Rural population in NATO in 2025 — 205,029,003 people. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 14.6%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: NATO
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 205M | −460,955 | −0.22% |
| 2024 | 205M | +94,469 | +0.05% |
| 2023 | 205M | +474,592 | +0.23% |
| 2022 | 205M | +264,321 | +0.13% |
| 2021 | 205M | −772,989 | −0.38% |
| 2020 | 205M | −38,497 | −0.02% |
| 2019 | 205M | +63,449 | +0.03% |
| 2018 | 205M | +279,388 | +0.14% |
| 2017 | 205M | +531,487 | +0.26% |
| 2016 | 205M | −635,104 | −0.31% |
| 2015 | 205M | −2.64M | −1.27% |
| 2014 | 208M | −3.73M | −1.76% |
| 2013 | 212M | −3.59M | −1.67% |
| 2012 | 215M | −1.73M | −0.8% |
| 2011 | 217M | −1.08M | −0.5% |
| 2010 | 218M | −841,508 | −0.38% |
| 2009 | 219M | −596,569 | −0.27% |
| 2008 | 219M | −544,287 | −0.25% |
| 2007 | 220M | −798,203 | −0.36% |
| 2006 | 221M | −753,858 | −0.34% |
| 2005 | 222M | −793,793 | −0.36% |
| 2004 | 222M | −658,204 | −0.3% |
| 2003 | 223M | −737,867 | −0.33% |
| 2002 | 224M | −1.03M | −0.46% |
| 2001 | 225M | −1.31M | −0.58% |
| 2000 | 226M | −1.07M | −0.47% |
| 1999 | 227M | −855,432 | −0.38% |
| 1998 | 228M | −1.11M | −0.48% |
| 1997 | 229M | −1.41M | −0.61% |
| 1996 | 230M | −1.18M | −0.51% |
| 1995 | 232M | −867,027 | −0.37% |
| 1994 | 233M | −741,194 | −0.32% |
| 1993 | 233M | −475,020 | −0.2% |
| 1992 | 234M | −271,047 | −0.12% |
| 1991 | 234M | −39,397 | −0.02% |
| 1990 | 234M | +180,572 | +0.08% |
| 1989 | 234M | +56,628 | +0.02% |
| 1988 | 234M | −35,156 | −0.02% |
| 1987 | 234M | −63,190 | −0.03% |
| 1986 | 234M | −45,612 | −0.02% |
| 1985 | 234M | +1,718 | +0% |
| 1984 | 234M | −171,930 | −0.07% |
| 1983 | 234M | −46,556 | −0.02% |
| 1982 | 234M | −10,699 | −0% |
| 1981 | 234M | +70,903 | +0.03% |
| 1980 | 234M | −169,601 | −0.07% |
| 1979 | 234M | +248,354 | +0.11% |
| 1978 | 234M | +324,048 | +0.14% |
| 1977 | 234M | +135,900 | +0.06% |
| 1976 | 234M | +75,270 | +0.03% |
| 1975 | 234M | +352,358 | +0.15% |
| 1974 | 233M | −79,622 | −0.03% |
| 1973 | 233M | −10,937 | −0% |
| 1972 | 233M | +94,999 | +0.04% |
| 1971 | 233M | +36,868 | +0.02% |
| 1970 | 233M | −364,391 | −0.16% |
| 1969 | 233M | −652,558 | −0.28% |
| 1968 | 234M | −804,761 | −0.34% |
| 1967 | 235M | −961,875 | −0.41% |
| 1966 | 236M | −1.14M | −0.48% |
| 1965 | 237M | −1.22M | −0.51% |
| 1964 | 238M | −1M | −0.42% |
| 1963 | 239M | −594,578 | −0.25% |
| 1962 | 240M | −302,589 | −0.13% |
| 1961 | 240M | −34,259 | −0.01% |
| 1960 | 240M | — | — |
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.