
Djibouti :
88,584.13
1978
Djiboutian People
# 165
Saint Lucia :
83,420.54
1978
Saint Lucian People
# 166
Luxembourg :
76,372.84
1978
Luxembourg People
# 167
Tonga :
75,038.14
1978
Tongan People
# 168
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
71,850.2
1978
Saint Vincentian People
# 169
Brunei :
70,802.66
1978
Bruneian People
# 170
Belize :
69,556.28
1978
Belizean People
# 171
Grenada :
61,072.89
1978
Grenadian People
# 172
French Polynesia :
60,902.26
1978
French Polynesian People
# 173
New Caledonia :
60,875.48
1978
New Caledonian People
# 174
São Tomé and Príncipe :
60,147.93
1978
Sao Tomean People
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
54,749.76
1978
Dutch Antillean People
# 176
Bahamas, The :
52,994.23
1978
Bahamian People
# 177
Micronesia, Federated States of :
50,324.96
1978
Micronesian People
# 178
Bahrain :
45,416.36
1978
Bahraini People
# 179
Antigua and Barbuda :
40,933.04
1978
Barbudan People
# 180
Kiribati :
38,380.39
1978
- People
# 181
Malta :
36,134.59
1978
Maltese People
# 182
Seychelles :
32,507.41
1978
Seychellois People
# 183
Man, Isle of :
30,064.17
1978
Manx People
# 184
Dominica :
28,744.56
1978
Dominican People
# 185
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
28,235.41
1978
Nevisian People
# 186
Iceland :
27,641.6
1978
Icelandic People
# 187
Qatar :
21,586.93
1978
Qatari People
# 188
Virgin Islands :
20,985.6
1978
Virgin Islander People
# 189
Greenland :
12,093.36
1978
Greenlandic People
# 190
Marshall Islands :
11,418.4
1978
Marshallese People
# 191
Guam :
10,475.63
1978
Guamanian People
# 192
Macau :
3,120.01
1978
Chinese People
Total :
2,628,531,869.81
Weighted average:
13,690,270.2
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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CITATION
"Rural population (1978) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop-people-rural-population&date=1978
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