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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (1981) by country
Showing values for 1981.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
792,325,100
1981
Chinese People
# 2
India :
538,782,700
1981
Indian People
# 3
Indonesia :
116,656,100
1981
Indonesian People
# 4
Bangladesh :
71,213,360
1981
Bangladeshi People
# 5
Pakistan :
60,979,790
1981
Pakistani People
# 6
United States :
59,982,410
1981
American People
# 7
Nigeria :
50,918,540
1981
Nigerian People
# 8
Japan :
47,294,500
1981
Japanese People
# 9
Vietnam :
44,171,870
1981
Vietnamese People
# 10
Russia :
41,646,440
1981
Russian People
# 11
Brazil :
39,609,440
1981
Brazilian People
# 12
Ethiopia :
34,654,750
1981
Ethiopian People
# 13
Thailand :
34,462,560
1981
Thai People
# 14
Philippines :
30,274,610
1981
Philippine People
# 15
Burma :
26,125,120
1981
Burmese People
# 16
Egypt :
25,203,730
1981
Egyptian People
# 17
Turkey :
24,814,550
1981
Turkish People
# 18
Mexico :
22,861,470
1981
Mexican People
# 19
Germany :
21,517,900
1981
German People
# 20
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
20,598,730
1981
Congolese People
# 21
Iran :
20,091,570
1981
Iranian People
# 22
Ukraine :
18,933,320
1981
Ukrainian People
# 23
Italy :
18,849,070
1981
Italian People
# 24
Tanzania :
16,559,770
1981
Tanzanian People
# 25
Sudan :
16,416,950
1981
Sudanese People
# 26
Korea, South :
16,132,000
1981
Korean People
# 27
Poland :
14,913,690
1981
Polish People
# 28
South Africa :
14,522,890
1981
South African People
# 29
Nepal :
14,522,210
1981
Nepalese People
# 30
France :
14,423,250
1981
French People
# 31
Kenya :
14,215,350
1981
Kenyan People
# 32
Afghanistan :
12,653,980
1981
Afghan People
# 33
Sri Lanka :
12,212,140
1981
Sri Lankan People
# 34
Uganda :
11,956,710
1981
Ugandan People
# 35
Romania :
11,927,560
1981
Romanian People
# 36
Morocco :
11,459,410
1981
Moroccan People
# 37
Algeria :
10,810,010
1981
Algerian People
# 38
Colombia :
10,724,700
1981
Colombian People
# 39
Mozambique :
10,629,880
1981
Mozambican People
# 40
Spain :
10,159,880
1981
Spanish People
# 41
Uzbekistan :
9,697,724
1981
Uzbekistani People
# 42
Malaysia :
8,075,877
1981
Malaysian People
# 43
Ghana :
7,974,936
1981
Ghanaian People
# 44
Madagascar :
7,554,118
1981
Malagasy People
# 45
Korea, North :
7,489,953
1981
Korean People
# 46
Yemen :
7,075,097
1981
Yemeni People
# 47
Kazakhstan :
6,860,153
1981
Kazakhstani People
# 48
United Kingdom :
6,739,699
1981
British People
# 49
Peru :
6,205,769
1981
Peruvian People
# 50
Burkina Faso :
6,088,282
1981
Burkinabe People
# 51
Cameroon :
6,054,375
1981
Cameroonian People
# 52
Angola :
6,037,529
1981
Angolan People
# 53
Canada :
6,015,840
1981
Canadian People
# 54
Cambodia :
5,922,084
1981
Cambodian People
# 55
Zimbabwe :
5,844,388
1981
Zimbabwean People
# 56
Mali :
5,786,017
1981
Malian People
# 57
Malawi :
5,762,651
1981
Malawian People
# 58
Portugal :
5,585,517
1981
Portuguese People
# 59
Niger :
5,528,161
1981
Nigerien People
# 60
Côte d'Ivoire :
5,498,627
1981
Ivoirian People
# 61
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,278,892
1981
Serbian People
# 62
Rwanda :
5,098,632
1981
Rwandan People
# 63
Netherlands :
4,972,203
1981
Dutch People
# 64
Syria :
4,945,079
1981
Syrian People
# 65
Iraq :
4,917,373
1981
Iraqi People
# 66
Somalia :
4,858,065
1981
Somali People
# 67
Argentina :
4,757,497
1981
Argentine People
# 68
Guatemala :
4,473,144
1981
Guatemalan People
# 69
Ecuador :
4,268,510
1981
Ecuadorian People
# 70
Haiti :
4,226,806
1981
Haitian People
# 71
Belarus :
4,120,924
1981
Belarusian People
# 72
Greece :
4,101,747
1981
Greek People
# 73
Burundi :
4,070,820
1981
Burundian People
# 74
Senegal :
3,909,529
1981
Senegalese People
# 75
Chad :
3,832,944
1981
Chadian People
# 76
Hungary :
3,811,380
1981
Hungarian People
# 77
Zambia :
3,771,022
1981
Zambian People
# 78
Guinea :
3,720,601
1981
Guinean People
# 79
Saudi Arabia :
3,340,578
1981
Saudi People
# 80
Bulgaria :
3,320,372
1981
Bulgarian People
# 81
Tunisia :
3,143,867
1981
Tunisian People
# 82
Venezuela :
3,129,615
1981
Venezuelan People
# 83
Cuba :
3,045,094
1981
Cuban People
# 84
Azerbaijan :
2,948,309
1981
Azerbaijani People
# 85
Bolivia :
2,928,844
1981
Bolivian People
# 86
Papua New Guinea :
2,888,521
1981
Papua New Guinean People
# 87
Laos :
2,854,140
1981
Lao People
# 88
Dominican Republic :
2,823,653
1981
Dominican People
# 89
Benin :
2,759,426
1981
Beninese People
# 90
Tajikistan :
2,679,421
1981
Tajikistani People
# 91
Switzerland :
2,659,785
1981
Swiss People
# 92
Czech Republic :
2,594,739
1981
Czech People
# 93
Austria :
2,587,230
1981
Austrian People
# 94
El Salvador :
2,569,397
1981
Salvadoran People
# 95
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,530,999
1981
Herzegovinian People
# 96
Sierra Leone :
2,488,643
1981
Sierra Leonean People
# 97
Georgia :
2,450,431
1981
Georgian People
# 98
Slovakia :
2,420,238
1981
Slovak People
# 99
Moldova :
2,382,298
1981
Moldovan People
# 100
Honduras :
2,379,100
1981
Honduran People
# 101
Croatia :
2,279,117
1981
Croatian People
# 102
Kyrgyzstan :
2,273,895
1981
Kyrgyzstani People
# 103
Togo :
2,157,813
1981
Togolese People
# 104
Australia :
2,128,590
1981
Australian People
# 105
Chile :
2,100,888
1981
Chilean People
# 106
Eritrea :
2,084,061
1981
Eritrean People
# 107
Finland :
1,929,600
1981
Finnish People
# 108
Paraguay :
1,849,503
1981
Paraguayan People
# 109
Albania :
1,800,140
1981
Albanian People
# 110
Central African Republic :
1,575,350
1981
Central African People
# 111
Nicaragua :
1,561,228
1981
Nicaraguan People
# 112
Turkmenistan :
1,557,136
1981
Turkmen People
# 113
Ireland :
1,532,135
1981
Irish People
# 114
Sweden :
1,406,080
1981
Swedish People
# 115
Costa Rica :
1,361,145
1981
Costa Rican People
# 116
Lithuania :
1,305,913
1981
Lithuanian People
# 117
Liberia :
1,234,417
1981
Liberian People
# 118
Norway :
1,202,940
1981
Norwegian People
# 119
Mauritania :
1,171,588
1981
Mauritanian People
# 120
Jamaica :
1,143,424
1981
Jamaican People
# 121
Lesotho :
1,140,779
1981
Basotho People
# 122
Puerto Rico :
1,058,369
1981
Puerto Rican People
# 123
Armenia :
1,055,134
1981
Armenian People
# 124
Slovenia :
990,964
1981
Slovenian People
# 125
Trinidad and Tobago :
983,964.4
1981
Tobagonian People
# 126
Panama :
982,505.5
1981
Panamanian People
# 127
Libya :
972,325.1
1981
Libyan People
# 128
Congo, Republic of the :
953,416.5
1981
Congolese People
# 129
Botswana :
883,934.7
1981
Motswana -Batswana People
# 130
Jordan :
880,145.1
1981
Jordanian People
# 131
Latvia :
834,234
1981
Latvian People
# 132
Macedonia, Republic of :
831,949.1
1981
Macedonian People
# 133
Denmark :
827,715.2
1981
Danish People
# 134
Mongolia :
810,955
1981
Mongolian People
# 135
Namibia :
751,326.3
1981
Namibian People
# 136
Lebanon :
682,850.7
1981
Lebanese People
# 137
Oman :
670,587.9
1981
Omani People
# 138
Guinea-Bissau :
664,554.5
1981
Guinean People
# 139
Mauritius :
564,176.4
1981
Mauritian People
# 140
Guyana :
530,586.6
1981
Guyanese People
# 141
New Zealand :
520,183
1981
New Zealand People
# 142
Gambia, The :
476,365.5
1981
Gambian People
# 143
East Timor :
475,303.5
1981
Timorese People
# 144
Swaziland :
474,491.7
1981
Swazi People
# 145
Bhutan :
470,245.7
1981
Bhutanese People
# 146
Estonia :
447,590.4
1981
Estonian People
# 147
Belgium :
443,340
1981
Belgian People
# 148
Israel :
441,489.6
1981
Israeli People
# 149
Hong Kong :
426,075.5
1981
Hong Kong People
# 150
Uruguay :
417,614.5
1981
Uruguayan People
# 151
Fiji :
402,853.2
1981
Fijian People
# 152
Gabon :
314,131.6
1981
Gabonese People
# 153
Comoros :
262,561.6
1981
Comoran People
# 154
Cape Verde :
220,059.9
1981
Cape Verdean People
# 155
Solomon Islands :
211,055.1
1981
Solomon Islander People
# 156
Cyprus :
208,494
1981
Cypriot People
# 157
United Arab Emirates :
205,395.2
1981
Emirati People
# 158
Equatorial Guinea :
167,215.1
1981
Equatorial Guinean People
# 159
Suriname :
155,414.1
1981
Surinamese People
# 160
Barbados :
148,177.9
1981
Barbadian People
# 161
Maldives :
125,433.6
1981
Maldivian People
# 162
Samoa :
122,527.7
1981
Samoan People
# 163
Vanuatu :
102,035.4
1981
- People
# 164
Djibouti :
96,851.13
1981
Djiboutian People
# 165
Saint Lucia :
85,960.28
1981
Saint Lucian People
# 166
Brunei :
78,882.62
1981
Bruneian People
# 167
Belize :
76,145.56
1981
Belizean People
# 168
Tonga :
75,758.2
1981
Tongan People
# 169
Luxembourg :
72,608.16
1981
Luxembourg People
# 170
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
72,386.11
1981
Saint Vincentian People
# 171
Kuwait :
66,476.17
1981
Kuwaiti People
# 172
French Polynesia :
66,333.34
1981
French Polynesian People
# 173
São Tomé and Príncipe :
63,171.49
1981
Sao Tomean People
# 174
New Caledonia :
60,940.8
1981
New Caledonian People
# 175
Grenada :
59,772.4
1981
Grenadian People
# 176
Netherlands Antilles :
56,168.16
1981
Dutch Antillean People
# 177
Micronesia, Federated States of :
55,564.68
1981
Micronesian People
# 178
Bahamas, The :
51,488.18
1981
Bahamian People
# 179
Bahrain :
49,364.14
1981
Bahraini People
# 180
Antigua and Barbuda :
41,437.7
1981
Barbudan People
# 181
Kiribati :
40,038.48
1981
- People
# 182
Malta :
37,143.99
1981
Maltese People
# 183
Seychelles :
32,967.55
1981
Seychellois People
# 184
Man, Isle of :
31,175.28
1981
Manx People
# 185
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
28,747.4
1981
Nevisian People
# 186
Dominica :
26,924.7
1981
Dominican People
# 187
Iceland :
26,426.4
1981
Icelandic People
# 188
Qatar :
26,250.83
1981
Qatari People
# 189
Virgin Islands :
18,678.8
1981
Virgin Islander People
# 190
Marshall Islands :
13,113.6
1981
Marshallese People
# 191
Greenland :
11,995.2
1981
Greenlandic People
# 192
Guam :
7,085.13
1981
Guamanian People
# 193
Macau :
2,069.63
1981
Chinese People
Total :
2,717,460,090.91
Weighted average:
14,080,104.1
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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CITATION
"Rural population (1981) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop-people-rural-population&date=1981
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