Rural population — all countries

Rural population — ASEAN

Rural population in ASEAN in 2025 — 318,000,390 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 80.1%.

2025 318M people −0.42% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 335M people2012
Period minimum 177M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — ASEAN, 1960–2025150M200M250M300M350M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 176,546,718 people1962: 185,292,195 people1964: 194,689,790 people1966: 203,480,430 people1968: 212,538,355 people1970: 221,904,309 people1972: 230,972,210 people1974: 241,203,846 people1976: 250,900,195 people1978: 260,115,056 people1980: 269,131,834 people1982: 278,897,226 people1984: 288,834,845 people1986: 297,856,208 people1988: 306,025,762 people1990: 313,564,514 people1992: 319,606,165 people1994: 323,880,734 people1996: 327,054,174 people1998: 329,600,619 people2000: 331,370,487 people2002: 332,514,344 people2004: 333,050,005 people2006: 333,510,856 people2008: 334,589,199 people2010: 334,418,614 people2012: 334,595,339 people2014: 334,384,612 people2016: 333,444,664 people2018: 328,272,267 people2020: 325,732,936 people2022: 322,027,127 people2024: 319,341,773 people2025: 318,000,390 people
Change over the period: +141M (+80.12%) Average annual rate: 0.91 %

Comparison, 2025

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

ASEAN 318M people
World 3.46B people
Rural population — ASEAN, by year ASEAN All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 318M −1.34M −0.42%
2024 319M −1.2M −0.37%
2023 321M −1.49M −0.46%
2022 322M −1.86M −0.57%
2021 324M −1.84M −0.57%
2020 326M −1.14M −0.35%
2019 327M −1.4M −0.43%
2018 328M −4.15M −1.25%
2017 332M −1.02M −0.31%
2016 333M −560,344 −0.17%
2015 334M −379,604 −0.11%
2014 334M −204,299 −0.06%
2013 335M −6,428 −0%
2012 335M +51,837 +0.02%
2011 335M +124,888 +0.04%
2010 334M −85,790 −0.03%
2009 335M −84,795 −0.03%
2008 335M +426,294 +0.13%
2007 334M +652,049 +0.2%
2006 334M +331,117 +0.1%
2005 333M +129,734 +0.04%
2004 333M +195,755 +0.06%
2003 333M +339,906 +0.1%
2002 333M +466,806 +0.14%
2001 332M +677,051 +0.2%
2000 331M +823,842 +0.25%
1999 331M +946,026 +0.29%
1998 330M +1.19M +0.36%
1997 328M +1.36M +0.42%
1996 327M +1.48M +0.45%
1995 326M +1.7M +0.52%
1994 324M +1.92M +0.6%
1993 322M +2.35M +0.74%
1992 320M +2.78M +0.88%
1991 317M +3.26M +1.04%
1990 314M +3.69M +1.19%
1989 310M +3.84M +1.26%
1988 306M +4.02M +1.33%
1987 302M +4.15M +1.39%
1986 298M +4.34M +1.48%
1985 294M +4.68M +1.62%
1984 289M +4.95M +1.74%
1983 284M +4.99M +1.79%
1982 279M +4.9M +1.79%
1981 274M +4.87M +1.81%
1980 269M +4.62M +1.75%
1979 265M +4.4M +1.69%
1978 260M +4.54M +1.78%
1977 256M +4.67M +1.86%
1976 251M +4.32M +1.75%
1975 247M +5.38M +2.23%
1974 241M +5.64M +2.39%
1973 236M +4.59M +1.99%
1972 231M +4.47M +1.98%
1971 226M +4.59M +2.07%
1970 222M +4.7M +2.16%
1969 217M +4.67M +2.2%
1968 213M +4.58M +2.2%
1967 208M +4.48M +2.2%
1966 203M +4.3M +2.16%
1965 199M +4.49M +2.31%
1964 195M +4.75M +2.5%
1963 190M +4.65M +2.51%
1962 185M +4.45M +2.46%
1961 181M +4.29M +2.43%
1960 177M

About the indicator

The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.

Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.

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