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Rural population share — Mongolia

Rural population share in Mongolia in 2025 — 28.9%. Ranked 133 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 34.3 pp.

2025 28.9% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 133of 217
Period maximum 63.1%1960
Period minimum 28.9%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Mongolia, 1960–202520304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 63.1%1962: 59.7%1964: 58.2%1966: 57.2%1968: 56.3%1970: 55%1972: 53.6%1974: 52%1976: 50.5%1978: 49.1%1980: 47.7%1982: 46.2%1984: 44.7%1986: 43.6%1988: 43%1990: 43%1992: 43.1%1994: 43.2%1996: 43.3%1998: 43.3%2000: 43.3%2002: 41.9%2004: 39.2%2006: 36.2%2008: 33.5%2010: 32.2%2012: 32%2014: 32%2016: 32%2018: 32.1%2020: 31.9%2022: 30.2%2024: 29%2025: 28.9%
Change over the period: −34.3 pp Annual average: -0.53 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mongolia 28.9%
World 42.2%
East Asia & Pacific 35.2%
Eastern Asia computed 31.1%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 56.6%
Rural population share — Mongolia, by year Mongolia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 28.9 −0.2 pp
2024 29 −0.5 pp
2023 29.6 −0.7 pp
2022 30.2 −0.6 pp
2021 30.8 −1.1 pp
2020 31.9 −0.3 pp
2019 32.2 +0 pp
2018 32.1 +0.1 pp
2017 32.1 +0.1 pp
2016 32 +0 pp
2015 32 −0 pp
2014 32 −0 pp
2013 32 −0 pp
2012 32 −0 pp
2011 32.1 −0.1 pp
2010 32.2 −0.5 pp
2009 32.6 −0.9 pp
2008 33.5 −1.2 pp
2007 34.7 −1.4 pp
2006 36.2 −1.5 pp
2005 37.7 −1.5 pp
2004 39.2 −1.4 pp
2003 40.6 −1.2 pp
2002 41.9 −0.9 pp
2001 42.8 −0.5 pp
2000 43.3 −0.1 pp
1999 43.4 +0 pp
1998 43.3 +0 pp
1997 43.3 +0 pp
1996 43.3 +0 pp
1995 43.2 +0.1 pp
1994 43.2 +0.1 pp
1993 43.1 +0 pp
1992 43.1 +0 pp
1991 43 +0 pp
1990 43 +0 pp
1989 43 −0 pp
1988 43 −0.2 pp
1987 43.2 −0.4 pp
1986 43.6 −0.5 pp
1985 44.1 −0.6 pp
1984 44.7 −0.7 pp
1983 45.4 −0.8 pp
1982 46.2 −0.8 pp
1981 47 −0.8 pp
1980 47.7 −0.7 pp
1979 48.4 −0.7 pp
1978 49.1 −0.7 pp
1977 49.8 −0.7 pp
1976 50.5 −0.8 pp
1975 51.3 −0.8 pp
1974 52 −0.8 pp
1973 52.8 −0.8 pp
1972 53.6 −0.7 pp
1971 54.3 −0.7 pp
1970 55 −0.7 pp
1969 55.7 −0.6 pp
1968 56.3 −0.5 pp
1967 56.8 −0.4 pp
1966 57.2 −0.5 pp
1965 57.7 −0.5 pp
1964 58.2 −0.6 pp
1963 58.8 −0.9 pp
1962 59.7 −1.5 pp
1961 61.2 −1.9 pp
1960 63.1 —

Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

KP North Korea 35.8 CN China 33.7 MN Mongolia 28.9 KR South Korea 18.8 JP Japan 7.7 HK Hong Kong 0 MO Macao 0
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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.

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How many people live outside cities — in absolute numbers.

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