Samoa vs Suriname: Rural population

Samoa
180,913
in 2025
Suriname
218,901
in 2025
Samoa rank
163rd
Suriname rank
160th

Rural population over time

  • Samoa
  • Suriname
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k196019922025

How they compare

Suriname currently reports 218,901 against 180,913 in Samoa, a difference of 37,988.

That makes Suriname's figure about 1.2 times Samoa's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Suriname ahead.

Globally, Samoa ranks 163rd and Suriname ranks 160th 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.