Rural population — all countries

Rural population — Mercosur

Rural population in Mercosur in 2025 — 34,468,505 people. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 30.9%.

2025 34.47M people −1.52% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 54.55M people1971
Period minimum 34.47M people2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Mercosur, 1960–202530M40M50M60M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 49,860,846 people1962: 51,118,633 people1964: 52,326,994 people1966: 53,356,205 people1968: 54,101,499 people1970: 54,523,795 people1972: 54,353,062 people1974: 53,445,242 people1976: 52,097,989 people1978: 50,716,916 people1980: 49,743,871 people1982: 49,236,508 people1984: 48,781,529 people1986: 48,327,702 people1988: 47,826,540 people1990: 47,259,482 people1992: 46,626,551 people1994: 46,097,508 people1996: 45,373,766 people1998: 43,943,467 people2000: 42,567,823 people2002: 41,892,184 people2004: 41,369,442 people2006: 40,942,165 people2008: 40,509,368 people2010: 39,976,867 people2012: 39,423,198 people2014: 38,867,819 people2016: 38,276,148 people2018: 37,618,310 people2020: 36,885,467 people2022: 36,005,288 people2024: 34,998,903 people2025: 34,468,505 people
Change over the period: −15.39M (−30.87%) Average annual rate: -0.57 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Mercosur 34.47M people
World 3.46B people
Rural population — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 34.47M −530,398 −1.52%
2024 35M −513,453 −1.45%
2023 35.51M −492,932 −1.37%
2022 36.01M −442,728 −1.21%
2021 36.45M −437,451 −1.19%
2020 36.89M −382,141 −1.03%
2019 37.27M −350,702 −0.93%
2018 37.62M −337,453 −0.89%
2017 37.96M −320,385 −0.84%
2016 38.28M −303,837 −0.79%
2015 38.58M −287,834 −0.74%
2014 38.87M −278,835 −0.71%
2013 39.15M −276,544 −0.7%
2012 39.42M −273,129 −0.69%
2011 39.7M −280,540 −0.7%
2010 39.98M −284,817 −0.71%
2009 40.26M −247,684 −0.61%
2008 40.51M −223,038 −0.55%
2007 40.73M −209,759 −0.51%
2006 40.94M −207,465 −0.5%
2005 41.15M −219,812 −0.53%
2004 41.37M −245,520 −0.59%
2003 41.61M −277,222 −0.66%
2002 41.89M −313,700 −0.74%
2001 42.21M −361,939 −0.85%
2000 42.57M −581,997 −1.35%
1999 43.15M −793,647 −1.81%
1998 43.94M −804,014 −1.8%
1997 44.75M −626,285 −1.38%
1996 45.37M −411,269 −0.9%
1995 45.79M −312,473 −0.68%
1994 46.1M −267,188 −0.58%
1993 46.36M −261,855 −0.56%
1992 46.63M −308,200 −0.66%
1991 46.93M −324,731 −0.69%
1990 47.26M −293,032 −0.62%
1989 47.55M −274,026 −0.57%
1988 47.83M −257,259 −0.54%
1987 48.08M −243,903 −0.5%
1986 48.33M −230,525 −0.47%
1985 48.56M −223,302 −0.46%
1984 48.78M −224,199 −0.46%
1983 49.01M −230,780 −0.47%
1982 49.24M −241,866 −0.49%
1981 49.48M −265,497 −0.53%
1980 49.74M −400,756 −0.8%
1979 50.14M −572,289 −1.13%
1978 50.72M −670,382 −1.3%
1977 51.39M −710,691 −1.36%
1976 52.1M −703,044 −1.33%
1975 52.8M −644,209 −1.21%
1974 53.45M −530,725 −0.98%
1973 53.98M −377,095 −0.69%
1972 54.35M −192,543 −0.35%
1971 54.55M +21,810 +0.04%
1970 54.52M +170,304 +0.31%
1969 54.35M +251,992 +0.47%
1968 54.1M +332,779 +0.62%
1967 53.77M +412,515 +0.77%
1966 53.36M +484,476 +0.92%
1965 52.87M +544,735 +1.04%
1964 52.33M +591,112 +1.14%
1963 51.74M +617,249 +1.21%
1962 51.12M +627,562 +1.24%
1961 50.49M +630,225 +1.26%
1960 49.86M

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.