OECD members Rural Population 1960-2025

OECD members rural population for 2023 was 253,665,277, a 0.63% decline from 2022.
  • OECD members rural population for 2022 was 255,280,852, a 0.81% decline from 2021.
  • OECD members rural population for 2021 was 257,374,761, a 0.94% decline from 2020.
  • OECD members rural population for 2020 was 259,825,445, a 0.57% decline from 2019.
Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
Country Rankings
Country Name Rural Population
India 909,121,500
China 499,814,553
Pakistan 149,004,914
Indonesia 114,976,836
Bangladesh 102,954,517
Nigeria 102,316,764
Ethiopia 97,227,189
Euro Area 77,195,067
Egypt 64,135,744
Philippines 60,678,673
Vietnam 59,829,437
United States 55,937,486
Democratic Republic of Congo 53,745,241
Tanzania 42,210,185
Kenya 38,834,893
Myanmar 37,051,911
Uganda 35,576,357
Russia 35,480,468
Thailand 33,310,049
Afghanistan 30,863,394
Sudan 30,625,231
Brazil 26,429,509
Nepal 24,129,310
Mexico 23,658,946
Niger 22,563,670
Mozambique 20,761,112
Yemen 20,728,115
Iran 20,280,562
Turkey 19,229,921
South Africa 18,837,844
Germany 18,784,632
Madagascar 18,026,828
Uzbekistan 18,012,461
Sri Lanka 17,803,472
Malawi 17,105,427
Italy 16,468,986
Burkina Faso 15,690,102
Poland 14,594,364
Ghana 13,908,804
Chad 13,824,812
Morocco 13,198,229
Iraq 12,923,750
Cambodia 12,612,034
Mali 12,534,572
France 12,422,661
Cameroon 11,655,151
Rwanda 11,572,862
Angola 11,486,557
Burundi 11,281,370
Algeria 11,279,395
Zimbabwe 11,246,318
Ukraine 11,064,850
Zambia 11,038,749
United Kingdom 10,497,193
Japan 9,907,790
Syrian Arab Republic 9,892,618
North Korea 9,626,397
South Korea 9,589,588
Somalia 9,449,071
Colombia 9,190,949
Senegal 8,956,364
Spain 8,923,913
Papua New Guinea 8,912,355
Guinea 8,786,117
South Sudan 8,738,526
Romania 8,637,756
Kazakhstan 8,322,453
Guatemala 8,255,892
Malaysia 7,302,226
Tajikistan 7,279,615
Canada 7,272,932
Peru 7,240,866
Benin 6,842,701
Ecuador 6,404,506
Saudi Arabia 5,560,527
Togo 5,025,764
Sierra Leone 4,896,638
Haiti 4,730,238
Lao PDR 4,714,088
Kyrgyz Republic 4,416,627
Azerbaijan 4,290,049
Honduras 4,215,060
Austria 3,695,875
Tunisia 3,669,694
Bolivia 3,569,643
Australia 3,565,036
Argentina 3,516,356
Portugal 3,378,005
Venezuela 3,334,307
Central African Republic 3,237,862
Turkmenistan 2,997,211
Serbia 2,838,273
Nicaragua 2,829,164
Czech Republic 2,767,136
Hungary 2,602,308
Paraguay 2,528,540
Cuba 2,516,176
Liberia 2,515,915
Slovak Republic 2,494,835
Chile 2,353,195
Switzerland 2,283,085
Eritrea 2,126,864
Mauritania 2,057,093
Greece 2,002,527
Republic of Congo 1,881,648
Ireland 1,869,935
Belarus 1,768,566
Dominican Republic 1,762,730
Lesotho 1,621,552
Bosnia 1,596,786
Croatia 1,596,188
El Salvador 1,566,222
Bulgaria 1,498,212
Georgia 1,476,808
Moldova 1,408,252
Panama 1,362,230
Libya 1,267,050
Netherlands 1,219,560
Jamaica 1,204,303
Sweden 1,186,635
Namibia 1,174,846
Guinea-Bissau 1,172,940
UAE 1,163,057
West Bank and Gaza 1,158,063
Mongolia 1,065,551
Armenia 1,007,320
Gambia 985,251
Albania 971,992
Slovenia 931,346
Timor-Leste 919,001
Eswatini 910,659
Costa Rica 905,771
Jordan 904,697
Lithuania 899,076
Norway 883,411
Finland 794,473
Mauritius 745,691
North Macedonia 734,232
Botswana 725,903
Trinidad and Tobago 714,682
Israel 697,214
Denmark 684,197
New Zealand 679,786
Comoros 595,328
Guyana 592,780
Latvia 589,533
Lebanon 565,803
Solomon Islands 547,640
Oman 538,749
Bhutan 438,201
Equatorial Guinea 438,133
Cyprus 416,009
Estonia 412,452
Fiji 386,601
Maldives 302,343
Vanuatu 247,615
Djibouti 243,747
Belize 219,348
Gabon 218,584
Belgium 214,107
Suriname 209,339
Puerto Rico 204,074
Montenegro 194,083
Barbados 193,378
Cabo Verde 191,686
Samoa 186,169
Bahrain 150,497
St. Lucia 145,693
Uruguay 144,763
Channel Islands 120,710
French Polynesia 116,482
Brunei 94,356
Micronesia 88,286
Tonga 82,813
Grenada 79,421
New Caledonia 73,097
Antigua and Barbuda 71,353
Bahamas 67,567
Aruba 59,245
Kiribati 56,394
Sao Tome and Principe 54,716
Luxembourg 52,967
Seychelles 49,323
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 47,391
Isle of Man 39,405
Liechtenstein 33,798
St. Kitts and Nevis 32,905
Faroe Islands 30,371
Malta 27,987
Iceland 23,451
Dominica 20,447
Qatar 17,548
Curacao 16,231
British Virgin Islands 15,848
Andorra 9,792
Marshall Islands 8,875
Guam 8,360
Greenland 6,858
American Samoa 5,606
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 3,959
Northern Mariana Islands 3,946
Tuvalu 3,847
Palau 3,177
Turks and Caicos Islands 2,650
San Marino 728