Chile vs Eritrea: Rural population

Chile
2.15 million
in 2025
Eritrea
2.36 million
in 2025
Chile rank
103rd
Eritrea rank
100th

Rural population over time

  • Chile
  • Eritrea
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How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 2.36 million against 2.15 million in Chile, a difference of 211,750.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Chile ahead.

Globally, Chile ranks 103rd and Eritrea ranks 100th 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.