Rural population — all countries

Rural population — South-Eastern Asia

Rural population in South-Eastern Asia in 2025 — 319,010,567 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 80.3%.

2025 319M people −0.42% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 335M people2013
Period minimum 177M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — South-Eastern Asia, 1960–2025150M200M250M300M350M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 176,967,630 people1962: 185,725,708 people1964: 195,136,140 people1966: 203,939,766 people1968: 213,010,828 people1970: 222,389,974 people1972: 231,470,873 people1974: 241,713,007 people1976: 251,418,298 people1978: 260,645,253 people1980: 269,673,572 people1982: 279,448,626 people1984: 289,394,353 people1986: 298,426,036 people1988: 306,608,513 people1990: 314,165,187 people1992: 320,232,338 people1994: 324,537,163 people1996: 327,742,500 people1998: 330,322,021 people2000: 331,935,905 people2002: 333,175,027 people2004: 333,740,269 people2006: 334,222,583 people2008: 335,324,209 people2010: 335,181,795 people2012: 335,394,144 people2014: 335,217,306 people2016: 334,311,284 people2018: 329,175,026 people2020: 326,674,939 people2022: 323,004,999 people2024: 320,340,931 people2025: 319,010,567 people
Change over the period: +142M (+80.26%) Average annual rate: 0.91 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South-Eastern Asia

South-Eastern Asia 319M people
World 3.46B people
Rural population — South-Eastern Asia, by year South-Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 319M −1.33M −0.42%
2024 320M −1.19M −0.37%
2023 322M −1.48M −0.46%
2022 323M −1.84M −0.57%
2021 325M −1.82M −0.56%
2020 327M −1.12M −0.34%
2019 328M −1.38M −0.42%
2018 329M −4.14M −1.24%
2017 333M −1M −0.3%
2016 334M −543,289 −0.16%
2015 335M −362,733 −0.11%
2014 335M −187,515 −0.06%
2013 335M +10,677 +0%
2012 335M +69,427 +0.02%
2011 335M +142,922 +0.04%
2010 335M −70,101 −0.02%
2009 335M −72,313 −0.02%
2008 335M +437,796 +0.13%
2007 335M +663,830 +0.2%
2006 334M +344,031 +0.1%
2005 334M +138,283 +0.04%
2004 334M +200,755 +0.06%
2003 334M +364,487 +0.11%
2002 333M +513,994 +0.15%
2001 333M +725,128 +0.22%
2000 332M +753,047 +0.23%
1999 331M +860,837 +0.26%
1998 330M +1.2M +0.37%
1997 329M +1.37M +0.42%
1996 328M +1.49M +0.46%
1995 326M +1.71M +0.53%
1994 325M +1.94M +0.6%
1993 323M +2.36M +0.74%
1992 320M +2.8M +0.88%
1991 317M +3.27M +1.04%
1990 314M +3.7M +1.19%
1989 310M +3.85M +1.26%
1988 307M +4.03M +1.33%
1987 303M +4.15M +1.39%
1986 298M +4.35M +1.48%
1985 294M +4.68M +1.62%
1984 289M +4.95M +1.74%
1983 284M +4.99M +1.79%
1982 279M +4.9M +1.79%
1981 275M +4.87M +1.81%
1980 270M +4.62M +1.74%
1979 265M +4.41M +1.69%
1978 261M +4.55M +1.78%
1977 256M +4.68M +1.86%
1976 251M +4.33M +1.75%
1975 247M +5.38M +2.23%
1974 242M +5.65M +2.39%
1973 236M +4.6M +1.99%
1972 231M +4.48M +1.97%
1971 227M +4.6M +2.07%
1970 222M +4.71M +2.16%
1969 218M +4.67M +2.19%
1968 213M +4.59M +2.2%
1967 208M +4.49M +2.2%
1966 204M +4.31M +2.16%
1965 200M +4.5M +2.3%
1964 195M +4.75M +2.5%
1963 190M +4.66M +2.51%
1962 186M +4.46M +2.46%
1961 181M +4.3M +2.43%
1960 177M

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.