Rural population in South America in 2025 — 63,507,698 people. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 12.5%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South America
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.51M | −631,614 | −0.98% |
| 2024 | 64.14M | −583,718 | −0.9% |
| 2023 | 64.72M | −534,150 | −0.82% |
| 2022 | 65.26M | −496,889 | −0.76% |
| 2021 | 65.75M | −499,684 | −0.75% |
| 2020 | 66.25M | −383,760 | −0.58% |
| 2019 | 66.64M | −262,154 | −0.39% |
| 2018 | 66.9M | −178,176 | −0.27% |
| 2017 | 67.08M | −263,209 | −0.39% |
| 2016 | 67.34M | −263,681 | −0.39% |
| 2015 | 67.6M | −263,000 | −0.39% |
| 2014 | 67.87M | −252,949 | −0.37% |
| 2013 | 68.12M | −239,404 | −0.35% |
| 2012 | 68.36M | −220,920 | −0.32% |
| 2011 | 68.58M | −211,924 | −0.31% |
| 2010 | 68.79M | −212,742 | −0.31% |
| 2009 | 69.01M | −172,482 | −0.25% |
| 2008 | 69.18M | −137,778 | −0.2% |
| 2007 | 69.32M | −111,321 | −0.16% |
| 2006 | 69.43M | −96,156 | −0.14% |
| 2005 | 69.52M | −107,549 | −0.15% |
| 2004 | 69.63M | −147,534 | −0.21% |
| 2003 | 69.78M | −192,216 | −0.27% |
| 2002 | 69.97M | −247,052 | −0.35% |
| 2001 | 70.22M | −328,946 | −0.47% |
| 2000 | 70.55M | −575,352 | −0.81% |
| 1999 | 71.12M | −794,568 | −1.1% |
| 1998 | 71.92M | −810,706 | −1.11% |
| 1997 | 72.73M | −637,489 | −0.87% |
| 1996 | 73.36M | −411,322 | −0.56% |
| 1995 | 73.78M | −285,251 | −0.39% |
| 1994 | 74.06M | −208,227 | −0.28% |
| 1993 | 74.27M | −168,644 | −0.23% |
| 1992 | 74.44M | −187,835 | −0.25% |
| 1991 | 74.63M | −177,111 | −0.24% |
| 1990 | 74.8M | −121,110 | −0.16% |
| 1989 | 74.92M | −97,124 | −0.13% |
| 1988 | 75.02M | −76,502 | −0.1% |
| 1987 | 75.1M | −60,286 | −0.08% |
| 1986 | 75.16M | −41,327 | −0.05% |
| 1985 | 75.2M | −18,135 | −0.02% |
| 1984 | 75.22M | −2,885 | −0% |
| 1983 | 75.22M | −12,106 | −0.02% |
| 1982 | 75.23M | −43,188 | −0.06% |
| 1981 | 75.28M | −87,047 | −0.12% |
| 1980 | 75.36M | −239,983 | −0.32% |
| 1979 | 75.6M | −428,257 | −0.56% |
| 1978 | 76.03M | −534,243 | −0.7% |
| 1977 | 76.57M | −586,096 | −0.76% |
| 1976 | 77.15M | −586,219 | −0.75% |
| 1975 | 77.74M | −524,354 | −0.67% |
| 1974 | 78.26M | −409,810 | −0.52% |
| 1973 | 78.67M | −262,490 | −0.33% |
| 1972 | 78.93M | −93,149 | −0.12% |
| 1971 | 79.03M | +96,292 | +0.12% |
| 1970 | 78.93M | +242,318 | +0.31% |
| 1969 | 78.69M | +340,963 | +0.44% |
| 1968 | 78.35M | +432,856 | +0.56% |
| 1967 | 77.92M | +530,829 | +0.69% |
| 1966 | 77.38M | +628,575 | +0.82% |
| 1965 | 76.76M | +720,440 | +0.95% |
| 1964 | 76.04M | +795,263 | +1.06% |
| 1963 | 75.24M | +845,099 | +1.14% |
| 1962 | 74.39M | +881,264 | +1.2% |
| 1961 | 73.51M | +899,466 | +1.24% |
| 1960 | 72.61M | — | — |
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.