Which has higher rural population, Central African Republic or Venezuela?

Central African Republic, at 3.06 million against 3.05 million in Venezuela as of 2025.

What is the difference in rural population between Central African Republic and Venezuela?

11,880, with Central African Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Venezuela?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as Rural population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Central African Republic vs Venezuela: Rural population

Central African Republic

3.06 million

in 2025

Venezuela

3.05 million

in 2025

Central African Republic rank

90th

Venezuela rank

91st

Rural population over time

Central African Republic
Venezuela

How they compare

Central African Republic currently reports 3.06 million against 3.05 million in Venezuela, a difference of 11,880.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Venezuela ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 90th and Venezuela ranks 91st of 218 countries.

Venezuela has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	Venezuela	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.43 million	3.19 million	1.75 million	Venezuela
1970s	1.53 million	3.19 million	1.66 million	Venezuela
1980s	1.64 million	3.18 million	1.53 million	Venezuela
1990s	2.06 million	3.04 million	981,088	Venezuela
2000s	2.62 million	3.03 million	410,322	Venezuela
2010s	2.81 million	3.30 million	486,008	Venezuela
2020s	2.94 million	3.05 million	111,642	Venezuela

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rural population, Central African Republic or Venezuela?: Central African Republic, at 3.06 million against 3.05 million in Venezuela as of 2025.
What is the difference in rural population between Central African Republic and Venezuela?: 11,880, with Central African Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Venezuela?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Central African Republic and Venezuela rank globally for rural population?: Central African Republic ranks 90th and Venezuela ranks 91st of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as Rural population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Rural population
Source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 266 places, 17,526 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 12 November 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.