rural population
People outside cities
Rural population refers to people living in areas characterized by low population density, agricultural land use, and distance from urban centers.
The term appears frequently in demographic studies, census data, and policy discussions about infrastructure, healthcare access, and economic development in non-urban areas.
The rural population has been declining as young people move to cities for employment.
What counts as rural varies by country and statistical agency.
- small townModest rural settlement
- remote areasIsolated, hard-to-reach places
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- farmersLand-cultivating occupation holders
family farm · country living · indigenous groups · migrant workers · smallholders · agriculture · field · aging in place · young people leaving · depopulation · subsistence farming · birth rate · seasonal labor · community elders · town hall meeting · soil · villagers · land reform
- Florida PeopleCubans, Seminoles, Haitians, Puerto Ricans, snowbirds
- demographicsage distribution, gender ratio, ethnic groups, birth rate, census data
- populationspatients, inpatients, outpatients, elderly patients, stroke patients
- residentsresident, residents, inhabitants, inhabitant, local
- demographybirth rate, death rate, demographics, fertility rate, mortality rate
- Canadian demographicsimmigrants, First Nations, Inuit, Metis, anglophones
rural populationurban population
Residents of metropolitan areas
city dwellers · city population · urbanites · town population