Rural population in Central America in 2025 — 46,226,434 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 72.4%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central America
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46.23M | −74,248 | −0.16% |
| 2024 | 46.3M | −44,135 | −0.1% |
| 2023 | 46.34M | −20,855 | −0.04% |
| 2022 | 46.37M | −58,327 | −0.13% |
| 2021 | 46.42M | −81,658 | −0.18% |
| 2020 | 46.51M | −110,329 | −0.24% |
| 2019 | 46.62M | −68,029 | −0.15% |
| 2018 | 46.68M | +26,928 | +0.06% |
| 2017 | 46.66M | +57,956 | +0.12% |
| 2016 | 46.6M | +96,624 | +0.21% |
| 2015 | 46.5M | +151,312 | +0.33% |
| 2014 | 46.35M | +228,343 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 46.12M | +281,530 | +0.61% |
| 2012 | 45.84M | +347,528 | +0.76% |
| 2011 | 45.49M | +376,424 | +0.83% |
| 2010 | 45.12M | +411,443 | +0.92% |
| 2009 | 44.71M | +419,934 | +0.95% |
| 2008 | 44.29M | +422,187 | +0.96% |
| 2007 | 43.86M | +402,724 | +0.93% |
| 2006 | 43.46M | +365,307 | +0.85% |
| 2005 | 43.1M | +236,712 | +0.55% |
| 2004 | 42.86M | +110,401 | +0.26% |
| 2003 | 42.75M | +42,274 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 42.71M | +6,559 | +0.02% |
| 2001 | 42.7M | +22,242 | +0.05% |
| 2000 | 42.68M | +77,757 | +0.18% |
| 1999 | 42.6M | +112,144 | +0.26% |
| 1998 | 42.49M | +143,143 | +0.34% |
| 1997 | 42.34M | +188,113 | +0.45% |
| 1996 | 42.16M | +244,301 | +0.58% |
| 1995 | 41.91M | +310,403 | +0.75% |
| 1994 | 41.6M | +354,613 | +0.86% |
| 1993 | 41.25M | +374,720 | +0.92% |
| 1992 | 40.87M | +387,297 | +0.96% |
| 1991 | 40.49M | +393,207 | +0.98% |
| 1990 | 40.09M | +389,314 | +0.98% |
| 1989 | 39.7M | +379,911 | +0.97% |
| 1988 | 39.32M | +379,176 | +0.97% |
| 1987 | 38.94M | +373,714 | +0.97% |
| 1986 | 38.57M | +375,015 | +0.98% |
| 1985 | 38.19M | +380,128 | +1.01% |
| 1984 | 37.81M | +381,278 | +1.02% |
| 1983 | 37.43M | +368,487 | +0.99% |
| 1982 | 37.06M | +351,813 | +0.96% |
| 1981 | 36.71M | +380,234 | +1.05% |
| 1980 | 36.33M | +434,486 | +1.21% |
| 1979 | 35.9M | +461,209 | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 35.44M | +471,760 | +1.35% |
| 1977 | 34.97M | +461,904 | +1.34% |
| 1976 | 34.5M | +462,118 | +1.36% |
| 1975 | 34.04M | +470,376 | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 33.57M | +466,820 | +1.41% |
| 1973 | 33.1M | +461,392 | +1.41% |
| 1972 | 32.64M | +463,086 | +1.44% |
| 1971 | 32.18M | +471,059 | +1.49% |
| 1970 | 31.71M | +478,604 | +1.53% |
| 1969 | 31.23M | +482,218 | +1.57% |
| 1968 | 30.75M | +485,725 | +1.61% |
| 1967 | 30.26M | +488,335 | +1.64% |
| 1966 | 29.77M | +490,648 | +1.68% |
| 1965 | 29.28M | +492,996 | +1.71% |
| 1964 | 28.79M | +495,362 | +1.75% |
| 1963 | 28.29M | +496,142 | +1.78% |
| 1962 | 27.8M | +494,385 | +1.81% |
| 1961 | 27.3M | +484,075 | +1.8% |
| 1960 | 26.82M | — | — |
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.