Rural population — all countries

Rural population — G7

Rural population in the G7 in 2025 — 143,233,241 people. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 11.3%.

2025 143M people −0.17% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 162M people1960
Period minimum 140M people2011

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — G7, 1960–2025140M150M160M170M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 161,570,129 people1962: 159,494,903 people1964: 156,909,141 people1966: 154,150,611 people1968: 152,061,300 people1970: 151,342,140 people1972: 151,543,773 people1974: 151,283,298 people1976: 152,028,928 people1978: 153,290,804 people1980: 154,726,261 people1982: 155,906,075 people1984: 156,617,248 people1986: 157,246,153 people1988: 157,835,121 people1990: 158,605,438 people1992: 158,947,536 people1994: 158,003,113 people1996: 156,413,421 people1998: 154,993,085 people2000: 153,966,023 people2002: 151,077,609 people2004: 146,099,244 people2006: 142,882,474 people2008: 140,892,499 people2010: 140,117,241 people2012: 140,197,850 people2014: 140,611,023 people2016: 141,000,303 people2018: 142,096,892 people2020: 142,896,196 people2022: 142,691,374 people2024: 143,473,609 people2025: 143,233,241 people
Change over the period: −18.34M (−11.35%) Average annual rate: -0.19 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 143M people
World 3.46B people
Rural population — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 143M −240,368 −0.17%
2024 143M +418,894 +0.29%
2023 143M +363,341 +0.25%
2022 143M +120,958 +0.08%
2021 143M −325,780 −0.23%
2020 143M +266,889 +0.19%
2019 143M +532,415 +0.37%
2018 142M +543,472 +0.38%
2017 142M +553,117 +0.39%
2016 141M +83,868 +0.06%
2015 141M +305,412 +0.22%
2014 141M +311,181 +0.22%
2013 140M +101,992 +0.07%
2012 140M +197,225 +0.14%
2011 140M −116,616 −0.08%
2010 140M −147,790 −0.11%
2009 140M −627,468 −0.45%
2008 141M −881,729 −0.62%
2007 142M −1.11M −0.78%
2006 143M −1.31M −0.91%
2005 144M −1.91M −1.31%
2004 146M −2.45M −1.65%
2003 149M −2.53M −1.68%
2002 151M −1.98M −1.3%
2001 153M −906,243 −0.59%
2000 154M −448,986 −0.29%
1999 154M −578,076 −0.37%
1998 155M −686,941 −0.44%
1997 156M −733,395 −0.47%
1996 156M −805,782 −0.51%
1995 157M −783,910 −0.5%
1994 158M −629,861 −0.4%
1993 159M −314,562 −0.2%
1992 159M +32,959 +0.02%
1991 159M +309,139 +0.19%
1990 159M +399,847 +0.25%
1989 158M +370,470 +0.23%
1988 158M +292,160 +0.19%
1987 158M +296,808 +0.19%
1986 157M +323,707 +0.21%
1985 157M +305,198 +0.19%
1984 157M +303,924 +0.19%
1983 156M +407,249 +0.26%
1982 156M +507,106 +0.33%
1981 155M +672,708 +0.43%
1980 155M +702,120 +0.46%
1979 154M +733,337 +0.48%
1978 153M +665,707 +0.44%
1977 153M +596,169 +0.39%
1976 152M +497,188 +0.33%
1975 152M +248,442 +0.16%
1974 151M −82,493 −0.05%
1973 151M −177,982 −0.12%
1972 152M −124,929 −0.08%
1971 152M +326,562 +0.22%
1970 151M −185,176 −0.12%
1969 152M −533,984 −0.35%
1968 152M −900,818 −0.59%
1967 153M −1.19M −0.77%
1966 154M −1.37M −0.88%
1965 156M −1.39M −0.88%
1964 157M −1.34M −0.85%
1963 158M −1.24M −0.78%
1962 159M −1.1M −0.69%
1961 161M −973,765 −0.6%
1960 162M

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.