Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Pakistan

Rural population share in Pakistan in 2025 — 60.5%. Ranked 44 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 17.2 pp.

2025 60.5% −0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 44of 217
Period maximum 77.7%1960
Period minimum 60.5%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Pakistan, 1960–2025606570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 77.7%1962: 77.1%1964: 76.5%1966: 76.1%1968: 75.6%1970: 75.2%1972: 74.7%1974: 74%1976: 73.3%1978: 72.6%1980: 71.9%1982: 71.3%1984: 70.8%1986: 70.2%1988: 69.7%1990: 69.2%1992: 68.8%1994: 68.3%1996: 67.9%1998: 67.4%2000: 67%2002: 66.6%2004: 66.3%2006: 65.9%2008: 65.6%2010: 65.2%2012: 64.8%2014: 64.3%2016: 63.8%2018: 63.3%2020: 62.5%2022: 61.6%2024: 60.8%2025: 60.5%
Change over the period: −17.2 pp Annual average: -0.27 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Pakistan 60.5%
World 42.2%
South Asia 64.2%
Southern Asia computed 62.1%
Rural population share — Pakistan, by year Pakistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 60.5 −0.4 pp
2024 60.8 −0.4 pp
2023 61.2 −0.4 pp
2022 61.6 −0.4 pp
2021 62.1 −0.4 pp
2020 62.5 −0.4 pp
2019 62.9 −0.4 pp
2018 63.3 −0.3 pp
2017 63.6 −0.3 pp
2016 63.8 −0.3 pp
2015 64.1 −0.2 pp
2014 64.3 −0.2 pp
2013 64.6 −0.2 pp
2012 64.8 −0.2 pp
2011 65 −0.2 pp
2010 65.2 −0.2 pp
2009 65.4 −0.2 pp
2008 65.6 −0.2 pp
2007 65.7 −0.2 pp
2006 65.9 −0.2 pp
2005 66.1 −0.2 pp
2004 66.3 −0.2 pp
2003 66.4 −0.2 pp
2002 66.6 −0.2 pp
2001 66.8 −0.2 pp
2000 67 −0.2 pp
1999 67.2 −0.2 pp
1998 67.4 −0.2 pp
1997 67.6 −0.2 pp
1996 67.9 −0.2 pp
1995 68.1 −0.2 pp
1994 68.3 −0.2 pp
1993 68.5 −0.2 pp
1992 68.8 −0.2 pp
1991 69 −0.2 pp
1990 69.2 −0.2 pp
1989 69.5 −0.2 pp
1988 69.7 −0.3 pp
1987 70 −0.3 pp
1986 70.2 −0.3 pp
1985 70.5 −0.3 pp
1984 70.8 −0.3 pp
1983 71 −0.3 pp
1982 71.3 −0.3 pp
1981 71.6 −0.3 pp
1980 71.9 −0.3 pp
1979 72.2 −0.3 pp
1978 72.6 −0.4 pp
1977 72.9 −0.4 pp
1976 73.3 −0.4 pp
1975 73.7 −0.4 pp
1974 74 −0.3 pp
1973 74.4 −0.3 pp
1972 74.7 −0.3 pp
1971 74.9 −0.3 pp
1970 75.2 −0.2 pp
1969 75.4 −0.2 pp
1968 75.6 −0.2 pp
1967 75.9 −0.2 pp
1966 76.1 −0.2 pp
1965 76.3 −0.2 pp
1964 76.5 −0.3 pp
1963 76.8 −0.3 pp
1962 77.1 −0.3 pp
1961 77.4 −0.3 pp
1960 77.7

Southern Asia, 2025

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

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.