Rural population in OPEC in 2025 — 143,809,261 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 103.6%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: OPEC
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 144M | +197,934 | +0.14% |
| 2024 | 144M | +310,133 | +0.22% |
| 2023 | 143M | +410,827 | +0.29% |
| 2022 | 143M | +441,537 | +0.31% |
| 2021 | 142M | −62,036 | −0.04% |
| 2020 | 143M | +296,870 | +0.21% |
| 2019 | 142M | +188,428 | +0.13% |
| 2018 | 142M | +290,578 | +0.21% |
| 2017 | 142M | +574,439 | +0.41% |
| 2016 | 141M | +907,726 | +0.65% |
| 2015 | 140M | +1.01M | +0.73% |
| 2014 | 139M | +1.06M | +0.77% |
| 2013 | 138M | +1.38M | +1.01% |
| 2012 | 137M | +1.33M | +0.98% |
| 2011 | 135M | +1.25M | +0.93% |
| 2010 | 134M | +975,861 | +0.73% |
| 2009 | 133M | +1.27M | +0.96% |
| 2008 | 132M | +1.14M | +0.87% |
| 2007 | 131M | +1.03M | +0.79% |
| 2006 | 130M | +1.2M | +0.93% |
| 2005 | 129M | +1.25M | +0.98% |
| 2004 | 127M | +1.22M | +0.97% |
| 2003 | 126M | +987,780 | +0.79% |
| 2002 | 125M | +924,736 | +0.74% |
| 2001 | 124M | +1.07M | +0.87% |
| 2000 | 123M | +997,975 | +0.82% |
| 1999 | 122M | +912,533 | +0.75% |
| 1998 | 121M | +933,407 | +0.78% |
| 1997 | 120M | +788,936 | +0.66% |
| 1996 | 120M | +1.07M | +0.91% |
| 1995 | 118M | +991,601 | +0.84% |
| 1994 | 117M | +896,548 | +0.77% |
| 1993 | 117M | +979,996 | +0.85% |
| 1992 | 116M | +1.22M | +1.07% |
| 1991 | 114M | +1.6M | +1.42% |
| 1990 | 113M | +1.62M | +1.45% |
| 1989 | 111M | +1.69M | +1.54% |
| 1988 | 109M | +1.72M | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 108M | +1.73M | +1.63% |
| 1986 | 106M | +1.78M | +1.71% |
| 1985 | 104M | +1.72M | +1.68% |
| 1984 | 103M | +1.56M | +1.54% |
| 1983 | 101M | +1.55M | +1.56% |
| 1982 | 99.39M | +2.06M | +2.12% |
| 1981 | 97.33M | +2.1M | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 95.24M | +1.79M | +1.91% |
| 1979 | 93.45M | +1.73M | +1.89% |
| 1978 | 91.72M | +1.7M | +1.89% |
| 1977 | 90.01M | +1.62M | +1.84% |
| 1976 | 88.39M | +1.73M | +2% |
| 1975 | 86.66M | +1.48M | +1.74% |
| 1974 | 85.17M | +1.29M | +1.54% |
| 1973 | 83.88M | +1.19M | +1.44% |
| 1972 | 82.69M | +1.11M | +1.36% |
| 1971 | 81.58M | +1.08M | +1.35% |
| 1970 | 80.5M | +1.07M | +1.34% |
| 1969 | 79.43M | +1.03M | +1.32% |
| 1968 | 78.4M | +1M | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 77.4M | +940,416 | +1.23% |
| 1966 | 76.46M | +1.08M | +1.43% |
| 1965 | 75.38M | +1.04M | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 74.34M | +974,984 | +1.33% |
| 1963 | 73.36M | +935,230 | +1.29% |
| 1962 | 72.43M | +897,667 | +1.25% |
| 1961 | 71.53M | +896,346 | +1.27% |
| 1960 | 70.63M | — | — |
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.