country people vs people

country people and people both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
country people	Yes	No	No	No
people	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, people is a hypernym of country people; that is, people is a word with a broader meaning than country people:

Other hypernyms of country people include citizenry.

country people (noun)	people (noun)
people raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics	(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
people living in the same country; compatriots	the body of citizens of a state or country
	members of a family line
	the common people generally

country people (verb)	people (verb)
	fill with people
	furnish with people