Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Republic of the Congo

Rural population share in the Republic of the Congo in 2025 — 35.9%. Ranked 108 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 27.4 pp.

2025 35.9% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 108of 217
Period maximum 63.3%1960
Period minimum 35.9%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Republic of the Congo, 1960–2025304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 63.3%1962: 63%1964: 62.8%1966: 62.6%1968: 62.2%1970: 61.7%1972: 61.1%1974: 60.4%1976: 58.8%1978: 56.2%1980: 53.2%1982: 50.4%1984: 48.4%1986: 47.1%1988: 46.2%1990: 45.4%1992: 44.7%1994: 44%1996: 43.2%1998: 42.2%2000: 41.1%2002: 40%2004: 39.1%2006: 38.4%2008: 38%2010: 37.6%2012: 37.3%2014: 37%2016: 36.7%2018: 36.6%2020: 36.4%2022: 36.4%2024: 36.1%2025: 35.9%
Change over the period: −27.4 pp Annual average: -0.42 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 35.9%
World 42.2%
Middle Africa computed 49.1%
Rural population share — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 35.9 −0.2 pp
2024 36.1 −0.2 pp
2023 36.3 −0 pp
2022 36.4 −0 pp
2021 36.4 −0 pp
2020 36.4 −0.1 pp
2019 36.5 −0.1 pp
2018 36.6 −0.1 pp
2017 36.6 −0.1 pp
2016 36.7 −0.1 pp
2015 36.9 −0.1 pp
2014 37 −0.1 pp
2013 37.1 −0.1 pp
2012 37.3 −0.2 pp
2011 37.4 −0.2 pp
2010 37.6 −0.2 pp
2009 37.8 −0.2 pp
2008 38 −0.2 pp
2007 38.1 −0.2 pp
2006 38.4 −0.3 pp
2005 38.7 −0.4 pp
2004 39.1 −0.5 pp
2003 39.5 −0.5 pp
2002 40 −0.5 pp
2001 40.6 −0.5 pp
2000 41.1 −0.5 pp
1999 41.7 −0.5 pp
1998 42.2 −0.5 pp
1997 42.7 −0.5 pp
1996 43.2 −0.4 pp
1995 43.6 −0.4 pp
1994 44 −0.4 pp
1993 44.4 −0.4 pp
1992 44.7 −0.4 pp
1991 45.1 −0.4 pp
1990 45.4 −0.4 pp
1989 45.8 −0.4 pp
1988 46.2 −0.4 pp
1987 46.6 −0.5 pp
1986 47.1 −0.5 pp
1985 47.7 −0.7 pp
1984 48.4 −0.9 pp
1983 49.3 −1.2 pp
1982 50.4 −1.3 pp
1981 51.8 −1.5 pp
1980 53.2 −1.5 pp
1979 54.7 −1.5 pp
1978 56.2 −1.4 pp
1977 57.6 −1.2 pp
1976 58.8 −1 pp
1975 59.8 −0.6 pp
1974 60.4 −0.4 pp
1973 60.8 −0.3 pp
1972 61.1 −0.3 pp
1971 61.4 −0.3 pp
1970 61.7 −0.3 pp
1969 61.9 −0.2 pp
1968 62.2 −0.2 pp
1967 62.4 −0.2 pp
1966 62.6 −0.2 pp
1965 62.7 −0.1 pp
1964 62.8 −0.1 pp
1963 62.9 −0.1 pp
1962 63 −0 pp
1961 63 −0.3 pp
1960 63.3

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.