India Rural Population

India rural population for 2023 was 915,129,968, a 0.11% increase from 2022.
  • India rural population for 2022 was 914,095,397, a 0.05% increase from 2021.
  • India rural population for 2021 was 913,674,711, a 0.1% increase from 2020.
  • India rural population for 2020 was 912,739,439, a 0.28% 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.

Rural Population

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% of Total

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Annual % Change

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Region Rankings
NameRural Population
World3,445,666,944
South Asia1,242,579,585
East Asia & Pacific882,671,656
Sub-Saharan Africa 718,293,979
OECD members253,794,113
Latin America & Caribbean 119,672,643
European Union109,054,784
Euro Area77,080,099
North America63,210,418
Country Rankings
NameRural Population
India915,129,968
China499,814,553
Pakistan153,353,785
Indonesia116,491,421
Nigeria104,181,246
Bangladesh102,069,155
Ethiopia98,890,557
Egypt65,170,854
Vietnam60,733,147
Philippines59,413,686
United States55,937,486
Democratic Republic of Congo55,598,851
Tanzania41,696,626
Kenya39,002,929
Myanmar36,750,353
Uganda35,630,742
Russia35,480,468
Thailand33,264,194
Sudan31,856,240
Afghanistan30,289,750
Brazil25,784,506
Mexico23,895,469
Yemen23,701,050
Nepal23,190,603
Niger21,698,563
Iran20,607,138
Mozambique20,600,526
South Africa19,710,253
Turkey19,229,913
Madagascar18,544,110
Germany18,517,308
Sri Lanka17,803,472
Uzbekistan17,636,483
Malawi17,246,583
Italy16,534,101
Burkina Faso15,537,794
Chad14,611,781
Poland14,594,963
Ghana13,772,630
Morocco13,153,745
Cambodia12,968,594
Iraq12,801,481
Mali12,790,405
France12,444,029
Burundi11,665,602
Cameroon11,543,428
Angola11,507,131
Rwanda11,457,737
Algeria11,417,335
Ukraine11,284,005
Zambia11,121,516
Zimbabwe11,027,277
United Kingdom10,497,193
Syrian Arab Republic10,049,186
Japan9,907,790
North Korea9,721,107
South Korea9,589,588
Somalia9,561,167
Colombia9,232,590
Senegal9,114,893
South Sudan9,049,473
Papua New Guinea8,963,865
Spain8,919,222
Guinea8,919,146
Romania8,639,281
Kazakhstan8,502,253
Guatemala8,500,912
Malaysia7,476,281
Tajikistan7,456,343
Canada7,272,932
Peru7,133,979
Benin7,041,406
Ecuador6,330,428
Togo5,164,837
Saudi Arabia5,006,276
Lao PDR4,733,363
Sierra Leone4,712,505
Haiti4,694,992
Kyrgyz Republic4,415,974
Azerbaijan4,307,614
Honduras4,235,373
Austria3,695,624
Tunisia3,593,759
Australia3,567,767
Bolivia3,528,032
Argentina3,432,229
Portugal3,394,959
Turkmenistan3,387,421
Venezuela3,272,145
Central African Republic2,905,244
Serbia2,840,484
Czech Republic2,764,681
Nicaragua2,739,749
Hungary2,602,936
Liberia2,550,579
Paraguay2,522,136
Slovak Republic2,494,835
Cuba2,476,950
Chile2,356,701
Switzerland2,292,950
Mauritania2,124,543
Greece2,011,088
Eritrea1,968,856
Republic of Congo1,905,071
Ireland1,886,003
Belarus1,768,566
Dominican Republic1,762,465
Lesotho1,608,438
Croatia1,598,875
Bosnia1,583,969
El Salvador1,552,609
Bulgaria1,501,992
Georgia1,459,182
Moldova1,391,769
Panama1,359,386
Libya1,343,803
Namibia1,336,771
UAE1,281,219
Netherlands1,219,398
Jamaica1,210,374
Sweden1,186,635
Guinea-Bissau1,174,302
West Bank and Gaza1,158,063
Armenia1,084,530
Mongolia1,076,057
Albania971,992
Gambia958,490
Timor-Leste935,002
Slovenia931,137
Eswatini925,464
Jordan912,849
Lithuania898,978
Costa Rica887,238
Norway883,411
Finland794,423
Mauritius745,691
North Macedonia740,649
Israel697,207
Denmark684,197
New Zealand679,786
Botswana672,965
Trinidad and Tobago636,726
Lebanon610,143
Guyana601,899
Comoros594,148
Solomon Islands591,708
Latvia588,185
Oman585,715
Equatorial Guinea472,086
Cyprus444,017
Bhutan437,623
Estonia413,689
Fiji381,552
Maldives305,229
Djibouti247,283
Vanuatu237,180
Gabon222,910
Belize219,498
Belgium213,470
Suriname211,237
Puerto Rico204,074
Montenegro194,083
Barbados193,612
Samoa178,730
Cabo Verde167,240
Bahrain159,772
St. Lucia144,912
Uruguay143,282
Channel Islands115,440
French Polynesia106,015
Brunei95,695
Micronesia86,298
Tonga80,372
New Caledonia79,079
Grenada73,692
Antigua and Barbuda70,610
Bahamas65,408
Aruba59,848
Kiribati55,978
Sao Tome and Principe54,483
Luxembourg52,795
Seychelles49,323
St. Vincent and the Grenadines46,306
Isle of Man39,152
Liechtenstein34,025
St. Kitts and Nevis32,218
Faroe Islands31,062
Malta27,963
Iceland23,436
British Virgin Islands19,591
Dominica18,619
Qatar17,158
Curacao16,231
Andorra9,885
Marshall Islands8,205
Guam8,049
Greenland6,858
American Samoa6,066
Virgin Islands (U.S.)3,959
Northern Mariana Islands3,577
Tuvalu3,314
Palau3,119
Turks and Caicos Islands2,658
San Marino733
Bermuda0
Cayman Islands0
Gibraltar0
Hong Kong0
Kuwait0
Macao0
Monaco0
Nauru0
Singapore0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)0