Rural population in Australia and New Zealand in 2025 — 4,243,318 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 52.4%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia and New Zealand
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.24M | +22,081 | +0.52% |
| 2024 | 4.22M | +47,475 | +1.14% |
| 2023 | 4.17M | +57,862 | +1.41% |
| 2022 | 4.12M | +15,062 | +0.37% |
| 2021 | 4.1M | +15,010 | +0.37% |
| 2020 | 4.09M | +63,861 | +1.59% |
| 2019 | 4.02M | +39,542 | +0.99% |
| 2018 | 3.98M | +54,902 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 3.93M | +65,064 | +1.68% |
| 2016 | 3.86M | +52,883 | +1.39% |
| 2015 | 3.81M | +37,959 | +1.01% |
| 2014 | 3.77M | +31,582 | +0.84% |
| 2013 | 3.74M | +31,609 | +0.85% |
| 2012 | 3.71M | +32,345 | +0.88% |
| 2011 | 3.68M | +24,947 | +0.68% |
| 2010 | 3.65M | +35,010 | +0.97% |
| 2009 | 3.62M | +46,615 | +1.31% |
| 2008 | 3.57M | +37,836 | +1.07% |
| 2007 | 3.53M | +28,723 | +0.82% |
| 2006 | 3.5M | +19,693 | +0.57% |
| 2005 | 3.48M | +20,488 | +0.59% |
| 2004 | 3.46M | +15,928 | +0.46% |
| 2003 | 3.45M | +17,523 | +0.51% |
| 2002 | 3.43M | +13,864 | +0.41% |
| 2001 | 3.42M | +30,104 | +0.89% |
| 2000 | 3.39M | +36,810 | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 3.35M | +36,960 | +1.12% |
| 1998 | 3.31M | +37,324 | +1.14% |
| 1997 | 3.27M | +42,161 | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 3.23M | +46,431 | +1.46% |
| 1995 | 3.19M | +41,552 | +1.32% |
| 1994 | 3.14M | +34,702 | +1.12% |
| 1993 | 3.11M | +29,008 | +0.94% |
| 1992 | 3.08M | +30,931 | +1.01% |
| 1991 | 3.05M | +50,482 | +1.68% |
| 1990 | 3M | +31,728 | +1.07% |
| 1989 | 2.97M | +32,939 | +1.12% |
| 1988 | 2.93M | +30,825 | +1.06% |
| 1987 | 2.9M | +33,750 | +1.18% |
| 1986 | 2.87M | +34,255 | +1.21% |
| 1985 | 2.84M | +41,935 | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 2.79M | +43,471 | +1.58% |
| 1983 | 2.75M | +49,551 | +1.83% |
| 1982 | 2.7M | +51,845 | +1.96% |
| 1981 | 2.65M | +42,474 | +1.63% |
| 1980 | 2.61M | +33,735 | +1.31% |
| 1979 | 2.57M | +26,306 | +1.03% |
| 1978 | 2.55M | +26,488 | +1.05% |
| 1977 | 2.52M | +21,786 | +0.87% |
| 1976 | 2.5M | +15,844 | +0.64% |
| 1975 | 2.48M | +19,684 | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 2.46M | +39,284 | +1.62% |
| 1973 | 2.42M | +13,646 | +0.57% |
| 1972 | 2.41M | +13,857 | +0.58% |
| 1971 | 2.4M | +4,007 | +0.17% |
| 1970 | 2.39M | −86,897 | −3.51% |
| 1969 | 2.48M | −116,699 | −4.5% |
| 1968 | 2.6M | −117,068 | −4.32% |
| 1967 | 2.71M | −78,321 | −2.81% |
| 1966 | 2.79M | −10,810 | −0.39% |
| 1965 | 2.8M | +211 | +0.01% |
| 1964 | 2.8M | +11,271 | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 2.79M | +8,256 | +0.3% |
| 1962 | 2.78M | +14,193 | +0.51% |
| 1961 | 2.77M | −16,430 | −0.59% |
| 1960 | 2.78M | — | — |
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.