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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (1985) by country
Showing values for 1985.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
809,300,800
1985
Chinese People
# 2
India :
579,216,300
1985
Indian People
# 3
Indonesia :
120,483,600
1985
Indonesian People
# 4
Bangladesh :
76,574,800
1985
Bangladeshi People
# 5
Pakistan :
67,019,660
1985
Pakistani People
# 6
United States :
60,670,620
1985
American People
# 7
Nigeria :
54,355,380
1985
Nigerian People
# 8
Japan :
47,577,080
1985
Japanese People
# 9
Vietnam :
47,329,870
1985
Vietnamese People
# 10
Russia :
40,280,240
1985
Russian People
# 11
Brazil :
39,049,980
1985
Brazilian People
# 12
Ethiopia :
38,364,750
1985
Ethiopian People
# 13
Thailand :
36,389,760
1985
Thai People
# 14
Philippines :
30,931,520
1985
Philippine People
# 15
Burma :
28,225,790
1985
Burmese People
# 16
Egypt :
27,832,560
1985
Egyptian People
# 17
Turkey :
23,936,140
1985
Turkish People
# 18
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
23,289,090
1985
Congolese People
# 19
Mexico :
22,941,360
1985
Mexican People
# 20
Iran :
21,948,600
1985
Iranian People
# 21
Germany :
21,444,650
1985
German People
# 22
Italy :
18,788,880
1985
Italian People
# 23
Tanzania :
18,526,650
1985
Tanzanian People
# 24
Sudan :
18,144,360
1985
Sudanese People
# 25
Ukraine :
17,973,700
1985
Ukrainian People
# 26
Kenya :
16,328,990
1985
Kenyan People
# 27
South Africa :
15,841,790
1985
South African People
# 28
Nepal :
15,744,770
1985
Nepalese People
# 29
Poland :
14,918,400
1985
Polish People
# 30
France :
14,509,710
1985
French People
# 31
Korea, South :
14,322,910
1985
Korean People
# 32
Uganda :
13,412,550
1985
Ugandan People
# 33
Sri Lanka :
12,989,620
1985
Sri Lankan People
# 34
Morocco :
11,902,210
1985
Moroccan People
# 35
Afghanistan :
11,560,830
1985
Afghan People
# 36
Algeria :
11,490,620
1985
Algerian People
# 37
Romania :
11,362,500
1985
Romanian People
# 38
Colombia :
11,017,230
1985
Colombian People
# 39
Mozambique :
10,997,810
1985
Mozambican People
# 40
Uzbekistan :
10,777,270
1985
Uzbekistani People
# 41
Spain :
9,909,264
1985
Spanish People
# 42
Ghana :
8,990,946
1985
Ghanaian People
# 43
Malaysia :
8,481,358
1985
Malaysian People
# 44
Madagascar :
8,263,548
1985
Malagasy People
# 45
Yemen :
8,119,990
1985
Yemeni People
# 46
Korea, North :
7,817,610
1985
Korean People
# 47
Cambodia :
7,079,957
1985
Cambodian People
# 48
Kazakhstan :
6,943,201
1985
Kazakhstani People
# 49
Zimbabwe :
6,630,169
1985
Zimbabwean People
# 50
Malawi :
6,503,247
1985
Malawian People
# 51
Côte d'Ivoire :
6,480,110
1985
Ivoirian People
# 52
Burkina Faso :
6,477,321
1985
Burkinabe People
# 53
Angola :
6,465,710
1985
Angolan People
# 54
United Kingdom :
6,462,090
1985
British People
# 55
Peru :
6,459,724
1985
Peruvian People
# 56
Cameroon :
6,422,496
1985
Cameroonian People
# 57
Mali :
6,223,310
1985
Malian People
# 58
Niger :
6,194,203
1985
Nigerien People
# 59
Canada :
6,122,312
1985
Canadian People
# 60
Rwanda :
5,751,702
1985
Rwandan People
# 61
Syria :
5,645,613
1985
Syrian People
# 62
Portugal :
5,476,236
1985
Portuguese People
# 63
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,238,243
1985
Serbian People
# 64
Iraq :
5,081,884
1985
Iraqi People
# 65
Netherlands :
4,825,836
1985
Dutch People
# 66
Guatemala :
4,820,562
1985
Guatemalan People
# 67
Somalia :
4,652,072
1985
Somali People
# 68
Burundi :
4,630,970
1985
Burundian People
# 69
Argentina :
4,545,802
1985
Argentine People
# 70
Haiti :
4,517,110
1985
Haitian People
# 71
Ecuador :
4,440,213
1985
Ecuadorian People
# 72
Zambia :
4,311,456
1985
Zambian People
# 73
Senegal :
4,294,032
1985
Senegalese People
# 74
Chad :
4,182,329
1985
Chadian People
# 75
Greece :
4,132,544
1985
Greek People
# 76
Guinea :
3,948,083
1985
Guinean People
# 77
Belarus :
3,810,450
1985
Belarusian People
# 78
Hungary :
3,692,101
1985
Hungarian People
# 79
Saudi Arabia :
3,529,251
1985
Saudi People
# 80
Tunisia :
3,325,245
1985
Tunisian People
# 81
Papua New Guinea :
3,176,261
1985
Papua New Guinean People
# 82
Bulgaria :
3,165,114
1985
Bulgarian People
# 83
Venezuela :
3,160,260
1985
Venezuelan People
# 84
Laos :
3,121,620
1985
Lao People
# 85
Azerbaijan :
3,101,085
1985
Azerbaijani People
# 86
Tajikistan :
3,050,615
1985
Tajikistani People
# 87
Benin :
3,040,220
1985
Beninese People
# 88
Dominican Republic :
2,970,299
1985
Dominican People
# 89
Bolivia :
2,952,285
1985
Bolivian People
# 90
Cuba :
2,921,899
1985
Cuban People
# 91
Sierra Leone :
2,617,191
1985
Sierra Leonean People
# 92
Honduras :
2,605,338
1985
Honduran People
# 93
Austria :
2,583,810
1985
Austrian People
# 94
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,571,877
1985
Herzegovinian People
# 95
Czech Republic :
2,563,080
1985
Czech People
# 96
El Salvador :
2,546,685
1985
Salvadoran People
# 97
Kyrgyzstan :
2,461,536
1985
Kyrgyzstani People
# 98
Togo :
2,442,180
1985
Togolese People
# 99
Georgia :
2,437,309
1985
Georgian People
# 100
Switzerland :
2,413,310
1985
Swiss People
# 101
Slovakia :
2,378,303
1985
Slovak People
# 102
Moldova :
2,351,969
1985
Moldovan People
# 103
Australia :
2,284,910
1985
Australian People
# 104
Eritrea :
2,274,150
1985
Eritrean People
# 105
Croatia :
2,242,377
1985
Croatian People
# 106
Chile :
2,105,778
1985
Chilean People
# 107
Paraguay :
1,984,811
1985
Paraguayan People
# 108
Finland :
1,970,604
1985
Finnish People
# 109
Albania :
1,925,263
1985
Albanian People
# 110
Turkmenistan :
1,743,930
1985
Turkmen People
# 111
Central African Republic :
1,726,851
1985
Central African People
# 112
Nicaragua :
1,703,297
1985
Nicaraguan People
# 113
Ireland :
1,546,980
1985
Irish People
# 114
Costa Rica :
1,467,000
1985
Costa Rican People
# 115
Sweden :
1,411,150
1985
Swedish People
# 116
Liberia :
1,296,172
1985
Liberian People
# 117
Lithuania :
1,240,750
1985
Lithuanian People
# 118
Lesotho :
1,226,939
1985
Basotho People
# 119
Jamaica :
1,192,528
1985
Jamaican People
# 120
Norway :
1,191,911
1985
Norwegian People
# 121
Mauritania :
1,178,116
1985
Mauritanian People
# 122
Armenia :
1,085,223
1985
Armenian People
# 123
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,065,160
1985
Tobagonian People
# 124
Panama :
1,042,078
1985
Panamanian People
# 125
Puerto Rico :
1,040,116
1985
Puerto Rican People
# 126
Congo, Republic of the :
1,010,566
1985
Congolese People
# 127
Slovenia :
994,492.8
1985
Slovenian People
# 128
Libya :
912,377.8
1985
Libyan People
# 129
Botswana :
906,273.9
1985
Motswana -Batswana People
# 130
Jordan :
891,028
1985
Jordanian People
# 131
Mongolia :
859,050
1985
Mongolian People
# 132
Namibia :
823,297.7
1985
Namibian People
# 133
Latvia :
822,994
1985
Latvian People
# 134
Macedonia, Republic of :
809,871.3
1985
Macedonian People
# 135
Denmark :
797,784
1985
Danish People
# 136
Guinea-Bissau :
691,457.1
1985
Guinean People
# 137
Oman :
685,788.3
1985
Omani People
# 138
Mauritius :
586,232
1985
Mauritian People
# 139
Lebanon :
575,379.2
1985
Lebanese People
# 140
New Zealand :
533,254.5
1985
New Zealand People
# 141
Guyana :
527,627.8
1985
Guyanese People
# 142
East Timor :
524,481.3
1985
Timorese People
# 143
Gambia, The :
517,778.7
1985
Gambian People
# 144
Swaziland :
515,338
1985
Swazi People
# 145
Bhutan :
505,159.5
1985
Bhutanese People
# 146
Estonia :
446,468
1985
Estonian People
# 147
Fiji :
435,857.9
1985
Fijian People
# 148
Israel :
431,766
1985
Israeli People
# 149
Belgium :
404,178
1985
Belgian People
# 150
Hong Kong :
387,390.2
1985
Hong Kong People
# 151
Uruguay :
385,108
1985
Uruguayan People
# 152
Gabon :
305,859.1
1985
Gabonese People
# 153
Comoros :
284,171.5
1985
Comoran People
# 154
United Arab Emirates :
278,558
1985
Emirati People
# 155
Solomon Islands :
238,112.6
1985
Solomon Islander People
# 156
Equatorial Guinea :
219,474.5
1985
Equatorial Guinean People
# 157
Cape Verde :
218,583.5
1985
Cape Verdean People
# 158
Cyprus :
191,149.5
1985
Cypriot People
# 159
Barbados :
145,326.7
1985
Barbadian People
# 160
Suriname :
138,751.3
1985
Surinamese People
# 161
Maldives :
136,778.3
1985
Maldivian People
# 162
Samoa :
123,659.3
1985
Samoan People
# 163
Vanuatu :
109,980.2
1985
- People
# 164
Djibouti :
101,066.7
1985
Djiboutian People
# 165
Saint Lucia :
89,980.8
1985
Saint Lucian People
# 166
Belize :
85,759.2
1985
Belizean People
# 167
Brunei :
84,071.76
1985
Bruneian People
# 168
French Polynesia :
74,308.25
1985
French Polynesian People
# 169
Tonga :
71,746.62
1985
Tongan People
# 170
Luxembourg :
70,869.6
1985
Luxembourg People
# 171
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
69,268.48
1985
Saint Vincentian People
# 172
São Tomé and Príncipe :
64,388.86
1985
Sao Tomean People
# 173
Micronesia, Federated States of :
63,309.39
1985
Micronesian People
# 174
New Caledonia :
63,036
1985
New Caledonian People
# 175
Grenada :
60,660
1985
Grenadian People
# 176
Netherlands Antilles :
57,999.94
1985
Dutch Antillean People
# 177
Bahrain :
52,927.49
1985
Bahraini People
# 178
Bahamas, The :
47,385.27
1985
Bahamian People
# 179
Kiribati :
43,225
1985
- People
# 180
Antigua and Barbuda :
41,343.25
1985
Barbudan People
# 181
Kuwait :
35,952
1985
Kuwaiti People
# 182
Qatar :
35,702.86
1985
Qatari People
# 183
Malta :
35,088
1985
Maltese People
# 184
Seychelles :
34,171.8
1985
Seychellois People
# 185
Man, Isle of :
30,125
1985
Manx People
# 186
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
27,700.7
1985
Nevisian People
# 187
Iceland :
25,064
1985
Icelandic People
# 188
Dominica :
25,010.4
1985
Dominican People
# 189
Virgin Islands :
16,799
1985
Virgin Islander People
# 190
Marshall Islands :
14,097
1985
Marshallese People
# 191
Greenland :
11,704
1985
Greenlandic People
# 192
Guam :
9,198.65
1985
Guamanian People
# 193
Macau :
1,224.7
1985
Chinese People
Total :
2,836,064,579.22
Weighted average:
14,694,635.1
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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"Rural population (1985) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop-people-rural-population&date=1985
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