Rural population in Latin America & Caribbean in 2025 — 123,279,238 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 10.3%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 123M | −736,973 | −0.59% |
| 2024 | 124M | −644,841 | −0.52% |
| 2023 | 125M | −554,585 | −0.44% |
| 2022 | 125M | −514,208 | −0.41% |
| 2021 | 126M | −546,435 | −0.43% |
| 2020 | 126M | −459,270 | −0.36% |
| 2019 | 127M | −298,943 | −0.24% |
| 2018 | 127M | −129,453 | −0.1% |
| 2017 | 127M | −181,826 | −0.14% |
| 2016 | 127M | −138,285 | −0.11% |
| 2015 | 127M | −78,309 | −0.06% |
| 2014 | 128M | +10,265 | +0.01% |
| 2013 | 128M | +81,613 | +0.06% |
| 2012 | 127M | +167,903 | +0.13% |
| 2011 | 127M | +179,683 | +0.14% |
| 2010 | 127M | +168,304 | +0.13% |
| 2009 | 127M | +191,460 | +0.15% |
| 2008 | 127M | +199,819 | +0.16% |
| 2007 | 127M | +193,244 | +0.15% |
| 2006 | 126M | +173,737 | +0.14% |
| 2005 | 126M | +26,516 | +0.02% |
| 2004 | 126M | −79,263 | −0.06% |
| 2003 | 126M | −198,790 | −0.16% |
| 2002 | 126M | −295,926 | −0.23% |
| 2001 | 127M | −383,164 | −0.3% |
| 2000 | 127M | −564,509 | −0.44% |
| 1999 | 128M | −726,750 | −0.57% |
| 1998 | 128M | −724,859 | −0.56% |
| 1997 | 129M | −500,045 | −0.39% |
| 1996 | 130M | −196,895 | −0.15% |
| 1995 | 130M | +20,248 | +0.02% |
| 1994 | 130M | +163,346 | +0.13% |
| 1993 | 130M | +230,971 | +0.18% |
| 1992 | 129M | +216,419 | +0.17% |
| 1991 | 129M | +231,070 | +0.18% |
| 1990 | 129M | +289,465 | +0.22% |
| 1989 | 129M | +299,340 | +0.23% |
| 1988 | 128M | +329,275 | +0.26% |
| 1987 | 128M | +342,467 | +0.27% |
| 1986 | 128M | +377,616 | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 127M | +440,211 | +0.35% |
| 1984 | 127M | +434,091 | +0.34% |
| 1983 | 126M | +401,350 | +0.32% |
| 1982 | 126M | +364,004 | +0.29% |
| 1981 | 126M | +348,882 | +0.28% |
| 1980 | 125M | +226,962 | +0.18% |
| 1979 | 125M | +42,363 | +0.03% |
| 1978 | 125M | −63,774 | −0.05% |
| 1977 | 125M | −132,224 | −0.11% |
| 1976 | 125M | −124,225 | −0.1% |
| 1975 | 125M | −40,304 | −0.03% |
| 1974 | 125M | +90,494 | +0.07% |
| 1973 | 125M | +254,684 | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 125M | +443,107 | +0.36% |
| 1971 | 125M | +624,513 | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 124M | +806,795 | +0.65% |
| 1969 | 123M | +898,660 | +0.73% |
| 1968 | 122M | +989,597 | +0.82% |
| 1967 | 121M | +1.09M | +0.91% |
| 1966 | 120M | +1.2M | +1.01% |
| 1965 | 119M | +1.31M | +1.11% |
| 1964 | 118M | +1.4M | +1.21% |
| 1963 | 116M | +1.47M | +1.28% |
| 1962 | 115M | +1.52M | +1.34% |
| 1961 | 113M | +1.55M | +1.38% |
| 1960 | 112M | — | — |
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.