Rural population in East Asia & Pacific in 2025 — 842,281,252 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 7.5%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 842M | −8.57M | −1.01% |
| 2024 | 851M | −6.96M | −0.81% |
| 2023 | 858M | −6.39M | −0.74% |
| 2022 | 864M | −9M | −1.03% |
| 2021 | 873M | −18.31M | −2.05% |
| 2020 | 892M | −11.25M | −1.25% |
| 2019 | 903M | −16.28M | −1.77% |
| 2018 | 919M | −18.93M | −2.02% |
| 2017 | 938M | −16.85M | −1.76% |
| 2016 | 955M | −17.9M | −1.84% |
| 2015 | 973M | −18.41M | −1.86% |
| 2014 | 991M | −13.27M | −1.32% |
| 2013 | 1B | −14.43M | −1.42% |
| 2012 | 1.02B | −12.58M | −1.22% |
| 2011 | 1.03B | −31.18M | −2.93% |
| 2010 | 1.06B | −9.06M | −0.85% |
| 2009 | 1.07B | −15.32M | −1.41% |
| 2008 | 1.09B | −11.61M | −1.06% |
| 2007 | 1.1B | −17.24M | −1.54% |
| 2006 | 1.12B | −14.63M | −1.29% |
| 2005 | 1.13B | −13.38M | −1.17% |
| 2004 | 1.14B | −13.71M | −1.18% |
| 2003 | 1.16B | −15.53M | −1.32% |
| 2002 | 1.17B | −14.03M | −1.18% |
| 2001 | 1.19B | −9.48M | −0.79% |
| 2000 | 1.2B | −13.58M | −1.12% |
| 1999 | 1.21B | −9.79M | −0.8% |
| 1998 | 1.22B | −8.3M | −0.68% |
| 1997 | 1.23B | −7.17M | −0.58% |
| 1996 | 1.24B | −6.89M | −0.55% |
| 1995 | 1.24B | +4.67M | +0.38% |
| 1994 | 1.24B | +5.48M | +0.45% |
| 1993 | 1.23B | +5.92M | +0.48% |
| 1992 | 1.23B | +6.95M | +0.57% |
| 1991 | 1.22B | +5.91M | +0.49% |
| 1990 | 1.21B | +15.63M | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 1.2B | +11.5M | +0.97% |
| 1988 | 1.19B | +11.04M | +0.94% |
| 1987 | 1.18B | +7.9M | +0.68% |
| 1986 | 1.17B | +7.07M | +0.61% |
| 1985 | 1.16B | +7.96M | +0.69% |
| 1984 | 1.15B | +862,827 | +0.07% |
| 1983 | 1.15B | +5.68M | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 1.15B | +12.38M | +1.09% |
| 1981 | 1.13B | +7.32M | +0.65% |
| 1980 | 1.13B | +10.19M | +0.91% |
| 1979 | 1.12B | +4.61M | +0.41% |
| 1978 | 1.11B | +11.43M | +1.04% |
| 1977 | 1.1B | +13.88M | +1.28% |
| 1976 | 1.09B | +15.16M | +1.42% |
| 1975 | 1.07B | +16.68M | +1.58% |
| 1974 | 1.05B | +20.34M | +1.97% |
| 1973 | 1.03B | +19.78M | +1.95% |
| 1972 | 1.01B | +22.38M | +2.26% |
| 1971 | 992M | +24.27M | +2.51% |
| 1970 | 967M | +23.62M | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 944M | +22.83M | +2.48% |
| 1968 | 921M | +21.4M | +2.38% |
| 1967 | 899M | +20.67M | +2.35% |
| 1966 | 879M | +21.63M | +2.52% |
| 1965 | 857M | +20.46M | +2.45% |
| 1964 | 837M | +7.84M | +0.95% |
| 1963 | 829M | +21.67M | +2.68% |
| 1962 | 807M | +21.86M | +2.78% |
| 1961 | 785M | +1.68M | +0.21% |
| 1960 | 784M | — | — |
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.