Rural population — all countries

Rural population — Caribbean

Rural population in the Caribbean in 2025 — 13,545,106 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 9.7%.

2025 13.55M people −0.23% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 14.16M people1994
Period minimum 12.35M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Caribbean, 1960–202512M12.5M13M13.5M14M14.5M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 12,348,112 people1962: 12,656,333 people1964: 12,903,402 people1966: 13,084,940 people1968: 13,228,481 people1970: 13,389,833 people1972: 13,520,165 people1974: 13,609,431 people1976: 13,622,981 people1978: 13,613,658 people1980: 13,655,528 people1982: 13,766,602 people1984: 13,867,269 people1986: 13,989,415 people1988: 14,045,055 people1990: 14,082,869 people1992: 14,114,800 people1994: 14,156,655 people1996: 14,121,877 people1998: 14,013,912 people2000: 13,902,672 people2002: 13,770,779 people2004: 13,679,801 people2006: 13,481,740 people2008: 13,298,991 people2010: 13,212,602 people2012: 13,269,080 people2014: 13,343,438 people2016: 13,405,589 people2018: 13,450,811 people2020: 13,516,870 people2022: 13,592,785 people2024: 13,576,217 people2025: 13,545,106 people
Change over the period: +1.2M (+9.69%) Average annual rate: 0.14 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Caribbean 13.55M people
World 3.46B people
Rural population — Caribbean, by year Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 13.55M −31,111 −0.23%
2024 13.58M −16,988 −0.12%
2023 13.59M +420 +0%
2022 13.59M +41,008 +0.3%
2021 13.55M +34,907 +0.26%
2020 13.52M +34,819 +0.26%
2019 13.48M +31,240 +0.23%
2018 13.45M +21,795 +0.16%
2017 13.43M +23,427 +0.17%
2016 13.41M +28,772 +0.22%
2015 13.38M +33,379 +0.25%
2014 13.34M +34,871 +0.26%
2013 13.31M +39,487 +0.3%
2012 13.27M +41,295 +0.31%
2011 13.23M +15,183 +0.11%
2010 13.21M −30,397 −0.23%
2009 13.24M −55,992 −0.42%
2008 13.3M −84,590 −0.63%
2007 13.38M −98,159 −0.73%
2006 13.48M −95,414 −0.7%
2005 13.58M −102,647 −0.75%
2004 13.68M −42,130 −0.31%
2003 13.72M −48,848 −0.35%
2002 13.77M −55,433 −0.4%
2001 13.83M −76,460 −0.55%
2000 13.9M −66,914 −0.48%
1999 13.97M −44,326 −0.32%
1998 14.01M −57,296 −0.41%
1997 14.07M −50,669 −0.36%
1996 14.12M −29,874 −0.21%
1995 14.15M −4,904 −0.03%
1994 14.16M +16,960 +0.12%
1993 14.14M +24,895 +0.18%
1992 14.11M +16,957 +0.12%
1991 14.1M +14,974 +0.11%
1990 14.08M +21,261 +0.15%
1989 14.06M +16,553 +0.12%
1988 14.05M +26,601 +0.19%
1987 14.02M +29,039 +0.21%
1986 13.99M +43,928 +0.31%
1985 13.95M +78,218 +0.56%
1984 13.87M +55,698 +0.4%
1983 13.81M +44,969 +0.33%
1982 13.77M +55,379 +0.4%
1981 13.71M +55,695 +0.41%
1980 13.66M +32,459 +0.24%
1979 13.62M +9,411 +0.07%
1978 13.61M −1,291 −0.01%
1977 13.61M −8,032 −0.06%
1976 13.62M −124 −0%
1975 13.62M +13,674 +0.1%
1974 13.61M +33,484 +0.25%
1973 13.58M +55,782 +0.41%
1972 13.52M +73,170 +0.54%
1971 13.45M +57,162 +0.43%
1970 13.39M +85,873 +0.65%
1969 13.3M +75,479 +0.57%
1968 13.23M +71,016 +0.54%
1967 13.16M +72,525 +0.55%
1966 13.08M +83,177 +0.64%
1965 13M +98,361 +0.76%
1964 12.9M +114,294 +0.89%
1963 12.79M +132,775 +1.05%
1962 12.66M +146,516 +1.17%
1961 12.51M +161,705 +1.31%
1960 12.35M

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.