Rural population in upper-middle-income countries in 2025 — 814,755,341 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 0.3%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 815M | −9.27M | −1.13% |
| 2024 | 824M | −7.89M | −0.95% |
| 2023 | 832M | −6.84M | −0.82% |
| 2022 | 839M | −8.82M | −1.04% |
| 2021 | 848M | −18.5M | −2.14% |
| 2020 | 866M | −11.64M | −1.33% |
| 2019 | 878M | −16.74M | −1.87% |
| 2018 | 894M | −18.95M | −2.07% |
| 2017 | 913M | −17.11M | −1.84% |
| 2016 | 931M | −18.84M | −1.98% |
| 2015 | 949M | −21.23M | −2.19% |
| 2014 | 971M | −17.04M | −1.73% |
| 2013 | 988M | −17.7M | −1.76% |
| 2012 | 1.01B | −14.19M | −1.39% |
| 2011 | 1.02B | −32.01M | −3.04% |
| 2010 | 1.05B | −9.54M | −0.9% |
| 2009 | 1.06B | −15.42M | −1.43% |
| 2008 | 1.08B | −12M | −1.1% |
| 2007 | 1.09B | −18.22M | −1.65% |
| 2006 | 1.11B | −14.93M | −1.33% |
| 2005 | 1.12B | −12.86M | −1.13% |
| 2004 | 1.13B | −12.82M | −1.12% |
| 2003 | 1.15B | −15.09M | −1.3% |
| 2002 | 1.16B | −14.36M | −1.22% |
| 2001 | 1.18B | −11.21M | −0.94% |
| 2000 | 1.19B | −15.99M | −1.33% |
| 1999 | 1.2B | −12.59M | −1.04% |
| 1998 | 1.22B | −11.45M | −0.93% |
| 1997 | 1.23B | −10.08M | −0.81% |
| 1996 | 1.24B | −9.09M | −0.73% |
| 1995 | 1.25B | +2.66M | +0.21% |
| 1994 | 1.24B | +3.75M | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 1.24B | +4.25M | +0.34% |
| 1992 | 1.24B | +5.33M | +0.43% |
| 1991 | 1.23B | +4.29M | +0.35% |
| 1990 | 1.23B | +14.33M | +1.18% |
| 1989 | 1.21B | +10.27M | +0.85% |
| 1988 | 1.2B | +9.88M | +0.83% |
| 1987 | 1.19B | +6.85M | +0.58% |
| 1986 | 1.19B | +6.06M | +0.51% |
| 1985 | 1.18B | +6.85M | +0.58% |
| 1984 | 1.17B | −558,150 | −0.05% |
| 1983 | 1.17B | +4.2M | +0.36% |
| 1982 | 1.17B | +11.06M | +0.96% |
| 1981 | 1.16B | +6.13M | +0.53% |
| 1980 | 1.15B | +9.19M | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 1.14B | +3.66M | +0.32% |
| 1978 | 1.14B | +10.21M | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 1.13B | +12.75M | +1.14% |
| 1976 | 1.12B | +14.34M | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 1.1B | +15.09M | +1.39% |
| 1974 | 1.09B | +19.06M | +1.79% |
| 1973 | 1.07B | +19.7M | +1.88% |
| 1972 | 1.05B | +22.5M | +2.19% |
| 1971 | 1.03B | +24.2M | +2.42% |
| 1970 | 1B | +23.87M | +2.44% |
| 1969 | 977M | +23.38M | +2.45% |
| 1968 | 954M | +22.12M | +2.37% |
| 1967 | 932M | +21.45M | +2.36% |
| 1966 | 910M | +22.18M | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 888M | +20.75M | +2.39% |
| 1964 | 867M | +8.17M | +0.95% |
| 1963 | 859M | +22.16M | +2.65% |
| 1962 | 837M | +22.56M | +2.77% |
| 1961 | 814M | +2.45M | +0.3% |
| 1960 | 812M | — | — |
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.