Rural population, percent - Country rankings

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Rural population, percent of total population, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 196 countries was 38.64 percent. The highest value was in Papua New Guinea: 86.28 percent and the lowest value was in Bermuda: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Rural population, percent, 2023 Global rank Available data
Papua N.G. 86.28 1 1960 - 2023
Liechtenstein 85.38 2 1960 - 2023
Burundi 85.22 3 1960 - 2023
Niger 82.95 4 1960 - 2023
Samoa 82.49 5 1960 - 2023
Rwanda 82.11 6 1960 - 2023
Malawi 81.72 7 1960 - 2023
Saint Lucia 80.83 8 1960 - 2023
Sri Lanka 80.79 9 1960 - 2023
Nepal 78.1 10 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia 76.84 11 1960 - 2023
Tonga 76.84 12 1960 - 2023
Micronesia 76.62 13 1960 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 75.67 14 1960 - 2023
Chad 75.63 15 1960 - 2023
Swaziland 75.21 16 1960 - 2023
Cambodia 74.43 17 1960 - 2023
Vanuatu 74.02 18 1960 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 73.96 19 1960 - 2023
Uganda 73.23 20 1960 - 2023
Afghanistan 73.07 21 1960 - 2023
Guyana 72.84 22 1960 - 2023
Tajikistan 71.77 23 1960 - 2023
Kenya 70.48 24 1960 - 2023
Comoros 69.87 25 1960 - 2023
Lesotho 69.58 26 1960 - 2023
Barbados 68.57 27 1960 - 2023
Burma 67.89 28 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso 67.48 29 1960 - 2023
Zimbabwe 67.48 30 1960 - 2023
Sudan 63.66 31 1960 - 2023
India 63.64 32 1960 - 2023
Grenada 62.94 33 1960 - 2023
Tanzania 62.59 34 1960 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 62.2 35 1960 - 2023
Pakistan 61.96 36 1960 - 2023
Guinea 61.92 37 1960 - 2023
Laos 61.75 38 1960 - 2023
Mozambique 61.25 39 1960 - 2023
Vietnam 60.52 40 1960 - 2023
Yemen 60.17 41 1960 - 2023
Bangladesh 59.53 42 1960 - 2023
Madagascar 59.44 43 1960 - 2023
Mauritius 59.13 44 1960 - 2023
Maldives 58.03 45 1960 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 57.01 46 1960 - 2023
Egypt 56.9 47 1960 - 2023
Eritrea 56.73 48 1960 - 2023
Moldova 56.63 49 1960 - 2023
C.A. Republic 56.39 50 1960 - 2023
Aruba 55.75 51 1960 - 2023
Sierra Leone 55.7 52 1960 - 2023
Bhutan 55.65 53 1960 - 2023
Togo 55.51 54 1960 - 2023
G.-Bissau 54.53 55 1960 - 2023
Mali 53.81 56 1960 - 2023
Zambia 53.67 57 1960 - 2023
Belize 53.39 58 1960 - 2023
DR Congo 52.56 59 1960 - 2023
Somalia 52.08 60 1960 - 2023
Philippines 51.71 61 1960 - 2023
Senegal 50.42 62 1960 - 2023
Benin 49.9 63 1960 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 49.73 64 1960 - 2023
Uzbekistan 49.47 65 1960 - 2023
Guatemala 46.9 66 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast 46.85 67 1960 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 46.56 68 1960 - 2023
Liberia 46.43 69 1960 - 2023
Thailand 46.39 70 1960 - 2023
Turkmenistan 46 71 1960 - 2023
Slovakia 45.97 72 1960 - 2023
Nigeria 45.72 73 1960 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 45.7 74 1960 - 2023
Romania 45.33 75 1960 - 2023
Namibia 45.11 76 1960 - 2023
Slovenia 43.91 77 1960 - 2023
Serbia 42.89 78 1960 - 2023
Jamaica 42.62 79 1960 - 2023
Syria 42.59 80 1960 - 2023
Azerbaijan 42.42 81 1960 - 2023
Mauritania 42.3 82 1960 - 2023
Kiribati 42.24 83 1960 - 2023
Kazakhstan 41.82 84 1960 - 2023
Indonesia 41.43 85 1960 - 2023
Croatia 41.42 86 1960 - 2023
Fiji 41.29 87 1960 - 2023
Seychelles 41.18 88 1960 - 2023
Ghana 40.76 89 1960 - 2023
Cameroon 40.69 90 1960 - 2023
North Macedonia 40.52 91 1960 - 2023
Austria 40.47 92 1960 - 2023
Haiti 40.34 93 1960 - 2023
Nicaragua 40.15 94 1960 - 2023
Honduras 39.79 95 1960 - 2023
Poland 39.78 96 1960 - 2023
Georgia 39.27 97 1960 - 2023
Paraguay 36.85 98 1960 - 2023
North Korea 36.8 99 1960 - 2023
Armenia 36.26 100 1960 - 2023
Gambia 35.53 101 1960 - 2023
Ireland 35.53 102 1960 - 2023
China 35.43 103 1960 - 2023
Albania 35.4 104 1960 - 2023
Ecuador 35.21 105 1960 - 2023
Morocco 34.88 106 1960 - 2023
Tuvalu 33.76 107 1960 - 2023
Suriname 33.59 108 1960 - 2023
Cyprus 33.01 109 1960 - 2023
Portugal 32.09 110 1960 - 2023
Cape Verde 32.02 111 1960 - 2023
Montenegro 31.5 112 1960 - 2023
Latvia 31.33 113 1960 - 2023
Angola 31.31 114 1960 - 2023
Lithuania 31.31 115 1960 - 2023
South Africa 31.18 116 1960 - 2023
Mongolia 30.91 117 1960 - 2023
R. of Congo 30.81 118 1960 - 2023
Panama 30.49 119 1960 - 2023
Estonia 30.19 120 1960 - 2023
Ukraine 29.91 121 1960 - 2023
Tunisia 29.46 122 1960 - 2023
Bolivia 28.81 123 1960 - 2023
Iraq 28.4 124 1960 - 2023
Italy 28.03 125 1960 - 2023
Dominica 27.99 126 1960 - 2023
N. Caledonia 27.28 127 1960 - 2023
Hungary 27.14 128 1960 - 2023
Botswana 27.13 129 1960 - 2023
Switzerland 25.8 130 1960 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 25.55 131 1960 - 2023
Czechia 25.45 132 1960 - 2023
Algeria 24.73 133 1960 - 2023
Russia 24.67 134 1960 - 2023
El Salvador 24.61 135 1960 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 23.6 136 1960 - 2023
Bulgaria 23.3 137 1960 - 2023
Iran 22.74 138 1960 - 2023
Turkey 22.54 139 1960 - 2023
Palestine 22.42 140 1960 - 2023
Germany 22.24 141 1960 - 2023
Djibouti 21.45 142 1960 - 2023
Malaysia 21.28 143 1960 - 2023
Peru 21.08 144 1960 - 2023
Brunei 20.85 145 1960 - 2023
Greece 19.33 146 1960 - 2023
Belarus 19.27 147 1960 - 2023
South Korea 18.54 148 1960 - 2023
Spain 18.45 149 1960 - 2023
Mexico 18.42 150 1960 - 2023
Libya 18.39 151 1960 - 2023
France 18.22 152 1960 - 2023
Canada 18.14 153 1960 - 2023
Colombia 17.65 154 1960 - 2023
Palau 17.59 155 1960 - 2023
Costa Rica 17.38 156 1960 - 2023
USA 16.7 157 1960 - 2023
Bahamas 16.38 158 1960 - 2023
Norway 16 159 1960 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 15.55 160 1960 - 2023
UK 15.36 161 1960 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 15.05 162 1960 - 2023
Finland 14.23 163 1960 - 2023
Australia 13.38 164 1960 - 2023
New Zealand 13.02 165 1960 - 2023
Andorra 12.23 166 1960 - 2023
UA Emirates 12.22 167 1960 - 2023
Brazil 12.21 168 1960 - 2023
Chile 11.99 169 1960 - 2023
Oman 11.6 170 1960 - 2023
Venezuela 11.56 171 1960 - 2023
Denmark 11.51 172 1960 - 2023
Sweden 11.26 173 1960 - 2023
Lebanon 10.57 174 1960 - 2023
Bahrain 10.13 175 1960 - 2023
Gabon 8.97 176 1960 - 2023
Jordan 7.98 177 1960 - 2023
Japan 7.96 178 1960 - 2023
Luxembourg 7.92 179 1960 - 2023
Argentina 7.54 180 1960 - 2023
Israel 7.15 181 1960 - 2023
Netherlands 6.82 182 1960 - 2023
Puerto Rico 6.37 183 1960 - 2023
Iceland 5.96 184 1960 - 2023
Malta 5.06 185 1960 - 2023
Uruguay 4.23 186 1960 - 2023
San Marino 2.16 187 1960 - 2023
Belgium 1.81 188 1960 - 2023
Qatar 0.65 189 1960 - 2023
Bermuda 0 190 1960 - 2023
Gibraltar 0 191 1960 - 2023
Hong Kong 0 192 1960 - 2023
Kuwait 0 193 1960 - 2023
Macao 0 194 1960 - 2023
Monaco 0 195 1960 - 2023
Singapore 0 196 1960 - 2023



Definition: 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.

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1. Papua N.G.
2. Liechtenstein
3. Burundi
4. Niger
5. Samoa
6. Rwanda
7. Malawi
8. Saint Lucia
9. Sri Lanka
10. Nepal
11. Ethiopia
12. Tonga
13. Micronesia
14. Ant.& Barb.
15. Chad
16. Swaziland
17. Cambodia
18. Vanuatu
19. Solomon Isl.
20. Uganda
21. Afghanistan
22. Guyana
23. Tajikistan
24. Kenya
25. Comoros
26. Lesotho
27. Barbados
28. Burma
29. Burkina Faso
30. Zimbabwe
31. Sudan
32. India
33. Grenada
34. Tanzania
35. Kyrgyzstan
36. Pakistan
37. Guinea
38. Laos
39. Mozambique
40. Vietnam
41. Yemen
42. Bangladesh
43. Madagascar
44. Mauritius
45. Maldives
46. Faroe Isl.
47. Egypt
48. Eritrea
49. Moldova
50. C.A. Republic
51. Aruba
52. Sierra Leone
53. Bhutan
54. Togo
55. G.-Bissau
56. Mali
57. Zambia
58. Belize
59. DR Congo
60. Somalia
61. Philippines
62. Senegal
63. Benin
64. Bosnia & Herz.
65. Uzbekistan
66. Guatemala
67. Ivory Coast
68. Tr.&Tobago
69. Liberia
70. Thailand
71. Turkmenistan
72. Slovakia
73. Nigeria
74. St. Vincent & ...
75. Romania
76. Namibia
77. Slovenia
78. Serbia
79. Jamaica
80. Syria
81. Azerbaijan
82. Mauritania
83. Kiribati
84. Kazakhstan
85. Indonesia
86. Croatia
87. Fiji
88. Seychelles
89. Ghana
90. Cameroon
91. North Macedonia
92. Austria
93. Haiti
94. Nicaragua
95. Honduras
96. Poland
97. Georgia
98. Paraguay
99. North Korea
100. Armenia
101. Gambia
102. Ireland
103. China
104. Albania
105. Ecuador
106. Morocco
107. Tuvalu
108. Suriname
109. Cyprus
110. Portugal
111. Cape Verde
112. Montenegro
113. Latvia
114. Angola
115. Lithuania
116. South Africa
117. Mongolia
118. R. of Congo
119. Panama
120. Estonia
121. Ukraine
122. Tunisia
123. Bolivia
124. Iraq
125. Italy
126. Dominica
127. N. Caledonia
128. Hungary
129. Botswana
130. Switzerland
131. Eq. Guinea
132. Czechia
133. Algeria
134. Russia
135. El Salvador
136. S.T.&Principe
137. Bulgaria
138. Iran
139. Turkey
140. Palestine
141. Germany
142. Djibouti
143. Malaysia
144. Peru
145. Brunei
146. Greece
147. Belarus
148. South Korea
149. Spain
150. Mexico
151. Libya
152. France
153. Canada
154. Colombia
155. Palau
156. Costa Rica
157. USA
158. Bahamas
159. Norway
160. Domin. Rep.
161. UK
162. Saudi Arabia
163. Finland
164. Australia
165. New Zealand
166. Andorra
167. UA Emirates
168. Brazil
169. Chile
170. Oman
171. Venezuela
172. Denmark
173. Sweden
174. Lebanon
175. Bahrain
176. Gabon
177. Jordan
178. Japan
179. Luxembourg
180. Argentina
181. Israel
182. Netherlands
183. Puerto Rico
184. Iceland
185. Malta
186. Uruguay
187. San Marino
188. Belgium
189. Qatar
190. Bermuda
191. Gibraltar
192. Hong Kong
193. Kuwait
194. Macao
195. Monaco
196. Singapore
86.28
85.38
85.22
82.95
82.49
82.11
81.72
80.83
80.79
78.10
76.84
76.84
76.62
75.67
75.63
75.21
74.43
74.02
73.96
73.23
73.07
72.84
71.77
70.48
69.87
69.58
68.57
67.89
67.48
67.48
63.66
63.64
62.94
62.59
62.20
61.96
61.92
61.75
61.25
60.52
60.17
59.53
59.44
59.13
58.03
57.01
56.90
56.73
56.63
56.39
55.75
55.70
55.65
55.51
54.53
53.81
53.67
53.39
52.56
52.08
51.71
50.42
49.90
49.73
49.47
46.90
46.85
46.56
46.43
46.39
46.00
45.97
45.72
45.70
45.33
45.11
43.91
42.89
42.62
42.59
42.42
42.30
42.24
41.82
41.43
41.42
41.29
41.18
40.76
40.69
40.52
40.47
40.34
40.15
39.79
39.78
39.27
36.85
36.80
36.26
35.53
35.53
35.43
35.40
35.21
34.88
33.76
33.59
33.01
32.09
32.02
31.50
31.33
31.31
31.31
31.18
30.91
30.81
30.49
30.19
29.91
29.46
28.81
28.40
28.03
27.99
27.28
27.14
27.13
25.80
25.55
25.45
24.73
24.67
24.61
23.60
23.30
22.74
22.54
22.42
22.24
21.45
21.28
21.08
20.85
19.33
19.27
18.54
18.45
18.42
18.39
18.22
18.14
17.65
17.59
17.38
16.70
16.38
16.00
15.55
15.36
15.05
14.23
13.38
13.02
12.23
12.22
12.21
11.99
11.60
11.56
11.51
11.26
10.57
10.13
8.97
7.98
7.96
7.92
7.54
7.15
6.82
6.37
5.96
5.06
4.23
2.16
1.81
0.65
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
21.6
43.1
64.7
86.28


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