Rural population in BRICS in 2025 — 1,637,493,812 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 50.7%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: BRICS
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.64B | −4.85M | −0.3% |
| 2024 | 1.64B | −3.26M | −0.2% |
| 2023 | 1.65B | −2.42M | −0.15% |
| 2022 | 1.65B | −5.33M | −0.32% |
| 2021 | 1.65B | −14.46M | −0.87% |
| 2020 | 1.67B | −6.44M | −0.38% |
| 2019 | 1.67B | −10.74M | −0.64% |
| 2018 | 1.68B | −10.08M | −0.59% |
| 2017 | 1.7B | −10.66M | −0.62% |
| 2016 | 1.71B | −11.73M | −0.68% |
| 2015 | 1.72B | −12.22M | −0.71% |
| 2014 | 1.73B | −6.75M | −0.39% |
| 2013 | 1.74B | −7.44M | −0.43% |
| 2012 | 1.74B | −5.21M | −0.3% |
| 2011 | 1.75B | −24.14M | −1.36% |
| 2010 | 1.77B | −1.64M | −0.09% |
| 2009 | 1.77B | −7.36M | −0.41% |
| 2008 | 1.78B | −3.77M | −0.21% |
| 2007 | 1.79B | −8.75M | −0.49% |
| 2006 | 1.79B | −5.11M | −0.28% |
| 2005 | 1.8B | −2.43M | −0.13% |
| 2004 | 1.8B | −1.74M | −0.1% |
| 2003 | 1.8B | −4.31M | −0.24% |
| 2002 | 1.81B | −2.98M | −0.16% |
| 2001 | 1.81B | +770,001 | +0.04% |
| 2000 | 1.81B | −4.31M | −0.24% |
| 1999 | 1.81B | −79,578 | −0% |
| 1998 | 1.81B | +690,435 | +0.04% |
| 1997 | 1.81B | +1.85M | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 1.81B | +2.75M | +0.15% |
| 1995 | 1.81B | +14.42M | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 1.8B | +15.14M | +0.85% |
| 1993 | 1.78B | +15.95M | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 1.76B | +17.21M | +0.99% |
| 1991 | 1.75B | +16.22M | +0.94% |
| 1990 | 1.73B | +25.72M | +1.51% |
| 1989 | 1.7B | +21.6M | +1.28% |
| 1988 | 1.68B | +21.16M | +1.27% |
| 1987 | 1.66B | +17.93M | +1.09% |
| 1986 | 1.64B | +16.98M | +1.04% |
| 1985 | 1.63B | +17.42M | +1.08% |
| 1984 | 1.61B | +9.96M | +0.62% |
| 1983 | 1.6B | +14.16M | +0.89% |
| 1982 | 1.59B | +20.82M | +1.33% |
| 1981 | 1.56B | +15.46M | +1% |
| 1980 | 1.55B | +17.63M | +1.15% |
| 1979 | 1.53B | +11.21M | +0.74% |
| 1978 | 1.52B | +17.24M | +1.15% |
| 1977 | 1.5B | +19.52M | +1.32% |
| 1976 | 1.48B | +20.78M | +1.42% |
| 1975 | 1.46B | +21.2M | +1.47% |
| 1974 | 1.44B | +25M | +1.76% |
| 1973 | 1.42B | +25.44M | +1.83% |
| 1972 | 1.39B | +28.24M | +2.07% |
| 1971 | 1.36B | +30.49M | +2.29% |
| 1970 | 1.33B | +29.96M | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 1.3B | +28.72M | +2.25% |
| 1968 | 1.27B | +27.54M | +2.21% |
| 1967 | 1.25B | +26.61M | +2.18% |
| 1966 | 1.22B | +27.34M | +2.29% |
| 1965 | 1.19B | +26.83M | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 1.17B | +14.31M | +1.24% |
| 1963 | 1.15B | +28.05M | +2.5% |
| 1962 | 1.12B | +28.53M | +2.61% |
| 1961 | 1.09B | +8.27M | +0.76% |
| 1960 | 1.09B | — | — |
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.
The part of residents living outside cities — the other side of urbanization.
Demography Urban populationThe absolute number of city dwellers by country.
Demography PopulationResident population of every country as of mid-year — series from 1960 onward.
Labor Employment in agricultureThe share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.