Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Thailand

Rural population share in Thailand in 2025 — 37.2%. Ranked 101 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 51 pp.

2025 37.2% −0.9 pp vs 2024
World rank 101of 217
Period maximum 88.2%1960
Period minimum 37.2%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Thailand, 1960–20252040608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 88.2%1962: 87.9%1964: 87.7%1966: 87.4%1968: 87.1%1970: 86.7%1972: 86.1%1974: 85.2%1976: 84.3%1978: 83.5%1980: 82.9%1982: 82.6%1984: 82.3%1986: 82.1%1988: 81.7%1990: 81.2%1992: 79.8%1994: 77.3%1996: 74.4%1998: 71.3%2000: 68.5%2002: 65.9%2004: 63.2%2006: 60.6%2008: 58.1%2010: 56%2012: 54.6%2014: 53.7%2016: 52.1%2018: 45.4%2020: 42.8%2022: 40.3%2024: 38.1%2025: 37.2%
Change over the period: −51 pp Annual average: -0.78 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Thailand 37.2%
World 42.2%
South-Eastern Asia computed 45.6%
Rural population share — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 37.2 −0.9 pp
2024 38.1 −0.9 pp
2023 39.1 −1.2 pp
2022 40.3 −1.2 pp
2021 41.5 −1.3 pp
2020 42.8 −1.3 pp
2019 44.1 −1.3 pp
2018 45.4 −5.4 pp
2017 50.8 −1.4 pp
2016 52.1 −0.9 pp
2015 53 −0.6 pp
2014 53.7 −0.5 pp
2013 54.2 −0.5 pp
2012 54.6 −0.6 pp
2011 55.2 −0.8 pp
2010 56 −1 pp
2009 57 −1.1 pp
2008 58.1 −1.2 pp
2007 59.3 −1.3 pp
2006 60.6 −1.3 pp
2005 61.9 −1.3 pp
2004 63.2 −1.4 pp
2003 64.6 −1.4 pp
2002 65.9 −1.3 pp
2001 67.3 −1.3 pp
2000 68.5 −1.3 pp
1999 69.8 −1.4 pp
1998 71.3 −1.5 pp
1997 72.8 −1.6 pp
1996 74.4 −1.5 pp
1995 75.9 −1.5 pp
1994 77.3 −1.3 pp
1993 78.7 −1.1 pp
1992 79.8 −0.9 pp
1991 80.6 −0.5 pp
1990 81.2 −0.3 pp
1989 81.5 −0.2 pp
1988 81.7 −0.2 pp
1987 81.9 −0.1 pp
1986 82.1 −0.1 pp
1985 82.2 −0.1 pp
1984 82.3 −0.1 pp
1983 82.4 −0.1 pp
1982 82.6 −0.2 pp
1981 82.7 −0.2 pp
1980 82.9 −0.3 pp
1979 83.2 −0.3 pp
1978 83.5 −0.4 pp
1977 83.9 −0.4 pp
1976 84.3 −0.5 pp
1975 84.8 −0.5 pp
1974 85.2 −0.4 pp
1973 85.7 −0.4 pp
1972 86.1 −0.3 pp
1971 86.4 −0.3 pp
1970 86.7 −0.2 pp
1969 86.9 −0.2 pp
1968 87.1 −0.2 pp
1967 87.3 −0.1 pp
1966 87.4 −0.1 pp
1965 87.5 −0.1 pp
1964 87.7 −0.1 pp
1963 87.8 −0.1 pp
1962 87.9 −0.1 pp
1961 88 −0.1 pp
1960 88.2

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.