Which has higher rural population, Dominican Republic or Venezuela?

Dominican Republic, at 3.17 million against 3.05 million in Venezuela as of 2025.

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

121,040, with Dominican Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican 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.

Dominican Republic vs Venezuela: Rural population

Dominican Republic

3.17 million

in 2025

Venezuela

3.05 million

in 2025

Dominican Republic rank

89th

Venezuela rank

91st

Rural population over time

Dominican Republic
Venezuela

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 3.17 million against 3.05 million in Venezuela, a difference of 121,040.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Venezuela ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 89th and Venezuela ranks 91st of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 2 and Venezuela in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	Venezuela	Difference	Ahead
1960s	2.45 million	3.19 million	733,185	Venezuela
1970s	2.70 million	3.19 million	486,250	Venezuela
1980s	2.96 million	3.18 million	214,359	Venezuela
1990s	3.34 million	3.04 million	292,579	Dominican Republic
2000s	2.99 million	3.03 million	34,175	Venezuela
2010s	2.69 million	3.30 million	608,855	Venezuela
2020s	3.08 million	3.05 million	30,615	Dominican Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rural population, Dominican Republic or Venezuela?: Dominican Republic, at 3.17 million against 3.05 million in Venezuela as of 2025.
What is the difference in rural population between Dominican Republic and Venezuela?: 121,040, with Dominican Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Venezuela?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Dominican Republic and Venezuela rank globally for rural population?: Dominican Republic ranks 89th 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.