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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (1987) by country
Showing values for 1987.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
815,627,900
1987
Chinese People
# 2
India :
600,767,100
1987
Indian People
# 3
Indonesia :
121,841,400
1987
Indonesian People
# 4
Bangladesh :
79,305,930
1987
Bangladeshi People
# 5
Pakistan :
70,147,180
1987
Pakistani People
# 6
United States :
61,008,370
1987
American People
# 7
Nigeria :
56,120,650
1987
Nigerian People
# 8
Vietnam :
49,474,100
1987
Vietnamese People
# 9
Japan :
46,882,940
1987
Japanese People
# 10
Ethiopia :
40,584,260
1987
Ethiopian People
# 11
Russia :
40,037,160
1987
Russian People
# 12
Brazil :
38,652,880
1987
Brazilian People
# 13
Thailand :
37,294,130
1987
Thai People
# 14
Philippines :
31,124,810
1987
Philippine People
# 15
Egypt :
29,290,300
1987
Egyptian People
# 16
Burma :
29,172,680
1987
Burmese People
# 17
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
24,724,340
1987
Congolese People
# 18
Turkey :
23,592,970
1987
Turkish People
# 19
Mexico :
22,972,630
1987
Mexican People
# 20
Iran :
22,912,640
1987
Iranian People
# 21
Germany :
21,172,480
1987
German People
# 22
Tanzania :
19,572,050
1987
Tanzanian People
# 23
Italy :
18,814,500
1987
Italian People
# 24
Sudan :
18,592,030
1987
Sudanese People
# 25
Ukraine :
17,675,570
1987
Ukrainian People
# 26
Kenya :
17,452,350
1987
Kenyan People
# 27
Nepal :
16,378,650
1987
Nepalese People
# 28
South Africa :
16,321,640
1987
South African People
# 29
Poland :
14,892,350
1987
Polish People
# 30
France :
14,541,680
1987
French People
# 31
Uganda :
14,315,850
1987
Ugandan People
# 32
Sri Lanka :
13,478,250
1987
Sri Lankan People
# 33
Korea, South :
13,112,760
1987
Korean People
# 34
Morocco :
12,082,500
1987
Moroccan People
# 35
Algeria :
11,781,710
1987
Algerian People
# 36
Uzbekistan :
11,369,340
1987
Uzbekistani People
# 37
Afghanistan :
11,265,450
1987
Afghan People
# 38
Romania :
11,075,430
1987
Romanian People
# 39
Colombia :
11,009,100
1987
Colombian People
# 40
Mozambique :
10,790,130
1987
Mozambican People
# 41
Spain :
9,775,799
1987
Spanish People
# 42
Ghana :
9,347,423
1987
Ghanaian People
# 43
Malaysia :
8,673,939
1987
Malaysian People
# 44
Yemen :
8,638,141
1987
Yemeni People
# 45
Madagascar :
8,625,968
1987
Malagasy People
# 46
Korea, North :
7,968,894
1987
Korean People
# 47
Cambodia :
7,663,622
1987
Cambodian People
# 48
Malawi :
7,259,819
1987
Malawian People
# 49
Kazakhstan :
7,026,518
1987
Kazakhstani People
# 50
Zimbabwe :
7,007,191
1987
Zimbabwean People
# 51
Côte d'Ivoire :
6,953,327
1987
Ivoirian People
# 52
Burkina Faso :
6,802,455
1987
Burkinabe People
# 53
Cameroon :
6,618,384
1987
Cameroonian People
# 54
Peru :
6,594,647
1987
Peruvian People
# 55
Niger :
6,566,094
1987
Nigerien People
# 56
Angola :
6,543,179
1987
Angolan People
# 57
United Kingdom :
6,476,223
1987
British People
# 58
Mali :
6,453,026
1987
Malian People
# 59
Rwanda :
6,311,808
1987
Rwandan People
# 60
Canada :
6,244,560
1987
Canadian People
# 61
Syria :
6,017,520
1987
Syrian People
# 62
Portugal :
5,362,781
1987
Portuguese People
# 63
Iraq :
5,281,941
1987
Iraqi People
# 64
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,215,949
1987
Serbian People
# 65
Guatemala :
4,987,177
1987
Guatemalan People
# 66
Burundi :
4,922,822
1987
Burundian People
# 67
Netherlands :
4,766,125
1987
Dutch People
# 68
Somalia :
4,663,338
1987
Somali People
# 69
Haiti :
4,659,632
1987
Haitian People
# 70
Zambia :
4,612,578
1987
Zambian People
# 71
Ecuador :
4,519,567
1987
Ecuadorian People
# 72
Senegal :
4,517,841
1987
Senegalese People
# 73
Argentina :
4,432,130
1987
Argentine People
# 74
Chad :
4,408,946
1987
Chadian People
# 75
Greece :
4,144,415
1987
Greek People
# 76
Guinea :
4,124,225
1987
Guinean People
# 77
Saudi Arabia :
3,702,297
1987
Saudi People
# 78
Belarus :
3,676,360
1987
Belarusian People
# 79
Hungary :
3,630,402
1987
Hungarian People
# 80
Tunisia :
3,353,626
1987
Tunisian People
# 81
Papua New Guinea :
3,327,358
1987
Papua New Guinean People
# 82
Tajikistan :
3,284,977
1987
Tajikistani People
# 83
Laos :
3,267,489
1987
Lao People
# 84
Azerbaijan :
3,199,731
1987
Azerbaijani People
# 85
Benin :
3,174,149
1987
Beninese People
# 86
Venezuela :
3,172,816
1987
Venezuelan People
# 87
Bulgaria :
3,111,143
1987
Bulgarian People
# 88
Dominican Republic :
3,059,858
1987
Dominican People
# 89
Bolivia :
2,957,713
1987
Bolivian People
# 90
Cuba :
2,877,502
1987
Cuban People
# 91
Sierra Leone :
2,726,706
1987
Sierra Leonean People
# 92
Honduras :
2,724,106
1987
Honduran People
# 93
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,639,737
1987
Herzegovinian People
# 94
Austria :
2,589,966
1987
Austrian People
# 95
Togo :
2,581,490
1987
Togolese People
# 96
Kyrgyzstan :
2,573,163
1987
Kyrgyzstani People
# 97
Czech Republic :
2,566,304
1987
Czech People
# 98
El Salvador :
2,553,105
1987
Salvadoran People
# 99
Georgia :
2,460,003
1987
Georgian People
# 100
Eritrea :
2,402,341
1987
Eritrean People
# 101
Australia :
2,364,771
1987
Australian People
# 102
Slovakia :
2,356,694
1987
Slovak People
# 103
Moldova :
2,349,061
1987
Moldovan People
# 104
Switzerland :
2,292,059
1987
Swiss People
# 105
Croatia :
2,228,748
1987
Croatian People
# 106
Chile :
2,142,182
1987
Chilean People
# 107
Paraguay :
2,057,356
1987
Paraguayan People
# 108
Albania :
2,010,170
1987
Albanian People
# 109
Finland :
1,951,495
1987
Finnish People
# 110
Turkmenistan :
1,844,135
1987
Turkmen People
# 111
Central African Republic :
1,793,681
1987
Central African People
# 112
Nicaragua :
1,764,902
1987
Nicaraguan People
# 113
Ireland :
1,541,526
1987
Irish People
# 114
Costa Rica :
1,490,092
1987
Costa Rican People
# 115
Sweden :
1,419,431
1987
Swedish People
# 116
Lesotho :
1,269,075
1987
Basotho People
# 117
Liberia :
1,264,297
1987
Liberian People
# 118
Lithuania :
1,227,994
1987
Lithuanian People
# 119
Jamaica :
1,203,507
1987
Jamaican People
# 120
Mauritania :
1,196,926
1987
Mauritanian People
# 121
Norway :
1,189,945
1987
Norwegian People
# 122
Armenia :
1,123,464
1987
Armenian People
# 123
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,088,025
1987
Tobagonian People
# 124
Panama :
1,069,879
1987
Panamanian People
# 125
Congo, Republic of the :
1,058,913
1987
Congolese People
# 126
Puerto Rico :
1,018,788
1987
Puerto Rican People
# 127
Slovenia :
996,341.6
1987
Slovenian People
# 128
Libya :
927,198.4
1987
Libyan People
# 129
Jordan :
891,936.4
1987
Jordanian People
# 130
Namibia :
891,541.6
1987
Namibian People
# 131
Botswana :
882,627.5
1987
Motswana -Batswana People
# 132
Mongolia :
881,185.4
1987
Mongolian People
# 133
Latvia :
825,302.4
1987
Latvian People
# 134
Macedonia, Republic of :
807,069.6
1987
Macedonian People
# 135
Denmark :
791,608.8
1987
Danish People
# 136
Guinea-Bissau :
704,337.7
1987
Guinean People
# 137
Oman :
674,853.6
1987
Omani People
# 138
Mauritius :
589,292.9
1987
Mauritian People
# 139
East Timor :
550,585.6
1987
Timorese People
# 140
Swaziland :
545,220.8
1987
Swazi People
# 141
Gambia, The :
541,045.4
1987
Gambian People
# 142
Lebanon :
526,686.2
1987
Lebanese People
# 143
New Zealand :
525,495
1987
New Zealand People
# 144
Bhutan :
525,300.2
1987
Bhutanese People
# 145
Guyana :
521,770.6
1987
Guyanese People
# 146
Estonia :
451,321.6
1987
Estonian People
# 147
Israel :
435,152.4
1987
Israeli People
# 148
Fiji :
432,721.6
1987
Fijian People
# 149
Belgium :
384,930
1987
Belgian People
# 150
Uruguay :
368,023.8
1987
Uruguayan People
# 151
United Arab Emirates :
307,200
1987
Emirati People
# 152
Gabon :
303,103.5
1987
Gabonese People
# 153
Comoros :
295,239.4
1987
Comoran People
# 154
Solomon Islands :
252,276.9
1987
Solomon Islander People
# 155
Hong Kong :
249,336.3
1987
Hong Kong People
# 156
Equatorial Guinea :
228,014.9
1987
Equatorial Guinean People
# 157
Cape Verde :
211,176.5
1987
Cape Verdean People
# 158
Cyprus :
190,822.3
1987
Cypriot People
# 159
Maldives :
145,577.3
1987
Maldivian People
# 160
Barbados :
143,952
1987
Barbadian People
# 161
Suriname :
134,955.3
1987
Surinamese People
# 162
Samoa :
124,752.2
1987
Samoan People
# 163
Djibouti :
114,202.4
1987
Djiboutian People
# 164
Vanuatu :
114,195.7
1987
- People
# 165
Saint Lucia :
91,928.9
1987
Saint Lucian People
# 166
Belize :
91,033.92
1987
Belizean People
# 167
Brunei :
85,669.09
1987
Bruneian People
# 168
French Polynesia :
79,068.9
1987
French Polynesian People
# 169
Tonga :
71,719.84
1987
Tongan People
# 170
Luxembourg :
71,440.74
1987
Luxembourg People
# 171
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
67,612.52
1987
Saint Vincentian People
# 172
Micronesia, Federated States of :
66,635.02
1987
Micronesian People
# 173
São Tomé and Príncipe :
65,036.81
1987
Sao Tomean People
# 174
New Caledonia :
64,079.74
1987
New Caledonian People
# 175
Grenada :
61,742.6
1987
Grenadian People
# 176
Netherlands Antilles :
59,183.61
1987
Dutch Antillean People
# 177
Bahrain :
55,153.61
1987
Bahraini People
# 178
Bahamas, The :
45,347.24
1987
Bahamian People
# 179
Kiribati :
44,751.05
1987
- People
# 180
Antigua and Barbuda :
40,945.16
1987
Barbudan People
# 181
Kuwait :
38,583.8
1987
Kuwaiti People
# 182
Qatar :
37,098.8
1987
Qatari People
# 183
Malta :
34,959.6
1987
Maltese People
# 184
Seychelles :
34,654.64
1987
Seychellois People
# 185
Man, Isle of :
31,066.56
1987
Manx People
# 186
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
27,614.24
1987
Nevisian People
# 187
Iceland :
24,403.2
1987
Icelandic People
# 188
Dominica :
24,323.6
1987
Dominican People
# 189
Marshall Islands :
15,261.65
1987
Marshallese People
# 190
Virgin Islands :
15,200.4
1987
Virgin Islander People
# 191
Greenland :
11,534.12
1987
Greenlandic People
# 192
Guam :
10,398.9
1987
Guamanian People
# 193
Macau :
1,068.05
1987
Chinese People
Total :
2,895,199,522.11
Weighted average:
15,001,033.8
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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CITATION
"Rural population (1987) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop-people-rural-population&date=1987
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