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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (1988) by country
Showing values for 1988.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
819,172,100
1988
Chinese People
# 2
India :
611,529,400
1988
Indian People
# 3
Indonesia :
122,459,800
1988
Indonesian People
# 4
Bangladesh :
80,663,220
1988
Bangladeshi People
# 5
Pakistan :
71,753,290
1988
Pakistani People
# 6
United States :
61,173,650
1988
American People
# 7
Nigeria :
57,037,410
1988
Nigerian People
# 8
Vietnam :
50,597,750
1988
Vietnamese People
# 9
Japan :
46,470,330
1988
Japanese People
# 10
Ethiopia :
41,849,820
1988
Ethiopian People
# 11
Russia :
39,886,360
1988
Russian People
# 12
Brazil :
38,371,840
1988
Brazilian People
# 13
Thailand :
37,733,040
1988
Thai People
# 14
Philippines :
31,198,980
1988
Philippine People
# 15
Egypt :
30,023,610
1988
Egyptian People
# 16
Burma :
29,641,890
1988
Burmese People
# 17
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
25,498,410
1988
Congolese People
# 18
Turkey :
23,380,250
1988
Turkish People
# 19
Iran :
23,281,540
1988
Iranian People
# 20
Mexico :
22,961,140
1988
Mexican People
# 21
Germany :
21,098,880
1988
German People
# 22
Tanzania :
20,112,450
1988
Tanzanian People
# 23
Italy :
18,834,810
1988
Italian People
# 24
Sudan :
18,765,550
1988
Sudanese People
# 25
Kenya :
18,022,080
1988
Kenyan People
# 26
Ukraine :
17,537,750
1988
Ukrainian People
# 27
Nepal :
16,708,190
1988
Nepalese People
# 28
South Africa :
16,540,460
1988
South African People
# 29
Poland :
14,864,620
1988
Polish People
# 30
Uganda :
14,803,800
1988
Ugandan People
# 31
France :
14,563,370
1988
French People
# 32
Sri Lanka :
13,690,860
1988
Sri Lankan People
# 33
Korea, South :
12,491,760
1988
Korean People
# 34
Morocco :
12,170,410
1988
Moroccan People
# 35
Algeria :
11,904,470
1988
Algerian People
# 36
Uzbekistan :
11,669,840
1988
Uzbekistani People
# 37
Afghanistan :
11,274,250
1988
Afghan People
# 38
Colombia :
10,993,460
1988
Colombian People
# 39
Romania :
10,932,210
1988
Romanian People
# 40
Mozambique :
10,651,170
1988
Mozambican People
# 41
Spain :
9,703,703
1988
Spanish People
# 42
Ghana :
9,508,631
1988
Ghanaian People
# 43
Yemen :
8,911,402
1988
Yemeni People
# 44
Madagascar :
8,812,743
1988
Malagasy People
# 45
Malaysia :
8,767,743
1988
Malaysian People
# 46
Korea, North :
8,043,163
1988
Korean People
# 47
Cambodia :
7,943,240
1988
Cambodian People
# 48
Malawi :
7,689,578
1988
Malawian People
# 49
Zimbabwe :
7,186,452
1988
Zimbabwean People
# 50
Côte d'Ivoire :
7,182,898
1988
Ivoirian People
# 51
Kazakhstan :
7,068,531
1988
Kazakhstani People
# 52
Burkina Faso :
6,981,873
1988
Burkinabe People
# 53
Niger :
6,761,035
1988
Nigerien People
# 54
Cameroon :
6,718,154
1988
Cameroonian People
# 55
Peru :
6,657,207
1988
Peruvian People
# 56
Rwanda :
6,586,053
1988
Rwandan People
# 57
Mali :
6,570,975
1988
Malian People
# 58
Angola :
6,562,896
1988
Angolan People
# 59
United Kingdom :
6,481,717
1988
British People
# 60
Canada :
6,314,946
1988
Canadian People
# 61
Syria :
6,203,143
1988
Syrian People
# 62
Iraq :
5,381,986
1988
Iraqi People
# 63
Portugal :
5,296,995
1988
Portuguese People
# 64
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,203,918
1988
Serbian People
# 65
Guatemala :
5,069,915
1988
Guatemalan People
# 66
Burundi :
5,064,070
1988
Burundian People
# 67
Zambia :
4,767,364
1988
Zambian People
# 68
Netherlands :
4,737,960
1988
Dutch People
# 69
Haiti :
4,728,577
1988
Haitian People
# 70
Somalia :
4,696,339
1988
Somali People
# 71
Senegal :
4,634,203
1988
Senegalese People
# 72
Ecuador :
4,554,153
1988
Ecuadorian People
# 73
Chad :
4,533,973
1988
Chadian People
# 74
Argentina :
4,370,107
1988
Argentine People
# 75
Guinea :
4,224,694
1988
Guinean People
# 76
Greece :
4,151,303
1988
Greek People
# 77
Saudi Arabia :
3,770,066
1988
Saudi People
# 78
Hungary :
3,600,588
1988
Hungarian People
# 79
Belarus :
3,593,616
1988
Belarusian People
# 80
Tajikistan :
3,406,912
1988
Tajikistani People
# 81
Papua New Guinea :
3,405,698
1988
Papua New Guinean People
# 82
Tunisia :
3,344,203
1988
Tunisian People
# 83
Laos :
3,342,587
1988
Lao People
# 84
Azerbaijan :
3,248,455
1988
Azerbaijani People
# 85
Benin :
3,241,784
1988
Beninese People
# 86
Venezuela :
3,172,535
1988
Venezuelan People
# 87
Dominican Republic :
3,100,746
1988
Dominican People
# 88
Bulgaria :
3,082,279
1988
Bulgarian People
# 89
Bolivia :
2,959,463
1988
Bolivian People
# 90
Cuba :
2,855,240
1988
Cuban People
# 91
Honduras :
2,784,058
1988
Honduran People
# 92
Sierra Leone :
2,783,963
1988
Sierra Leonean People
# 93
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,667,785
1988
Herzegovinian People
# 94
Togo :
2,648,552
1988
Togolese People
# 95
Kyrgyzstan :
2,638,257
1988
Kyrgyzstani People
# 96
Austria :
2,597,490
1988
Austrian People
# 97
Czech Republic :
2,568,288
1988
Czech People
# 98
El Salvador :
2,563,280
1988
Salvadoran People
# 99
Georgia :
2,467,632
1988
Georgian People
# 100
Eritrea :
2,467,621
1988
Eritrean People
# 101
Australia :
2,407,088
1988
Australian People
# 102
Moldova :
2,344,188
1988
Moldovan People
# 103
Slovakia :
2,343,688
1988
Slovak People
# 104
Switzerland :
2,225,577
1988
Swiss People
# 105
Croatia :
2,220,568
1988
Croatian People
# 106
Chile :
2,160,950
1988
Chilean People
# 107
Paraguay :
2,094,680
1988
Paraguayan People
# 108
Albania :
2,051,576
1988
Albanian People
# 109
Finland :
1,942,772
1988
Finnish People
# 110
Turkmenistan :
1,897,202
1988
Turkmen People
# 111
Central African Republic :
1,825,311
1988
Central African People
# 112
Nicaragua :
1,794,356
1988
Nicaraguan People
# 113
Ireland :
1,530,205
1988
Irish People
# 114
Costa Rica :
1,500,090
1988
Costa Rican People
# 115
Sweden :
1,425,684
1988
Swedish People
# 116
Lesotho :
1,286,670
1988
Basotho People
# 117
Liberia :
1,235,957
1988
Liberian People
# 118
Lithuania :
1,221,898
1988
Lithuanian People
# 119
Mauritania :
1,205,827
1988
Mauritanian People
# 120
Jamaica :
1,201,764
1988
Jamaican People
# 121
Norway :
1,190,305
1988
Norwegian People
# 122
Armenia :
1,140,783
1988
Armenian People
# 123
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,095,775
1988
Tobagonian People
# 124
Congo, Republic of the :
1,083,885
1988
Congolese People
# 125
Panama :
1,083,642
1988
Panamanian People
# 126
Puerto Rico :
1,007,430
1988
Puerto Rican People
# 127
Slovenia :
998,400
1988
Slovenian People
# 128
Namibia :
931,731.9
1988
Namibian People
# 129
Libya :
929,333.1
1988
Libyan People
# 130
Mongolia :
890,004.8
1988
Mongolian People
# 131
Jordan :
889,116.8
1988
Jordanian People
# 132
Botswana :
867,287.4
1988
Motswana -Batswana People
# 133
Latvia :
826,546.4
1988
Latvian People
# 134
Macedonia, Republic of :
807,168.3
1988
Macedonian People
# 135
Denmark :
787,968
1988
Danish People
# 136
Guinea-Bissau :
711,927
1988
Guinean People
# 137
Oman :
664,554.4
1988
Omani People
# 138
Mauritius :
590,573
1988
Mauritian People
# 139
East Timor :
564,095.8
1988
Timorese People
# 140
Swaziland :
560,879.7
1988
Swazi People
# 141
Gambia, The :
553,356.4
1988
Gambian People
# 142
Bhutan :
535,884.4
1988
Bhutanese People
# 143
New Zealand :
525,950
1988
New Zealand People
# 144
Guyana :
518,453.4
1988
Guyanese People
# 145
Lebanon :
501,458.2
1988
Lebanese People
# 146
Estonia :
453,292.4
1988
Estonian People
# 147
Israel :
437,092.8
1988
Israeli People
# 148
Fiji :
428,753.2
1988
Fijian People
# 149
Belgium :
376,276
1988
Belgian People
# 150
Uruguay :
359,290.8
1988
Uruguayan People
# 151
United Arab Emirates :
327,033.2
1988
Emirati People
# 152
Gabon :
301,158.5
1988
Gabonese People
# 153
Comoros :
300,911.4
1988
Comoran People
# 154
Solomon Islands :
259,356.5
1988
Solomon Islander People
# 155
Equatorial Guinea :
228,826.2
1988
Equatorial Guinean People
# 156
Cape Verde :
207,113.7
1988
Cape Verdean People
# 157
Cyprus :
190,504.9
1988
Cypriot People
# 158
Hong Kong :
176,706.6
1988
Hong Kong People
# 159
Maldives :
150,260.2
1988
Maldivian People
# 160
Barbados :
143,279.4
1988
Barbadian People
# 161
Suriname :
132,600.4
1988
Surinamese People
# 162
Samoa :
125,465.4
1988
Samoan People
# 163
Djibouti :
122,018.7
1988
Djiboutian People
# 164
Vanuatu :
116,440
1988
- People
# 165
Belize :
93,747.72
1988
Belizean People
# 166
Saint Lucia :
92,923.04
1988
Saint Lucian People
# 167
Brunei :
86,443.21
1988
Bruneian People
# 168
French Polynesia :
81,431.12
1988
French Polynesian People
# 169
Tonga :
72,112.94
1988
Tongan People
# 170
Luxembourg :
71,598.94
1988
Luxembourg People
# 171
Micronesia, Federated States of :
68,172.86
1988
Micronesian People
# 172
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
66,788.49
1988
Saint Vincentian People
# 173
São Tomé and Príncipe :
65,409.4
1988
Sao Tomean People
# 174
New Caledonia :
65,034.11
1988
New Caledonian People
# 175
Grenada :
62,290.99
1988
Grenadian People
# 176
Netherlands Antilles :
59,754.34
1988
Dutch Antillean People
# 177
Bahrain :
56,310.3
1988
Bahraini People
# 178
Kiribati :
45,510.2
1988
- People
# 179
Bahamas, The :
44,205.13
1988
Bahamian People
# 180
Antigua and Barbuda :
40,753.47
1988
Barbudan People
# 181
Kuwait :
39,943.2
1988
Kuwaiti People
# 182
Qatar :
37,249.8
1988
Qatari People
# 183
Seychelles :
34,905.69
1988
Seychellois People
# 184
Malta :
34,833.6
1988
Maltese People
# 185
Man, Isle of :
32,092.9
1988
Manx People
# 186
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
27,570.97
1988
Nevisian People
# 187
Iceland :
24,190.32
1988
Icelandic People
# 188
Dominica :
23,999.55
1988
Dominican People
# 189
Marshall Islands :
15,600.14
1988
Marshallese People
# 190
Virgin Islands :
14,274.7
1988
Virgin Islander People
# 191
Greenland :
11,497.04
1988
Greenlandic People
# 192
Guam :
11,030.36
1988
Guamanian People
# 193
Macau :
972.97
1988
Chinese People
Total :
2,925,086,545.8
Weighted average:
15,155,888.8
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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CITATION
"Rural population (1988) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop-people-rural-population&date=1988
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