Rural population in the world in 2025 — 3,464,845,933 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 74.4%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: World
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.46B | +10.3M | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 3.45B | +12.62M | +0.37% |
| 2023 | 3.44B | +12.62M | +0.37% |
| 2022 | 3.43B | +8.78M | +0.26% |
| 2021 | 3.42B | −291,837 | −0.01% |
| 2020 | 3.42B | +9.83M | +0.29% |
| 2019 | 3.41B | +5.6M | +0.16% |
| 2018 | 3.41B | +3.54M | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 3.4B | +6.24M | +0.18% |
| 2016 | 3.4B | +4.4M | +0.13% |
| 2015 | 3.39B | +1.9M | +0.06% |
| 2014 | 3.39B | +6.06M | +0.18% |
| 2013 | 3.38B | +4.41M | +0.13% |
| 2012 | 3.38B | +9.7M | +0.29% |
| 2011 | 3.37B | −8.09M | −0.24% |
| 2010 | 3.38B | +14.15M | +0.42% |
| 2009 | 3.36B | +8.15M | +0.24% |
| 2008 | 3.35B | +10.92M | +0.33% |
| 2007 | 3.34B | +5.73M | +0.17% |
| 2006 | 3.34B | +8.4M | +0.25% |
| 2005 | 3.33B | +10.06M | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 3.32B | +10.27M | +0.31% |
| 2003 | 3.31B | +8.42M | +0.26% |
| 2002 | 3.3B | +10.46M | +0.32% |
| 2001 | 3.29B | +15.19M | +0.46% |
| 2000 | 3.28B | +11.11M | +0.34% |
| 1999 | 3.26B | +15.86M | +0.49% |
| 1998 | 3.25B | +16.89M | +0.52% |
| 1997 | 3.23B | +17.92M | +0.56% |
| 1996 | 3.21B | +19.35M | +0.61% |
| 1995 | 3.19B | +30.95M | +0.98% |
| 1994 | 3.16B | +32.09M | +1.02% |
| 1993 | 3.13B | +34.11M | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 3.1B | +34.88M | +1.14% |
| 1991 | 3.06B | +33M | +1.09% |
| 1990 | 3.03B | +43.7M | +1.46% |
| 1989 | 2.99B | +38.34M | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 2.95B | +37.35M | +1.28% |
| 1987 | 2.91B | +33.96M | +1.18% |
| 1986 | 2.88B | +33.13M | +1.17% |
| 1985 | 2.84B | +33.76M | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 2.81B | +26.03M | +0.94% |
| 1983 | 2.78B | +30.45M | +1.11% |
| 1982 | 2.75B | +36.58M | +1.35% |
| 1981 | 2.72B | +30.44M | +1.13% |
| 1980 | 2.69B | +31.86M | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 2.65B | +25.48M | +0.97% |
| 1978 | 2.63B | +31.14M | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 2.6B | +32.76M | +1.28% |
| 1976 | 2.56B | +33.65M | +1.33% |
| 1975 | 2.53B | +35.04M | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 2.5B | +38.12M | +1.55% |
| 1973 | 2.46B | +37.36M | +1.54% |
| 1972 | 2.42B | +39.29M | +1.65% |
| 1971 | 2.38B | +41.81M | +1.79% |
| 1970 | 2.34B | +41.2M | +1.79% |
| 1969 | 2.3B | +39.61M | +1.75% |
| 1968 | 2.26B | +38.09M | +1.72% |
| 1967 | 2.22B | +36.97M | +1.69% |
| 1966 | 2.18B | +37.62M | +1.75% |
| 1965 | 2.15B | +37.07M | +1.76% |
| 1964 | 2.11B | +24.76M | +1.19% |
| 1963 | 2.08B | +38.75M | +1.9% |
| 1962 | 2.04B | +39.22M | +1.96% |
| 1961 | 2.01B | +18.64M | +0.94% |
| 1960 | 1.99B | — | — |
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.