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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (1990) by country
Showing values for 1990.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
824,144,300
1990
Chinese People
# 2
India :
632,888,700
1990
Indian People
# 3
Indonesia :
123,693,000
1990
Indonesian People
# 4
Bangladesh :
83,445,380
1990
Bangladeshi People
# 5
Pakistan :
74,934,690
1990
Pakistani People
# 6
United States :
61,656,880
1990
American People
# 7
Nigeria :
58,862,260
1990
Nigerian People
# 8
Vietnam :
52,761,400
1990
Vietnamese People
# 9
Japan :
45,585,150
1990
Japanese People
# 10
Ethiopia :
44,731,320
1990
Ethiopian People
# 11
Russia :
39,445,670
1990
Russian People
# 12
Thailand :
38,575,080
1990
Thai People
# 13
Brazil :
37,647,350
1990
Brazilian People
# 14
Egypt :
31,455,500
1990
Egyptian People
# 15
Philippines :
31,285,420
1990
Philippine People
# 16
Burma :
30,605,610
1990
Burmese People
# 17
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
27,265,930
1990
Congolese People
# 18
Iran :
23,772,800
1990
Iranian People
# 19
Turkey :
22,910,830
1990
Turkish People
# 20
Mexico :
22,887,150
1990
Mexican People
# 21
Tanzania :
21,273,620
1990
Tanzanian People
# 22
Germany :
21,129,180
1990
German People
# 23
Kenya :
19,165,960
1990
Kenyan People
# 24
Sudan :
19,132,530
1990
Sudanese People
# 25
Italy :
18,887,430
1990
Italian People
# 26
Nepal :
17,413,010
1990
Nepalese People
# 27
Ukraine :
17,228,140
1990
Ukrainian People
# 28
South Africa :
16,896,000
1990
South African People
# 29
Uganda :
15,786,820
1990
Ugandan People
# 30
Poland :
14,751,980
1990
Polish People
# 31
France :
14,694,370
1990
French People
# 32
Sri Lanka :
14,090,080
1990
Sri Lankan People
# 33
Morocco :
12,341,290
1990
Moroccan People
# 34
Uzbekistan :
12,285,490
1990
Uzbekistani People
# 35
Algeria :
12,114,230
1990
Algerian People
# 36
Afghanistan :
11,933,390
1990
Afghan People
# 37
Korea, South :
11,231,680
1990
Korean People
# 38
Colombia :
10,945,500
1990
Colombian People
# 39
Romania :
10,605,600
1990
Romanian People
# 40
Mozambique :
10,595,800
1990
Mozambican People
# 41
Ghana :
9,829,340
1990
Ghanaian People
# 42
Yemen :
9,559,762
1990
Yemeni People
# 43
Spain :
9,553,656
1990
Spanish People
# 44
Madagascar :
9,202,000
1990
Malagasy People
# 45
Malaysia :
8,958,374
1990
Malaysian People
# 46
Cambodia :
8,510,925
1990
Cambodian People
# 47
Malawi :
8,362,140
1990
Malawian People
# 48
Korea, North :
8,190,954
1990
Korean People
# 49
Côte d'Ivoire :
7,632,392
1990
Ivoirian People
# 50
Zimbabwe :
7,501,049
1990
Zimbabwean People
# 51
Burkina Faso :
7,354,563
1990
Burkinabe People
# 52
Niger :
7,167,643
1990
Nigerien People
# 53
Kazakhstan :
7,144,076
1990
Kazakhstani People
# 54
Cameroon :
6,909,131
1990
Cameroonian People
# 55
Mali :
6,821,558
1990
Malian People
# 56
Peru :
6,765,285
1990
Peruvian People
# 57
Rwanda :
6,712,900
1990
Rwandan People
# 58
Angola :
6,624,706
1990
Angolan People
# 59
Syria :
6,562,798
1990
Syrian People
# 60
United Kingdom :
6,504,393
1990
British People
# 61
Canada :
6,503,094
1990
Canadian People
# 62
Iraq :
5,610,003
1990
Iraqi People
# 63
Burundi :
5,313,024
1990
Burundian People
# 64
Guatemala :
5,238,306
1990
Guatemalan People
# 65
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,169,739
1990
Serbian People
# 66
Portugal :
5,155,816
1990
Portuguese People
# 67
Zambia :
5,076,257
1990
Zambian People
# 68
Senegal :
4,866,267
1990
Senegalese People
# 69
Haiti :
4,841,466
1990
Haitian People
# 70
Chad :
4,795,276
1990
Chadian People
# 71
Somalia :
4,691,895
1990
Somali People
# 72
Netherlands :
4,679,976
1990
Dutch People
# 73
Ecuador :
4,612,076
1990
Ecuadorian People
# 74
Guinea :
4,476,487
1990
Guinean People
# 75
Argentina :
4,235,512
1990
Argentine People
# 76
Greece :
4,186,332
1990
Greek People
# 77
Saudi Arabia :
3,832,749
1990
Saudi People
# 78
Tajikistan :
3,632,661
1990
Tajikistani People
# 79
Papua New Guinea :
3,574,975
1990
Papua New Guinean People
# 80
Hungary :
3,547,904
1990
Hungarian People
# 81
Laos :
3,496,022
1990
Lao People
# 82
Belarus :
3,423,504
1990
Belarusian People
# 83
Benin :
3,391,761
1990
Beninese People
# 84
Azerbaijan :
3,314,617
1990
Azerbaijani People
# 85
Tunisia :
3,294,378
1990
Tunisian People
# 86
Dominican Republic :
3,176,261
1990
Dominican People
# 87
Venezuela :
3,160,000
1990
Venezuelan People
# 88
Bolivia :
2,960,909
1990
Bolivian People
# 89
Bulgaria :
2,929,248
1990
Bulgarian People
# 90
Honduras :
2,905,393
1990
Honduran People
# 91
Sierra Leone :
2,850,827
1990
Sierra Leonean People
# 92
Cuba :
2,802,725
1990
Cuban People
# 93
Togo :
2,768,931
1990
Togolese People
# 94
Kyrgyzstan :
2,751,106
1990
Kyrgyzstani People
# 95
Austria :
2,637,122
1990
Austrian People
# 96
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,619,385
1990
Herzegovinian People
# 97
El Salvador :
2,595,970
1990
Salvadoran People
# 98
Czech Republic :
2,570,024
1990
Czech People
# 99
Eritrea :
2,558,064
1990
Eritrean People
# 100
Australia :
2,491,505
1990
Australian People
# 101
Georgia :
2,446,080
1990
Georgian People
# 102
Moldova :
2,321,622
1990
Moldovan People
# 103
Slovakia :
2,298,105
1990
Slovak People
# 104
Chile :
2,200,856
1990
Chilean People
# 105
Croatia :
2,198,800
1990
Croatian People
# 106
Paraguay :
2,164,224
1990
Paraguayan People
# 107
Switzerland :
2,120,992
1990
Swiss People
# 108
Albania :
2,092,110
1990
Albanian People
# 109
Turkmenistan :
2,013,733
1990
Turkmen People
# 110
Finland :
1,924,596
1990
Finnish People
# 111
Central African Republic :
1,895,755
1990
Central African People
# 112
Nicaragua :
1,857,144
1990
Nicaraguan People
# 113
Costa Rica :
1,516,310
1990
Costa Rican People
# 114
Ireland :
1,511,000
1990
Irish People
# 115
Sweden :
1,446,471
1990
Swedish People
# 116
Lesotho :
1,318,658
1990
Basotho People
# 117
Mauritania :
1,224,291
1990
Mauritanian People
# 118
Jamaica :
1,209,340
1990
Jamaican People
# 119
Lithuania :
1,198,152
1990
Lithuanian People
# 120
Norway :
1,187,620
1990
Norwegian People
# 121
Liberia :
1,168,400
1990
Liberian People
# 122
Armenia :
1,152,026
1990
Armenian People
# 123
Congo, Republic of the :
1,135,048
1990
Congolese People
# 124
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,111,893
1990
Tobagonian People
# 125
Panama :
1,111,429
1990
Panamanian People
# 126
Namibia :
1,010,518
1990
Namibian People
# 127
Slovenia :
991,057.6
1990
Slovenian People
# 128
Puerto Rico :
983,286
1990
Puerto Rican People
# 129
Libya :
927,453.9
1990
Libyan People
# 130
Mongolia :
905,580
1990
Mongolian People
# 131
Jordan :
881,260
1990
Jordanian People
# 132
Botswana :
829,964.3
1990
Motswana -Batswana People
# 133
Latvia :
819,904.9
1990
Latvian People
# 134
Macedonia, Republic of :
805,745.3
1990
Macedonian People
# 135
Denmark :
781,280
1990
Danish People
# 136
Guinea-Bissau :
730,164.6
1990
Guinean People
# 137
Oman :
637,677.3
1990
Omani People
# 138
Swaziland :
593,670
1990
Swazi People
# 139
Mauritius :
592,977
1990
Mauritian People
# 140
East Timor :
592,065.1
1990
Timorese People
# 141
Gambia, The :
577,273.3
1990
Gambian People
# 142
Bhutan :
556,902.1
1990
Bhutanese People
# 143
New Zealand :
527,544
1990
New Zealand People
# 144
Guyana :
513,984.5
1990
Guyanese People
# 145
Lebanon :
463,301
1990
Lebanese People
# 146
Estonia :
453,441
1990
Estonian People
# 147
Israel :
447,360
1990
Israeli People
# 148
Fiji :
422,559
1990
Fijian People
# 149
United Arab Emirates :
370,557
1990
Emirati People
# 150
Belgium :
358,826.4
1990
Belgian People
# 151
Uruguay :
341,611.5
1990
Uruguayan People
# 152
Comoros :
312,536.3
1990
Comoran People
# 153
Gabon :
295,824.6
1990
Gabonese People
# 154
Solomon Islands :
273,457.1
1990
Solomon Islander People
# 155
Equatorial Guinea :
230,101.9
1990
Equatorial Guinean People
# 156
Cape Verde :
198,617.7
1990
Cape Verdean People
# 157
Cyprus :
192,526.8
1990
Cypriot People
# 158
Maldives :
160,023.4
1990
Maldivian People
# 159
Barbados :
141,958.4
1990
Barbadian People
# 160
Djibouti :
133,918.1
1990
Djiboutian People
# 161
Suriname :
127,391.2
1990
Surinamese People
# 162
Samoa :
127,128
1990
Samoan People
# 163
Vanuatu :
121,502
1990
- People
# 164
Belize :
99,225
1990
Belizean People
# 165
Saint Lucia :
94,808.7
1990
Saint Lucian People
# 166
Brunei :
87,893.31
1990
Bruneian People
# 167
French Polynesia :
86,165.23
1990
French Polynesian People
# 168
Tonga :
72,976.61
1990
Tongan People
# 169
Luxembourg :
72,942.9
1990
Luxembourg People
# 170
Micronesia, Federated States of :
71,457.57
1990
Micronesian People
# 171
New Caledonia :
67,872
1990
New Caledonian People
# 172
São Tomé and Príncipe :
65,827.82
1990
Sao Tomean People
# 173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
64,959.25
1990
Saint Vincentian People
# 174
Grenada :
63,460.8
1990
Grenadian People
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
60,429.39
1990
Dutch Antillean People
# 176
Bahrain :
58,661.29
1990
Bahraini People
# 177
Kiribati :
47,017.75
1990
- People
# 178
Kuwait :
42,500
1990
Kuwaiti People
# 179
Bahamas, The :
41,791.14
1990
Bahamian People
# 180
Antigua and Barbuda :
40,896.32
1990
Barbudan People
# 181
Qatar :
36,459.38
1990
Qatari People
# 182
Seychelles :
35,490
1990
Seychellois People
# 183
Malta :
34,560
1990
Maltese People
# 184
Man, Isle of :
33,327
1990
Manx People
# 185
Hong Kong :
28,522.5
1990
Hong Kong People
# 186
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
27,484.35
1990
Nevisian People
# 187
Iceland :
23,441.6
1990
Icelandic People
# 188
Dominica :
23,339.33
1990
Dominican People
# 189
Marshall Islands :
16,308.6
1990
Marshallese People
# 190
Virgin Islands :
12,816.6
1990
Virgin Islander People
# 191
Guam :
12,320.09
1990
Guamanian People
# 192
Greenland :
11,286.8
1990
Greenlandic People
# 193
Macau :
744.3
1990
Chinese People
Total :
2,982,352,321.93
Weighted average:
15,452,602.7
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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"Rural population (1990) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop-people-rural-population&date=1990
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