This statistic shows the ten countries with the largest increase in the size of the rural population between 2018 and 2015. Based on forecasted population figures, the rural population of Ethiopia is projected to be around 31 million more in 2050 than it was in 2018.

This horizontal bar chart displays rural population (people) by region using the aggregation sum and is filtered where the continent is the Americas. The data is about regions.

The average for 2023 based on 196 countries was 38.64 percent. The highest value was in Papua New Guinea: 86.28 percent and the lowest value was in Bermuda: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Worldwide, Papua New Guinea was the country with the highest rural population in terms of share of the country's population. As of 2023, 86.28 percent of the Asian country's inhabitants lived in rural areas. Burundi followed in second with 85.22 percent, whereas 85.38 percent of Liechtenstein's population lived in rural areas that year. Over the past decades, the share of the global population living in rural areas decreased.

In 2020, YouTube was the leading OTT streaming service in rural areas in Vietnam based on current usage, as stated by 43 percent of the respondents. Meanwhile, the local platform FPT Play was the second most-used service currently, according to 25 percent of the respondents.

This horizontal bar chart displays rural land area (km²) by continent using the aggregation sum. The data is about regions.

According to the survey among residents of small cities and towns in China, nearly 49 percent of respondents used almost exclusively mobile payment while shopping. Only 1.6 percent of respondents said they paid mostly by cash or credit cards.

This statistic shows the twenty countries with the largest rural populations worldwide in 2018. In 2018, the rural population of India was around 893.3 million people.

This statistic shows the ten countries with the largest decline in the size of the rural population between 2018 and 2015. Based on forecasted population figures, the rural population of China is projected to be around 305 million less in 2050 than it was in 2018.

In 2020, YouTube was the leading OTT streaming service in rural areas in Vietnam based on awareness, as stated by 52 percent of the respondents. Apart from YouTube and Netflix, the other platforms among the list belonged to Vietnamese companies.

In 2020, Facebook was the leading social media platform based on penetration rate in rural areas in Vietnam, according to 97 percent of the respondents. In that same year, around 11 percent of rural respondents reported using Instagram.

This statistic shows the twenty countries with the projected largest rural populations worldwide in 2050. Forecasts estimate that the rural population of India will be around 782 million people in 2050.

This horizontal bar chart displays rural population (people) by countries yearly using the aggregation sum and is filtered where the country is the United States. The data is about countries per year.

In 2019, there were around 189 deaths per 100,000 population in the United States due to heart disease in rural areas, while there were around 156 deaths per 100,000 population in urban areas due to heart disease. This statistic illustrates the death rates for the leading causes of death in the United States in 2019, by urban-rural classification.

Argentina rural population for 2023 was 3,516,356, a 0.62% decline from 2022.

• Argentina rural population for 2022 was 3,538,352, a 0.6% decline from 2021.
• Argentina rural population for 2021 was 3,559,798, a 0.56% decline from 2020.
• Argentina rural population for 2020 was 3,579,773, a 0.54% decline from 2019.

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Malaysia rural population for 2023 was 7,302,226, a 1.24% decline from 2022.

• Malaysia rural population for 2022 was 7,393,781, a 1.26% decline from 2021.
• Malaysia rural population for 2021 was 7,488,317, a 1.25% decline from 2020.
• Malaysia rural population for 2020 was 7,582,878, a 1.19% decline from 2019.

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

This horizontal bar chart displays rural population (people) by continent and is filtered where the country includes Guyana. The data is about countries per year.

This graph shows the distribution between urban and rural population in the federal states of the U.S. in 2010. In 2010, around 1.66 million people were living in rural regions in Florida.

Ecuador rural population for 2023 was 6,404,506, a 0.42% increase from 2022.

• Ecuador rural population for 2022 was 6,377,754, a 0.55% increase from 2021.
• Ecuador rural population for 2021 was 6,342,935, a 0.64% increase from 2020.
• Ecuador rural population for 2020 was 6,302,697, a 0.9% increase from 2019.

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Republic of Congo rural population for 2023 was 1,881,648, a 0.81% increase from 2022.

• Republic of Congo rural population for 2022 was 1,866,593, a 0.85% increase from 2021.
• Republic of Congo rural population for 2021 was 1,850,943, a 0.9% increase from 2020.
• Republic of Congo rural population for 2020 was 1,834,446, a 0.93% increase from 2019.

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.