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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (2001) by country
Showing values for 2001.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
804,826,700
2001
Chinese People
# 2
India :
744,413,300
2001
Indian People
# 3
Indonesia :
118,678,200
2001
Indonesian People
# 4
Bangladesh :
100,462,800
2001
Bangladeshi People
# 5
Pakistan :
94,120,940
2001
Pakistani People
# 6
Nigeria :
66,491,240
2001
Nigerian People
# 7
Vietnam :
59,842,280
2001
Vietnamese People
# 8
United States :
58,661,380
2001
American People
# 9
Ethiopia :
55,832,360
2001
Ethiopian People
# 10
Japan :
44,095,270
2001
Japanese People
# 11
Thailand :
42,580,800
2001
Thai People
# 12
Egypt :
39,394,960
2001
Egyptian People
# 13
Russia :
38,939,350
2001
Russian People
# 14
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
35,782,240
2001
Congolese People
# 15
Burma :
34,538,620
2001
Burmese People
# 16
Brazil :
32,100,610
2001
Brazilian People
# 17
Philippines :
31,404,730
2001
Philippine People
# 18
Tanzania :
27,437,990
2001
Tanzanian People
# 19
Kenya :
25,122,540
2001
Kenyan People
# 20
Mexico :
24,788,120
2001
Mexican People
# 21
Turkey :
23,834,390
2001
Turkish People
# 22
Iran :
22,752,570
2001
Iranian People
# 23
Uganda :
22,047,360
2001
Ugandan People
# 24
Nepal :
21,508,590
2001
Nepalese People
# 25
Sudan :
21,134,620
2001
Sudanese People
# 26
Germany :
20,484,450
2001
German People
# 27
Afghanistan :
19,378,510
2001
Afghan People
# 28
South Africa :
19,099,050
2001
South African People
# 29
Italy :
18,644,090
2001
Italian People
# 30
Ukraine :
15,948,830
2001
Ukrainian People
# 31
Sri Lanka :
15,813,550
2001
Sri Lankan People
# 32
Uzbekistan :
15,684,270
2001
Uzbekistani People
# 33
Poland :
14,619,530
2001
Polish People
# 34
France :
14,218,020
2001
French People
# 35
Yemen :
13,735,150
2001
Yemeni People
# 36
Mozambique :
12,540,190
2001
Mozambican People
# 37
Morocco :
12,441,050
2001
Moroccan People
# 38
Madagascar :
12,306,990
2001
Malagasy People
# 39
Algeria :
12,211,110
2001
Algerian People
# 40
Colombia :
12,205,480
2001
Colombian People
# 41
Ghana :
11,218,750
2001
Ghanaian People
# 42
Cambodia :
10,735,970
2001
Cambodian People
# 43
Niger :
10,203,270
2001
Nigerien People
# 44
Romania :
10,087,770
2001
Romanian People
# 45
Malawi :
9,965,052
2001
Malawian People
# 46
Burkina Faso :
9,681,552
2001
Burkinabe People
# 47
Côte d'Ivoire :
9,650,880
2001
Ivoirian People
# 48
Spain :
9,618,170
2001
Spanish People
# 49
Korea, South :
9,546,469
2001
Korean People
# 50
Malaysia :
8,715,527
2001
Malaysian People
# 51
Korea, North :
8,698,744
2001
Korean People
# 52
Syria :
8,587,855
2001
Syrian People
# 53
Mali :
8,585,127
2001
Malian People
# 54
Iraq :
8,355,903
2001
Iraqi People
# 55
Zimbabwe :
8,352,595
2001
Zimbabwean People
# 56
Cameroon :
7,439,064
2001
Cameroonian People
# 57
Peru :
7,433,689
2001
Peruvian People
# 58
Rwanda :
7,133,944
2001
Rwandan People
# 59
Zambia :
7,106,665
2001
Zambian People
# 60
Angola :
7,013,599
2001
Angolan People
# 61
Chad :
6,482,658
2001
Chadian People
# 62
Kazakhstan :
6,463,382
2001
Kazakhstani People
# 63
Canada :
6,359,357
2001
Canadian People
# 64
Senegal :
6,273,920
2001
Senegalese People
# 65
United Kingdom :
6,271,327
2001
British People
# 66
Guatemala :
6,228,971
2001
Guatemalan People
# 67
Burundi :
6,044,281
2001
Burundian People
# 68
Guinea :
5,911,113
2001
Guinean People
# 69
Haiti :
5,134,766
2001
Haitian People
# 70
Ecuador :
4,894,348
2001
Ecuadorian People
# 71
Somalia :
4,793,725
2001
Somali People
# 72
Papua New Guinea :
4,701,726
2001
Papua New Guinean People
# 73
Tajikistan :
4,629,252
2001
Tajikistani People
# 74
Portugal :
4,627,704
2001
Portuguese People
# 75
Benin :
4,548,840
2001
Beninese People
# 76
Greece :
4,507,000
2001
Greek People
# 77
Laos :
4,364,012
2001
Lao People
# 78
Saudi Arabia :
4,216,091
2001
Saudi People
# 79
Azerbaijan :
3,972,838
2001
Azerbaijani People
# 80
Argentina :
3,958,541
2001
Argentine People
# 81
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,922,350
2001
Serbian People
# 82
Honduras :
3,631,879
2001
Honduran People
# 83
Netherlands :
3,613,580
2001
Dutch People
# 84
Hungary :
3,571,764
2001
Hungarian People
# 85
Tunisia :
3,503,778
2001
Tunisian People
# 86
Togo :
3,465,534
2001
Togolese People
# 87
Bolivia :
3,201,765
2001
Bolivian People
# 88
Kyrgyzstan :
3,196,837
2001
Kyrgyzstani People
# 89
Dominican Republic :
3,080,243
2001
Dominican People
# 90
Eritrea :
3,035,043
2001
Eritrean People
# 91
Belarus :
2,947,209
2001
Belarusian People
# 92
Sierra Leone :
2,915,417
2001
Sierra Leonean People
# 93
Austria :
2,747,494
2001
Austrian People
# 94
Cuba :
2,725,591
2001
Cuban People
# 95
Czech Republic :
2,668,464
2001
Czech People
# 96
El Salvador :
2,645,493
2001
Salvadoran People
# 97
Turkmenistan :
2,495,796
2001
Turkmen People
# 98
Australia :
2,446,038
2001
Australian People
# 99
Bulgaria :
2,442,608
2001
Bulgarian People
# 100
Paraguay :
2,404,098
2001
Paraguayan People
# 101
Central African Republic :
2,390,012
2001
Central African People
# 102
Slovakia :
2,351,655
2001
Slovak People
# 103
Moldova :
2,291,095
2001
Moldovan People
# 104
Georgia :
2,211,699
2001
Georgian People
# 105
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,195,906
2001
Herzegovinian People
# 106
Chile :
2,146,056
2001
Chilean People
# 107
Nicaragua :
2,118,382
2001
Nicaraguan People
# 108
Venezuela :
2,090,166
2001
Venezuelan People
# 109
Finland :
2,018,130
2001
Finnish People
# 110
Croatia :
1,963,722
2001
Croatian People
# 111
Switzerland :
1,914,453
2001
Swiss People
# 112
Albania :
1,762,548
2001
Albanian People
# 113
Mauritania :
1,632,279
2001
Mauritanian People
# 114
Costa Rica :
1,624,240
2001
Costa Rican People
# 115
Ireland :
1,570,552
2001
Irish People
# 116
Lesotho :
1,472,950
2001
Basotho People
# 117
Congo, Republic of the :
1,465,619
2001
Congolese People
# 118
Liberia :
1,420,450
2001
Liberian People
# 119
Sweden :
1,419,482
2001
Swedish People
# 120
Namibia :
1,294,210
2001
Namibian People
# 121
Jamaica :
1,248,736
2001
Jamaican People
# 122
Lithuania :
1,151,613
2001
Lithuanian People
# 123
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,146,148
2001
Tobagonian People
# 124
Armenia :
1,075,719
2001
Armenian People
# 125
Norway :
1,066,873
2001
Norwegian People
# 126
Mongolia :
1,050,386
2001
Mongolian People
# 127
Panama :
998,136.4
2001
Panamanian People
# 128
Guinea-Bissau :
988,825.1
2001
Guinean People
# 129
Slovenia :
979,267.2
2001
Slovenian People
# 130
Jordan :
956,771.6
2001
Jordanian People
# 131
Libya :
896,169.8
2001
Libyan People
# 132
Swaziland :
817,404.4
2001
Swazi People
# 133
Botswana :
811,456
2001
Motswana -Batswana People
# 134
United Arab Emirates :
793,171.2
2001
Emirati People
# 135
Denmark :
792,552.1
2001
Danish People
# 136
Latvia :
753,936.4
2001
Latvian People
# 137
Oman :
702,383.3
2001
Omani People
# 138
Macedonia, Republic of :
691,526.8
2001
Macedonian People
# 139
Mauritius :
688,251.8
2001
Mauritian People
# 140
Gambia, The :
677,503.5
2001
Gambian People
# 141
East Timor :
591,290.8
2001
Timorese People
# 142
Israel :
551,178.4
2001
Israeli People
# 143
New Zealand :
551,031
2001
New Zealand People
# 144
Bhutan :
548,618.8
2001
Bhutanese People
# 145
Guyana :
533,036.4
2001
Guyanese People
# 146
Lebanon :
476,581
2001
Lebanese People
# 147
Fiji :
419,151.9
2001
Fijian People
# 148
Estonia :
418,232.3
2001
Estonian People
# 149
Comoros :
361,797.5
2001
Comoran People
# 150
Solomon Islands :
361,644.3
2001
Solomon Islander People
# 151
Belgium :
296,265.6
2001
Belgian People
# 152
Uruguay :
288,160.7
2001
Uruguayan People
# 153
Equatorial Guinea :
281,101.9
2001
Equatorial Guinean People
# 154
Gabon :
249,051.1
2001
Gabonese People
# 155
Cyprus :
219,288.9
2001
Cypriot People
# 156
Maldives :
214,737.9
2001
Maldivian People
# 157
Cape Verde :
211,381.9
2001
Cape Verdean People
# 158
Puerto Rico :
184,281.1
2001
Puerto Rican People
# 159
Vanuatu :
152,248.8
2001
- People
# 160
Samoa :
139,780.7
2001
Samoan People
# 161
Belize :
134,259.1
2001
Belizean People
# 162
Barbados :
132,180.2
2001
Barbadian People
# 163
Suriname :
120,483.6
2001
Surinamese People
# 164
Djibouti :
118,325.2
2001
Djiboutian People
# 165
French Polynesia :
114,709.7
2001
French Polynesian People
# 166
Saint Lucia :
113,899.4
2001
Saint Lucian People
# 167
Brunei :
97,028.44
2001
Bruneian People
# 168
Micronesia, Federated States of :
83,452.13
2001
Micronesian People
# 169
New Caledonia :
82,014.2
2001
New Caledonian People
# 170
Tonga :
77,201.01
2001
Tongan People
# 171
Luxembourg :
72,078
2001
Luxembourg People
# 172
Grenada :
70,898.19
2001
Grenadian People
# 173
São Tomé and Príncipe :
65,191.75
2001
Sao Tomean People
# 174
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
64,454.91
2001
Saint Vincentian People
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
53,575
2001
Dutch Antillean People
# 176
Kiribati :
52,083.1
2001
- People
# 177
Antigua and Barbuda :
48,302.96
2001
Barbudan People
# 178
Kuwait :
40,495
2001
Kuwaiti People
# 179
Seychelles :
39,480.41
2001
Seychellois People
# 180
Man, Isle of :
37,090.08
2001
Manx People
# 181
Bahrain :
34,382.38
2001
Bahraini People
# 182
Bahamas, The :
33,270.28
2001
Bahamian People
# 183
Qatar :
32,123.15
2001
Qatari People
# 184
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
31,041.93
2001
Nevisian People
# 185
Malta :
24,444.6
2001
Maltese People
# 186
Iceland :
21,660
2001
Icelandic People
# 187
Dominica :
20,285.95
2001
Dominican People
# 188
Marshall Islands :
18,644.99
2001
Marshallese People
# 189
Guam :
10,487.75
2001
Guamanian People
# 190
Greenland :
10,221.89
2001
Greenlandic People
# 191
Virgin Islands :
7,699.43
2001
Virgin Islander People
Total :
3,227,848,420.33
Weighted average:
16,899,729.9
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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"Rural population (2001) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop-people-rural-population&date=2001
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