Rural population growth in IDA total
IDA total: Rural population growth was 1.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Rural population growth in IDA total, 1961–2025
Source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in annual %.
Analysis
IDA total recorded 1.3% for rural population growth in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rural population growth in IDA total peaked at 2.3% in 1974 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 2025.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.0% | 1.9% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 6 |
More agriculture & rural data for IDA total
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
- Rural population 58.9% (2025)
- Rural population 1.17 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 19.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 625.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 108.91 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal yield 2,035 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal production 221.58 million metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 47.72 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rural population growth in IDA total?
- Rural population growth in IDA total was 1.3% in 2025, according to World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest rural population growth recorded in IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 2.3% in 1974.
- What is the lowest rural population growth recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 2025.
- Is rural population growth rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA total data come from?
- The figures come from World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Rural population growth (annual %). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual rural population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear rural population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. 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.