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China vs India: Rural population

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , China's Rural population was 480.54M, compared to India's 937.61M. That makes China's value 48.7% lower than India's.

China

Rank #2 of 217 globally

China trend
Latest (2024)
480.54M
Year-over-year
-1.2%
10-year change
-20.8%
Peak
743.25M (2005)
Trough
480.54M (2024)

India

Rank #1 of 217 globally

India trend
Latest (2024)
937.61M
Year-over-year
+0.4%
10-year change
+5.4%
Peak
937.61M (2024)
Trough
818.73M (2005)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.RUR.TOTL), CC BY 4.0.