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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (1997) by country
Showing values for 1997.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
822,182,100
1997
Chinese People
# 2
India :
704,376,400
1997
Indian People
# 3
Indonesia :
122,544,200
1997
Indonesian People
# 4
Bangladesh :
94,493,950
1997
Bangladeshi People
# 5
Pakistan :
86,939,900
1997
Pakistani People
# 6
Nigeria :
64,244,770
1997
Nigerian People
# 7
United States :
59,930,010
1997
American People
# 8
Vietnam :
58,074,020
1997
Vietnamese People
# 9
Ethiopia :
51,205,750
1997
Ethiopian People
# 10
Japan :
44,333,600
1997
Japanese People
# 11
Thailand :
41,376,720
1997
Thai People
# 12
Russia :
39,182,860
1997
Russian People
# 13
Egypt :
36,433,740
1997
Egyptian People
# 14
Brazil :
34,657,110
1997
Brazilian People
# 15
Burma :
33,539,670
1997
Burmese People
# 16
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
33,458,030
1997
Congolese People
# 17
Philippines :
31,534,920
1997
Philippine People
# 18
Tanzania :
25,650,660
1997
Tanzanian People
# 19
Mexico :
24,495,980
1997
Mexican People
# 20
Turkey :
23,595,930
1997
Turkish People
# 21
Iran :
23,254,250
1997
Iranian People
# 22
Kenya :
23,120,620
1997
Kenyan People
# 23
Sudan :
20,553,330
1997
Sudanese People
# 24
Germany :
20,484,920
1997
German People
# 25
Nepal :
20,065,720
1997
Nepalese People
# 26
Uganda :
19,552,320
1997
Ugandan People
# 27
Italy :
18,763,580
1997
Italian People
# 28
South Africa :
18,228,470
1997
South African People
# 29
Afghanistan :
17,549,850
1997
Afghan People
# 30
Ukraine :
16,675,820
1997
Ukrainian People
# 31
Sri Lanka :
15,574,000
1997
Sri Lankan People
# 32
Poland :
14,849,330
1997
Polish People
# 33
Uzbekistan :
14,683,010
1997
Uzbekistani People
# 34
France :
14,400,660
1997
French People
# 35
Morocco :
12,592,680
1997
Moroccan People
# 36
Algeria :
12,404,000
1997
Algerian People
# 37
Yemen :
12,355,540
1997
Yemeni People
# 38
Mozambique :
12,057,950
1997
Mozambican People
# 39
Colombia :
11,538,390
1997
Colombian People
# 40
Madagascar :
11,005,460
1997
Malagasy People
# 41
Ghana :
10,832,030
1997
Ghanaian People
# 42
Romania :
10,198,920
1997
Romanian People
# 43
Cambodia :
10,118,450
1997
Cambodian People
# 44
Korea, South :
9,760,630
1997
Korean People
# 45
Spain :
9,476,027
1997
Spanish People
# 46
Malawi :
9,105,685
1997
Malawian People
# 47
Côte d'Ivoire :
9,036,789
1997
Ivoirian People
# 48
Malaysia :
8,982,137
1997
Malaysian People
# 49
Niger :
8,928,706
1997
Nigerien People
# 50
Burkina Faso :
8,752,390
1997
Burkinabe People
# 51
Korea, North :
8,632,684
1997
Korean People
# 52
Zimbabwe :
8,220,011
1997
Zimbabwean People
# 53
Mali :
7,875,825
1997
Malian People
# 54
Syria :
7,790,252
1997
Syrian People
# 55
Cameroon :
7,361,647
1997
Cameroonian People
# 56
Iraq :
7,260,691
1997
Iraqi People
# 57
Peru :
7,173,423
1997
Peruvian People
# 58
Angola :
6,897,051
1997
Angolan People
# 59
Kazakhstan :
6,737,629
1997
Kazakhstani People
# 60
Canada :
6,483,233
1997
Canadian People
# 61
Zambia :
6,401,192
1997
Zambian People
# 62
United Kingdom :
6,338,102
1997
British People
# 63
Guatemala :
5,850,048
1997
Guatemalan People
# 64
Chad :
5,788,635
1997
Chadian People
# 65
Burundi :
5,770,103
1997
Burundian People
# 66
Senegal :
5,747,309
1997
Senegalese People
# 67
Guinea :
5,539,862
1997
Guinean People
# 68
Rwanda :
5,531,127
1997
Rwandan People
# 69
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,145,061
1997
Serbian People
# 70
Haiti :
5,033,290
1997
Haitian People
# 71
Ecuador :
4,852,014
1997
Ecuadorian People
# 72
Portugal :
4,800,346
1997
Portuguese People
# 73
Greece :
4,433,658
1997
Greek People
# 74
Somalia :
4,386,858
1997
Somali People
# 75
Tajikistan :
4,320,617
1997
Tajikistani People
# 76
Papua New Guinea :
4,280,511
1997
Papua New Guinean People
# 77
Benin :
4,123,263
1997
Beninese People
# 78
Argentina :
4,068,503
1997
Argentine People
# 79
Saudi Arabia :
4,056,086
1997
Saudi People
# 80
Laos :
4,038,247
1997
Lao People
# 81
Netherlands :
3,995,392
1997
Dutch People
# 82
Azerbaijan :
3,787,322
1997
Azerbaijani People
# 83
Hungary :
3,605,786
1997
Hungarian People
# 84
Tunisia :
3,477,741
1997
Tunisian People
# 85
Honduras :
3,379,506
1997
Honduran People
# 86
Dominican Republic :
3,190,619
1997
Dominican People
# 87
Togo :
3,159,032
1997
Togolese People
# 88
Belarus :
3,156,504
1997
Belarusian People
# 89
Bolivia :
3,097,227
1997
Bolivian People
# 90
Kyrgyzstan :
3,026,835
1997
Kyrgyzstani People
# 91
Cuba :
2,764,789
1997
Cuban People
# 92
Sierra Leone :
2,741,771
1997
Sierra Leonean People
# 93
Austria :
2,726,122
1997
Austrian People
# 94
Eritrea :
2,669,825
1997
Eritrean People
# 95
Czech Republic :
2,641,971
1997
Czech People
# 96
Bulgaria :
2,639,913
1997
Bulgarian People
# 97
El Salvador :
2,615,653
1997
Salvadoran People
# 98
Australia :
2,492,388
1997
Australian People
# 99
Venezuela :
2,484,164
1997
Venezuelan People
# 100
Turkmenistan :
2,389,964
1997
Turkmen People
# 101
Slovakia :
2,346,013
1997
Slovak People
# 102
Paraguay :
2,339,355
1997
Paraguayan People
# 103
Moldova :
2,320,300
1997
Moldovan People
# 104
Georgia :
2,273,179
1997
Georgian People
# 105
Central African Republic :
2,237,244
1997
Central African People
# 106
Chile :
2,224,152
1997
Chilean People
# 107
Nicaragua :
2,071,048
1997
Nicaraguan People
# 108
Croatia :
2,048,274
1997
Croatian People
# 109
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,025,737
1997
Herzegovinian People
# 110
Switzerland :
1,995,981
1997
Swiss People
# 111
Finland :
1,990,144
1997
Finnish People
# 112
Albania :
1,844,053
1997
Albanian People
# 113
Costa Rica :
1,568,725
1997
Costa Rican People
# 114
Ireland :
1,529,244
1997
Irish People
# 115
Mauritania :
1,459,601
1997
Mauritanian People
# 116
Lesotho :
1,430,632
1997
Basotho People
# 117
Sweden :
1,426,529
1997
Swedish People
# 118
Congo, Republic of the :
1,334,969
1997
Congolese People
# 119
Jamaica :
1,239,666
1997
Jamaican People
# 120
Namibia :
1,213,954
1997
Namibian People
# 121
Liberia :
1,197,538
1997
Liberian People
# 122
Lithuania :
1,174,956
1997
Lithuanian People
# 123
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,143,239
1997
Tobagonian People
# 124
Norway :
1,113,357
1997
Norwegian People
# 125
Armenia :
1,074,299
1997
Armenian People
# 126
Panama :
1,047,783
1997
Panamanian People
# 127
Mongolia :
1,009,041
1997
Mongolian People
# 128
Slovenia :
979,473.5
1997
Slovenian People
# 129
Jordan :
927,497.3
1997
Jordanian People
# 130
Libya :
908,257.3
1997
Libyan People
# 131
Guinea-Bissau :
883,565.1
1997
Guinean People
# 132
Botswana :
829,597.9
1997
Motswana -Batswana People
# 133
Denmark :
790,519.3
1997
Danish People
# 134
Latvia :
771,260
1997
Latvian People
# 135
Macedonia, Republic of :
746,144.6
1997
Macedonian People
# 136
Swaziland :
737,857.3
1997
Swazi People
# 137
Mauritius :
653,832.9
1997
Mauritian People
# 138
Oman :
651,534.1
1997
Omani People
# 139
Gambia, The :
645,624.9
1997
Gambian People
# 140
East Timor :
591,682.4
1997
Timorese People
# 141
United Arab Emirates :
583,440
1997
Emirati People
# 142
New Zealand :
549,960.9
1997
New Zealand People
# 143
Bhutan :
539,457.6
1997
Bhutanese People
# 144
Guyana :
523,824.3
1997
Guyanese People
# 145
Israel :
519,404
1997
Israeli People
# 146
Lebanon :
484,621.8
1997
Lebanese People
# 147
Estonia :
423,360
1997
Estonian People
# 148
Fiji :
419,504.9
1997
Fijian People
# 149
Puerto Rico :
369,651.7
1997
Puerto Rican People
# 150
Comoros :
344,566.8
1997
Comoran People
# 151
Solomon Islands :
326,800.5
1997
Solomon Islander People
# 152
Belgium :
313,574.8
1997
Belgian People
# 153
Uruguay :
299,901
1997
Uruguayan People
# 154
Gabon :
268,887.3
1997
Gabonese People
# 155
Equatorial Guinea :
255,710.7
1997
Equatorial Guinean People
# 156
Cyprus :
213,030.2
1997
Cypriot People
# 157
Cape Verde :
207,490.7
1997
Cape Verdean People
# 158
Maldives :
196,638.7
1997
Maldivian People
# 159
Vanuatu :
142,753.3
1997
- People
# 160
Barbados :
136,424.4
1997
Barbadian People
# 161
Samoa :
134,628.1
1997
Samoan People
# 162
Suriname :
122,538.6
1997
Surinamese People
# 163
Djibouti :
121,949.7
1997
Djiboutian People
# 164
Belize :
120,566
1997
Belizean People
# 165
Saint Lucia :
106,322.7
1997
Saint Lucian People
# 166
French Polynesia :
105,093
1997
French Polynesian People
# 167
Brunei :
94,322.38
1997
Bruneian People
# 168
Micronesia, Federated States of :
82,002.02
1997
Micronesian People
# 169
New Caledonia :
78,761.27
1997
New Caledonian People
# 170
Tonga :
75,587.43
1997
Tongan People
# 171
Luxembourg :
70,559.1
1997
Luxembourg People
# 172
Grenada :
68,296.8
1997
Grenadian People
# 173
São Tomé and Príncipe :
65,295.29
1997
Sao Tomean People
# 174
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
64,449.4
1997
Saint Vincentian People
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
56,522.01
1997
Dutch Antillean People
# 176
Kiribati :
50,840.64
1997
- People
# 177
Antigua and Barbuda :
45,963.01
1997
Barbudan People
# 178
Bahrain :
44,771.62
1997
Bahraini People
# 179
Seychelles :
38,396.62
1997
Seychellois People
# 180
Kuwait :
36,828
1997
Kuwaiti People
# 181
Bahamas, The :
35,920.68
1997
Bahamian People
# 182
Man, Isle of :
35,290.11
1997
Manx People
# 183
Malta :
31,023
1997
Maltese People
# 184
Qatar :
30,514.9
1997
Qatari People
# 185
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
27,157.28
1997
Nevisian People
# 186
Iceland :
22,086.4
1997
Icelandic People
# 187
Dominica :
21,554.97
1997
Dominican People
# 188
Marshall Islands :
17,579.28
1997
Marshallese People
# 189
Guam :
11,140.17
1997
Guamanian People
# 190
Greenland :
10,539.2
1997
Greenlandic People
# 191
Virgin Islands :
9,368.6
1997
Virgin Islander People
# 192
Macau :
255.86
1997
Chinese People
Total :
3,155,882,773.34
Weighted average:
16,436,889.4
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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