Papua New Guinea vs Senegal: Rural population

Papua New Guinea
9.06 million
in 2025
Senegal
8.37 million
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
62nd
Senegal rank
65th

Rural population over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Senegal
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 9.06 million against 8.37 million in Senegal, a difference of 690,340.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Senegal's.

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

Globally, Papua New Guinea ranks 62nd and Senegal ranks 65th 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.