Rural population — all countries

Rural population — EAEU

Rural population in the EAEU in 2025 — 51,065,274 people. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 25%.

2025 51.07M people −0.31% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 68.05M people1960
Period minimum 51.07M people2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — EAEU, 1960–202550M55M60M65M70M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 68,051,317 people1962: 67,329,698 people1964: 66,694,898 people1966: 65,776,484 people1968: 64,411,578 people1970: 62,856,949 people1972: 61,410,992 people1974: 59,467,794 people1976: 57,931,750 people1978: 57,210,680 people1980: 56,336,820 people1982: 55,421,234 people1984: 54,810,754 people1986: 54,233,510 people1988: 53,735,655 people1990: 53,530,853 people1992: 54,310,980 people1994: 54,769,001 people1996: 54,337,766 people1998: 53,729,485 people2000: 53,467,052 people2002: 53,003,108 people2004: 52,771,865 people2006: 52,733,388 people2008: 52,448,231 people2010: 52,361,779 people2012: 52,210,725 people2014: 52,302,505 people2016: 52,372,524 people2018: 52,305,494 people2020: 52,051,536 people2022: 51,557,443 people2024: 51,221,957 people2025: 51,065,274 people
Change over the period: −16.99M (−24.96%) Average annual rate: -0.44 %

Comparison, 2025

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

EAEU 51.07M people
World 3.46B people
Rural population — EAEU, by year EAEU All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 51.07M −156,683 −0.31%
2024 51.22M −134,659 −0.26%
2023 51.36M −200,827 −0.39%
2022 51.56M −213,582 −0.41%
2021 51.77M −280,511 −0.54%
2020 52.05M −173,034 −0.33%
2019 52.22M −80,924 −0.15%
2018 52.31M −61,562 −0.12%
2017 52.37M −5,468 −0.01%
2016 52.37M +29,829 +0.06%
2015 52.34M +40,190 +0.08%
2014 52.3M +43,354 +0.08%
2013 52.26M +48,426 +0.09%
2012 52.21M +2,597 +0%
2011 52.21M −153,651 −0.29%
2010 52.36M −94,951 −0.18%
2009 52.46M +8,499 +0.02%
2008 52.45M −85,703 −0.16%
2007 52.53M −199,454 −0.38%
2006 52.73M −185,782 −0.35%
2005 52.92M +147,305 +0.28%
2004 52.77M +52,784 +0.1%
2003 52.72M −284,027 −0.54%
2002 53M −237,929 −0.45%
2001 53.24M −226,015 −0.42%
2000 53.47M −393,769 −0.73%
1999 53.86M +131,336 +0.24%
1998 53.73M −331,720 −0.61%
1997 54.06M −276,561 −0.51%
1996 54.34M −337,472 −0.62%
1995 54.68M −93,763 −0.17%
1994 54.77M +31,516 +0.06%
1993 54.74M +426,505 +0.79%
1992 54.31M +577,606 +1.07%
1991 53.73M +202,521 +0.38%
1990 53.53M −51,480 −0.1%
1989 53.58M −153,322 −0.29%
1988 53.74M −229,078 −0.42%
1987 53.96M −268,777 −0.5%
1986 54.23M −315,458 −0.58%
1985 54.55M −261,786 −0.48%
1984 54.81M −206,871 −0.38%
1983 55.02M −403,609 −0.73%
1982 55.42M −496,864 −0.89%
1981 55.92M −418,722 −0.74%
1980 56.34M −435,817 −0.77%
1979 56.77M −438,043 −0.77%
1978 57.21M −336,338 −0.58%
1977 57.55M −384,732 −0.66%
1976 57.93M −621,653 −1.06%
1975 58.55M −914,391 −1.54%
1974 59.47M −973,758 −1.61%
1973 60.44M −969,440 −1.58%
1972 61.41M −901,192 −1.45%
1971 62.31M −544,765 −0.87%
1970 62.86M −747,351 −1.18%
1969 63.6M −807,278 −1.25%
1968 64.41M −684,029 −1.05%
1967 65.1M −680,877 −1.04%
1966 65.78M −686,652 −1.03%
1965 66.46M −231,762 −0.35%
1964 66.69M −305,349 −0.46%
1963 67M −329,451 −0.49%
1962 67.33M −236,402 −0.35%
1961 67.57M −485,217 −0.71%
1960 68.05M

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.