Rural population in high-income countries in 2025 — 273,580,704 people. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 19.4%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 274M | −451,275 | −0.16% |
| 2024 | 274M | +357,461 | +0.13% |
| 2023 | 274M | +443,118 | +0.16% |
| 2022 | 273M | −55,009 | −0.02% |
| 2021 | 273M | −1.26M | −0.46% |
| 2020 | 275M | +44,282 | +0.02% |
| 2019 | 275M | +174,753 | +0.06% |
| 2018 | 274M | +36,919 | +0.01% |
| 2017 | 274M | +344,122 | +0.13% |
| 2016 | 274M | +188,526 | +0.07% |
| 2015 | 274M | +356,321 | +0.13% |
| 2014 | 273M | +176,614 | +0.06% |
| 2013 | 273M | +116,650 | +0.04% |
| 2012 | 273M | +298,572 | +0.11% |
| 2011 | 273M | −170,861 | −0.06% |
| 2010 | 273M | −819,783 | −0.3% |
| 2009 | 274M | −704,495 | −0.26% |
| 2008 | 275M | −1.04M | −0.38% |
| 2007 | 276M | −1.39M | −0.5% |
| 2006 | 277M | −1.76M | −0.63% |
| 2005 | 279M | −2.23M | −0.79% |
| 2004 | 281M | −2.69M | −0.95% |
| 2003 | 284M | −2.97M | −1.04% |
| 2002 | 287M | −2.51M | −0.87% |
| 2001 | 289M | −1.6M | −0.55% |
| 2000 | 291M | −1.22M | −0.42% |
| 1999 | 292M | −410,126 | −0.14% |
| 1998 | 292M | −1.07M | −0.36% |
| 1997 | 293M | −1.4M | −0.48% |
| 1996 | 295M | −1.43M | −0.48% |
| 1995 | 296M | −986,905 | −0.33% |
| 1994 | 297M | −806,138 | −0.27% |
| 1993 | 298M | −214,779 | −0.07% |
| 1992 | 298M | +59,427 | +0.02% |
| 1991 | 298M | −186,392 | −0.06% |
| 1990 | 298M | −591,406 | −0.2% |
| 1989 | 299M | −935,960 | −0.31% |
| 1988 | 300M | −1.13M | −0.37% |
| 1987 | 301M | −1.13M | −0.37% |
| 1986 | 302M | −1.06M | −0.35% |
| 1985 | 303M | −928,921 | −0.31% |
| 1984 | 304M | −835,463 | −0.27% |
| 1983 | 305M | −851,123 | −0.28% |
| 1982 | 306M | −814,443 | −0.27% |
| 1981 | 307M | −628,641 | −0.2% |
| 1980 | 307M | −940,270 | −0.31% |
| 1979 | 308M | −568,531 | −0.18% |
| 1978 | 309M | −440,215 | −0.14% |
| 1977 | 309M | −688,828 | −0.22% |
| 1976 | 310M | −950,102 | −0.31% |
| 1975 | 311M | −1.19M | −0.38% |
| 1974 | 312M | −1.79M | −0.57% |
| 1973 | 314M | −1.91M | −0.6% |
| 1972 | 316M | −1.76M | −0.55% |
| 1971 | 317M | −1.13M | −0.35% |
| 1970 | 319M | −2.05M | −0.64% |
| 1969 | 321M | −2.5M | −0.77% |
| 1968 | 323M | −2.57M | −0.79% |
| 1967 | 326M | −2.6M | −0.79% |
| 1966 | 328M | −2.7M | −0.82% |
| 1965 | 331M | −2.13M | −0.64% |
| 1964 | 333M | −1.96M | −0.58% |
| 1963 | 335M | −1.69M | −0.5% |
| 1962 | 337M | −1.32M | −0.39% |
| 1961 | 338M | −1.34M | −0.4% |
| 1960 | 339M | — | — |
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.