Bhutan vs Equatorial Guinea: Rural population

Bhutan
450,682
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea
550,978
in 2025
Bhutan rank
153rd
Equatorial Guinea rank
150th

Rural population over time

  • Bhutan
  • Equatorial Guinea
0200.0k400.0k600.0k196019922025

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 550,978 against 450,682 in Bhutan, a difference of 100,296.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Bhutan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Bhutan ahead.

Globally, Bhutan ranks 153rd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 150th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Rural population
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.