Rural population in the G20 in 2025 — 1,815,877,646 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 39.6%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.82B | −5.08M | −0.28% |
| 2024 | 1.82B | −2.98M | −0.16% |
| 2023 | 1.82B | −1.91M | −0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.83B | −5.01M | −0.27% |
| 2021 | 1.83B | −15.08M | −0.82% |
| 2020 | 1.85B | −6M | −0.32% |
| 2019 | 1.85B | −10.49M | −0.56% |
| 2018 | 1.86B | −9.65M | −0.52% |
| 2017 | 1.87B | −9.88M | −0.52% |
| 2016 | 1.88B | −11.94M | −0.63% |
| 2015 | 1.89B | −14.15M | −0.74% |
| 2014 | 1.91B | −9.75M | −0.51% |
| 2013 | 1.92B | −10.09M | −0.52% |
| 2012 | 1.93B | −6.19M | −0.32% |
| 2011 | 1.93B | −24.43M | −1.25% |
| 2010 | 1.96B | −2.06M | −0.11% |
| 2009 | 1.96B | −7.99M | −0.41% |
| 2008 | 1.97B | −4.63M | −0.23% |
| 2007 | 1.97B | −10.23M | −0.52% |
| 2006 | 1.98B | −6.67M | −0.34% |
| 2005 | 1.99B | −4.59M | −0.23% |
| 2004 | 1.99B | −4.54M | −0.23% |
| 2003 | 2B | −6.99M | −0.35% |
| 2002 | 2.01B | −5.02M | −0.25% |
| 2001 | 2.01B | −223,150 | −0.01% |
| 2000 | 2.01B | −4.69M | −0.23% |
| 1999 | 2.02B | −501,711 | −0.02% |
| 1998 | 2.02B | +210,489 | +0.01% |
| 1997 | 2.02B | +1.57M | +0.08% |
| 1996 | 2.01B | +2.17M | +0.11% |
| 1995 | 2.01B | +13.96M | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 2B | +14.98M | +0.75% |
| 1993 | 1.98B | +15.96M | +0.81% |
| 1992 | 1.97B | +17.11M | +0.88% |
| 1991 | 1.95B | +15.8M | +0.82% |
| 1990 | 1.93B | +25.25M | +1.32% |
| 1989 | 1.91B | +20.93M | +1.11% |
| 1988 | 1.89B | +20.29M | +1.09% |
| 1987 | 1.87B | +17.1M | +0.92% |
| 1986 | 1.85B | +16.24M | +0.89% |
| 1985 | 1.84B | +16.84M | +0.93% |
| 1984 | 1.82B | +9.45M | +0.52% |
| 1983 | 1.81B | +13.83M | +0.77% |
| 1982 | 1.79B | +20.32M | +1.14% |
| 1981 | 1.77B | +15.18M | +0.86% |
| 1980 | 1.76B | +17.77M | +1.02% |
| 1979 | 1.74B | +11.45M | +0.66% |
| 1978 | 1.73B | +17.5M | +1.02% |
| 1977 | 1.71B | +19.89M | +1.18% |
| 1976 | 1.69B | +21M | +1.26% |
| 1975 | 1.67B | +21.35M | +1.29% |
| 1974 | 1.65B | +24.93M | +1.53% |
| 1973 | 1.63B | +25.31M | +1.58% |
| 1972 | 1.6B | +28.2M | +1.79% |
| 1971 | 1.57B | +30.86M | +2% |
| 1970 | 1.54B | +29.68M | +1.96% |
| 1969 | 1.51B | +28.09M | +1.89% |
| 1968 | 1.48B | +26.68M | +1.83% |
| 1967 | 1.46B | +25.77M | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 1.43B | +26.38M | +1.88% |
| 1965 | 1.4B | +25.95M | +1.88% |
| 1964 | 1.38B | +13.62M | +1% |
| 1963 | 1.37B | +27.55M | +2.06% |
| 1962 | 1.34B | +28.23M | +2.16% |
| 1961 | 1.31B | +8.1M | +0.62% |
| 1960 | 1.3B | — | — |
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.