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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (1983) by country
Showing values for 1983.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
801,865,700
1983
Chinese People
# 2
India :
559,216,000
1983
Indian People
# 3
Indonesia :
118,653,200
1983
Indonesian People
# 4
Bangladesh :
73,883,630
1983
Bangladeshi People
# 5
Pakistan :
63,942,340
1983
Pakistani People
# 6
United States :
60,365,100
1983
American People
# 7
Nigeria :
52,599,360
1983
Nigerian People
# 8
Japan :
47,465,080
1983
Japanese People
# 9
Vietnam :
45,641,110
1983
Vietnamese People
# 10
Russia :
40,913,720
1983
Russian People
# 11
Brazil :
39,432,430
1983
Brazilian People
# 12
Ethiopia :
36,456,500
1983
Ethiopian People
# 13
Thailand :
35,458,660
1983
Thai People
# 14
Philippines :
30,632,990
1983
Philippine People
# 15
Burma :
27,181,190
1983
Burmese People
# 16
Egypt :
26,486,520
1983
Egyptian People
# 17
Turkey :
24,434,380
1983
Turkish People
# 18
Mexico :
22,950,550
1983
Mexican People
# 19
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
21,898,170
1983
Congolese People
# 20
Germany :
21,499,170
1983
German People
# 21
Iran :
20,961,250
1983
Iranian People
# 22
Italy :
18,824,500
1983
Italian People
# 23
Ukraine :
18,455,860
1983
Ukrainian People
# 24
Tanzania :
17,518,690
1983
Tanzanian People
# 25
Sudan :
17,330,900
1983
Sudanese People
# 26
Korea, South :
15,317,460
1983
Korean People
# 27
Kenya :
15,246,530
1983
Kenyan People
# 28
South Africa :
15,159,240
1983
South African People
# 29
Nepal :
15,120,340
1983
Nepalese People
# 30
Poland :
14,928,280
1983
Polish People
# 31
France :
14,481,030
1983
French People
# 32
Uganda :
12,633,760
1983
Ugandan People
# 33
Sri Lanka :
12,592,610
1983
Sri Lankan People
# 34
Afghanistan :
12,088,160
1983
Afghan People
# 35
Morocco :
11,708,360
1983
Moroccan People
# 36
Romania :
11,655,390
1983
Romanian People
# 37
Algeria :
11,170,350
1983
Algerian People
# 38
Mozambique :
10,907,600
1983
Mozambican People
# 39
Colombia :
10,881,980
1983
Colombian People
# 40
Uzbekistan :
10,228,830
1983
Uzbekistani People
# 41
Spain :
10,048,700
1983
Spanish People
# 42
Ghana :
8,472,924
1983
Ghanaian People
# 43
Malaysia :
8,277,719
1983
Malaysian People
# 44
Madagascar :
7,900,979
1983
Malagasy People
# 45
Korea, North :
7,653,532
1983
Korean People
# 46
Yemen :
7,581,674
1983
Yemeni People
# 47
Kazakhstan :
6,902,547
1983
Kazakhstani People
# 48
United Kingdom :
6,584,834
1983
British People
# 49
Cambodia :
6,446,987
1983
Cambodian People
# 50
Peru :
6,339,021
1983
Peruvian People
# 51
Angola :
6,272,366
1983
Angolan People
# 52
Burkina Faso :
6,263,941
1983
Burkinabe People
# 53
Cameroon :
6,234,130
1983
Cameroonian People
# 54
Zimbabwe :
6,226,826
1983
Zimbabwean People
# 55
Canada :
6,078,893
1983
Canadian People
# 56
Malawi :
6,043,399
1983
Malawian People
# 57
Mali :
6,001,478
1983
Malian People
# 58
Côte d'Ivoire :
5,988,414
1983
Ivoirian People
# 59
Niger :
5,851,039
1983
Nigerien People
# 60
Portugal :
5,544,657
1983
Portuguese People
# 61
Rwanda :
5,381,301
1983
Rwandan People
# 62
Syria :
5,287,757
1983
Syrian People
# 63
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,260,492
1983
Serbian People
# 64
Iraq :
5,013,712
1983
Iraqi People
# 65
Netherlands :
4,899,147
1983
Dutch People
# 66
Somalia :
4,785,606
1983
Somali People
# 67
Argentina :
4,657,700
1983
Argentine People
# 68
Guatemala :
4,646,665
1983
Guatemalan People
# 69
Haiti :
4,367,178
1983
Haitian People
# 70
Ecuador :
4,359,592
1983
Ecuadorian People
# 71
Burundi :
4,339,920
1983
Burundian People
# 72
Greece :
4,123,924
1983
Greek People
# 73
Senegal :
4,092,540
1983
Senegalese People
# 74
Zambia :
4,032,319
1983
Zambian People
# 75
Chad :
3,992,812
1983
Chadian People
# 76
Belarus :
3,968,698
1983
Belarusian People
# 77
Guinea :
3,829,673
1983
Guinean People
# 78
Hungary :
3,757,247
1983
Hungarian People
# 79
Saudi Arabia :
3,455,435
1983
Saudi People
# 80
Bulgaria :
3,242,876
1983
Bulgarian People
# 81
Tunisia :
3,237,128
1983
Tunisian People
# 82
Venezuela :
3,155,737
1983
Venezuelan People
# 83
Papua New Guinea :
3,030,264
1983
Papua New Guinean People
# 84
Azerbaijan :
3,022,456
1983
Azerbaijani People
# 85
Cuba :
2,982,260
1983
Cuban People
# 86
Laos :
2,978,073
1983
Lao People
# 87
Bolivia :
2,942,624
1983
Bolivian People
# 88
Dominican Republic :
2,901,464
1983
Dominican People
# 89
Benin :
2,897,731
1983
Beninese People
# 90
Tajikistan :
2,854,314
1983
Tajikistani People
# 91
Austria :
2,582,784
1983
Austrian People
# 92
Czech Republic :
2,581,123
1983
Czech People
# 93
El Salvador :
2,557,976
1983
Salvadoran People
# 94
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,544,017
1983
Herzegovinian People
# 95
Sierra Leone :
2,541,704
1983
Sierra Leonean People
# 96
Switzerland :
2,540,640
1983
Swiss People
# 97
Honduras :
2,491,672
1983
Honduran People
# 98
Georgia :
2,441,906
1983
Georgian People
# 99
Slovakia :
2,401,815
1983
Slovak People
# 100
Moldova :
2,368,794
1983
Moldovan People
# 101
Kyrgyzstan :
2,364,214
1983
Kyrgyzstani People
# 102
Togo :
2,295,790
1983
Togolese People
# 103
Croatia :
2,263,342
1983
Croatian People
# 104
Australia :
2,210,062
1983
Australian People
# 105
Eritrea :
2,172,963
1983
Eritrean People
# 106
Chile :
2,103,098
1983
Chilean People
# 107
Finland :
1,952,112
1983
Finnish People
# 108
Paraguay :
1,914,934
1983
Paraguayan People
# 109
Albania :
1,856,947
1983
Albanian People
# 110
Central African Republic :
1,652,780
1983
Central African People
# 111
Turkmenistan :
1,647,471
1983
Turkmen People
# 112
Nicaragua :
1,634,588
1983
Nicaraguan People
# 113
Ireland :
1,545,264
1983
Irish People
# 114
Costa Rica :
1,413,846
1983
Costa Rican People
# 115
Sweden :
1,407,939
1983
Swedish People
# 116
Liberia :
1,282,044
1983
Liberian People
# 117
Lithuania :
1,272,722
1983
Lithuanian People
# 118
Norway :
1,199,397
1983
Norwegian People
# 119
Lesotho :
1,187,134
1983
Basotho People
# 120
Mauritania :
1,176,846
1983
Mauritanian People
# 121
Jamaica :
1,170,594
1983
Jamaican People
# 122
Armenia :
1,069,605
1983
Armenian People
# 123
Puerto Rico :
1,050,293
1983
Puerto Rican People
# 124
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,027,650
1983
Tobagonian People
# 125
Panama :
1,012,753
1983
Panamanian People
# 126
Slovenia :
986,654.3
1983
Slovenian People
# 127
Congo, Republic of the :
981,938.5
1983
Congolese People
# 128
Libya :
954,476.5
1983
Libyan People
# 129
Botswana :
897,500.4
1983
Motswana -Batswana People
# 130
Jordan :
890,507.9
1983
Jordanian People
# 131
Mongolia :
837,479.1
1983
Mongolian People
# 132
Latvia :
828,800
1983
Latvian People
# 133
Macedonia, Republic of :
820,343.6
1983
Macedonian People
# 134
Denmark :
812,103.2
1983
Danish People
# 135
Namibia :
779,031.6
1983
Namibian People
# 136
Oman :
684,347.5
1983
Omani People
# 137
Guinea-Bissau :
678,802.6
1983
Guinean People
# 138
Lebanon :
633,123.7
1983
Lebanese People
# 139
Mauritius :
577,063.5
1983
Mauritian People
# 140
Guyana :
530,822.7
1983
Guyanese People
# 141
New Zealand :
529,003.1
1983
New Zealand People
# 142
East Timor :
499,313.3
1983
Timorese People
# 143
Gambia, The :
495,707.2
1983
Gambian People
# 144
Swaziland :
494,567.2
1983
Swazi People
# 145
Bhutan :
487,776.5
1983
Bhutanese People
# 146
Estonia :
447,267.6
1983
Estonian People
# 147
Israel :
438,414
1983
Israeli People
# 148
Belgium :
423,808
1983
Belgian People
# 149
Fiji :
421,993.8
1983
Fijian People
# 150
Hong Kong :
409,434.7
1983
Hong Kong People
# 151
Uruguay :
401,634.3
1983
Uruguayan People
# 152
Gabon :
310,595.1
1983
Gabonese People
# 153
Comoros :
273,175.1
1983
Comoran People
# 154
United Arab Emirates :
235,963.2
1983
Emirati People
# 155
Solomon Islands :
224,456.5
1983
Solomon Islander People
# 156
Cape Verde :
219,158.2
1983
Cape Verdean People
# 157
Cyprus :
199,286.1
1983
Cypriot People
# 158
Equatorial Guinea :
194,722.9
1983
Equatorial Guinean People
# 159
Suriname :
147,353.3
1983
Surinamese People
# 160
Barbados :
146,730.6
1983
Barbadian People
# 161
Maldives :
130,850.1
1983
Maldivian People
# 162
Samoa :
123,028.1
1983
Samoan People
# 163
Vanuatu :
105,992.1
1983
- People
# 164
Djibouti :
97,588.48
1983
Djiboutian People
# 165
Saint Lucia :
87,991.26
1983
Saint Lucian People
# 166
Brunei :
81,525.82
1983
Bruneian People
# 167
Belize :
80,376.83
1983
Belizean People
# 168
Tonga :
73,600.84
1983
Tongan People
# 169
Luxembourg :
71,584.48
1983
Luxembourg People
# 170
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
70,816.41
1983
Saint Vincentian People
# 171
French Polynesia :
70,343.78
1983
French Polynesian People
# 172
São Tomé and Príncipe :
63,734.29
1983
Sao Tomean People
# 173
New Caledonia :
60,719.04
1983
New Caledonian People
# 174
Grenada :
60,214.66
1983
Grenadian People
# 175
Micronesia, Federated States of :
59,503.57
1983
Micronesian People
# 176
Netherlands Antilles :
57,016.82
1983
Dutch Antillean People
# 177
Kuwait :
53,193.21
1983
Kuwaiti People
# 178
Bahrain :
51,198.42
1983
Bahraini People
# 179
Bahamas, The :
49,636.11
1983
Bahamian People
# 180
Kiribati :
41,606.29
1983
- People
# 181
Antigua and Barbuda :
41,495.84
1983
Barbudan People
# 182
Malta :
36,404.7
1983
Maltese People
# 183
Seychelles :
33,621.49
1983
Seychellois People
# 184
Man, Isle of :
31,125.02
1983
Manx People
# 185
Qatar :
31,054.7
1983
Qatari People
# 186
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
28,837.86
1983
Nevisian People
# 187
Dominica :
25,961.84
1983
Dominican People
# 188
Iceland :
25,880.4
1983
Icelandic People
# 189
Virgin Islands :
18,075.2
1983
Virgin Islander People
# 190
Marshall Islands :
13,443.6
1983
Marshallese People
# 191
Greenland :
11,857.96
1983
Greenlandic People
# 192
Guam :
8,097.48
1983
Guamanian People
# 193
Macau :
1,679.43
1983
Chinese People
Total :
2,778,025,855.93
Weighted average:
14,393,916.4
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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CITATION
"Rural population (1983) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop-people-rural-population&date=1983
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