Rural population — all countries

Rural population — Micronesia (subregion)

Rural population in Micronesia (subregion) in 2025 — 162,516 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 56.2%.

2025 162,516 people −0.41% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 177,939 people2003
Period minimum 104,069 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Micronesia (subregion), 1960–2025100,000120,000140,000160,000180,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 104,069 people1962: 105,535 people1964: 107,151 people1966: 109,065 people1968: 110,927 people1970: 114,511 people1972: 117,827 people1974: 121,612 people1976: 122,997 people1978: 124,785 people1980: 129,930 people1982: 136,170 people1984: 141,890 people1986: 147,859 people1988: 154,182 people1990: 159,979 people1992: 165,025 people1994: 169,812 people1996: 173,389 people1998: 175,630 people2000: 176,871 people2002: 177,913 people2004: 177,806 people2006: 177,246 people2008: 174,358 people2010: 171,750 people2012: 171,622 people2014: 171,618 people2016: 171,020 people2018: 168,924 people2020: 165,510 people2022: 164,434 people2024: 163,193 people2025: 162,516 people
Change over the period: +58,447 (+56.16%) Average annual rate: 0.69 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Micronesia (subregion)

Micronesia (subregion) 162,516 people
World 3.46B people
Rural population — Micronesia (subregion), by year Micronesia (subregion) All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 162,516 −677 −0.41%
2024 163,193 −649 −0.4%
2023 163,842 −592 −0.36%
2022 164,434 −528 −0.32%
2021 164,962 −548 −0.33%
2020 165,510 −1,735 −1.04%
2019 167,245 −1,679 −0.99%
2018 168,924 −1,262 −0.74%
2017 170,186 −834 −0.49%
2016 171,020 −421 −0.25%
2015 171,441 −177 −0.1%
2014 171,618 −4 −0%
2013 171,622 +0 +0%
2012 171,622 −48 −0.03%
2011 171,670 −80 −0.05%
2010 171,750 −888 −0.51%
2009 172,638 −1,720 −0.99%
2008 174,358 −1,677 −0.95%
2007 176,035 −1,211 −0.68%
2006 177,246 −408 −0.23%
2005 177,654 −152 −0.09%
2004 177,806 −133 −0.07%
2003 177,939 +26 +0.01%
2002 177,913 +363 +0.2%
2001 177,550 +679 +0.38%
2000 176,871 +573 +0.33%
1999 176,298 +668 +0.38%
1998 175,630 +880 +0.5%
1997 174,750 +1,361 +0.78%
1996 173,389 +1,747 +1.02%
1995 171,642 +1,830 +1.08%
1994 169,812 +2,258 +1.35%
1993 167,554 +2,529 +1.53%
1992 165,025 +2,476 +1.52%
1991 162,549 +2,570 +1.61%
1990 159,979 +2,848 +1.81%
1989 157,131 +2,949 +1.91%
1988 154,182 +3,105 +2.06%
1987 151,077 +3,218 +2.18%
1986 147,859 +3,089 +2.13%
1985 144,770 +2,880 +2.03%
1984 141,890 +2,801 +2.01%
1983 139,089 +2,919 +2.14%
1982 136,170 +3,089 +2.32%
1981 133,081 +3,151 +2.43%
1980 129,930 +2,960 +2.33%
1979 126,970 +2,185 +1.75%
1978 124,785 +1,144 +0.93%
1977 123,641 +644 +0.52%
1976 122,997 +562 +0.46%
1975 122,435 +823 +0.68%
1974 121,612 +1,679 +1.4%
1973 119,933 +2,106 +1.79%
1972 117,827 +1,648 +1.42%
1971 116,179 +1,668 +1.46%
1970 114,511 +1,970 +1.75%
1969 112,541 +1,614 +1.46%
1968 110,927 +1,160 +1.06%
1967 109,767 +702 +0.64%
1966 109,065 +832 +0.77%
1965 108,233 +1,082 +1.01%
1964 107,151 +850 +0.8%
1963 106,301 +766 +0.73%
1962 105,535 +714 +0.68%
1961 104,821 +752 +0.72%
1960 104,069

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.