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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (1996) by country
Showing values for 1996.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
824,524,900
1996
Chinese People
# 2
India :
694,301,800
1996
Indian People
# 3
Indonesia :
123,372,500
1996
Indonesian People
# 4
Bangladesh :
92,968,340
1996
Bangladeshi People
# 5
Pakistan :
85,203,460
1996
Pakistani People
# 6
Nigeria :
63,578,390
1996
Nigerian People
# 7
United States :
60,182,620
1996
American People
# 8
Vietnam :
57,493,340
1996
Vietnamese People
# 9
Ethiopia :
50,023,010
1996
Ethiopian People
# 10
Japan :
44,368,480
1996
Japanese People
# 11
Thailand :
41,029,070
1996
Thai People
# 12
Russia :
39,298,580
1996
Russian People
# 13
Egypt :
35,718,350
1996
Egyptian People
# 14
Brazil :
35,253,900
1996
Brazilian People
# 15
Burma :
33,225,670
1996
Burmese People
# 16
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
32,895,030
1996
Congolese People
# 17
Philippines :
31,511,860
1996
Philippine People
# 18
Tanzania :
25,143,500
1996
Tanzanian People
# 19
Mexico :
24,383,140
1996
Mexican People
# 20
Turkey :
23,501,930
1996
Turkish People
# 21
Iran :
23,352,940
1996
Iranian People
# 22
Kenya :
22,594,120
1996
Kenyan People
# 23
Germany :
20,461,620
1996
German People
# 24
Sudan :
20,361,620
1996
Sudanese People
# 25
Nepal :
19,692,280
1996
Nepalese People
# 26
Uganda :
18,996,620
1996
Ugandan People
# 27
Italy :
18,787,470
1996
Italian People
# 28
South Africa :
18,008,110
1996
South African People
# 29
Afghanistan :
17,172,810
1996
Afghan People
# 30
Ukraine :
16,838,660
1996
Ukrainian People
# 31
Sri Lanka :
15,354,570
1996
Sri Lankan People
# 32
Poland :
14,852,480
1996
Polish People
# 33
France :
14,460,080
1996
French People
# 34
Uzbekistan :
14,357,700
1996
Uzbekistani People
# 35
Morocco :
12,619,100
1996
Moroccan People
# 36
Algeria :
12,434,200
1996
Algerian People
# 37
Yemen :
11,998,300
1996
Yemeni People
# 38
Mozambique :
11,897,720
1996
Mozambican People
# 39
Colombia :
11,338,870
1996
Colombian People
# 40
Ghana :
10,721,580
1996
Ghanaian People
# 41
Madagascar :
10,692,200
1996
Malagasy People
# 42
Romania :
10,209,770
1996
Romanian People
# 43
Cambodia :
9,943,072
1996
Cambodian People
# 44
Korea, South :
9,796,980
1996
Korean People
# 45
Spain :
9,482,652
1996
Spanish People
# 46
Malaysia :
9,017,052
1996
Malaysian People
# 47
Malawi :
8,912,118
1996
Malawian People
# 48
Côte d'Ivoire :
8,843,208
1996
Ivoirian People
# 49
Niger :
8,637,421
1996
Nigerien People
# 50
Korea, North :
8,597,338
1996
Korean People
# 51
Burkina Faso :
8,548,977
1996
Burkinabe People
# 52
Zimbabwe :
8,153,690
1996
Zimbabwean People
# 53
Mali :
7,715,726
1996
Malian People
# 54
Syria :
7,596,785
1996
Syrian People
# 55
Cameroon :
7,323,475
1996
Cameroonian People
# 56
Peru :
7,102,950
1996
Peruvian People
# 57
Iraq :
7,002,512
1996
Iraqi People
# 58
Angola :
6,883,201
1996
Angolan People
# 59
Kazakhstan :
6,857,389
1996
Kazakhstani People
# 60
Canada :
6,515,949
1996
Canadian People
# 61
United Kingdom :
6,372,304
1996
British People
# 62
Zambia :
6,206,007
1996
Zambian People
# 63
Guatemala :
5,761,359
1996
Guatemalan People
# 64
Burundi :
5,744,738
1996
Burundian People
# 65
Chad :
5,639,142
1996
Chadian People
# 66
Senegal :
5,617,900
1996
Senegalese People
# 67
Guinea :
5,432,338
1996
Guinean People
# 68
Rwanda :
5,140,479
1996
Rwandan People
# 69
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,138,134
1996
Serbian People
# 70
Haiti :
5,007,096
1996
Haitian People
# 71
Portugal :
4,850,532
1996
Portuguese People
# 72
Ecuador :
4,833,951
1996
Ecuadorian People
# 73
Greece :
4,403,541
1996
Greek People
# 74
Somalia :
4,338,219
1996
Somali People
# 75
Tajikistan :
4,237,354
1996
Tajikistani People
# 76
Papua New Guinea :
4,174,041
1996
Papua New Guinean People
# 77
Netherlands :
4,096,488
1996
Dutch People
# 78
Argentina :
4,090,838
1996
Argentine People
# 79
Benin :
4,023,358
1996
Beninese People
# 80
Saudi Arabia :
4,000,639
1996
Saudi People
# 81
Laos :
3,958,934
1996
Lao People
# 82
Azerbaijan :
3,730,898
1996
Azerbaijani People
# 83
Hungary :
3,600,684
1996
Hungarian People
# 84
Tunisia :
3,464,841
1996
Tunisian People
# 85
Honduras :
3,312,726
1996
Honduran People
# 86
Dominican Republic :
3,215,070
1996
Dominican People
# 87
Belarus :
3,210,560
1996
Belarusian People
# 88
Togo :
3,079,518
1996
Togolese People
# 89
Bolivia :
3,068,225
1996
Bolivian People
# 90
Kyrgyzstan :
2,974,892
1996
Kyrgyzstani People
# 91
Cuba :
2,779,118
1996
Cuban People
# 92
Sierra Leone :
2,741,766
1996
Sierra Leonean People
# 93
Austria :
2,724,018
1996
Austrian People
# 94
Bulgaria :
2,672,249
1996
Bulgarian People
# 95
Czech Republic :
2,632,388
1996
Czech People
# 96
Eritrea :
2,617,810
1996
Eritrean People
# 97
El Salvador :
2,612,489
1996
Salvadoran People
# 98
Venezuela :
2,578,729
1996
Venezuelan People
# 99
Australia :
2,504,945
1996
Australian People
# 100
Turkmenistan :
2,357,939
1996
Turkmen People
# 101
Slovakia :
2,339,750
1996
Slovak People
# 102
Moldova :
2,325,196
1996
Moldovan People
# 103
Paraguay :
2,319,798
1996
Paraguayan People
# 104
Georgia :
2,291,543
1996
Georgian People
# 105
Chile :
2,236,394
1996
Chilean People
# 106
Central African Republic :
2,191,673
1996
Central African People
# 107
Nicaragua :
2,055,064
1996
Nicaraguan People
# 108
Switzerland :
2,021,749
1996
Swiss People
# 109
Croatia :
2,018,704
1996
Croatian People
# 110
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,995,281
1996
Herzegovinian People
# 111
Finland :
1,981,325
1996
Finnish People
# 112
Albania :
1,873,403
1996
Albanian People
# 113
Costa Rica :
1,552,225
1996
Costa Rican People
# 114
Ireland :
1,522,678
1996
Irish People
# 115
Sweden :
1,429,029
1996
Swedish People
# 116
Mauritania :
1,421,222
1996
Mauritanian People
# 117
Lesotho :
1,413,992
1996
Basotho People
# 118
Congo, Republic of the :
1,302,546
1996
Congolese People
# 119
Jamaica :
1,233,878
1996
Jamaican People
# 120
Namibia :
1,186,799
1996
Namibian People
# 121
Lithuania :
1,180,998
1996
Lithuanian People
# 122
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,141,327
1996
Tobagonian People
# 123
Norway :
1,127,669
1996
Norwegian People
# 124
Liberia :
1,121,661
1996
Liberian People
# 125
Armenia :
1,078,626
1996
Armenian People
# 126
Panama :
1,058,453
1996
Panamanian People
# 127
Mongolia :
996,405.3
1996
Mongolian People
# 128
Slovenia :
982,757.6
1996
Slovenian People
# 129
Jordan :
916,909.6
1996
Jordanian People
# 130
Libya :
911,090.8
1996
Libyan People
# 131
Guinea-Bissau :
859,447.2
1996
Guinean People
# 132
Botswana :
827,464.4
1996
Motswana -Batswana People
# 133
Denmark :
788,247.6
1996
Danish People
# 134
Latvia :
780,679.4
1996
Latvian People
# 135
Macedonia, Republic of :
758,989.6
1996
Macedonian People
# 136
Swaziland :
714,760.3
1996
Swazi People
# 137
Mauritius :
644,336.5
1996
Mauritian People
# 138
Gambia, The :
636,344.3
1996
Gambian People
# 139
Oman :
634,157.9
1996
Omani People
# 140
East Timor :
591,668.5
1996
Timorese People
# 141
New Zealand :
545,618.4
1996
New Zealand People
# 142
United Arab Emirates :
542,820
1996
Emirati People
# 143
Bhutan :
539,539.7
1996
Bhutanese People
# 144
Guyana :
521,454.5
1996
Guyanese People
# 145
Israel :
512,280
1996
Israeli People
# 146
Lebanon :
485,084.4
1996
Lebanese People
# 147
Estonia :
426,499.2
1996
Estonian People
# 148
Puerto Rico :
422,580.3
1996
Puerto Rican People
# 149
Fiji :
419,158
1996
Fijian People
# 150
Comoros :
340,248
1996
Comoran People
# 151
Belgium :
318,929.8
1996
Belgian People
# 152
Solomon Islands :
318,432.3
1996
Solomon Islander People
# 153
Uruguay :
302,834.1
1996
Uruguayan People
# 154
Gabon :
272,382.7
1996
Gabonese People
# 155
Equatorial Guinea :
249,606.6
1996
Equatorial Guinean People
# 156
Cyprus :
210,822.4
1996
Cypriot People
# 157
Cape Verde :
206,502
1996
Cape Verdean People
# 158
Maldives :
191,985.7
1996
Maldivian People
# 159
Vanuatu :
140,203.8
1996
- People
# 160
Barbados :
137,410.4
1996
Barbadian People
# 161
Samoa :
133,310.9
1996
Samoan People
# 162
Suriname :
122,993.3
1996
Surinamese People
# 163
Djibouti :
122,484.6
1996
Djiboutian People
# 164
Belize :
116,461.2
1996
Belizean People
# 165
Saint Lucia :
104,002.3
1996
Saint Lucian People
# 166
French Polynesia :
102,711.6
1996
French Polynesian People
# 167
Brunei :
93,514.52
1996
Bruneian People
# 168
Micronesia, Federated States of :
81,390.4
1996
Micronesian People
# 169
New Caledonia :
77,578.6
1996
New Caledonian People
# 170
Tonga :
75,116.31
1996
Tongan People
# 171
Luxembourg :
70,311.06
1996
Luxembourg People
# 172
Grenada :
67,834.8
1996
Grenadian People
# 173
São Tomé and Príncipe :
65,423.2
1996
Sao Tomean People
# 174
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
64,431.65
1996
Saint Vincentian People
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
57,639.38
1996
Dutch Antillean People
# 176
Kiribati :
50,820.48
1996
- People
# 177
Bahrain :
47,034.31
1996
Bahraini People
# 178
Antigua and Barbuda :
45,208.79
1996
Barbudan People
# 179
Seychelles :
38,116.8
1996
Seychellois People
# 180
Bahamas, The :
36,549.32
1996
Bahamian People
# 181
Kuwait :
35,607.2
1996
Kuwaiti People
# 182
Man, Isle of :
34,853.93
1996
Manx People
# 183
Malta :
32,680
1996
Maltese People
# 184
Qatar :
30,776.9
1996
Qatari People
# 185
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
27,170.38
1996
Nevisian People
# 186
Iceland :
22,302
1996
Icelandic People
# 187
Dominica :
21,842.58
1996
Dominican People
# 188
Marshall Islands :
17,638.12
1996
Marshallese People
# 189
Guam :
11,328.77
1996
Guamanian People
# 190
Greenland :
10,598.64
1996
Greenlandic People
# 191
Virgin Islands :
9,818.21
1996
Virgin Islander People
# 192
Macau :
335.78
1996
Chinese People
Total :
3,134,453,962.33
Weighted average:
16,325,281.1
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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