U.S. Rural Population 1960-2025
U.S. rural population for 2023 was 55,937,486, a 0.78% decline from 2022.
- U.S. rural population for 2022 was 56,376,192, a 0.87% decline from 2021.
- U.S. rural population for 2021 was 56,870,028, a 1.05% decline from 2020.
- U.S. rural population for 2020 was 57,473,509, a 0.21% decline from 2019.
Rural Population
% of Total
Annual % Change
| 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 |
