What is rural population in Middle income?

Rural population in Middle income was 2.69 billion in 2025, according to World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN).

What is the highest rural population recorded in Middle income?

The highest recorded value was 2.73 billion in 2010.

What is the lowest rural population recorded in Middle income?

The lowest recorded value was 1.52 billion in 1960.

Is rural population rising or falling in Middle income?

Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Middle income data come from?

The figures come from World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Rural population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Rural population in Middle income

Name: Rural population in Middle income
Creator: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Middle income: Rural population was 2.69 billion in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

2.69 billion

Change on year

up 0.0%

All-time high

2.73 billion

in 2010

All-time low

1.52 billion

in 1960

Years of data

1960–2025

Rural population in Middle income, 1960–2025

Source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN).

Analysis

In 2025, rural population in Middle income stood at 2.69 billion.

That represents a change of down 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rural population in Middle income peaked at 2.73 billion in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.52 billion, in 1960.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	1.66 billion	1.52 billion	1.82 billion	10
1970s	2.02 billion	1.87 billion	2.16 billion	10
1980s	2.32 billion	2.19 billion	2.46 billion	10
1990s	2.61 billion	2.50 billion	2.69 billion	10
2000s	2.71 billion	2.69 billion	2.73 billion	10
2010s	2.71 billion	2.69 billion	2.73 billion	10
2020s	2.68 billion	2.68 billion	2.69 billion	6

More agriculture & rural data for Middle income

Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Rural population 44.6% (2025)
Rural population growth 0.0% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.8% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.60 trillion current US$ (2025)
Land under cereal production 258.43 million hectares (2024)
Cereal yield 3,613 kg per hectare (2024)
Cereal production 933.63 million metric tons (2024)
Fertilizer consumption 178.98 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is rural population in Middle income?: Rural population in Middle income was 2.69 billion in 2025, according to World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN).
What is the highest rural population recorded in Middle income?: The highest recorded value was 2.73 billion in 2010.
What is the lowest rural population recorded in Middle income?: The lowest recorded value was 1.52 billion in 1960.
Is rural population rising or falling in Middle income?: Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle income data come from?: The figures come from World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Rural population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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: 06 August 2026

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.