Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Indonesia

Rural population share in Indonesia in 2025 — 40.6%. Ranked 88 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 44.8 pp.

2025 40.6% −0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 88of 217
Period maximum 85.4%1960
Period minimum 40.6%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Indonesia, 1960–202540608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 85.4%1962: 84.9%1964: 84.5%1966: 84.1%1968: 83.7%1970: 83.2%1972: 82.5%1974: 81.6%1976: 80.5%1978: 79.2%1980: 77.9%1982: 76.4%1984: 74.8%1986: 73.1%1988: 71.3%1990: 69.4%1992: 67.3%1994: 64.9%1996: 62.5%1998: 60.1%2000: 58%2002: 56.2%2004: 54.6%2006: 53%2008: 51.5%2010: 50.1%2012: 48.8%2014: 47.5%2016: 46.2%2018: 44.9%2020: 43.7%2022: 42.5%2024: 41.2%2025: 40.6%
Change over the period: −44.8 pp Annual average: -0.69 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Indonesia

Indonesia 40.6%
World 42.2%
South-Eastern Asia computed 45.6%
Rural population share — Indonesia, by year Indonesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 40.6 −0.6 pp
2024 41.2 −0.6 pp
2023 41.9 −0.6 pp
2022 42.5 −0.6 pp
2021 43.1 −0.6 pp
2020 43.7 −0.5 pp
2019 44.3 −0.6 pp
2018 44.9 −0.6 pp
2017 45.5 −0.6 pp
2016 46.2 −0.6 pp
2015 46.8 −0.7 pp
2014 47.5 −0.7 pp
2013 48.2 −0.7 pp
2012 48.8 −0.7 pp
2011 49.5 −0.6 pp
2010 50.1 −0.7 pp
2009 50.8 −0.7 pp
2008 51.5 −0.7 pp
2007 52.3 −0.7 pp
2006 53 −0.8 pp
2005 53.8 −0.8 pp
2004 54.6 −0.8 pp
2003 55.4 −0.8 pp
2002 56.2 −0.9 pp
2001 57.1 −0.9 pp
2000 58 −1 pp
1999 59 −1.1 pp
1998 60.1 −1.2 pp
1997 61.3 −1.2 pp
1996 62.5 −1.2 pp
1995 63.7 −1.2 pp
1994 64.9 −1.2 pp
1993 66.1 −1.2 pp
1992 67.3 −1.1 pp
1991 68.4 −1 pp
1990 69.4 −1 pp
1989 70.4 −0.9 pp
1988 71.3 −0.9 pp
1987 72.2 −0.9 pp
1986 73.1 −0.9 pp
1985 74 −0.8 pp
1984 74.8 −0.8 pp
1983 75.7 −0.8 pp
1982 76.4 −0.7 pp
1981 77.2 −0.7 pp
1980 77.9 −0.7 pp
1979 78.5 −0.7 pp
1978 79.2 −0.7 pp
1977 79.9 −0.6 pp
1976 80.5 −0.6 pp
1975 81.1 −0.5 pp
1974 81.6 −0.5 pp
1973 82.1 −0.4 pp
1972 82.5 −0.4 pp
1971 82.9 −0.3 pp
1970 83.2 −0.3 pp
1969 83.5 −0.2 pp
1968 83.7 −0.2 pp
1967 83.9 −0.2 pp
1966 84.1 −0.2 pp
1965 84.3 −0.2 pp
1964 84.5 −0.2 pp
1963 84.7 −0.2 pp
1962 84.9 −0.2 pp
1961 85.2 −0.2 pp
1960 85.4

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.