Rural population in lower-middle-income countries in 2025 — 1,860,854,681 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 163.7%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.86B | +10.03M | +0.54% |
| 2024 | 1.85B | +10.25M | +0.56% |
| 2023 | 1.84B | +8.88M | +0.48% |
| 2022 | 1.83B | +8.45M | +0.46% |
| 2021 | 1.82B | +9.8M | +0.54% |
| 2020 | 1.81B | +11.54M | +0.64% |
| 2019 | 1.8B | +12.31M | +0.69% |
| 2018 | 1.79B | +13.09M | +0.74% |
| 2017 | 1.78B | +13.9M | +0.79% |
| 2016 | 1.76B | +14.22M | +0.81% |
| 2015 | 1.75B | +14.29M | +0.82% |
| 2014 | 1.73B | +15.12M | +0.88% |
| 2013 | 1.72B | +15.17M | +0.89% |
| 2012 | 1.7B | +16.28M | +0.96% |
| 2011 | 1.69B | +15.99M | +0.96% |
| 2010 | 1.67B | +15.85M | +0.96% |
| 2009 | 1.66B | +15.47M | +0.94% |
| 2008 | 1.64B | +15.76M | +0.97% |
| 2007 | 1.62B | +16.54M | +1.03% |
| 2006 | 1.61B | +16.42M | +1.03% |
| 2005 | 1.59B | +16.86M | +1.07% |
| 2004 | 1.57B | +17.89M | +1.15% |
| 2003 | 1.56B | +18.24M | +1.19% |
| 2002 | 1.54B | +19.5M | +1.28% |
| 2001 | 1.52B | +21.21M | +1.42% |
| 2000 | 1.5B | +21.76M | +1.47% |
| 1999 | 1.48B | +22.16M | +1.52% |
| 1998 | 1.45B | +22.73M | +1.59% |
| 1997 | 1.43B | +22.66M | +1.61% |
| 1996 | 1.41B | +23.09M | +1.67% |
| 1995 | 1.39B | +23.16M | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 1.36B | +22.97M | +1.72% |
| 1993 | 1.34B | +23.28M | +1.77% |
| 1992 | 1.32B | +23.55M | +1.82% |
| 1991 | 1.29B | +24.36M | +1.92% |
| 1990 | 1.27B | +25.19M | +2.03% |
| 1989 | 1.24B | +24.19M | +1.98% |
| 1988 | 1.22B | +24.05M | +2.01% |
| 1987 | 1.19B | +23.98M | +2.05% |
| 1986 | 1.17B | +23.93M | +2.09% |
| 1985 | 1.15B | +23.54M | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 1.12B | +23.06M | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 1.1B | +22.7M | +2.11% |
| 1982 | 1.08B | +22.56M | +2.14% |
| 1981 | 1.05B | +22.03M | +2.13% |
| 1980 | 1.03B | +20.35M | +2.01% |
| 1979 | 1.01B | +18.3M | +1.84% |
| 1978 | 994M | +17.38M | +1.78% |
| 1977 | 977M | +17.29M | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 960M | +16.69M | +1.77% |
| 1975 | 943M | +17.67M | +1.91% |
| 1974 | 925M | +17.7M | +1.95% |
| 1973 | 907M | +16.31M | +1.83% |
| 1972 | 891M | +15.27M | +1.74% |
| 1971 | 876M | +15.41M | +1.79% |
| 1970 | 860M | +15.98M | +1.89% |
| 1969 | 844M | +15.44M | +1.86% |
| 1968 | 829M | +15.43M | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 814M | +15.24M | +1.91% |
| 1966 | 798M | +15.23M | +1.94% |
| 1965 | 783M | +15.57M | +2.03% |
| 1964 | 768M | +15.76M | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 752M | +15.62M | +2.12% |
| 1962 | 736M | +15.42M | +2.14% |
| 1961 | 721M | +15.07M | +2.14% |
| 1960 | 706M | — | — |
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.