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Rural population, percent of total population, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 47 countries was 26.9 percent. The highest value was in Liechtenstein: 85.38 percent and the lowest value was in Gibraltar: 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
Liechtenstein 85.38 1 1960 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 57.01 2 1960 - 2023
Moldova 56.63 3 1960 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 49.73 4 1960 - 2023
Slovakia 45.97 5 1960 - 2023
Romania 45.33 6 1960 - 2023
Slovenia 43.91 7 1960 - 2023
Serbia 42.89 8 1960 - 2023
Croatia 41.42 9 1960 - 2023
North Macedonia 40.52 10 1960 - 2023
Austria 40.47 11 1960 - 2023
Poland 39.78 12 1960 - 2023
Ireland 35.53 13 1960 - 2023
Albania 35.4 14 1960 - 2023
Cyprus 33.01 15 1960 - 2023
Portugal 32.09 16 1960 - 2023
Montenegro 31.5 17 1960 - 2023
Latvia 31.33 18 1960 - 2023
Lithuania 31.31 19 1960 - 2023
Estonia 30.19 20 1960 - 2023
Ukraine 29.91 21 1960 - 2023
Italy 28.03 22 1960 - 2023
Hungary 27.14 23 1960 - 2023
Switzerland 25.8 24 1960 - 2023
Czechia 25.45 25 1960 - 2023
Russia 24.67 26 1960 - 2023
Bulgaria 23.3 27 1960 - 2023
Turkey 22.54 28 1960 - 2023
Germany 22.24 29 1960 - 2023
Greece 19.33 30 1960 - 2023
Belarus 19.27 31 1960 - 2023
Spain 18.45 32 1960 - 2023
France 18.22 33 1960 - 2023
Norway 16 34 1960 - 2023
UK 15.36 35 1960 - 2023
Finland 14.23 36 1960 - 2023
Andorra 12.23 37 1960 - 2023
Denmark 11.51 38 1960 - 2023
Sweden 11.26 39 1960 - 2023
Luxembourg 7.92 40 1960 - 2023
Netherlands 6.82 41 1960 - 2023
Iceland 5.96 42 1960 - 2023
Malta 5.06 43 1960 - 2023
San Marino 2.16 44 1960 - 2023
Belgium 1.81 45 1960 - 2023
Gibraltar 0 46 1960 - 2023
Monaco 0 47 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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