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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (2004) by country
Showing values for 2004.
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2005
Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
784,434,500
2004
Chinese People
# 2
India :
772,000,600
2004
Indian People
# 3
Indonesia :
115,582,500
2004
Indonesian People
# 4
Bangladesh :
104,800,700
2004
Bangladeshi People
# 5
Pakistan :
99,539,300
2004
Pakistani People
# 6
Nigeria :
67,778,130
2004
Nigerian People
# 7
Vietnam :
60,816,380
2004
Vietnamese People
# 8
Ethiopia :
58,921,020
2004
Ethiopian People
# 9
United States :
57,380,260
2004
American People
# 10
Japan :
43,848,260
2004
Japanese People
# 11
Thailand :
43,273,470
2004
Thai People
# 12
Egypt :
41,594,940
2004
Egyptian People
# 13
Russia :
38,724,300
2004
Russian People
# 14
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
38,181,040
2004
Congolese People
# 15
Burma :
34,962,790
2004
Burmese People
# 16
Philippines :
31,128,730
2004
Philippine People
# 17
Brazil :
30,161,660
2004
Brazilian People
# 18
Tanzania :
28,664,190
2004
Tanzanian People
# 19
Kenya :
26,606,530
2004
Kenyan People
# 20
Mexico :
24,757,270
2004
Mexican People
# 21
Uganda :
24,342,990
2004
Ugandan People
# 22
Turkey :
23,635,950
2004
Turkish People
# 23
Iran :
22,644,810
2004
Iranian People
# 24
Nepal :
22,517,410
2004
Nepalese People
# 25
Afghanistan :
22,122,200
2004
Afghan People
# 26
Sudan :
21,363,520
2004
Sudanese People
# 27
Germany :
20,480,530
2004
German People
# 28
South Africa :
19,091,220
2004
South African People
# 29
Italy :
18,895,340
2004
Italian People
# 30
Sri Lanka :
16,499,880
2004
Sri Lankan People
# 31
Uzbekistan :
16,341,120
2004
Uzbekistani People
# 32
Ukraine :
15,342,420
2004
Ukrainian People
# 33
Yemen :
14,856,690
2004
Yemeni People
# 34
Poland :
14,501,600
2004
Polish People
# 35
France :
14,210,360
2004
French People
# 36
Madagascar :
13,287,500
2004
Malagasy People
# 37
Mozambique :
12,870,290
2004
Mozambican People
# 38
Morocco :
12,531,920
2004
Moroccan People
# 39
Colombia :
12,396,550
2004
Colombian People
# 40
Algeria :
12,101,730
2004
Algerian People
# 41
Ghana :
11,473,490
2004
Ghanaian People
# 42
Niger :
11,247,200
2004
Nigerien People
# 43
Cambodia :
11,157,160
2004
Cambodian People
# 44
Burkina Faso :
10,521,480
2004
Burkinabe People
# 45
Malawi :
10,492,600
2004
Malawian People
# 46
Romania :
10,001,070
2004
Romanian People
# 47
Spain :
9,981,308
2004
Spanish People
# 48
Côte d'Ivoire :
9,901,030
2004
Ivoirian People
# 49
Korea, South :
9,347,172
2004
Korean People
# 50
Iraq :
9,236,368
2004
Iraqi People
# 51
Syria :
9,198,165
2004
Syrian People
# 52
Mali :
9,189,435
2004
Malian People
# 53
Korea, North :
8,658,045
2004
Korean People
# 54
Malaysia :
8,414,337
2004
Malaysian People
# 55
Zimbabwe :
8,346,498
2004
Zimbabwean People
# 56
Peru :
7,607,220
2004
Peruvian People
# 57
Zambia :
7,465,868
2004
Zambian People
# 58
Cameroon :
7,428,684
2004
Cameroonian People
# 59
Angola :
7,336,087
2004
Angolan People
# 60
Rwanda :
7,265,775
2004
Rwandan People
# 61
Chad :
7,093,517
2004
Chadian People
# 62
Senegal :
6,672,145
2004
Senegalese People
# 63
Burundi :
6,574,043
2004
Burundian People
# 64
Guatemala :
6,543,290
2004
Guatemalan People
# 65
Kazakhstan :
6,440,523
2004
Kazakhstani People
# 66
Canada :
6,410,596
2004
Canadian People
# 67
Guinea :
6,201,986
2004
Guinean People
# 68
United Kingdom :
6,198,834
2004
British People
# 69
Haiti :
5,198,853
2004
Haitian People
# 70
Somalia :
5,191,205
2004
Somali People
# 71
Papua New Guinea :
5,000,815
2004
Papua New Guinean People
# 72
Benin :
4,925,950
2004
Beninese People
# 73
Ecuador :
4,916,074
2004
Ecuadorian People
# 74
Tajikistan :
4,826,557
2004
Tajikistani People
# 75
Laos :
4,618,298
2004
Lao People
# 76
Greece :
4,539,742
2004
Greek People
# 77
Portugal :
4,520,046
2004
Portuguese People
# 78
Saudi Arabia :
4,334,646
2004
Saudi People
# 79
Azerbaijan :
4,038,572
2004
Azerbaijani People
# 80
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,874,243
2004
Serbian People
# 81
Argentina :
3,867,850
2004
Argentine People
# 82
Honduras :
3,800,458
2004
Honduran People
# 83
Togo :
3,628,958
2004
Togolese People
# 84
Tunisia :
3,484,286
2004
Tunisian People
# 85
Hungary :
3,440,455
2004
Hungarian People
# 86
Eritrea :
3,424,161
2004
Eritrean People
# 87
Netherlands :
3,334,499
2004
Dutch People
# 88
Kyrgyzstan :
3,273,653
2004
Kyrgyzstani People
# 89
Bolivia :
3,268,482
2004
Bolivian People
# 90
Sierra Leone :
3,204,004
2004
Sierra Leonean People
# 91
Dominican Republic :
2,988,090
2004
Dominican People
# 92
Austria :
2,782,668
2004
Austrian People
# 93
Belarus :
2,774,430
2004
Belarusian People
# 94
Cuba :
2,752,772
2004
Cuban People
# 95
El Salvador :
2,737,435
2004
Salvadoran People
# 96
Czech Republic :
2,694,628
2004
Czech People
# 97
Turkmenistan :
2,574,598
2004
Turkmen People
# 98
Central African Republic :
2,474,491
2004
Central African People
# 99
Paraguay :
2,439,100
2004
Paraguayan People
# 100
Australia :
2,411,040
2004
Australian People
# 101
Slovakia :
2,356,437
2004
Slovak People
# 102
Bulgaria :
2,351,418
2004
Bulgarian People
# 103
Moldova :
2,253,208
2004
Moldovan People
# 104
Georgia :
2,155,077
2004
Georgian People
# 105
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,142,395
2004
Herzegovinian People
# 106
Nicaragua :
2,118,807
2004
Nicaraguan People
# 107
Chile :
2,054,174
2004
Chilean People
# 108
Finland :
2,033,748
2004
Finnish People
# 109
Croatia :
1,940,637
2004
Croatian People
# 110
Switzerland :
1,863,652
2004
Swiss People
# 111
Venezuela :
1,844,566
2004
Venezuelan People
# 112
Mauritania :
1,778,677
2004
Mauritanian People
# 113
Albania :
1,721,404
2004
Albanian People
# 114
Costa Rica :
1,651,880
2004
Costa Rican People
# 115
Ireland :
1,618,429
2004
Irish People
# 116
Congo, Republic of the :
1,560,168
2004
Congolese People
# 117
Lesotho :
1,464,988
2004
Basotho People
# 118
Sweden :
1,424,332
2004
Swedish People
# 119
Liberia :
1,382,431
2004
Liberian People
# 120
Namibia :
1,314,854
2004
Namibian People
# 121
Jamaica :
1,245,967
2004
Jamaican People
# 122
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,146,191
2004
Tobagonian People
# 123
Lithuania :
1,144,737
2004
Lithuanian People
# 124
Mongolia :
1,089,359
2004
Mongolian People
# 125
Guinea-Bissau :
1,083,649
2004
Guinean People
# 126
Armenia :
1,080,314
2004
Armenian People
# 127
Norway :
1,049,720
2004
Norwegian People
# 128
United Arab Emirates :
1,000,512
2004
Emirati People
# 129
Slovenia :
979,328.8
2004
Slovenian People
# 130
Jordan :
967,280
2004
Jordanian People
# 131
Panama :
958,956.9
2004
Panamanian People
# 132
Libya :
892,019
2004
Libyan People
# 133
Swaziland :
851,751
2004
Swazi People
# 134
Denmark :
783,170.7
2004
Danish People
# 135
Botswana :
768,475.3
2004
Motswana -Batswana People
# 136
Latvia :
743,331.1
2004
Latvian People
# 137
Oman :
721,638.5
2004
Omani People
# 138
Mauritius :
709,690.3
2004
Mauritian People
# 139
Gambia, The :
695,389.6
2004
Gambian People
# 140
East Timor :
683,310.4
2004
Timorese People
# 141
Macedonia, Republic of :
647,726.6
2004
Macedonian People
# 142
Israel :
574,215.4
2004
Israeli People
# 143
New Zealand :
564,534.6
2004
New Zealand People
# 144
Bhutan :
549,502.3
2004
Bhutanese People
# 145
Guyana :
538,066.4
2004
Guyanese People
# 146
Lebanon :
478,647.2
2004
Lebanese People
# 147
Fiji :
417,884.6
2004
Fijian People
# 148
Estonia :
416,031.2
2004
Estonian People
# 149
Solomon Islands :
387,819.3
2004
Solomon Islander People
# 150
Comoros :
374,167.4
2004
Comoran People
# 151
Equatorial Guinea :
300,852.8
2004
Equatorial Guinean People
# 152
Belgium :
293,875.6
2004
Belgian People
# 153
Uruguay :
279,973.1
2004
Uruguayan People
# 154
Gabon :
232,958.6
2004
Gabonese People
# 155
Cyprus :
228,154.3
2004
Cypriot People
# 156
Maldives :
227,471
2004
Maldivian People
# 157
Cape Verde :
215,300.3
2004
Cape Verdean People
# 158
Vanuatu :
159,354.6
2004
- People
# 159
Belize :
146,443.3
2004
Belizean People
# 160
Samoa :
142,770.6
2004
Samoan People
# 161
Barbados :
128,686.5
2004
Barbadian People
# 162
French Polynesia :
121,696.5
2004
French Polynesian People
# 163
Suriname :
118,133.3
2004
Surinamese People
# 164
Saint Lucia :
117,472.3
2004
Saint Lucian People
# 165
Puerto Rico :
116,853.2
2004
Puerto Rican People
# 166
Djibouti :
112,658.1
2004
Djiboutian People
# 167
Brunei :
98,662.35
2004
Bruneian People
# 168
Micronesia, Federated States of :
85,229.91
2004
Micronesian People
# 169
New Caledonia :
84,339.11
2004
New Caledonian People
# 170
Tonga :
77,669.49
2004
Tongan People
# 171
Luxembourg :
77,060.46
2004
Luxembourg People
# 172
Grenada :
73,304.16
2004
Grenadian People
# 173
São Tomé and Príncipe :
65,652.15
2004
Sao Tomean People
# 174
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
64,424.83
2004
Saint Vincentian People
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
53,935.43
2004
Dutch Antillean People
# 176
Kiribati :
52,310.31
2004
- People
# 177
Antigua and Barbuda :
49,868.91
2004
Barbudan People
# 178
Kuwait :
42,303.98
2004
Kuwaiti People
# 179
Seychelles :
39,713.66
2004
Seychellois People
# 180
Man, Isle of :
37,469.96
2004
Manx People
# 181
Qatar :
36,515.99
2004
Qatari People
# 182
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
31,799.32
2004
Nevisian People
# 183
Bahamas, The :
31,621.19
2004
Bahamian People
# 184
Bahrain :
27,773.82
2004
Bahraini People
# 185
Iceland :
21,323.02
2004
Icelandic People
# 186
Marshall Islands :
20,495.79
2004
Marshallese People
# 187
Malta :
20,386.04
2004
Maltese People
# 188
Dominica :
19,625.94
2004
Dominican People
# 189
Guam :
10,273.22
2004
Guamanian People
# 190
Greenland :
9,879.92
2004
Greenlandic People
# 191
Virgin Islands :
6,657.03
2004
Virgin Islander People
Total :
3,271,591,202.69
Weighted average:
17,128,749.8
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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"Rural population (2004) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop-people-rural-population&date=2004
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