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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (1998) by country
Showing values for 1998.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
819,180,400
1998
Chinese People
# 2
India :
714,439,600
1998
Indian People
# 3
Indonesia :
121,645,300
1998
Indonesian People
# 4
Bangladesh :
96,001,440
1998
Bangladeshi People
# 5
Pakistan :
88,712,580
1998
Pakistani People
# 6
Nigeria :
64,866,440
1998
Nigerian People
# 7
United States :
59,639,640
1998
American People
# 8
Vietnam :
58,568,410
1998
Vietnamese People
# 9
Ethiopia :
52,382,430
1998
Ethiopian People
# 10
Japan :
44,294,060
1998
Japanese People
# 11
Thailand :
41,706,530
1998
Thai People
# 12
Russia :
39,075,140
1998
Russian People
# 13
Egypt :
37,167,540
1998
Egyptian People
# 14
Brazil :
34,032,440
1998
Brazilian People
# 15
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
33,967,040
1998
Congolese People
# 16
Burma :
33,830,340
1998
Burmese People
# 17
Philippines :
31,531,060
1998
Philippine People
# 18
Tanzania :
26,120,750
1998
Tanzanian People
# 19
Mexico :
24,593,820
1998
Mexican People
# 20
Turkey :
23,678,050
1998
Turkish People
# 21
Kenya :
23,635,030
1998
Kenyan People
# 22
Iran :
23,131,900
1998
Iranian People
# 23
Sudan :
20,732,870
1998
Sudanese People
# 24
Germany :
20,462,520
1998
German People
# 25
Nepal :
20,436,210
1998
Nepalese People
# 26
Uganda :
20,124,740
1998
Ugandan People
# 27
Italy :
18,735,080
1998
Italian People
# 28
South Africa :
18,461,000
1998
South African People
# 29
Afghanistan :
17,832,520
1998
Afghan People
# 30
Ukraine :
16,517,410
1998
Ukrainian People
# 31
Sri Lanka :
15,773,920
1998
Sri Lankan People
# 32
Uzbekistan :
14,974,150
1998
Uzbekistani People
# 33
Poland :
14,840,070
1998
Polish People
# 34
France :
14,342,550
1998
French People
# 35
Yemen :
12,694,550
1998
Yemeni People
# 36
Morocco :
12,563,970
1998
Moroccan People
# 37
Algeria :
12,356,370
1998
Algerian People
# 38
Mozambique :
12,188,490
1998
Mozambican People
# 39
Colombia :
11,736,900
1998
Colombian People
# 40
Madagascar :
11,327,050
1998
Malagasy People
# 41
Ghana :
10,933,800
1998
Ghanaian People
# 42
Cambodia :
10,282,370
1998
Cambodian People
# 43
Romania :
10,189,360
1998
Romanian People
# 44
Korea, South :
9,701,755
1998
Korean People
# 45
Spain :
9,477,454
1998
Spanish People
# 46
Malawi :
9,330,080
1998
Malawian People
# 47
Niger :
9,233,096
1998
Nigerien People
# 48
Côte d'Ivoire :
9,221,728
1998
Ivoirian People
# 49
Burkina Faso :
8,962,613
1998
Burkinabe People
# 50
Malaysia :
8,933,537
1998
Malaysian People
# 51
Korea, North :
8,661,639
1998
Korean People
# 52
Zimbabwe :
8,272,325
1998
Zimbabwean People
# 53
Mali :
8,041,461
1998
Malian People
# 54
Syria :
7,987,148
1998
Syrian People
# 55
Iraq :
7,524,440
1998
Iraqi People
# 56
Cameroon :
7,391,346
1998
Cameroonian People
# 57
Peru :
7,242,335
1998
Peruvian People
# 58
Angola :
6,901,502
1998
Angolan People
# 59
Kazakhstan :
6,610,272
1998
Kazakhstani People
# 60
Zambia :
6,596,515
1998
Zambian People
# 61
Canada :
6,436,753
1998
Canadian People
# 62
United Kingdom :
6,304,877
1998
British People
# 63
Rwanda :
6,050,704
1998
Rwandan People
# 64
Chad :
5,944,948
1998
Chadian People
# 65
Guatemala :
5,940,261
1998
Guatemalan People
# 66
Senegal :
5,878,137
1998
Senegalese People
# 67
Burundi :
5,798,614
1998
Burundian People
# 68
Guinea :
5,634,057
1998
Guinean People
# 69
Serbia and Montenegro :
5,149,061
1998
Serbian People
# 70
Haiti :
5,060,031
1998
Haitian People
# 71
Ecuador :
4,865,173
1998
Ecuadorian People
# 72
Portugal :
4,752,527
1998
Portuguese People
# 73
Somalia :
4,467,609
1998
Somali People
# 74
Greece :
4,459,686
1998
Greek People
# 75
Tajikistan :
4,403,412
1998
Tajikistani People
# 76
Papua New Guinea :
4,387,312
1998
Papua New Guinean People
# 77
Benin :
4,221,914
1998
Beninese People
# 78
Laos :
4,118,155
1998
Lao People
# 79
Saudi Arabia :
4,109,644
1998
Saudi People
# 80
Argentina :
4,043,420
1998
Argentine People
# 81
Netherlands :
3,893,104
1998
Dutch People
# 82
Azerbaijan :
3,844,136
1998
Azerbaijani People
# 83
Hungary :
3,609,726
1998
Hungarian People
# 84
Tunisia :
3,486,921
1998
Tunisian People
# 85
Honduras :
3,445,383
1998
Honduran People
# 86
Togo :
3,243,238
1998
Togolese People
# 87
Dominican Republic :
3,164,504
1998
Dominican People
# 88
Bolivia :
3,124,795
1998
Bolivian People
# 89
Belarus :
3,101,252
1998
Belarusian People
# 90
Kyrgyzstan :
3,081,593
1998
Kyrgyzstani People
# 91
Sierra Leone :
2,755,439
1998
Sierra Leonean People
# 92
Cuba :
2,749,490
1998
Cuban People
# 93
Eritrea :
2,739,059
1998
Eritrean People
# 94
Austria :
2,730,002
1998
Austrian People
# 95
Czech Republic :
2,651,966
1998
Czech People
# 96
El Salvador :
2,616,816
1998
Salvadoran People
# 97
Bulgaria :
2,604,258
1998
Bulgarian People
# 98
Australia :
2,477,337
1998
Australian People
# 99
Turkmenistan :
2,417,289
1998
Turkmen People
# 100
Venezuela :
2,383,444
1998
Venezuelan People
# 101
Paraguay :
2,357,471
1998
Paraguayan People
# 102
Slovakia :
2,351,405
1998
Slovak People
# 103
Moldova :
2,315,234
1998
Moldovan People
# 104
Central African Republic :
2,280,358
1998
Central African People
# 105
Georgia :
2,258,732
1998
Georgian People
# 106
Chile :
2,209,209
1998
Chilean People
# 107
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,085,620
1998
Herzegovinian People
# 108
Nicaragua :
2,084,880
1998
Nicaraguan People
# 109
Croatia :
2,010,600
1998
Croatian People
# 110
Finland :
1,998,333
1998
Finnish People
# 111
Switzerland :
1,972,314
1998
Swiss People
# 112
Albania :
1,819,721
1998
Albanian People
# 113
Costa Rica :
1,584,615
1998
Costa Rican People
# 114
Ireland :
1,536,398
1998
Irish People
# 115
Mauritania :
1,499,885
1998
Mauritanian People
# 116
Lesotho :
1,446,468
1998
Basotho People
# 117
Sweden :
1,423,370
1998
Swedish People
# 118
Congo, Republic of the :
1,367,997
1998
Congolese People
# 119
Liberia :
1,282,168
1998
Liberian People
# 120
Jamaica :
1,244,641
1998
Jamaican People
# 121
Namibia :
1,239,634
1998
Namibian People
# 122
Lithuania :
1,168,884
1998
Lithuanian People
# 123
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,144,409
1998
Tobagonian People
# 124
Norway :
1,100,022
1998
Norwegian People
# 125
Armenia :
1,073,554
1998
Armenian People
# 126
Panama :
1,036,043
1998
Panamanian People
# 127
Mongolia :
1,020,666
1998
Mongolian People
# 128
Slovenia :
977,025.3
1998
Slovenian People
# 129
Jordan :
943,092
1998
Jordanian People
# 130
Guinea-Bissau :
907,842.1
1998
Guinean People
# 131
Libya :
904,946.3
1998
Libyan People
# 132
Botswana :
829,675.6
1998
Motswana -Batswana People
# 133
Denmark :
791,969.4
1998
Danish People
# 134
Latvia :
762,042
1998
Latvian People
# 135
Swaziland :
760,923.6
1998
Swazi People
# 136
Macedonia, Republic of :
733,010.3
1998
Macedonian People
# 137
Oman :
667,682.9
1998
Omani People
# 138
Mauritius :
662,136.3
1998
Mauritian People
# 139
Gambia, The :
654,421.6
1998
Gambian People
# 140
United Arab Emirates :
629,148
1998
Emirati People
# 141
East Timor :
591,683.1
1998
Timorese People
# 142
New Zealand :
551,649
1998
New Zealand People
# 143
Bhutan :
540,714.7
1998
Bhutanese People
# 144
Guyana :
526,248.4
1998
Guyanese People
# 145
Israel :
525,448
1998
Israeli People
# 146
Lebanon :
482,209.5
1998
Lebanese People
# 147
Estonia :
420,850.3
1998
Estonian People
# 148
Fiji :
419,582.5
1998
Fijian People
# 149
Comoros :
348,915
1998
Comoran People
# 150
Solomon Islands :
335,400.2
1998
Solomon Islander People
# 151
Puerto Rico :
315,926.9
1998
Puerto Rican People
# 152
Belgium :
308,130.6
1998
Belgian People
# 153
Uruguay :
296,914.4
1998
Uruguayan People
# 154
Gabon :
264,594.1
1998
Gabonese People
# 155
Equatorial Guinea :
261,939.7
1998
Equatorial Guinean People
# 156
Cyprus :
214,851.4
1998
Cypriot People
# 157
Cape Verde :
208,369.5
1998
Cape Verdean People
# 158
Maldives :
201,276.7
1998
Maldivian People
# 159
Vanuatu :
145,152.3
1998
- People
# 160
Samoa :
135,984.6
1998
Samoan People
# 161
Barbados :
135,408.5
1998
Barbadian People
# 162
Belize :
124,926.3
1998
Belizean People
# 163
Suriname :
122,124.6
1998
Surinamese People
# 164
Djibouti :
121,562
1998
Djiboutian People
# 165
Saint Lucia :
108,433
1998
Saint Lucian People
# 166
French Polynesia :
107,495.6
1998
French Polynesian People
# 167
Brunei :
95,057.48
1998
Bruneian People
# 168
Micronesia, Federated States of :
82,329.62
1998
Micronesian People
# 169
New Caledonia :
79,417
1998
New Caledonian People
# 170
Tonga :
76,071.57
1998
Tongan People
# 171
Luxembourg :
70,644.96
1998
Luxembourg People
# 172
Grenada :
68,828.76
1998
Grenadian People
# 173
São Tomé and Príncipe :
65,179.83
1998
Sao Tomean People
# 174
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
64,457.08
1998
Saint Vincentian People
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
55,419.81
1998
Dutch Antillean People
# 176
Kiribati :
51,290.4
1998
- People
# 177
Antigua and Barbuda :
46,683.7
1998
Barbudan People
# 178
Bahrain :
42,244.49
1998
Bahraini People
# 179
Seychelles :
38,981.46
1998
Seychellois People
# 180
Kuwait :
37,296.8
1998
Kuwaiti People
# 181
Man, Isle of :
35,731.74
1998
Manx People
# 182
Bahamas, The :
35,241.92
1998
Bahamian People
# 183
Qatar :
30,363.65
1998
Qatari People
# 184
Malta :
29,260
1998
Maltese People
# 185
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
26,822.89
1998
Nevisian People
# 186
Iceland :
21,865.2
1998
Icelandic People
# 187
Dominica :
21,240.51
1998
Dominican People
# 188
Marshall Islands :
17,520.49
1998
Marshallese People
# 189
Guam :
10,943.55
1998
Guamanian People
# 190
Greenland :
10,479.48
1998
Greenlandic People
# 191
Virgin Islands :
8,922.32
1998
Virgin Islander People
# 192
Macau :
173.12
1998
Chinese People
Total :
3,176,015,938.13
Weighted average:
16,541,749.7
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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"Rural population (1998) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop-people-rural-population&date=1998
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