Which has higher rural population, Egypt or United States?

United States, at 67.70 million against 67.58 million in Egypt as of 2025.

What is the difference in rural population between Egypt and United States?

118,300, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and United States?

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.

Egypt vs United States: Rural population

Egypt

67.58 million

in 2025

United States

67.70 million

in 2025

Egypt rank

9th

United States rank

8th

Rural population over time

Egypt
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 67.70 million against 67.58 million in Egypt, a difference of 118,300.

Across all 66 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 9th and United States ranks 8th of 218 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	United States	Difference	Ahead
1960s	18.05 million	53.97 million	35.93 million	United States
1970s	21.79 million	56.75 million	34.96 million	United States
1980s	28.10 million	60.88 million	32.78 million	United States
1990s	37.09 million	60.74 million	23.65 million	United States
2000s	45.84 million	58.80 million	12.97 million	United States
2010s	56.47 million	62.39 million	5.93 million	United States
2020s	65.17 million	66.97 million	1.80 million	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rural population, Egypt or United States?: United States, at 67.70 million against 67.58 million in Egypt as of 2025.
What is the difference in rural population between Egypt and United States?: 118,300, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and United States?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Egypt and United States rank globally for rural population?: Egypt ranks 9th and United States ranks 8th 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.