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Afghanistan: Rural population

74.06percent · 2025-2.0% since 2015

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. Annual figures for Afghanistan from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202574.06
202474.299
202374.527
202274.606
202174.652
202074.738
201974.856
201875.001
201775.165
201675.341
201575.535
201475.809
201376.192
201276.657
201177.179
201077.739
200978.311
200878.876
200779.409
200679.89
200580.294
200480.601
200380.84
200281.059
200181.259
200081.442
199981.61
199881.764
199781.907
199682.04
199582.166
199482.285
199382.4
199282.512
199182.623
199082.736
198982.851
198882.972
198783.098
198683.233
198583.379
198483.536
198383.706
198283.893
198184.096
198084.319
197984.562
197884.867
197785.26
197685.72
197586.229
197486.765
197387.308
197287.838
197188.334
197088.77
196989.152
196889.503
196789.839
196690.161
196590.471
196490.769
196391.057
196291.337
196191.61
196091.877

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Rural population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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