Rural population — all countries

Rural population — Uzbekistan

Rural population in Uzbekistan in 2025 — 18,149,751 people. Ranked 30 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 236.7%.

2025 18.15M people +1.86% vs 2024
World rank 30of 217
Period maximum 18.15M people2025
Period minimum 5.39M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Uzbekistan, 1960–202505M10M15M20M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5,390,889 people1962: 5,742,705 people1964: 6,178,519 people1966: 6,616,562 people1968: 7,013,439 people1970: 7,452,077 people1972: 7,840,204 people1974: 8,165,425 people1976: 8,501,084 people1978: 8,793,804 people1980: 9,204,089 people1982: 9,683,945 people1984: 10,256,306 people1986: 10,937,749 people1988: 11,520,156 people1990: 12,121,067 people1992: 12,562,359 people1994: 12,861,366 people1996: 13,013,812 people1998: 13,041,944 people2000: 12,970,297 people2002: 12,888,595 people2004: 12,866,399 people2006: 12,958,679 people2008: 13,254,033 people2010: 13,814,611 people2012: 14,240,022 people2014: 14,843,458 people2016: 15,436,676 people2018: 15,998,494 people2020: 16,535,565 people2022: 17,125,419 people2024: 17,817,795 people2025: 18,149,751 people
Change over the period: +12.76M (+236.67%) Average annual rate: 1.89 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan 18.15M people
World 3.46B people
Europe & Central Asia 242M people
Central Asia computed 42.78M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1.86B people
Rural population — Uzbekistan, by year Uzbekistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 18.15M +331,956 +1.86%
2024 17.82M +346,911 +1.99%
2023 17.47M +345,465 +2.02%
2022 17.13M +321,007 +1.91%
2021 16.8M +268,847 +1.63%
2020 16.54M +248,369 +1.52%
2019 16.29M +288,702 +1.8%
2018 16M +304,874 +1.94%
2017 15.69M +256,944 +1.66%
2016 15.44M +264,867 +1.75%
2015 15.17M +328,351 +2.21%
2014 14.84M +316,623 +2.18%
2013 14.53M +286,813 +2.01%
2012 14.24M +214,525 +1.53%
2011 14.03M +210,886 +1.53%
2010 13.81M +294,911 +2.18%
2009 13.52M +265,667 +2%
2008 13.25M +178,677 +1.37%
2007 13.08M +116,677 +0.9%
2006 12.96M +64,352 +0.5%
2005 12.89M +27,928 +0.22%
2004 12.87M −367 −0%
2003 12.87M −21,829 −0.17%
2002 12.89M −35,362 −0.27%
2001 12.92M −46,340 −0.36%
2000 12.97M −44,962 −0.35%
1999 13.02M −26,685 −0.2%
1998 13.04M −496 −0%
1997 13.04M +28,628 +0.22%
1996 13.01M +60,389 +0.47%
1995 12.95M +92,057 +0.72%
1994 12.86M +128,016 +1.01%
1993 12.73M +170,991 +1.36%
1992 12.56M +211,960 +1.72%
1991 12.35M +229,332 +1.89%
1990 12.12M +257,665 +2.17%
1989 11.86M +343,246 +2.98%
1988 11.52M +283,544 +2.52%
1987 11.24M +298,863 +2.73%
1986 10.94M +324,759 +3.06%
1985 10.61M +356,684 +3.48%
1984 10.26M +312,932 +3.15%
1983 9.94M +259,429 +2.68%
1982 9.68M +250,864 +2.66%
1981 9.43M +228,992 +2.49%
1980 9.2M +214,112 +2.38%
1979 8.99M +196,173 +2.23%
1978 8.79M +109,639 +1.26%
1977 8.68M +183,081 +2.15%
1976 8.5M +170,741 +2.05%
1975 8.33M +164,918 +2.02%
1974 8.17M +168,813 +2.11%
1973 8M +156,408 +1.99%
1972 7.84M +172,342 +2.25%
1971 7.67M +215,785 +2.9%
1970 7.45M +219,269 +3.03%
1969 7.23M +219,369 +3.13%
1968 7.01M +194,269 +2.85%
1967 6.82M +202,608 +3.06%
1966 6.62M +219,404 +3.43%
1965 6.4M +218,639 +3.54%
1964 6.18M +221,883 +3.72%
1963 5.96M +213,931 +3.73%
1962 5.74M +199,011 +3.59%
1961 5.54M +152,805 +2.83%
1960 5.39M

Central Asia, 2025

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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.