Rural population in Eastern Asia in 2025 — 503,188,593 people. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 15.5%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Asia
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 503M | −7.38M | −1.44% |
| 2024 | 511M | −5.97M | −1.16% |
| 2023 | 517M | −5.15M | −0.99% |
| 2022 | 522M | −7.32M | −1.38% |
| 2021 | 529M | −16.69M | −3.06% |
| 2020 | 546M | −10.29M | −1.85% |
| 2019 | 556M | −15.15M | −2.65% |
| 2018 | 571M | −15.11M | −2.58% |
| 2017 | 586M | −16.14M | −2.68% |
| 2016 | 602M | −17.62M | −2.84% |
| 2015 | 620M | −18.29M | −2.86% |
| 2014 | 638M | −13.39M | −2.05% |
| 2013 | 652M | −14.78M | −2.22% |
| 2012 | 666M | −12.93M | −1.9% |
| 2011 | 679M | −31.44M | −4.42% |
| 2010 | 711M | −9.23M | −1.28% |
| 2009 | 720M | −15.54M | −2.11% |
| 2008 | 736M | −12.2M | −1.63% |
| 2007 | 748M | −18M | −2.35% |
| 2006 | 766M | −15.12M | −1.94% |
| 2005 | 781M | −13.72M | −1.73% |
| 2004 | 795M | −13.99M | −1.73% |
| 2003 | 809M | −16.16M | −1.96% |
| 2002 | 825M | −14.79M | −1.76% |
| 2001 | 840M | −10.41M | −1.22% |
| 2000 | 850M | −14.52M | −1.68% |
| 1999 | 865M | −10.75M | −1.23% |
| 1998 | 875M | −9.79M | −1.11% |
| 1997 | 885M | −8.87M | −0.99% |
| 1996 | 894M | −8.58M | −0.95% |
| 1995 | 903M | +2.77M | +0.31% |
| 1994 | 900M | +3.24M | +0.36% |
| 1993 | 897M | +3.25M | +0.36% |
| 1992 | 893M | +4.01M | +0.45% |
| 1991 | 889M | +2.59M | +0.29% |
| 1990 | 887M | +11.76M | +1.34% |
| 1989 | 875M | +7.48M | +0.86% |
| 1988 | 867M | +6.93M | +0.81% |
| 1987 | 860M | +3.74M | +0.44% |
| 1986 | 857M | +2.78M | +0.33% |
| 1985 | 854M | +3.26M | +0.38% |
| 1984 | 851M | −4.15M | −0.49% |
| 1983 | 855M | +591,510 | +0.07% |
| 1982 | 854M | +7.44M | +0.88% |
| 1981 | 847M | +2.41M | +0.29% |
| 1980 | 844M | +5.54M | +0.66% |
| 1979 | 839M | +295,726 | +0.04% |
| 1978 | 839M | +6.91M | +0.83% |
| 1977 | 832M | +9.41M | +1.14% |
| 1976 | 822M | +10.94M | +1.35% |
| 1975 | 811M | +11.39M | +1.42% |
| 1974 | 800M | +15.02M | +1.91% |
| 1973 | 785M | +15.21M | +1.98% |
| 1972 | 770M | +17.75M | +2.36% |
| 1971 | 752M | +19.5M | +2.66% |
| 1970 | 732M | +18.75M | +2.63% |
| 1969 | 714M | +18.02M | +2.59% |
| 1968 | 696M | +16.75M | +2.47% |
| 1967 | 679M | +16.17M | +2.44% |
| 1966 | 663M | +17.1M | +2.65% |
| 1965 | 646M | +15.75M | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 630M | +2.88M | +0.46% |
| 1963 | 627M | +16.83M | +2.76% |
| 1962 | 610M | +17.23M | +2.91% |
| 1961 | 593M | −2.76M | −0.46% |
| 1960 | 596M | — | — |
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.