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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (2003) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
791,593,000
2003
Chinese People
# 2
India :
763,173,800
2003
Indian People
# 3
Indonesia :
116,653,900
2003
Indonesian People
# 4
Bangladesh :
103,363,200
2003
Bangladeshi People
# 5
Pakistan :
97,702,390
2003
Pakistani People
# 6
Nigeria :
67,388,240
2003
Nigerian People
# 7
Vietnam :
60,530,320
2003
Vietnamese People
# 8
Ethiopia :
57,937,210
2003
Ethiopian People
# 9
United States :
57,813,030
2003
American People
# 10
Japan :
43,986,770
2003
Japanese People
# 11
Thailand :
43,051,940
2003
Thai People
# 12
Egypt :
40,850,480
2003
Egyptian People
# 13
Russia :
38,810,490
2003
Russian People
# 14
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
37,321,680
2003
Congolese People
# 15
Burma :
34,841,940
2003
Burmese People
# 16
Philippines :
31,248,840
2003
Philippine People
# 17
Brazil :
30,839,340
2003
Brazilian People
# 18
Tanzania :
28,265,090
2003
Tanzanian People
# 19
Kenya :
26,088,810
2003
Kenyan People
# 20
Mexico :
24,770,320
2003
Mexican People
# 21
Turkey :
23,858,230
2003
Turkish People
# 22
Uganda :
23,537,600
2003
Ugandan People
# 23
Iran :
22,692,790
2003
Iranian People
# 24
Nepal :
22,186,600
2003
Nepalese People
# 25
Sudan :
21,289,920
2003
Sudanese People
# 26
Afghanistan :
21,169,640
2003
Afghan People
# 27
Germany :
20,503,180
2003
German People
# 28
South Africa :
19,096,340
2003
South African People
# 29
Italy :
18,756,070
2003
Italian People
# 30
Sri Lanka :
16,299,590
2003
Sri Lankan People
# 31
Uzbekistan :
16,122,990
2003
Uzbekistani People
# 32
Ukraine :
15,529,650
2003
Ukrainian People
# 33
Poland :
14,537,400
2003
Polish People
# 34
Yemen :
14,473,400
2003
Yemeni People
# 35
France :
14,232,640
2003
French People
# 36
Madagascar :
12,958,280
2003
Malagasy People
# 37
Mozambique :
12,768,780
2003
Mozambican People
# 38
Colombia :
12,338,520
2003
Colombian People
# 39
Morocco :
12,315,100
2003
Moroccan People
# 40
Algeria :
12,140,840
2003
Algerian People
# 41
Ghana :
11,395,010
2003
Ghanaian People
# 42
Cambodia :
11,017,170
2003
Cambodian People
# 43
Niger :
10,890,510
2003
Nigerien People
# 44
Malawi :
10,320,000
2003
Malawian People
# 45
Burkina Faso :
10,234,630
2003
Burkinabe People
# 46
Romania :
9,988,288
2003
Romanian People
# 47
Spain :
9,854,256
2003
Spanish People
# 48
Côte d'Ivoire :
9,822,980
2003
Ivoirian People
# 49
Korea, South :
9,416,728
2003
Korean People
# 50
Syria :
8,991,887
2003
Syrian People
# 51
Mali :
8,984,068
2003
Malian People
# 52
Iraq :
8,939,037
2003
Iraqi People
# 53
Korea, North :
8,676,629
2003
Korean People
# 54
Malaysia :
8,528,457
2003
Malaysian People
# 55
Zimbabwe :
8,353,322
2003
Zimbabwean People
# 56
Peru :
7,550,943
2003
Peruvian People
# 57
Cameroon :
7,439,590
2003
Cameroonian People
# 58
Zambia :
7,348,288
2003
Zambian People
# 59
Rwanda :
7,260,129
2003
Rwandan People
# 60
Angola :
7,225,525
2003
Angolan People
# 61
Chad :
6,891,984
2003
Chadian People
# 62
Senegal :
6,537,828
2003
Senegalese People
# 63
Guatemala :
6,435,980
2003
Guatemalan People
# 64
Kazakhstan :
6,425,775
2003
Kazakhstani People
# 65
Canada :
6,382,934
2003
Canadian People
# 66
Burundi :
6,372,413
2003
Burundian People
# 67
United Kingdom :
6,208,433
2003
British People
# 68
Guinea :
6,103,878
2003
Guinean People
# 69
Haiti :
5,178,008
2003
Haitian People
# 70
Somalia :
5,053,368
2003
Somali People
# 71
Ecuador :
4,909,868
2003
Ecuadorian People
# 72
Papua New Guinea :
4,902,339
2003
Papua New Guinean People
# 73
Benin :
4,797,265
2003
Beninese People
# 74
Tajikistan :
4,758,467
2003
Tajikistani People
# 75
Portugal :
4,560,649
2003
Portuguese People
# 76
Laos :
4,532,992
2003
Lao People
# 77
Greece :
4,528,475
2003
Greek People
# 78
Saudi Arabia :
4,296,175
2003
Saudi People
# 79
Azerbaijan :
4,013,271
2003
Azerbaijani People
# 80
Argentina :
3,899,328
2003
Argentine People
# 81
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,891,171
2003
Serbian People
# 82
Honduras :
3,745,634
2003
Honduran People
# 83
Togo :
3,577,284
2003
Togolese People
# 84
Tunisia :
3,489,193
2003
Tunisian People
# 85
Hungary :
3,482,540
2003
Hungarian People
# 86
Netherlands :
3,433,267
2003
Dutch People
# 87
Eritrea :
3,293,059
2003
Eritrean People
# 88
Bolivia :
3,247,837
2003
Bolivian People
# 89
Kyrgyzstan :
3,242,843
2003
Kyrgyzstani People
# 90
Sierra Leone :
3,111,437
2003
Sierra Leonean People
# 91
Dominican Republic :
3,020,771
2003
Dominican People
# 92
Belarus :
2,831,854
2003
Belarusian People
# 93
Austria :
2,766,546
2003
Austrian People
# 94
Cuba :
2,744,373
2003
Cuban People
# 95
El Salvador :
2,707,808
2003
Salvadoran People
# 96
Czech Republic :
2,683,126
2003
Czech People
# 97
Turkmenistan :
2,548,067
2003
Turkmen People
# 98
Central African Republic :
2,447,007
2003
Central African People
# 99
Paraguay :
2,428,812
2003
Paraguayan People
# 100
Australia :
2,424,506
2003
Australian People
# 101
Bulgaria :
2,381,321
2003
Bulgarian People
# 102
Slovakia :
2,354,135
2003
Slovak People
# 103
Moldova :
2,265,431
2003
Moldovan People
# 104
Georgia :
2,172,779
2003
Georgian People
# 105
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,166,751
2003
Herzegovinian People
# 106
Nicaragua :
2,126,263
2003
Nicaraguan People
# 107
Chile :
2,086,395
2003
Chilean People
# 108
Finland :
2,027,855
2003
Finnish People
# 109
Croatia :
1,948,261
2003
Croatian People
# 110
Venezuela :
1,930,685
2003
Venezuelan People
# 111
Switzerland :
1,881,709
2003
Swiss People
# 112
Albania :
1,733,710
2003
Albanian People
# 113
Mauritania :
1,728,796
2003
Mauritanian People
# 114
Costa Rica :
1,644,655
2003
Costa Rican People
# 115
Ireland :
1,600,677
2003
Irish People
# 116
Congo, Republic of the :
1,528,816
2003
Congolese People
# 117
Lesotho :
1,469,856
2003
Basotho People
# 118
Sweden :
1,422,213
2003
Swedish People
# 119
Liberia :
1,399,203
2003
Liberian People
# 120
Namibia :
1,310,339
2003
Namibian People
# 121
Jamaica :
1,247,330
2003
Jamaican People
# 122
Lithuania :
1,148,189
2003
Lithuanian People
# 123
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,146,272
2003
Tobagonian People
# 124
Armenia :
1,078,204
2003
Armenian People
# 125
Mongolia :
1,074,645
2003
Mongolian People
# 126
Norway :
1,055,405
2003
Norwegian People
# 127
Guinea-Bissau :
1,051,026
2003
Guinean People
# 128
Slovenia :
979,489.5
2003
Slovenian People
# 129
Panama :
973,169.2
2003
Panamanian People
# 130
Jordan :
965,458
2003
Jordanian People
# 131
United Arab Emirates :
930,238.2
2003
Emirati People
# 132
Libya :
893,831.7
2003
Libyan People
# 133
Swaziland :
842,631.1
2003
Swazi People
# 134
Denmark :
786,527.4
2003
Danish People
# 135
Botswana :
784,445
2003
Motswana -Batswana People
# 136
Latvia :
745,969.7
2003
Latvian People
# 137
Oman :
714,579.9
2003
Omani People
# 138
Mauritius :
702,871.8
2003
Mauritian People
# 139
Gambia, The :
690,382.1
2003
Gambian People
# 140
Macedonia, Republic of :
662,642.6
2003
Macedonian People
# 141
East Timor :
651,165.9
2003
Timorese People
# 142
Israel :
567,286.6
2003
Israeli People
# 143
New Zealand :
561,288
2003
New Zealand People
# 144
Bhutan :
549,773.6
2003
Bhutanese People
# 145
Guyana :
536,575.8
2003
Guyanese People
# 146
Lebanon :
477,999.3
2003
Lebanese People
# 147
Fiji :
418,508.9
2003
Fijian People
# 148
Estonia :
416,613.5
2003
Estonian People
# 149
Solomon Islands :
379,085.6
2003
Solomon Islander People
# 150
Comoros :
370,034.3
2003
Comoran People
# 151
Belgium :
294,680.7
2003
Belgian People
# 152
Equatorial Guinea :
294,169.6
2003
Equatorial Guinean People
# 153
Uruguay :
282,793.9
2003
Uruguayan People
# 154
Gabon :
238,753
2003
Gabonese People
# 155
Cyprus :
223,908
2003
Cypriot People
# 156
Maldives :
223,232
2003
Maldivian People
# 157
Cape Verde :
214,074.6
2003
Cape Verdean People
# 158
Vanuatu :
156,987.5
2003
- People
# 159
Belize :
142,159.8
2003
Belizean People
# 160
Samoa :
141,876.9
2003
Samoan People
# 161
Puerto Rico :
139,603.7
2003
Puerto Rican People
# 162
Barbados :
129,864.4
2003
Barbadian People
# 163
French Polynesia :
119,391.6
2003
French Polynesian People
# 164
Suriname :
118,981
2003
Surinamese People
# 165
Saint Lucia :
116,031.9
2003
Saint Lucian People
# 166
Djibouti :
114,878.7
2003
Djiboutian People
# 167
Brunei :
98,184.05
2003
Bruneian People
# 168
Micronesia, Federated States of :
84,557.8
2003
Micronesian People
# 169
New Caledonia :
83,563.33
2003
New Caledonian People
# 170
Tonga :
77,554.09
2003
Tongan People
# 171
Luxembourg :
75,591.09
2003
Luxembourg People
# 172
Grenada :
72,434.73
2003
Grenadian People
# 173
São Tomé and Príncipe :
65,510.11
2003
Sao Tomean People
# 174
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
64,436.6
2003
Saint Vincentian People
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
53,721.13
2003
Dutch Antillean People
# 176
Kiribati :
52,390.55
2003
- People
# 177
Antigua and Barbuda :
49,325.4
2003
Barbudan People
# 178
Kuwait :
41,697.65
2003
Kuwaiti People
# 179
Seychelles :
39,628.08
2003
Seychellois People
# 180
Man, Isle of :
37,342.9
2003
Manx People
# 181
Qatar :
35,195.38
2003
Qatari People
# 182
Bahamas, The :
32,199.78
2003
Bahamian People
# 183
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
31,557.28
2003
Nevisian People
# 184
Bahrain :
30,069.72
2003
Bahraini People
# 185
Malta :
21,763.56
2003
Maltese People
# 186
Iceland :
21,426.56
2003
Icelandic People
# 187
Marshall Islands :
19,859.86
2003
Marshallese People
# 188
Dominica :
19,811.41
2003
Dominican People
# 189
Guam :
10,351.09
2003
Guamanian People
# 190
Greenland :
10,001.99
2003
Greenlandic People
# 191
Virgin Islands :
7,007.62
2003
Virgin Islander People
Total :
3,257,850,419.76
Weighted average:
17,056,808.5
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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