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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (1979) by country
Showing values for 1979.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
783,343,600
1979
Chinese People
# 2
India :
519,203,300
1979
Indian People
# 3
Indonesia :
113,972,400
1979
Indonesian People
# 4
Bangladesh :
69,106,050
1979
Bangladeshi People
# 5
United States :
59,189,460
1979
American People
# 6
Pakistan :
58,063,880
1979
Pakistani People
# 7
Nigeria :
49,062,600
1979
Nigerian People
# 8
Japan :
47,460,350
1979
Japanese People
# 9
Vietnam :
42,521,510
1979
Vietnamese People
# 10
Russia :
42,484,710
1979
Russian People
# 11
Brazil :
40,084,660
1979
Brazilian People
# 12
Thailand :
33,486,840
1979
Thai People
# 13
Ethiopia :
32,946,430
1979
Ethiopian People
# 14
Philippines :
29,465,590
1979
Philippine People
# 15
Burma :
25,058,770
1979
Burmese People
# 16
Turkey :
24,639,920
1979
Turkish People
# 17
Egypt :
24,076,490
1979
Egyptian People
# 18
Mexico :
22,675,780
1979
Mexican People
# 19
Germany :
21,384,880
1979
German People
# 20
Ukraine :
19,427,050
1979
Ukrainian People
# 21
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
19,319,080
1979
Congolese People
# 22
Iran :
19,310,910
1979
Iranian People
# 23
Italy :
18,922,850
1979
Italian People
# 24
Korea, South :
16,905,310
1979
Korean People
# 25
Tanzania :
15,715,700
1979
Tanzanian People
# 26
Sudan :
15,507,960
1979
Sudanese People
# 27
Poland :
14,970,120
1979
Polish People
# 28
France :
14,355,690
1979
French People
# 29
Nepal :
13,953,300
1979
Nepalese People
# 30
South Africa :
13,917,610
1979
South African People
# 31
Kenya :
13,304,120
1979
Kenyan People
# 32
Afghanistan :
12,909,380
1979
Afghan People
# 33
Romania :
12,082,300
1979
Romanian People
# 34
Uganda :
11,287,880
1979
Ugandan People
# 35
Morocco :
11,159,340
1979
Moroccan People
# 36
Sri Lanka :
10,652,910
1979
Sri Lankan People
# 37
Colombia :
10,548,530
1979
Colombian People
# 38
Algeria :
10,402,600
1979
Algerian People
# 39
Spain :
10,330,870
1979
Spanish People
# 40
Mozambique :
10,318,760
1979
Mozambican People
# 41
Uzbekistan :
9,254,612
1979
Uzbekistani People
# 42
Malaysia :
7,907,736
1979
Malaysian People
# 43
Ghana :
7,609,314
1979
Ghanaian People
# 44
United Kingdom :
7,390,199
1979
British People
# 45
Korea, North :
7,319,740
1979
Korean People
# 46
Madagascar :
7,224,781
1979
Malagasy People
# 47
Kazakhstan :
6,804,336
1979
Kazakhstani People
# 48
Yemen :
6,627,721
1979
Yemeni People
# 49
Peru :
6,082,265
1979
Peruvian People
# 50
Burkina Faso :
5,915,000
1979
Burkinabe People
# 51
Canada :
5,904,167
1979
Canadian People
# 52
Cameroon :
5,869,647
1979
Cameroonian People
# 53
Angola :
5,826,502
1979
Angolan People
# 54
Cambodia :
5,801,307
1979
Cambodian People
# 55
Mali :
5,585,251
1979
Malian People
# 56
Portugal :
5,564,736
1979
Portuguese People
# 57
Zimbabwe :
5,511,276
1979
Zimbabwean People
# 58
Malawi :
5,465,878
1979
Malawian People
# 59
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,267,799
1979
Serbian People
# 60
Niger :
5,235,160
1979
Nigerien People
# 61
Côte d'Ivoire :
5,093,776
1979
Ivoirian People
# 62
Netherlands :
4,997,528
1979
Dutch People
# 63
Argentina :
4,837,784
1979
Argentine People
# 64
Iraq :
4,823,992
1979
Iraqi People
# 65
Rwanda :
4,803,076
1979
Rwandan People
# 66
Syria :
4,641,288
1979
Syrian People
# 67
Somalia :
4,506,873
1979
Somali People
# 68
Guatemala :
4,293,063
1979
Guatemalan People
# 69
Belarus :
4,282,131
1979
Belarusian People
# 70
Ecuador :
4,174,792
1979
Ecuadorian People
# 71
Haiti :
4,091,053
1979
Haitian People
# 72
Greece :
4,084,635
1979
Greek People
# 73
Hungary :
3,872,676
1979
Hungarian People
# 74
Burundi :
3,848,144
1979
Burundian People
# 75
Senegal :
3,752,853
1979
Senegalese People
# 76
Chad :
3,711,185
1979
Chadian People
# 77
Guinea :
3,604,836
1979
Guinean People
# 78
Zambia :
3,588,782
1979
Zambian People
# 79
Bulgaria :
3,424,488
1979
Bulgarian People
# 80
Saudi Arabia :
3,224,577
1979
Saudi People
# 81
Cuba :
3,129,583
1979
Cuban People
# 82
Venezuela :
3,117,679
1979
Venezuelan People
# 83
Tunisia :
3,034,500
1979
Tunisian People
# 84
Bolivia :
2,897,091
1979
Bolivian People
# 85
Azerbaijan :
2,878,335
1979
Azerbaijani People
# 86
Czech Republic :
2,821,986
1979
Czech People
# 87
Dominican Republic :
2,779,967
1979
Dominican People
# 88
Laos :
2,774,262
1979
Lao People
# 89
Papua New Guinea :
2,758,126
1979
Papua New Guinean People
# 90
Switzerland :
2,747,443
1979
Swiss People
# 91
Benin :
2,652,728
1979
Beninese People
# 92
Austria :
2,585,120
1979
Austrian People
# 93
El Salvador :
2,547,472
1979
Salvadoran People
# 94
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,533,624
1979
Herzegovinian People
# 95
Tajikistan :
2,516,813
1979
Tajikistani People
# 96
Slovakia :
2,462,614
1979
Slovak People
# 97
Georgia :
2,459,057
1979
Georgian People
# 98
Sierra Leone :
2,432,853
1979
Sierra Leonean People
# 99
Moldova :
2,402,282
1979
Moldovan People
# 100
Croatia :
2,326,639
1979
Croatian People
# 101
Honduras :
2,265,887
1979
Honduran People
# 102
Kyrgyzstan :
2,191,147
1979
Kyrgyzstani People
# 103
Chile :
2,132,340
1979
Chilean People
# 104
Australia :
2,058,085
1979
Australian People
# 105
Togo :
2,045,600
1979
Togolese People
# 106
Eritrea :
1,992,048
1979
Eritrean People
# 107
Finland :
1,929,825
1979
Finnish People
# 108
Paraguay :
1,775,598
1979
Paraguayan People
# 109
Albania :
1,739,992
1979
Albanian People
# 110
Ireland :
1,516,947
1979
Irish People
# 111
Central African Republic :
1,507,164
1979
Central African People
# 112
Nicaragua :
1,487,012
1979
Nicaraguan People
# 113
Turkmenistan :
1,473,952
1979
Turkmen People
# 114
Sweden :
1,408,321
1979
Swedish People
# 115
Lithuania :
1,355,802
1979
Lithuanian People
# 116
Costa Rica :
1,307,103
1979
Costa Rican People
# 117
Norway :
1,220,271
1979
Norwegian People
# 118
Liberia :
1,188,863
1979
Liberian People
# 119
Mauritania :
1,161,131
1979
Mauritanian People
# 120
Jamaica :
1,130,765
1979
Jamaican People
# 121
Lesotho :
1,096,670
1979
Basotho People
# 122
Puerto Rico :
1,074,616
1979
Puerto Rican People
# 123
Armenia :
1,044,895
1979
Armenian People
# 124
Slovenia :
999,630.7
1979
Slovenian People
# 125
Libya :
995,134
1979
Libyan People
# 126
Panama :
949,728.2
1979
Panamanian People
# 127
Trinidad and Tobago :
947,344.5
1979
Tobagonian People
# 128
Congo, Republic of the :
926,403.1
1979
Congolese People
# 129
Botswana :
856,164.2
1979
Motswana -Batswana People
# 130
Jordan :
851,061.1
1979
Jordanian People
# 131
Denmark :
850,445.4
1979
Danish People
# 132
Latvia :
846,709.2
1979
Latvian People
# 133
Macedonia, Republic of :
836,708.1
1979
Macedonian People
# 134
Mongolia :
785,223
1979
Mongolian People
# 135
Lebanon :
744,766.4
1979
Lebanese People
# 136
Namibia :
727,369.5
1979
Namibian People
# 137
Oman :
650,094.7
1979
Omani People
# 138
Guinea-Bissau :
633,731.1
1979
Guinean People
# 139
Mauritius :
546,114.6
1979
Mauritian People
# 140
Guyana :
527,170.6
1979
Guyanese People
# 141
New Zealand :
519,824.8
1979
New Zealand People
# 142
East Timor :
483,991.8
1979
Timorese People
# 143
Belgium :
470,208.6
1979
Belgian People
# 144
Gambia, The :
457,269
1979
Gambian People
# 145
Swaziland :
454,162.9
1979
Swazi People
# 146
Bhutan :
452,807.4
1979
Bhutanese People
# 147
Estonia :
450,915.5
1979
Estonian People
# 148
Israel :
446,748
1979
Israeli People
# 149
Hong Kong :
436,771.4
1979
Hong Kong People
# 150
Uruguay :
434,100.9
1979
Uruguayan People
# 151
Fiji :
387,119.5
1979
Fijian People
# 152
Gabon :
321,854.9
1979
Gabonese People
# 153
Cyprus :
221,792.8
1979
Cypriot People
# 154
Cape Verde :
219,740.4
1979
Cape Verdean People
# 155
Solomon Islands :
198,393.1
1979
Solomon Islander People
# 156
United Arab Emirates :
173,938
1979
Emirati People
# 157
Suriname :
163,770.3
1979
Surinamese People
# 158
Equatorial Guinea :
152,769.4
1979
Equatorial Guinean People
# 159
Barbados :
148,269
1979
Barbadian People
# 160
Samoa :
121,708.5
1979
Samoan People
# 161
Maldives :
120,863.5
1979
Maldivian People
# 162
Vanuatu :
97,552.95
1979
- People
# 163
Djibouti :
92,563.52
1979
Djiboutian People
# 164
Saint Lucia :
84,160.16
1979
Saint Lucian People
# 165
Kuwait :
81,383.38
1979
Kuwaiti People
# 166
Tonga :
75,902.15
1979
Tongan People
# 167
Luxembourg :
74,662.9
1979
Luxembourg People
# 168
Brunei :
74,108.35
1979
Bruneian People
# 169
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
72,491.83
1979
Saint Vincentian People
# 170
Belize :
71,706.59
1979
Belizean People
# 171
French Polynesia :
62,621.26
1979
French Polynesian People
# 172
São Tomé and Príncipe :
61,488.8
1979
Sao Tomean People
# 173
New Caledonia :
60,864.76
1979
New Caledonian People
# 174
Grenada :
60,764.24
1979
Grenadian People
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
55,245.7
1979
Dutch Antillean People
# 176
Bahamas, The :
52,677.54
1979
Bahamian People
# 177
Micronesia, Federated States of :
51,973.98
1979
Micronesian People
# 178
Bahrain :
46,907.49
1979
Bahraini People
# 179
Antigua and Barbuda :
41,173.17
1979
Barbudan People
# 180
Kiribati :
38,845.32
1979
- People
# 181
Malta :
36,845.63
1979
Maltese People
# 182
Seychelles :
32,572.64
1979
Seychellois People
# 183
Man, Isle of :
30,540.19
1979
Manx People
# 184
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
28,081.36
1979
Nevisian People
# 185
Dominica :
27,785.94
1979
Dominican People
# 186
Iceland :
27,165.2
1979
Icelandic People
# 187
Qatar :
22,726.59
1979
Qatari People
# 188
Virgin Islands :
20,044.8
1979
Virgin Islander People
# 189
Marshall Islands :
12,372
1979
Marshallese People
# 190
Greenland :
12,023.04
1979
Greenlandic People
# 191
Guam :
8,586.41
1979
Guamanian People
# 192
Macau :
2,683.28
1979
Chinese People
Total :
2,657,345,996.27
Weighted average:
13,840,343.7
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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CITATION
"Rural population (1979) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop-people-rural-population&date=1979
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