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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (2000) by country
Showing values for 2000.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
810,618,100
2000
Chinese People
# 2
India :
734,512,300
2000
Indian People
# 3
Indonesia :
119,633,700
2000
Indonesian People
# 4
Bangladesh :
99,007,390
2000
Bangladeshi People
# 5
Pakistan :
92,375,520
2000
Pakistani People
# 6
Nigeria :
65,977,980
2000
Nigerian People
# 7
Vietnam :
59,441,680
2000
Vietnamese People
# 8
United States :
58,984,820
2000
American People
# 9
Ethiopia :
54,717,600
2000
Ethiopian People
# 10
Japan :
44,150,760
2000
Japanese People
# 11
Thailand :
42,331,000
2000
Thai People
# 12
Russia :
38,916,600
2000
Russian People
# 13
Egypt :
38,689,160
2000
Egyptian People
# 14
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
35,136,580
2000
Congolese People
# 15
Burma :
34,361,210
2000
Burmese People
# 16
Brazil :
32,685,240
2000
Brazilian People
# 17
Philippines :
31,442,950
2000
Philippine People
# 18
Tanzania :
27,010,630
2000
Tanzanian People
# 19
Mexico :
24,785,400
2000
Mexican People
# 20
Kenya :
24,643,530
2000
Kenyan People
# 21
Turkey :
23,799,260
2000
Turkish People
# 22
Iran :
22,791,710
2000
Iranian People
# 23
Uganda :
21,367,390
2000
Ugandan People
# 24
Nepal :
21,156,910
2000
Nepalese People
# 25
Sudan :
21,024,640
2000
Sudanese People
# 26
Germany :
20,470,290
2000
German People
# 27
South Africa :
18,964,000
2000
South African People
# 28
Afghanistan :
18,679,220
2000
Afghan People
# 29
Italy :
18,679,140
2000
Italian People
# 30
Sri Lanka :
16,319,640
2000
Sri Lankan People
# 31
Ukraine :
16,178,850
2000
Ukrainian People
# 32
Uzbekistan :
15,455,550
2000
Uzbekistani People
# 33
Poland :
14,727,810
2000
Polish People
# 34
France :
14,252,720
2000
French People
# 35
Yemen :
13,380,700
2000
Yemeni People
# 36
Morocco :
12,499,470
2000
Moroccan People
# 37
Mozambique :
12,411,990
2000
Mozambican People
# 38
Algeria :
12,246,180
2000
Algerian People
# 39
Colombia :
12,130,560
2000
Colombian People
# 40
Madagascar :
11,984,350
2000
Malagasy People
# 41
Ghana :
11,125,510
2000
Ghanaian People
# 42
Cambodia :
10,590,580
2000
Cambodian People
# 43
Romania :
10,189,120
2000
Romanian People
# 44
Niger :
9,873,638
2000
Nigerien People
# 45
Malawi :
9,774,073
2000
Malawian People
# 46
Korea, South :
9,589,655
2000
Korean People
# 47
Spain :
9,542,378
2000
Spanish People
# 48
Côte d'Ivoire :
9,538,922
2000
Ivoirian People
# 49
Burkina Faso :
9,428,499
2000
Burkinabe People
# 50
Malaysia :
8,784,925
2000
Malaysian People
# 51
Korea, North :
8,701,134
2000
Korean People
# 52
Mali :
8,397,427
2000
Malian People
# 53
Syria :
8,389,599
2000
Syrian People
# 54
Zimbabwe :
8,337,946
2000
Zimbabwean People
# 55
Iraq :
8,074,024
2000
Iraqi People
# 56
Cameroon :
7,428,172
2000
Cameroonian People
# 57
Peru :
7,370,422
2000
Peruvian People
# 58
Zambia :
6,977,779
2000
Zambian People
# 59
Angola :
6,920,318
2000
Angolan People
# 60
Rwanda :
6,917,129
2000
Rwandan People
# 61
Kazakhstan :
6,504,129
2000
Kazakhstani People
# 62
Canada :
6,338,558
2000
Canadian People
# 63
United Kingdom :
6,332,756
2000
British People
# 64
Chad :
6,293,086
2000
Chadian People
# 65
Senegal :
6,143,642
2000
Senegalese People
# 66
Guatemala :
6,130,341
2000
Guatemalan People
# 67
Burundi :
5,928,269
2000
Burundian People
# 68
Guinea :
5,819,423
2000
Guinean People
# 69
Haiti :
5,112,582
2000
Haitian People
# 70
Ecuador :
4,885,301
2000
Ecuadorian People
# 71
Somalia :
4,676,776
2000
Somali People
# 72
Portugal :
4,662,967
2000
Portuguese People
# 73
Papua New Guinea :
4,599,417
2000
Papua New Guinean People
# 74
Tajikistan :
4,563,644
2000
Tajikistani People
# 75
Greece :
4,498,010
2000
Greek People
# 76
Benin :
4,433,325
2000
Beninese People
# 77
Laos :
4,280,914
2000
Lao People
# 78
Saudi Arabia :
4,173,462
2000
Saudi People
# 79
Argentina :
3,984,737
2000
Argentine People
# 80
Azerbaijan :
3,951,831
2000
Azerbaijani People
# 81
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,938,423
2000
Serbian People
# 82
Netherlands :
3,694,700
2000
Dutch People
# 83
Hungary :
3,614,684
2000
Hungarian People
# 84
Honduras :
3,571,933
2000
Honduran People
# 85
Tunisia :
3,500,241
2000
Tunisian People
# 86
Togo :
3,400,618
2000
Togolese People
# 87
Bolivia :
3,176,960
2000
Bolivian People
# 88
Kyrgyzstan :
3,175,284
2000
Kyrgyzstani People
# 89
Dominican Republic :
3,107,607
2000
Dominican People
# 90
Belarus :
3,001,500
2000
Belarusian People
# 91
Eritrea :
2,923,469
2000
Eritrean People
# 92
Sierra Leone :
2,840,662
2000
Sierra Leonean People
# 93
Austria :
2,739,954
2000
Austrian People
# 94
Cuba :
2,714,418
2000
Cuban People
# 95
Czech Republic :
2,671,058
2000
Czech People
# 96
El Salvador :
2,612,681
2000
Salvadoran People
# 97
Bulgaria :
2,506,660
2000
Bulgarian People
# 98
Turkmenistan :
2,471,675
2000
Turkmen People
# 99
Australia :
2,451,584
2000
Australian People
# 100
Paraguay :
2,389,781
2000
Paraguayan People
# 101
Central African Republic :
2,357,101
2000
Central African People
# 102
Slovakia :
2,354,880
2000
Slovak People
# 103
Moldova :
2,304,031
2000
Moldovan People
# 104
Georgia :
2,232,589
2000
Georgian People
# 105
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,185,168
2000
Herzegovinian People
# 106
Chile :
2,173,068
2000
Chilean People
# 107
Venezuela :
2,163,679
2000
Venezuelan People
# 108
Nicaragua :
2,105,882
2000
Nicaraguan People
# 109
Finland :
2,013,541
2000
Finnish People
# 110
Croatia :
1,999,110
2000
Croatian People
# 111
Switzerland :
1,932,556
2000
Swiss People
# 112
Albania :
1,781,953
2000
Albanian People
# 113
Costa Rica :
1,610,807
2000
Costa Rican People
# 114
Mauritania :
1,586,708
2000
Mauritanian People
# 115
Ireland :
1,556,409
2000
Irish People
# 116
Lesotho :
1,469,328
2000
Basotho People
# 117
Congo, Republic of the :
1,433,561
2000
Congolese People
# 118
Sweden :
1,419,040
2000
Swedish People
# 119
Liberia :
1,400,907
2000
Liberian People
# 120
Namibia :
1,280,639
2000
Namibian People
# 121
Jamaica :
1,248,085
2000
Jamaican People
# 122
Lithuania :
1,154,844
2000
Lithuanian People
# 123
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,145,952
2000
Tobagonian People
# 124
Armenia :
1,075,618
2000
Armenian People
# 125
Norway :
1,073,349
2000
Norwegian People
# 126
Mongolia :
1,040,732
2000
Mongolian People
# 127
Panama :
1,008,882
2000
Panamanian People
# 128
Slovenia :
978,588
2000
Slovenian People
# 129
Guinea-Bissau :
960,051.9
2000
Guinean People
# 130
Jordan :
951,972
2000
Jordanian People
# 131
Libya :
896,756.3
2000
Libyan People
# 132
Botswana :
820,872.9
2000
Motswana -Batswana People
# 133
Swaziland :
801,515
2000
Swazi People
# 134
Denmark :
795,264.3
2000
Danish People
# 135
Latvia :
756,668
2000
Latvian People
# 136
United Arab Emirates :
733,822
2000
Emirati People
# 137
Macedonia, Republic of :
705,339.4
2000
Macedonian People
# 138
Oman :
693,528
2000
Omani People
# 139
Mauritius :
680,078.3
2000
Mauritian People
# 140
Gambia, The :
669,784.9
2000
Gambian People
# 141
East Timor :
591,644.9
2000
Timorese People
# 142
New Zealand :
551,665.4
2000
New Zealand People
# 143
Bhutan :
546,035.7
2000
Bhutanese People
# 144
Israel :
540,854
2000
Israeli People
# 145
Guyana :
530,989.7
2000
Guyanese People
# 146
Lebanon :
475,700.3
2000
Lebanese People
# 147
Fiji :
419,150.5
2000
Fijian People
# 148
Estonia :
419,070.9
2000
Estonian People
# 149
Comoros :
357,696.7
2000
Comoran People
# 150
Solomon Islands :
352,991.9
2000
Solomon Islander People
# 151
Belgium :
297,308
2000
Belgian People
# 152
Uruguay :
290,717.2
2000
Uruguayan People
# 153
Equatorial Guinea :
274,692.5
2000
Equatorial Guinean People
# 154
Gabon :
253,146.7
2000
Gabonese People
# 155
Cyprus :
217,916
2000
Cypriot People
# 156
Maldives :
210,401.5
2000
Maldivian People
# 157
Cape Verde :
209,978.2
2000
Cape Verdean People
# 158
Puerto Rico :
206,058.6
2000
Puerto Rican People
# 159
Vanuatu :
149,910.8
2000
- People
# 160
Samoa :
138,608
2000
Samoan People
# 161
Barbados :
133,310.6
2000
Barbadian People
# 162
Belize :
130,645.4
2000
Belizean People
# 163
Suriname :
121,091
2000
Surinamese People
# 164
Djibouti :
119,333.9
2000
Djiboutian People
# 165
French Polynesia :
112,395
2000
French Polynesian People
# 166
Saint Lucia :
112,317.1
2000
Saint Lucian People
# 167
Brunei :
96,370.8
2000
Bruneian People
# 168
Micronesia, Federated States of :
83,210.48
2000
Micronesian People
# 169
New Caledonia :
81,236.95
2000
New Caledonian People
# 170
Tonga :
76,945.92
2000
Tongan People
# 171
Luxembourg :
70,956
2000
Luxembourg People
# 172
Grenada :
69,966
2000
Grenadian People
# 173
São Tomé and Príncipe :
65,089.48
2000
Sao Tomean People
# 174
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
64,467.64
2000
Saint Vincentian People
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
53,927.62
2000
Dutch Antillean People
# 176
Kiribati :
51,699
2000
- People
# 177
Antigua and Barbuda :
47,956.72
2000
Barbudan People
# 178
Seychelles :
39,754.19
2000
Seychellois People
# 179
Kuwait :
39,420
2000
Kuwaiti People
# 180
Man, Isle of :
36,631.66
2000
Manx People
# 181
Bahrain :
36,288.43
2000
Bahraini People
# 182
Bahamas, The :
33,761.05
2000
Bahamian People
# 183
Qatar :
30,923.29
2000
Qatari People
# 184
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
29,760.19
2000
Nevisian People
# 185
Malta :
25,740
2000
Maltese People
# 186
Iceland :
21,637
2000
Icelandic People
# 187
Dominica :
20,613.21
2000
Dominican People
# 188
Marshall Islands :
18,064.96
2000
Marshallese People
# 189
Guam :
10,566.04
2000
Guamanian People
# 190
Greenland :
10,340.8
2000
Greenlandic People
# 191
Virgin Islands :
8,039.14
2000
Virgin Islander People
Total :
3,212,150,499.07
Weighted average:
16,817,541.9
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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"Rural population (2000) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop-people-rural-population&date=2000
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