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China vs United States: Rural population

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

In , China's Rural population was 480.54M, compared to United States's 67.60M. That makes China's value 610.9% higher than United States'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)

United States

Rank #8 of 217 globally

United States trend
Latest (2024)
67.60M
Year-over-year
+0.7%
10-year change
+9.3%
Peak
67.60M (2024)
Trough
58.52M (2005)

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