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Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | India | 780.44 million | 2005 | ||
2 | China | 777.48 million | 2005 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 202.33 million | 2005 | |||
3 | Indonesia | 114.47 million | 2005 | ||
4 | Bangladesh | 106.22 million | 2005 | ||
5 | Pakistan | 101.41 million | 2005 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 83.48 million | 2005 | |||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 82.7 million | 2005 | |||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 78.6 million | 2005 | |||
6 | Nigeria | 68.13 million | 2005 | ||
7 | Vietnam | 61.18 million | 2005 | ||
8 | Ethiopia | 59.86 million | 2005 | ||
9 | United States | 56.91 million | 2005 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 54.35 million | 2005 | |||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 44.61 million | 2005 | |||
10 | Japan | 43.7 million | 2005 | ||
11 | Thailand | 43.49 million | 2005 | ||
12 | Egypt | 42.35 million | 2005 | ||
13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 39.08 million | 2005 | ||
14 | Russia | 38.64 million | 2005 | ||
15 | Burma | 35.06 million | 2005 | ||
16 | Philippines | 30.98 million | 2005 | ||
17 | Brazil | 29.45 million | 2005 | ||
18 | Tanzania | 29.05 million | 2005 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 28.62 million | 2005 | |||
19 | Kenya | 27.16 million | 2005 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 26.34 million | 2005 | |||
20 | Uganda | 25.19 million | 2005 | ||
21 | Mexico | 24.74 million | 2005 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 23.84 million | 2005 | |||
22 | Turkey | 23.57 million | 2005 | ||
23 | Afghanistan | 23.02 million | 2005 | ||
24 | Nepal | 22.85 million | 2005 | ||
25 | Iran | 22.59 million | 2005 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 21.6 million | 2005 | |||
26 | Sudan | 21.45 million | 2005 | ||
27 | Germany | 20.45 million | 2005 | ||
Hot countries average (profile) | 19.61 million | 2005 | |||
28 | South Africa | 19.08 million | 2005 | ||
29 | Italy | 18.99 million | 2005 | ||
30 | Sri Lanka | 16.66 million | 2005 | ||
31 | Uzbekistan | 16.56 million | 2005 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 15.35 million | 2005 | |||
32 | Yemen | 15.25 million | 2005 | ||
33 | Ukraine | 15.16 million | 2005 | ||
34 | Poland | 14.46 million | 2005 | ||
35 | France | 14.18 million | 2005 | ||
36 | Madagascar | 13.62 million | 2005 | ||
37 | Mozambique | 12.96 million | 2005 | ||
38 | Morocco | 12.46 million | 2005 | ||
39 | Colombia | 12.45 million | 2005 | ||
40 | Algeria | 12.06 million | 2005 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 11.63 million | 2005 | |||
41 | Niger | 11.61 million | 2005 | ||
42 | Ghana | 11.54 million | 2005 | ||
43 | Cambodia | 11.3 million | 2005 | ||
44 | Burkina Faso | 10.81 million | 2005 | ||
45 | Malawi | 10.67 million | 2005 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 10.21 million | 2005 | |||
46 | Spain | 10.11 million | 2005 | ||
47 | Romania | 10.02 million | 2005 | ||
48 | Cote d'Ivoire | 9.98 million | 2005 | ||
49 | Iraq | 9.54 million | 2005 | ||
50 | Syria | 9.41 million | 2005 | ||
51 | Mali | 9.4 million | 2005 | ||
52 | South Korea | 9.27 million | 2005 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 9.19 million | 2005 | |||
53 | North Korea | 8.64 million | 2005 | ||
54 | Zimbabwe | 8.34 million | 2005 | ||
55 | Malaysia | 8.29 million | 2005 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 7.74 million | 2005 | |||
56 | Peru | 7.66 million | 2005 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 7.64 million | 2005 | |||
57 | Zambia | 7.58 million | 2005 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 7.57 million | 2005 | |||
58 | Angola | 7.44 million | 2005 | ||
59 | Cameroon | 7.41 million | 2005 | ||
60 | Rwanda | 7.29 million | 2005 | ||
61 | Chad | 7.28 million | 2005 | ||
Christian countries average (profile) | 7.04 million | 2005 | |||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 6.81 million | 2005 | |||
62 | Senegal | 6.81 million | 2005 | ||
63 | Burundi | 6.79 million | 2005 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 6.7 million | 2005 | |||
64 | Guatemala | 6.65 million | 2005 | ||
65 | Kazakhstan | 6.47 million | 2005 | ||
66 | Canada | 6.43 million | 2005 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 6.36 million | 2005 | |||
67 | Guinea | 6.3 million | 2005 | ||
68 | United Kingdom | 6.2 million | 2005 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 5.92 million | 2005 | |||
NATO countries average (profile) | 5.8 million | 2005 | |||
Europe average (profile) | 5.57 million | 2005 | |||
69 | Somalia | 5.33 million | 2005 | ||
70 | Haiti | 5.22 million | 2005 | ||
71 | Papua New Guinea | 5.1 million | 2005 | ||
72 | Benin | 5.05 million | 2005 | ||
73 | Ecuador | 4.92 million | 2005 | ||
74 | Tajikistan | 4.9 million | 2005 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 4.87 million | 2005 | |||
European Union average (profile) | 4.71 million | 2005 | |||
75 | Laos | 4.7 million | 2005 | ||
76 | Greece | 4.55 million | 2005 | ||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 4.55 million | 2005 | |||
77 | Portugal | 4.47 million | 2005 | ||
78 | Saudi Arabia | 4.39 million | 2005 | ||
79 | Azerbaijan | 4.07 million | 2005 | ||
80 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3.85 million | 2005 | ||
81 | Honduras | 3.85 million | 2005 | ||
82 | Argentina | 3.84 million | 2005 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 3.8 million | 2005 | |||
83 | Togo | 3.68 million | 2005 | ||
84 | Eritrea | 3.55 million | 2005 | ||
85 | Tunisia | 3.48 million | 2005 | ||
86 | Hungary | 3.4 million | 2005 | ||
87 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.3 million | 2005 | ||
88 | Bolivia | 3.29 million | 2005 | ||
89 | Sierra Leone | 3.28 million | 2005 | ||
90 | Netherlands | 3.23 million | 2005 | ||
91 | Dominican Republic | 2.95 million | 2005 | ||
92 | Austria | 2.8 million | 2005 | ||
93 | El Salvador | 2.77 million | 2005 | ||
94 | Cuba | 2.76 million | 2005 | ||
95 | Belarus | 2.72 million | 2005 | ||
96 | Czech Republic | 2.71 million | 2005 | ||
97 | Turkmenistan | 2.6 million | 2005 | ||
98 | Central African Republic | 2.5 million | 2005 | ||
99 | Paraguay | 2.45 million | 2005 | ||
100 | Australia | 2.4 million | 2005 | ||
101 | Slovakia | 2.36 million | 2005 | ||
102 | Bulgaria | 2.32 million | 2005 | ||
103 | Moldova | 2.24 million | 2005 | ||
104 | Georgia | 2.14 million | 2005 | ||
105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.12 million | 2005 | ||
106 | Nicaragua | 2.11 million | 2005 | ||
107 | Finland | 2.04 million | 2005 | ||
108 | Chile | 2.02 million | 2005 | ||
109 | Croatia | 1.93 million | 2005 | ||
110 | Switzerland | 1.84 million | 2005 | ||
111 | Mauritania | 1.83 million | 2005 | ||
112 | Venezuela | 1.75 million | 2005 | ||
113 | Albania | 1.71 million | 2005 | ||
114 | Costa Rica | 1.66 million | 2005 | ||
115 | Ireland | 1.64 million | 2005 | ||
116 | Congo, Republic of the | 1.59 million | 2005 | ||
117 | Lesotho | 1.46 million | 2005 | ||
118 | Sweden | 1.43 million | 2005 | ||
119 | Liberia | 1.38 million | 2005 | ||
120 | Namibia | 1.32 million | 2005 | ||
121 | Jamaica | 1.24 million | 2005 | ||
122 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.15 million | 2005 | ||
123 | Lithuania | 1.14 million | 2005 | ||
124 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.12 million | 2005 | ||
125 | Mongolia | 1.11 million | 2005 | ||
126 | Armenia | 1.08 million | 2005 | ||
127 | United Arab Emirates | 1.06 million | 2005 | ||
128 | Norway | 1.04 million | 2005 | ||
129 | Slovenia | 980,245 | 2005 | ||
130 | Jordan | 968,721 | 2005 | ||
131 | Panama | 943,598.6 | 2005 | ||
132 | Libya | 889,724.7 | 2005 | ||
133 | Swaziland | 858,429 | 2005 | ||
134 | Denmark | 779,900.8 | 2005 | ||
135 | Botswana | 751,858.5 | 2005 | ||
136 | Latvia | 740,761 | 2005 | ||
137 | Oman | 731,589.6 | 2005 | ||
138 | East Timor | 717,020.8 | 2005 | ||
139 | Mauritius | 716,113.8 | 2005 | ||
140 | The Gambia | 699,373.4 | 2005 | ||
141 | Israel | 581,582.4 | 2005 | ||
142 | Bhutan | 565,971.2 | 2005 | ||
143 | New Zealand | 565,648.2 | 2005 | ||
144 | Guyana | 539,374.5 | 2005 | ||
145 | Lebanon | 479,293.6 | 2005 | ||
146 | Fiji | 417,071.3 | 2005 | ||
147 | Estonia | 415,944.9 | 2005 | ||
148 | Solomon Islands | 396,525.9 | 2005 | ||
149 | Comoros | 378,308.4 | 2005 | ||
150 | Equatorial Guinea | 307,650.1 | 2005 | ||
151 | Belgium | 293,402.2 | 2005 | ||
152 | Uruguay | 277,055.8 | 2005 | ||
153 | Cyprus | 232,644.6 | 2005 | ||
154 | Maldives | 231,755.4 | 2005 | ||
155 | Gabon | 226,949.9 | 2005 | ||
156 | Cape Verde | 216,406.6 | 2005 | ||
157 | Vanuatu | 161,695.8 | 2005 | ||
158 | Belize | 150,860.6 | 2005 | ||
159 | Samoa | 143,547.6 | 2005 | ||
160 | Barbados | 127,500 | 2005 | ||
161 | French Polynesia | 123,939.3 | 2005 | ||
162 | Saint Lucia | 119,308.7 | 2005 | ||
163 | Suriname | 117,251.1 | 2005 | ||
164 | Djibouti | 110,237.8 | 2005 | ||
165 | Brunei | 99,062.03 | 2005 | ||
166 | Puerto Rico | 93,889.3 | 2005 | ||
167 | Federated States of Micronesia | 85,848.4 | 2005 | ||
168 | New Caledonia | 85,116.05 | 2005 | ||
169 | Luxembourg | 78,554.05 | 2005 | ||
170 | Tonga | 77,756.36 | 2005 | ||
171 | Grenada | 73,911 | 2005 | ||
172 | Sao Tome and Principe | 65,739.66 | 2005 | ||
173 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 64,406.59 | 2005 | ||
174 | Netherlands Antilles | 54,066.18 | 2005 | ||
175 | Kiribati | 52,074 | 2005 | ||
176 | Antigua and Barbuda | 50,416.68 | 2005 | ||
177 | Kuwait | 43,102.58 | 2005 | ||
178 | Seychelles | 39,796.88 | 2005 | ||
179 | Qatar | 37,390.73 | 2005 | ||
180 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 32,544 | 2005 | ||
181 | The Bahamas | 31,014.05 | 2005 | ||
182 | Bahrain | 25,431.6 | 2005 | ||
183 | Iceland | 21,366 | 2005 | ||
184 | Marshall Islands | 21,067.61 | 2005 | ||
185 | Dominica | 19,512 | 2005 | ||
186 | Malta | 18,964.5 | 2005 | ||
187 | Guam | 10,178.1 | 2005 | ||
188 | Greenland | 9,735.88 | 2005 | ||
189 | Virgin Islands | 6,305.06 | 2005 | ||
190 | Hong Kong | 6,035.4 | 1994 | ||
191 | Macau | 87.71 | 1999 |
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Interesting observations about People > Rural population
- India ranked first for rural population amongst Hot countries in 2005.
- Macau has ranked last for rural population since 1964.
- Indonesia ranked first for rural population amongst Muslim countries in 2005.
- Ethiopia ranked first for rural population amongst Christian countries in 2005.
- United States ranked first for rural population amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2005.
- Russia ranked first for rural population amongst Europe in 2005.
- China ranked first for rural population amongst Cold countries in 2005.
- Germany ranked first for rural population amongst European Union in 2005.
- Nigeria ranked first for rural population amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2005.
- Philippines ranked first for rural population amongst Catholic countries in 2005.