TABLE 3. RURAL POPULATION, AREA, POPULATION DENSITY
 
Rural Population
Growth Rate
Total Area
Density
( 000s )
( % )
( 000ha )
( population per 1000ha)
1975
1995
2015
1975-95
1995-2015
 
1975
1995
2015
World Total
2538207
3112799
3323731
1.03
0.33
13381569
305
425
544
More Developed Regions
315093
294066
242470
-0.34
-0.96
5102613
205
230
238
Less Developed Regions
2223114
2818733
3081261
1.19
0.45
8278956
366
545
733
Africa
309697
468083
633581
2.09
1.53
3031169
137
237
390
Asia
1812864
2246043
2337720
1.08
0.20
3175080
758
1083
1380
Europe
221808
192799
150292
-0.70
-1.24
2298814
294
317
312
Latin America
124108
126845
125645
0.11
-0.05
2054634
156
232
304
Northern America
63682
70577
65987
0.52
-0.34
1967612
124
151
175
Oceania
6048
8452
10506
1.69
1.09
853652
25
33
43
Afghanistan
13338
15750
25801
0.83
2.50
65209
236
302
566
Albania
1630
2124
2068
1.33
-0.13
2875
843
1177
1373
Algeria
9558
12460
13534
1.33
0.41
238174
67
118
175
American Samoa
17
27
35
2.34
1.31
20
1500
2700
4450
Andorra
1
3
5
5.65
2.59
45
556
1511
2756
Angola
5033
7468
11051
1.99
1.98
124670
49
87
159
Anguilla
6
7
8
0.77
0.67
x
x
x
x
Antigua and Barbuda
39
42
43
0.37
0.12
44
1341
1500
1727
Argentina
5021
4145
3543
-0.95
-0.78
278040
94
125
156
Armenia
1046
1140
1007
0.43
-0.62
2980
948
1219
1349
Aruba
x
x
x
x
x
19
3263
3684
4421
Australia
1957
2736
3072
1.69
0.58
771336
18
23
28
Austria
2638
2869
2659
0.42
-0.38
8385
904
959
1007
Azerbaijan
2759
3340
3207
0.96
-0.20
8660
657
870
1030
Bahamas
50
38
31
-1.36
-1.01
1388
136
201
260
Bahrain
56
54
39
-0.18
-1.61
69
3942
8072
11101
Bangladesh
69474
96598
112610
1.66
0.77
14400
5318
8210
11297
Barbados
151
137
117
-0.49
-0.79
43
5721
6070
6581
Belarus
4653
2997
1952
-2.18
-2.12
20760
451
499
479
Belgium
498
305
207
-2.42
-1.92
3310
2960
3060
3118
Belize
67
114
158
2.69
1.65
2296
58
93
140
Benin
2379
3334
4513
1.70
1.53
11262
270
480
852
Bermuda
0
0
0
0.00
0.00
5
10600
12600
14200
Bhutan
1119
1663
2600
2.00
2.26
4700
247
377
626
Bolivia
2783
2927
2945
0.25
0.03
109858
43
67
102
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2575
2103
2142
-1.01
0.09
5113
733
698
856
Botswana
668
581
247
-0.70
-4.19
58173
13
25
38
Brazil
42019
34390
26985
-1.00
-1.21
851197
127
187
235
British Virgin Is.
7
8
8
0.67
0.00
15
733
1267
1867
Brunei Darussalam
61
90
86
1.96
-0.23
577
279
508
698
Bulgaria
3705
2700
1919
-1.57
-1.69
11091
786
767
702
Burkina Faso
5720
8815
13260
2.19
2.06
27400
223
382
666
Burundi
3562
5608
8580
2.30
2.15
2783
1322
2179
3607
Cambodia
6367
7979
9827
1.13
1.05
18104
392
554
809
Cameroon
5503
7291
9275
1.42
1.21
47544
158
277
474
Canada
5661
6856
6899
0.96
0.03
997061
23
29
34
Cape Verde
218
177
156
-1.04
-0.63
403
690
958
1464
Cayman Is.
0
0
0
0.00
0.00
26
538
1192
1923
Central African Rep.
1364
1993
2503
1.91
1.15
62298
33
53
80
Chad
3403
4927
7100
1.87
1.84
128400
31
49
80
Channel Is.
85
104
105
1.01
0.05
x
x
x
x
Chile
2234
2288
2338
0.12
0.11
75663
137
188
237
China
767290
851501
762005
0.52
-0.55
959696
967
1271
1468
Colombia
9342
9805
9504
0.24
-0.16
113891
209
314
418
Comoros
249
426
620
2.72
1.89
223
1417
2744
4848
Congo
943
1078
1337
0.67
1.08
34200
42
76
131
Cook Is.
9
8
7
-0.59
-0.67
23
826
826
1000
Costa Rica
1154
1736
1948
2.06
0.58
5110
385
670
959
Côte d'Ivoire
4587
7746
9293
2.65
0.91
32246
209
425
650
Croatia
2339
1992
1552
-0.80
-1.24
5654
754
797
771
Cuba
3329
2650
2021
-1.13
-1.35
11086
839
989
1051
Cyprus
345
342
318
-0.04
-0.36
925
658
805
970
Czech Rep.
4217
3549
2917
-0.86
-0.98
7886
1268
1301
1261
Denmark
920
773
649
-0.87
-0.87
4309
1174
1212
1233
Djibouti
65
107
131
2.52
1.02
2320
88
259
412
Dominica
32
22
18
-1.86
-1.00
75
960
947
1013
Dominican Rep.
2760
2980
2788
0.38
-0.33
4873
1036
1605
2104
East Timor
612
753
986
1.04
1.36
1487
452
547
733
Ecuador
3981
4709
4680
0.84
-0.03
28356
244
404
562
Egypt
21964
34386
39732
2.27
0.73
100145
388
620
853
El Salvador
2444
3112
3773
1.22
0.97
2104
1950
2691
3867
Equitorial Guinea
164
231
249
1.73
0.38
2805
80
143
230
Eritrea
1833
2629
3958
1.82
2.07
12114
172
262
443
Estonia
464
402
281
-0.71
-1.77
4510
318
330
293
Ethiopia
29159
47709
76918
2.49
2.42
110076
293
512
941
Faeroe Is.
30
32
27
0.32
-0.85
140
293
336
350
Falkland Is. (Malvinas)
1
0
0
x
0.00
1217
2
2
2
Fiji
364
466
521
1.24
0.56
1827
315
429
576
Finland
1966
1881
1535
-0.22
-1.01
33815
139
151
156
France
14218
14718
12369
0.17
-0.87
55150
956
1054
1091
French Guiana
18
35
48
3.38
1.59
9000
6
16
30
French Polynesia
57
95
112
2.59
0.83
400
325
548
755
Gabon
420
536
588
1.23
0.46
26767
22
40
65
Gambia
455
788
963
2.78
1.01
1130
485
983
1481
Gaza Strip
51
46
79
-0.51
2.74
38
10342
20842
45868
Georgia
2476
2270
1803
-0.43
-1.15
6970
704
782
801
Germany
14814
11019
8288
-1.47
-1.41
35698
2204
2286
2300
Ghana
6879
11116
15349
2.43
1.63
23854
412
727
1232
Gibraltar
0
0
0
0.00
0.00
1
28000
28000
28000
Greece
4043
4260
3637
0.26
-0.79
13199
685
792
789
Greenland
13
11
9
-0.83
-1.00
34170
1
2
2
Grenada
62
59
55
-0.25
-0.35
34
2706
2706
3029
Guadeloupe
56
2
1
-15.35
-3.41
171
1924
2480
3117
Guam
64
93
105
1.89
0.61
55
1727
2727
3600
Guatemala
3812
6492
9173
2.70
1.74
10889
553
975
1630
Guinea
3473
5203
6819
2.04
1.36
24586
169
299
486
Guinea-Bissau
527
837
1088
2.34
1.32
3612
174
296
441
Guyana
514
536
530
0.21
-0.06
21497
34
39
47
Haiti
3851
4860
5722
1.17
0.82
2775
1773
2567
3733
Holy See
0
0
0
0.00
0.00
x
x
x
x
Honduras
2048
3179
3973
2.22
1.12
11209
269
504
807
Hong Kong
453
305
219
-1.96
-1.64
107
41084
57224
61159
Hungary
4972
3582
2437
-1.63
-1.91
9303
1132
1086
978
Iceland
29
23
20
-1.15
-0.70
10300
21
26
31
India
488429
680129
776550
1.67
0.67
328759
1888
2826
3686
Indonesia
109408
127513
119768
0.77
-0.31
190457
712
1037
1322
Iran (Islamic Rep. of)
18066
28037
34177
2.22
1.00
164800
202
415
665
Iraq
4256
5120
6293
0.93
1.04
43832
251
458
781
Ireland
1473
1507
1341
0.11
-0.58
7028
452
505
529
Isle of Man
28
18
18
-2.18
0.00
x
x
x
x
Israel
461
513
545
0.54
0.30
2106
1641
2623
3473
Italy
19047
19092
16002
0.01
-0.88
30127
1840
1899
1813
Jamaica
1125
1142
1110
0.08
-0.14
1099
1832
2246
2768
Japan
27115
27451
22653
0.06
-0.96
37780
2952
3310
3330
Jordan
1162
1539
1936
1.41
1.15
8921
291
602
1074
Kazakhstan
6762
6796
5921
0.03
-0.69
271730
52
62
69
Kenya
11966
19387
23942
2.44
1.06
58037
237
468
744
Kiribati
39
50
63
1.25
1.16
73
753
1068
1562
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
7058
8572
8590
0.98
0.01
12054
1352
1833
2294
Korea, Rep. of
18334
8407
3971
-3.82
-3.68
9926
3554
4524
5149
Kuwait
163
51
48
-5.64
-0.30
1782
565
949
1446
Kyrgyzstan
2049
2729
2765
1.44
0.07
19850
166
225
267
Lao People's Dem. Rep.
2680
3872
5649
1.86
1.91
23680
128
206
355
Latvia
855
691
465
-1.06
-1.96
6460
383
393
341
Lebanon
914
376
293
-4.34
-1.24
1040
2661
2893
3809
Lesotho
1059
1541
2006
1.89
1.33
3035
391
668
1082
Liberia
1121
1169
2200
0.21
3.21
11137
144
191
457
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
957
792
971
-0.94
1.02
175954
14
31
57
Liechtenstein
18
24
27
1.45
0.59
16
1438
1938
2438
Lithuania
1467
1047
716
-1.67
-1.88
6520
507
573
552
Luxembourg
95
44
28
-3.78
-2.23
x
x
x
x
Macau
6
5
5
-0.91
0.00
2
126500
215000
263500
Madagascar
6526
10945
16376
2.62
2.04
58704
132
253
460
Malawi
4842
8372
12441
2.78
2.00
11848
443
816
1358
Malaysia
7642
9344
9446
1.01
0.05
32975
372
611
848
Maldives
113
186
301
2.52
2.44
30
4567
8467
15800
Mali
5169
7899
11496
2.14
1.89
124019
50
87
155
Malta
60
39
30
-2.13
-1.30
32
9500
11469
12813
Marshall Is.
12
17
23
1.76
1.52
x
x
x
x
Martinique
95
26
15
-6.27
-2.71
110
2991
3455
4082
Mauritania
1093
1109
1151
0.07
0.19
102552
13
22
36
Mauritius
505
664
703
1.38
0.29
204
4373
5475
6701
Mexico
22008
24214
26292
0.48
0.41
195820
302
465
609
Micronesia, Fed. States of
54
89
127
2.53
1.79
x
x
x
x
Monaco
0
0
0
0.00
0.00
x
x
x
x
Mongolia
743
965
1059
1.32
0.47
156650
9
16
23
Montserrat
10
9
8
-0.53
-0.59
10
1200
1100
1100
Morocco
10779
12772
12726
0.85
-0.02
44655
388
594
798
Mozambique
9593
11418
13719
0.87
0.92
80159
131
215
353
Myanmar
23159
33447
38685
1.85
0.73
67658
450
667
903
Namibia
715
983
1147
1.60
0.77
82429
11
19
30
Nauru
0
0
0
0.00
0.00
2
3000
5500
8000
Nepal
12158
19245
27954
2.32
1.88
14080
909
1524
2424
Netherlands
1584
1707
1465
0.37
-0.76
4084
3343
3791
3963
Netherlands Antilles
53
60
55
0.62
-0.43
80
2075
2425
2825
New Calednia
63
69
68
0.46
-0.07
1858
72
97
125
New Zealand
531
503
467
-0.27
-0.37
27053
114
132
163
Nicaragua
1201
1561
1867
1.32
0.90
13000
186
317
500
Niger
4263
7486
12113
2.86
2.44
126700
38
72
135
Nigeria
48081
67537
85223
1.71
1.17
92377
679
1209
2067
Niue
3
1
1
-5.34
0.00
26
154
77
77
Northern Mariana Is.
7
22
26
5.89
0.84
0
0
0
Norway
1275
1162
1004
-0.46
-0.73
32388
124
134
141
Oman
708
539
344
-1.35
-2.22
21246
41
104
224
Pacific Is. (Palau)
4
5
5
1.12
0.00
178
62
96
135
Pakistan
55002
89525
119763
2.47
1.47
79610
939
1712
2820
Panama
878
1167
1211
1.43
0.19
7552
228
348
457
Papua New Guinea
2403
3611
4954
2.06
1.59
46284
59
93
140
Paraguay
1622
2297
2723
1.75
0.85
40675
65
119
191
Peru
5843
6855
7055
0.80
0.14
128522
118
183
248
Philippines
27715
31177
30592
0.59
-0.09
30000
1434
2261
3163
Poland
15172
14014
11350
-0.40
-1.05
32325
1052
1193
1229
Portugal
6578
6322
5142
-0.20
-1.03
9239
984
1062
1043
Puerto Rico
1094
987
878
-0.51
-0.58
890
3302
4158
4920
Qatar
29
47
43
2.44
-0.44
1100
155
498
667
Rep. of Moldova
2463
2148
1698
-0.68
-1.17
3370
1139
1317
1396
Reunion
246
212
188
-0.74
-0.60
251
1924
2610
3295
Romania
11436
10031
7537
-0.65
-1.42
23839
891
953
913
Russian Federation
45064
35747
24925
-1.15
-1.79
1707540
79
87
81
Rwanda
4209
4890
9877
0.75
3.58
2634
1664
1968
4117
Samoa
119
130
165
0.44
1.20
284
532
581
792
San Marino
5
1
1
-7.73
0.00
6
3167
4167
5333
Sao Tome and Principe
59
76
83
1.27
0.44
96
844
1385
1969
Saudi Arabia
3020
3144
3453
0.20
0.47
214969
34
85
156
Senegal
3163
4682
5983
1.98
1.23
19672
244
423
699
Seychelles
40
33
29
-0.96
-0.64
45
1311
1622
1956
Sierra Leone
2303
2800
3590
0.98
1.25
7174
409
585
939
Singapore
0
0
0
0.00
0.00
62
36500
53661
64661
Slovakia
2545
2200
1754
-0.73
-1.13
4901
966
1089
1118
Slovenia
1004
937
755
-0.34
-1.07
2025
860
951
904
Solomon Is.
173
314
484
3.03
2.19
2890
66
131
235
Somalia
4308
7058
11665
2.50
2.54
63766
86
149
285
South Africa
13355
21009
27020
2.29
1.27
122104
210
340
506
Spain
10831
9330
7285
-0.74
-1.23
50599
703
783
770
Sri Lanka
10605
13971
15010
1.39
0.36
6561
2073
2733
3367
St. Helena ex. dep.
4
2
1
-3.41
-3.41
31
161
194
226
St. Kitts and Nevis
29
27
26
-0.36
-0.19
36
1250
1139
1194
St. Lucia
66
89
102
1.51
0.68
62
1742
2290
2903
St. Pierre and Miquelon
1
1
0
0.00
x
24
250
250
292
St. Vincent and Grenadines
74
58
43
-1.21
-1.49
39
2385
2872
3436
Sudan
12979
18335
20737
1.74
0.62
250581
64
107
161
Suriname
201
217
212
0.38
-0.12
16327
22
26
33
Swaziland
414
590
742
1.79
1.15
1736
278
494
809
Sweden
1415
1485
1366
0.24
-0.42
44996
182
195
205
Switzerland
2805
2794
2423
-0.02
-0.71
4129
1535
1736
1851
Syrian Arab Rep.
4086
6786
8585
2.57
1.18
18518
402
767
1223
Tajikistan
2219
3951
5085
2.93
1.27
14310
241
407
593
TFYR Macedonia
828
866
768
0.22
-0.60
2571
652
839
950
Thailand
35115
46622
46872
1.43
0.03
51312
806
1135
1292
Togo
1912
2831
3979
1.98
1.72
5679
402
719
1219
Tokelau
2
2
2
0.00
0.00
1
2000
2000
2000
Tonga
70
58
45
-0.94
-1.26
75
1173
1307
1427
Trinidad and Tobago
374
364
323
-0.14
-0.60
513
1973
2509
3047
Tunisia
2842
3420
3216
0.93
-0.31
16361
346
549
741
Turkey
23375
18711
12184
-1.11
-2.12
77482
517
785
1014
Turkmenistan
1322
2246
2736
2.69
0.99
48810
52
83
118
Turks and Caicos Is.
4
8
11
3.53
1.61
43
140
326
558
Tuvalu
5
5
4
0.00
-1.11
3
2000
3333
4000
Uganda
10250
17220
27571
2.63
2.38
24104
464
817
1442
Ukraine
20452
15448
10599
-1.39
-1.87
60370
812
857
797
United Arab Emirates
175
357
341
3.63
-0.23
8360
60
264
365
United Kingdom
6330
6258
5441
-0.06
-0.70
24488
2296
2372
2409
United Rep. of Tanzania
14298
22747
30810
2.35
1.53
94509
168
318
528
United States
58008
63710
59079
0.47
-0.38
936352
235
285
332
United States Virgin Is.
52
58
56
0.55
-0.18
34
2794
3088
3588
Uruguay
479
310
241
-2.15
-1.25
17741
159
180
199
Uzbekistan
8516
13397
16133
2.29
0.93
44740
312
509
722
Vanuatu
86
137
201
2.36
1.94
1219
84
139
226
Venezuela
3088
3095
2979
0.01
-0.19
91205
140
240
339
Viet Nam
39009
59445
74250
2.13
1.12
33169
1448
2225
2957
Wallis and Futuna Is.
9
14
18
2.23
1.26
20
450
700
900
Western Sahara
33
18
8
-2.99
-3.97
x
x
x
x
Yemen
5844
9992
15137
2.72
2.10
52797
132
285
564
Yugoslavia
5181
4448
3383
-0.76
-1.36
10217
889
1003
1036
Zaire (Dem. Rep. of Congo)
16391
32401
49120
3.47
2.10
234486
99
194
345
Zambia
3155
4604
6401
1.91
1.66
75261
64
107
175
Zimbabwe
4942
7634
9083
2.20
0.87
39076
157
286
429
 
Source: World Urbanization Prospects: The 1996 Revision.
FAO Production Yearbook, 1995.


 
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