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Rural population (% of total population)

% of total population · higher is better · 214 countries

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (CC BY-SA 4.0)CC BY-SA 4.0updated 2024
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  1. 1Papua New Guinea86.1%
  2. 2Liechtenstein85.3%
  3. 3Burundi84.8%
  4. 4Niger82.8%
  5. 5Samoa82.6%
  6. 6Rwanda81.9%
  7. 7Malawi81.4%
  8. 8St. Lucia80.7%
  9. 9Sri Lanka80.6%
  10. 10South Sudan78.4%
  11. 11Nepal77.6%
  12. 12Tonga76.8%
  13. 13Micronesia, Fed. Sts.76.4%
  14. 14Ethiopia76.3%
  15. 15Antigua and Barbuda75.7%
  16. 16Chad75.3%
  17. 17Eswatini75%
  18. 18Cambodia74%
  19. 19Vanuatu73.9%
  20. 20Solomon Islands73.5%
  21. 21Afghanistan72.7%
  22. 22Guyana72.7%
  23. 23Uganda72.6%
  24. 24Tajikistan71.5%
  25. 25Kenya70%
  26. 26Comoros69.6%
  27. 27Lesotho69.1%
  28. 28St. Kitts and Nevis68.8%
  29. 29Barbados68.5%
  30. 30Myanmar67.5%
  31. 31Zimbabwe67.3%
  32. 32Timor-Leste67.2%
  33. 33Burkina Faso66.8%
  34. 34Sudan63.2%
  35. 35India63.1%
  36. 36Grenada62.7%
  37. 37Tanzania61.9%
  38. 38Kyrgyz Republic61.8%
  39. 39Pakistan61.6%
  40. 40Guinea61.5%
  41. 41Lao PDR61.1%
  42. 42Mozambique60.7%
  43. 43Viet Nam59.8%
  44. 44Yemen, Rep.59.5%
  45. 45Mauritius59.1%
  46. 46Bangladesh58.8%
  47. 47Madagascar58.8%
  48. 48Maldives57.6%
  49. 49Faroe Islands56.8%
  50. 50Egypt, Arab Rep.56.7%
  51. 51Moldova56.4%
  52. 52Eritrea56.1%
  53. 53Central African Republic55.9%
  54. 54Aruba55.5%
  55. 55Sierra Leone55.2%
  56. 56Bhutan55%
  57. 57Togo54.9%
  58. 58Guinea-Bissau54.1%
  59. 59Belize53.2%
  60. 60Zambia53.1%
  61. 61Mali53.1%
  62. 62Congo, Dem. Rep.51.9%
  63. 63Somalia, Fed. Rep.51.5%
  64. 64Philippines51.4%
  65. 65Senegal49.9%
  66. 66British Virgin Islands49.8%
  67. 67Uzbekistan49.4%
  68. 68Benin49.3%
  69. 69Bosnia and Herzegovina49.3%
  70. 70Guatemala46.5%
  71. 71Trinidad and Tobago46.4%
  72. 72Cote d'Ivoire46.4%
  73. 73Isle of Man46.3%
  74. 74Liberia45.9%
  75. 75Slovak Republic45.8%
  76. 76Thailand45.7%
  77. 77Turkmenistan45.5%
  78. 78St. Vincent and the Grenadines45.3%
  79. 79Romania45.1%
  80. 80Nigeria45%
  81. 81Namibia44.2%
  82. 82Slovenia43.6%
  83. 83Serbia42.6%
  84. 84Jamaica42.2%
  85. 85Azerbaijan42%
  86. 86Syrian Arab Republic42%
  87. 87Kazakhstan41.6%
  88. 88Kiribati41.6%
  89. 89Mauritania41.5%
  90. 90Croatia41.1%
  91. 91Fiji40.8%
  92. 92Indonesia40.8%
  93. 93Seychelles40.8%
  94. 94Austria40.2%
  95. 95Ghana40.1%
  96. 96North Macedonia40.1%
  97. 97Cameroon40.1%
  98. 98Nicaragua39.8%
  99. 99Poland39.7%
  100. 100Haiti39.5%
  101. 101Honduras39.2%
  102. 102Georgia38.8%
  103. 103French Polynesia37.6%
  104. 104Paraguay36.5%
  105. 105Korea, Dem. People's Rep.36.5%
  106. 106Armenia36.1%
  107. 107Ireland35.2%
  108. 108Ecuador35%
  109. 109Gambia, The34.9%
  110. 110Albania34.6%
  111. 111China34.5%
  112. 112Morocco34.4%
  113. 113Suriname33.5%
  114. 114Tuvalu33.1%
  115. 115Cyprus32.9%
  116. 116Cabo Verde31.6%
  117. 117Portugal31.6%
  118. 118Latvia31.2%
  119. 119Montenegro31.2%
  120. 120Lithuania31.1%
  121. 121Mongolia30.7%
  122. 122Angola30.7%
  123. 123South Africa30.7%
  124. 124Congo, Rep.30.4%
  125. 125Panama30.1%
  126. 126Estonia30%
  127. 127Ukraine29.7%
  128. 128Tunisia29.1%
  129. 129Bolivia28.5%
  130. 130Iraq28.1%
  131. 131Italy27.7%
  132. 132Dominica27.7%
  133. 133New Caledonia26.9%
  134. 134Hungary26.8%
  135. 135Botswana26.5%
  136. 136Switzerland25.7%
  137. 137Czechia25.3%
  138. 138Equatorial Guinea25.1%
  139. 139Russian Federation24.5%
  140. 140Algeria24.3%
  141. 141El Salvador24%
  142. 142Sao Tome and Principe23%
  143. 143Bulgaria23%
  144. 144Cuba22.3%
  145. 145Iran, Islamic Rep.22.3%
  146. 146West Bank and Gaza22.1%
  147. 147Turkiye22.1%
  148. 148Germany22.1%
  149. 149Djibouti21.3%
  150. 150Peru20.9%
  151. 151Malaysia20.8%
  152. 152Marshall Islands20.8%
  153. 153Brunei Darussalam20.6%
  154. 154Greece19%
  155. 155Belarus18.9%
  156. 156Korea, Rep.18.8%
  157. 157Spain18.2%
  158. 158Mexico18.1%
  159. 159Libya18.1%
  160. 160Canada18%
  161. 161France18%
  162. 162Colombia17.3%
  163. 163Palau17.2%
  164. 164Costa Rica16.8%
  165. 165United States16.5%
  166. 166Bahamas, The16.2%
  167. 167Norway15.7%
  168. 168United Kingdom15.1%
  169. 169Dominican Republic15%
  170. 170Saudi Arabia14.8%
  171. 171Finland14.1%
  172. 172Australia13.3%
  173. 173New Zealand12.9%
  174. 174American Samoa12.7%
  175. 175Andorra12.3%
  176. 176United Arab Emirates12%
  177. 177Brazil12%
  178. 178Chile11.9%
  179. 179Greenland11.9%
  180. 180Venezuela, RB11.5%
  181. 181Denmark11.4%
  182. 182Sweden11%
  183. 183Oman11%
  184. 184Curacao11%
  185. 185Lebanon10.4%
  186. 186Bahrain10%
  187. 187Gabon8.7%
  188. 188Japan7.9%
  189. 189Northern Mariana Islands7.8%
  190. 190Jordan7.8%
  191. 191Luxembourg7.7%
  192. 192Argentina7.4%
  193. 193Israel7.1%
  194. 194Netherlands6.5%
  195. 195Puerto Rico (US)6.3%
  196. 196Iceland5.9%
  197. 197Turks and Caicos Islands5.6%
  198. 198Malta5%
  199. 199Guam4.8%
  200. 200Uruguay4.1%
  201. 201Virgin Islands (U.S.)3.7%
  202. 202San Marino2.1%
  203. 203Belgium1.8%
  204. 204Qatar0.61%
  205. 205Bermuda0%
  206. 205Macao SAR, China0%
  207. 205Naoero0%
  208. 205Cayman Islands0%
  209. 205Hong Kong SAR, China0%
  210. 205Singapore0%
  211. 205Monaco0%
  212. 205Kuwait0%
  213. 205Gibraltar0%
  214. 205Sint Maarten (Dutch part)0%

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