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DEFINITION
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
People Statistics > Rural population (2005) by country
Showing values for 2005.
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2005
Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
India :
780,437,700
2005
Indian People
# 2
China :
777,482,000
2005
Chinese People
# 3
Indonesia :
114,469,600
2005
Indonesian People
# 4
Bangladesh :
106,224,900
2005
Bangladeshi People
# 5
Pakistan :
101,407,600
2005
Pakistani People
# 6
Nigeria :
68,132,370
2005
Nigerian People
# 7
Vietnam :
61,175,580
2005
Vietnamese People
# 8
Ethiopia :
59,855,040
2005
Ethiopian People
# 9
United States :
56,910,800
2005
American People
# 10
Japan :
43,698,710
2005
Japanese People
# 11
Thailand :
43,485,580
2005
Thai People
# 12
Egypt :
42,346,810
2005
Egyptian People
# 13
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
39,075,600
2005
Congolese People
# 14
Russia :
38,640,680
2005
Russian People
# 15
Burma :
35,060,530
2005
Burmese People
# 16
Philippines :
30,979,320
2005
Philippine People
# 17
Brazil :
29,451,980
2005
Brazilian People
# 18
Tanzania :
29,053,240
2005
Tanzanian People
# 19
Kenya :
27,164,790
2005
Kenyan People
# 20
Uganda :
25,185,380
2005
Ugandan People
# 21
Mexico :
24,741,390
2005
Mexican People
# 22
Turkey :
23,565,260
2005
Turkish People
# 23
Afghanistan :
23,024,380
2005
Afghan People
# 24
Nepal :
22,845,670
2005
Nepalese People
# 25
Iran :
22,591,110
2005
Iranian People
# 26
Sudan :
21,449,900
2005
Sudanese People
# 27
Germany :
20,452,410
2005
German People
# 28
South Africa :
19,083,500
2005
South African People
# 29
Italy :
18,988,680
2005
Italian People
# 30
Sri Lanka :
16,661,950
2005
Sri Lankan People
# 31
Uzbekistan :
16,563,950
2005
Uzbekistani People
# 32
Yemen :
15,248,570
2005
Yemeni People
# 33
Ukraine :
15,158,250
2005
Ukrainian People
# 34
Poland :
14,464,710
2005
Polish People
# 35
France :
14,183,410
2005
French People
# 36
Madagascar :
13,619,530
2005
Malagasy People
# 37
Mozambique :
12,963,950
2005
Mozambican People
# 38
Morocco :
12,459,420
2005
Moroccan People
# 39
Colombia :
12,448,870
2005
Colombian People
# 40
Algeria :
12,057,340
2005
Algerian People
# 41
Niger :
11,612,210
2005
Nigerien People
# 42
Ghana :
11,542,880
2005
Ghanaian People
# 43
Cambodia :
11,299,020
2005
Cambodian People
# 44
Burkina Faso :
10,807,140
2005
Burkinabe People
# 45
Malawi :
10,667,900
2005
Malawian People
# 46
Spain :
10,111,770
2005
Spanish People
# 47
Romania :
10,016,700
2005
Romanian People
# 48
Côte d'Ivoire :
9,984,627
2005
Ivoirian People
# 49
Iraq :
9,535,180
2005
Iraqi People
# 50
Syria :
9,407,431
2005
Syrian People
# 51
Mali :
9,395,299
2005
Malian People
# 52
Korea, South :
9,272,475
2005
Korean People
# 53
Korea, North :
8,635,262
2005
Korean People
# 54
Zimbabwe :
8,339,112
2005
Zimbabwean People
# 55
Malaysia :
8,288,590
2005
Malaysian People
# 56
Peru :
7,663,299
2005
Peruvian People
# 57
Zambia :
7,584,497
2005
Zambian People
# 58
Angola :
7,444,630
2005
Angolan People
# 59
Cameroon :
7,410,126
2005
Cameroonian People
# 60
Rwanda :
7,293,416
2005
Rwandan People
# 61
Chad :
7,282,452
2005
Chadian People
# 62
Senegal :
6,808,373
2005
Senegalese People
# 63
Burundi :
6,792,764
2005
Burundian People
# 64
Guatemala :
6,652,303
2005
Guatemalan People
# 65
Kazakhstan :
6,467,377
2005
Kazakhstani People
# 66
Canada :
6,427,501
2005
Canadian People
# 67
Guinea :
6,299,406
2005
Guinean People
# 68
United Kingdom :
6,203,330
2005
British People
# 69
Somalia :
5,331,631
2005
Somali People
# 70
Haiti :
5,219,000
2005
Haitian People
# 71
Papua New Guinea :
5,098,262
2005
Papua New Guinean People
# 72
Benin :
5,054,873
2005
Beninese People
# 73
Ecuador :
4,920,974
2005
Ecuadorian People
# 74
Tajikistan :
4,899,756
2005
Tajikistani People
# 75
Laos :
4,703,771
2005
Lao People
# 76
Greece :
4,552,640
2005
Greek People
# 77
Portugal :
4,472,967
2005
Portuguese People
# 78
Saudi Arabia :
4,392,609
2005
Saudi People
# 79
Azerbaijan :
4,068,180
2005
Azerbaijani People
# 80
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,854,592
2005
Serbian People
# 81
Honduras :
3,854,527
2005
Honduran People
# 82
Argentina :
3,835,968
2005
Argentine People
# 83
Togo :
3,680,858
2005
Togolese People
# 84
Eritrea :
3,547,494
2005
Eritrean People
# 85
Tunisia :
3,480,063
2005
Tunisian People
# 86
Hungary :
3,399,336
2005
Hungarian People
# 87
Kyrgyzstan :
3,302,127
2005
Kyrgyzstani People
# 88
Bolivia :
3,287,161
2005
Bolivian People
# 89
Sierra Leone :
3,276,609
2005
Sierra Leonean People
# 90
Netherlands :
3,231,330
2005
Dutch People
# 91
Dominican Republic :
2,953,109
2005
Dominican People
# 92
Austria :
2,799,322
2005
Austrian People
# 93
El Salvador :
2,766,142
2005
Salvadoran People
# 94
Cuba :
2,761,003
2005
Cuban People
# 95
Belarus :
2,717,615
2005
Belarusian People
# 96
Czech Republic :
2,712,035
2005
Czech People
# 97
Turkmenistan :
2,600,297
2005
Turkmen People
# 98
Central African Republic :
2,503,403
2005
Central African People
# 99
Paraguay :
2,447,940
2005
Paraguayan People
# 100
Australia :
2,398,822
2005
Australian People
# 101
Slovakia :
2,359,506
2005
Slovak People
# 102
Bulgaria :
2,322,000
2005
Bulgarian People
# 103
Moldova :
2,241,663
2005
Moldovan People
# 104
Georgia :
2,138,765
2005
Georgian People
# 105
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,121,541
2005
Herzegovinian People
# 106
Nicaragua :
2,111,218
2005
Nicaraguan People
# 107
Finland :
2,040,733
2005
Finnish People
# 108
Chile :
2,020,593
2005
Chilean People
# 109
Croatia :
1,932,857
2005
Croatian People
# 110
Switzerland :
1,844,401
2005
Swiss People
# 111
Mauritania :
1,828,970
2005
Mauritanian People
# 112
Venezuela :
1,754,082
2005
Venezuelan People
# 113
Albania :
1,708,804
2005
Albanian People
# 114
Costa Rica :
1,657,328
2005
Costa Rican People
# 115
Ireland :
1,642,845
2005
Irish People
# 116
Congo, Republic of the :
1,591,564
2005
Congolese People
# 117
Lesotho :
1,459,147
2005
Basotho People
# 118
Sweden :
1,425,798
2005
Swedish People
# 119
Liberia :
1,375,689
2005
Liberian People
# 120
Namibia :
1,318,283
2005
Namibian People
# 121
Jamaica :
1,244,961
2005
Jamaican People
# 122
Trinidad and Tobago :
1,145,997
2005
Tobagonian People
# 123
Lithuania :
1,140,376
2005
Lithuanian People
# 124
Guinea-Bissau :
1,116,786
2005
Guinean People
# 125
Mongolia :
1,105,882
2005
Mongolian People
# 126
Armenia :
1,082,856
2005
Armenian People
# 127
United Arab Emirates :
1,056,223
2005
Emirati People
# 128
Norway :
1,044,866
2005
Norwegian People
# 129
Slovenia :
980,245
2005
Slovenian People
# 130
Jordan :
968,721
2005
Jordanian People
# 131
Panama :
943,598.6
2005
Panamanian People
# 132
Libya :
889,724.7
2005
Libyan People
# 133
Swaziland :
858,429
2005
Swazi People
# 134
Denmark :
779,900.8
2005
Danish People
# 135
Botswana :
751,858.5
2005
Motswana -Batswana People
# 136
Latvia :
740,761
2005
Latvian People
# 137
Oman :
731,589.6
2005
Omani People
# 138
East Timor :
717,020.8
2005
Timorese People
# 139
Mauritius :
716,113.8
2005
Mauritian People
# 140
Gambia, The :
699,373.4
2005
Gambian People
# 141
Macedonia, Republic of :
632,592.7
2005
Macedonian People
# 142
Israel :
581,582.4
2005
Israeli People
# 143
Bhutan :
565,971.2
2005
Bhutanese People
# 144
New Zealand :
565,648.2
2005
New Zealand People
# 145
Guyana :
539,374.5
2005
Guyanese People
# 146
Lebanon :
479,293.6
2005
Lebanese People
# 147
Fiji :
417,071.3
2005
Fijian People
# 148
Estonia :
415,944.9
2005
Estonian People
# 149
Solomon Islands :
396,525.9
2005
Solomon Islander People
# 150
Comoros :
378,308.4
2005
Comoran People
# 151
Equatorial Guinea :
307,650.1
2005
Equatorial Guinean People
# 152
Belgium :
293,402.2
2005
Belgian People
# 153
Uruguay :
277,055.8
2005
Uruguayan People
# 154
Cyprus :
232,644.6
2005
Cypriot People
# 155
Maldives :
231,755.4
2005
Maldivian People
# 156
Gabon :
226,949.9
2005
Gabonese People
# 157
Cape Verde :
216,406.6
2005
Cape Verdean People
# 158
Vanuatu :
161,695.8
2005
- People
# 159
Belize :
150,860.6
2005
Belizean People
# 160
Samoa :
143,547.6
2005
Samoan People
# 161
Barbados :
127,500
2005
Barbadian People
# 162
French Polynesia :
123,939.3
2005
French Polynesian People
# 163
Saint Lucia :
119,308.7
2005
Saint Lucian People
# 164
Suriname :
117,251.1
2005
Surinamese People
# 165
Djibouti :
110,237.8
2005
Djiboutian People
# 166
Brunei :
99,062.03
2005
Bruneian People
# 167
Puerto Rico :
93,889.3
2005
Puerto Rican People
# 168
Micronesia, Federated States of :
85,848.4
2005
Micronesian People
# 169
New Caledonia :
85,116.05
2005
New Caledonian People
# 170
Luxembourg :
78,554.05
2005
Luxembourg People
# 171
Tonga :
77,756.36
2005
Tongan People
# 172
Grenada :
73,911
2005
Grenadian People
# 173
São Tomé and Príncipe :
65,739.66
2005
Sao Tomean People
# 174
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
64,406.59
2005
Saint Vincentian People
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
54,066.18
2005
Dutch Antillean People
# 176
Kiribati :
52,074
2005
- People
# 177
Antigua and Barbuda :
50,416.68
2005
Barbudan People
# 178
Kuwait :
43,102.58
2005
Kuwaiti People
# 179
Seychelles :
39,796.88
2005
Seychellois People
# 180
Man, Isle of :
37,597.45
2005
Manx People
# 181
Qatar :
37,390.73
2005
Qatari People
# 182
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
32,544
2005
Nevisian People
# 183
Bahamas, The :
31,014.05
2005
Bahamian People
# 184
Bahrain :
25,431.6
2005
Bahraini People
# 185
Iceland :
21,366
2005
Icelandic People
# 186
Marshall Islands :
21,067.61
2005
Marshallese People
# 187
Dominica :
19,512
2005
Dominican People
# 188
Malta :
18,964.5
2005
Maltese People
# 189
Guam :
10,178.1
2005
Guamanian People
# 190
Greenland :
9,735.88
2005
Greenlandic People
# 191
Virgin Islands :
6,305.06
2005
Virgin Islander People
Total :
3,284,838,381.54
Weighted average:
17,198,106.7
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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"Rural population (2005) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop-people-rural-population&date=2005
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