Israel vs Libya: Rural population

Israel
852,511
in 2025
Libya
901,647
in 2025
Israel rank
136th
Libya rank
134th

Rural population over time

  • Israel
  • Libya
400.0k600.0k800.0k1.0M1.2M1.4M196019922025

How they compare

Libya currently reports 901,647 against 852,511 in Israel, a difference of 49,136.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.1 times Israel's.

Across all 66 years both countries report, Libya has been ahead every year.

Globally, Israel ranks 136th and Libya ranks 134th 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.