Rural population in China in 2025 — 473,414,440 people. Ranked 2 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 11.6%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: China
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 473M | −7.12M | −1.48% |
| 2024 | 481M | −5.73M | −1.18% |
| 2023 | 486M | −4.92M | −1% |
| 2022 | 491M | −7.08M | −1.42% |
| 2021 | 498M | −16.46M | −3.2% |
| 2020 | 515M | −10.23M | −1.95% |
| 2019 | 525M | −15.11M | −2.8% |
| 2018 | 540M | −15.07M | −2.71% |
| 2017 | 555M | −16.08M | −2.82% |
| 2016 | 571M | −17.57M | −2.98% |
| 2015 | 589M | −18.26M | −3.01% |
| 2014 | 607M | −13.37M | −2.15% |
| 2013 | 620M | −14.7M | −2.31% |
| 2012 | 635M | −12.79M | −1.97% |
| 2011 | 648M | −31.2M | −4.59% |
| 2010 | 679M | −8.61M | −1.25% |
| 2009 | 688M | −14.5M | −2.06% |
| 2008 | 702M | −10.91M | −1.53% |
| 2007 | 713M | −16.56M | −2.27% |
| 2006 | 730M | −13.58M | −1.83% |
| 2005 | 743M | −11.58M | −1.53% |
| 2004 | 755M | −11.37M | −1.48% |
| 2003 | 766M | −13.69M | −1.75% |
| 2002 | 780M | −12.98M | −1.64% |
| 2001 | 793M | −9.76M | −1.22% |
| 2000 | 803M | −14.4M | −1.76% |
| 1999 | 817M | −10.71M | −1.29% |
| 1998 | 828M | −9.81M | −1.17% |
| 1997 | 838M | −8.88M | −1.05% |
| 1996 | 846M | −8.52M | −1% |
| 1995 | 855M | +2.92M | +0.34% |
| 1994 | 852M | +3.45M | +0.41% |
| 1993 | 849M | +3.52M | +0.42% |
| 1992 | 845M | +4.31M | +0.51% |
| 1991 | 841M | +2.94M | +0.35% |
| 1990 | 838M | +12.37M | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 825M | +8.2M | +1% |
| 1988 | 817M | +7.68M | +0.95% |
| 1987 | 810M | +4.4M | +0.55% |
| 1986 | 805M | +3.29M | +0.41% |
| 1985 | 802M | +3.66M | +0.46% |
| 1984 | 798M | −3.83M | −0.48% |
| 1983 | 802M | +833,735 | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 801M | +7.65M | +0.96% |
| 1981 | 794M | +2.59M | +0.33% |
| 1980 | 791M | +5.69M | +0.72% |
| 1979 | 785M | +405,286 | +0.05% |
| 1978 | 785M | +7M | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 778M | +9.46M | +1.23% |
| 1976 | 768M | +10.96M | +1.45% |
| 1975 | 757M | +11.63M | +1.56% |
| 1974 | 746M | +15.57M | +2.13% |
| 1973 | 730M | +15.89M | +2.22% |
| 1972 | 714M | +18.42M | +2.65% |
| 1971 | 696M | +19.83M | +2.93% |
| 1970 | 676M | +19.37M | +2.95% |
| 1969 | 657M | +18.69M | +2.93% |
| 1968 | 638M | +17.35M | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 621M | +16.63M | +2.75% |
| 1966 | 604M | +17.49M | +2.98% |
| 1965 | 587M | +16.01M | +2.81% |
| 1964 | 571M | +3.1M | +0.55% |
| 1963 | 567M | +17.03M | +3.09% |
| 1962 | 550M | +17.5M | +3.28% |
| 1961 | 533M | −2.43M | −0.45% |
| 1960 | 535M | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
