Rural population (% of total population) 1960-2022 ranked by countries in the world

Time-series interactive graphs, charts, and maps for 1960-2022 explore the list of countries ranked by Rural population (% of total population).

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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Map 2022 | Rural population (% of total population)

Ranked by country 2022 | Rural population (% of total population)

	Rank	Country	Rural population (% of total population)	Ch.
	1	Papua New Guinea	86.4	-0.15%
	2	Burundi	85.6	-0.42%
	3	Liechtenstein	85.5	-0.08%
	4	Niger	83.1	-0.17%
	5	Samoa	82.4	0.15%
	6	Rwanda	82.3	-0.19%
	7	Malawi	82	-0.35%
	8	Sri Lanka	81	-0.20%
	9	Saint Lucia	81	-0.14%
	10	South Sudan	79.2	-0.42%
	11	Nepal	78.5	-0.56%
	12	Ethiopia	77.3	-0.63%
	13	Tonga	76.9	-0.03%
	14	Micronesia	76.8	-0.19%
	15	Chad	75.9	-0.37%
	16	Antigua and Barbuda	75.7	0.04%
	17	Eswatini	75.4	-0.27%
	18	Cambodia	74.9	-0.59%
	19	Solomon Islands	74.4	-0.61%
	20	Vanuatu	74.2	-0.20%
	21	Uganda	73.8	-0.81%
	22	Afghanistan	73.4	-0.41%
	23	Guyana	73	-0.17%
	24	Tajikistan	72	-0.33%
	25	Kenya	71	-0.71%
	26	Comoros	70.1	-0.36%
	27	Lesotho	70.1	-0.66%
	28	Saint Kitts and Nevis	69	-0.12%
	29	Barbados	68.7	-0.11%
	30	Myanmar	68.2	-0.47%
	31	Burkina Faso	68.1	-0.93%
	32	Timor-Leste	67.9	-0.55%
	33	Zimbabwe	67.6	-0.14%
	34	India	64.1	-0.74%
	35	Sudan	64	-0.56%
	36	Tanzania	63.3	-1.14%
	37	Grenada	63.1	-0.27%
	38	Kyrgyzstan	62.5	-0.50%
	39	Lao People's Dem. Republic	62.4	-1.04%
	40	Guinea	62.3	-0.64%
	41	Pakistan	62.3	-0.47%
	42	Mozambique	61.8	-0.90%
	43	Viet Nam	61.2	-1.15%
	44	Yemen	60.8	-1.04%
	45	Bangladesh	60.3	-1.25%
	46	Madagascar	60.1	-1.11%
	47	Mauritius	59.2	-0.06%
	48	Maldives	58.5	-0.74%
	49	Eritrea	57.4	-1.10%
	50	Faroe Islands	57.2	-0.34%
	51	Egypt	57	-0.18%
	52	Central African Republic	56.9	-0.82%
	53	Moldova	56.8	-0.31%
	54	Bhutan	56.3	-1.19%
	55	Sierra Leone	56.2	-0.81%
	56	Togo	56.1	-0.99%
	57	Aruba	55.9	-0.33%
	58	Guinea-Bissau	55	-0.77%
	59	Mali	54.6	-1.37%
	60	Zambia	54.2	-1.04%
	61	Belize	53.6	-0.36%
	62	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	53.2	-1.12%
	63	Somalia	52.7	-1.11%
	64	Philippines	52	-0.56%
	65	Senegal	50.9	-0.95%
	66	British Virgin Islands	50.7	-0.80%
	67	Benin	50.5	-1.10%
	68	Bosnia and Herzegovina	50.2	-0.82%
	69	Uzbekistan	49.5	-0.08%
	70	Côte d'Ivoire	47.3	-1.01%
	71	Guatemala	47.3	-0.88%
	72	Thailand	47.1	-1.52%
	73	Liberia	46.9	-1.04%
	74	Isle of Man	46.7	-0.42%
	75	Trinidad and Tobago	46.7	-0.16%
	76	Turkmenistan	46.5	-1.06%
	77	Nigeria	46.5	-1.64%
	78	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	46.1	-0.91%
	79	Slovakia	46.1	-0.19%
	80	Namibia	46	-2.02%
	81	Romania	45.5	-0.35%
	82	Slovenia	44.2	-0.73%
	83	Syrian Arab Republic	43.2	-1.47%
	84	Serbia	43.1	-0.51%
	85	Mauritania	43.1	-1.80%
	86	Jamaica	43	-0.82%
	87	Kiribati	42.9	-1.66%
	88	Azerbaijan	42.8	-0.91%
	89	Indonesia	42.1	-1.51%
	90	Kazakhstan	42	-0.40%
	91	Croatia	41.8	-0.81%
	92	Fiji	41.8	-1.16%
	93	Seychelles	41.6	-1.01%
	94	Ghana	41.4	-1.50%
	95	Cameroon	41.3	-1.40%
	96	Haiti	41.2	-2.04%
	97	North Macedonia	40.9	-0.81%
	98	Austria	40.7	-0.64%
	99	Nicaragua	40.4	-0.69%
	100	Honduras	40.4	-1.51%
	101	Poland	39.9	-0.15%
	102	Georgia	39.7	-1.06%
	103	French Polynesia	37.8	-0.27%
	104	Paraguay	37.2	-0.86%
	105	Dem. People's Rep. of Korea	37.1	-0.73%
	106	China	36.4	-2.80%
	107	Armenia	36.4	-0.39%
	108	Albania	36.2	-2.24%
	109	Gambia	36.1	-1.71%
	110	Ireland	35.8	-0.75%
	111	Ecuador	35.4	-0.59%
	112	Morocco	35.4	-1.48%
	113	Tuvalu	34.5	-2.11%
	114	Suriname	33.7	-0.26%
	115	Cyprus	33.1	-0.17%
	116	Portugal	32.6	-1.60%
	117	Cabo Verde	32.5	-1.35%
	118	Angola	31.9	-1.91%
	119	Montenegro	31.8	-1.05%
	120	South Africa	31.7	-1.52%
	121	Lithuania	31.5	-0.68%
	122	Latvia	31.5	-0.38%
	123	Congo	31.3	-1.43%
	124	Mongolia	31.1	-0.46%
	125	Panama	30.9	-1.17%
	126	Estonia	30.4	-0.63%
	127	Ukraine	30.1	-0.54%
	128	Tunisia	29.8	-1.08%
	129	Bolivia	29.2	-1.20%
	130	Iraq	28.6	-0.81%
	131	Italy	28.3	-1.09%
	132	Dominica	28.3	-1.07%
	133	Botswana	27.8	-2.33%
	134	New Caledonia	27.7	-1.42%
	135	Hungary	27.4	-1.11%
	136	Equatorial Guinea	26	-1.70%
	137	Switzerland	25.9	-0.37%
	138	Czechia	25.6	-0.63%
	139	El Salvador	25.2	-2.51%
	140	Algeria	25.2	-1.99%
	141	Russia	24.9	-0.77%
	142	Sao Tome and Principe	24.2	-2.74%
	143	Bulgaria	23.6	-1.41%
	144	Iran	23.2	-1.95%
	145	Türkiye	23	-1.93%
	146	State of Palestine	22.7	-1.25%
	147	Cuba	22.6	-0.48%
	148	Germany	22.4	-0.46%
	149	Malaysia	21.8	-2.32%
	150	Djibouti	21.6	-0.75%
	151	Marshall Islands	21.5	-1.64%
	152	Peru	21.3	-0.97%
	153	Brunei Darussalam	21.1	-1.40%
	154	Belarus	19.7	-2.07%
	155	Greece	19.6	-1.60%
	156	Mexico	18.7	-1.50%
	157	Libya	18.7	-1.62%
	158	Spain	18.7	-1.31%
	159	Korea	18.6	-0.07%
	160	France	18.5	-1.42%
	161	Canada	18.2	-0.54%
	162	Palau	18	-2.55%
	163	Costa Rica	18	-3.32%
	164	Colombia	18	-1.70%
	165	United States	16.9	-1.23%
	166	Bahamas	16.5	-0.76%
	167	Norway	16.3	-2.04%
	168	Dominican Republic	16.2	-3.78%
	169	United Kingdom	15.6	-1.55%
	170	Saudi Arabia	15.3	-1.43%
	171	Finland	14.3	-0.59%
	172	Australia	13.5	-0.92%
	173	New Zealand	13.1	-0.72%
	174	American Samoa	12.8	-0.21%
	175	United Arab Emirates	12.5	-1.92%
	176	Brazil	12.4	-1.88%
	177	Greenland	12.3	-1.76%
	178	Oman	12.2	-5.45%
	179	Andorra	12.2	0.39%
	180	Chile	12.1	-0.78%
	181	Denmark	11.6	-1.08%
	182	Venezuela	11.6	-0.45%
	183	Sweden	11.5	-2.16%
	184	Curaçao	11	0.12%
	185	Lebanon	10.7	-1.55%
	186	Bahrain	10.3	-1.17%
	187	Gabon	9.26	-3.26%
	188	Jordan	8.17	-2.40%
	189	Luxembourg	8.12	-2.51%
	190	Japan	8.04	-1.08%
	191	Northern Mariana Islands	8.02	-1.15%
	192	Argentina	7.65	-1.52%
	193	Israel	7.24	-1.21%
	194	Netherlands	7.11	-4.23%
	195	Puerto Rico	6.39	-0.28%
	196	Iceland	6.01	-0.79%
	197	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.95	-3.45%
	198	Malta	5.12	-1.25%
	199	Guam	4.91	-1.52%
	200	Uruguay	4.31	-1.93%
	201	United States Virgin Islands	3.86	-2.42%
	202	San Marino	2.27	-4.71%
	203	Belgium	1.85	-1.91%
	204	Qatar	0.682	-5.54%
	205	Bermuda	0
	205	Cayman Islands	0
	205	Gibraltar	0
	205	China, Hong Kong SAR	0
	205	Kuwait	0
	205	China, Macao SAR	0
	205	Monaco	0
	205	Nauru	0
	205	Singapore	0
	205	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0