* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Rural population, percent of total population, 2022:
The average for 2022 based on 196 countries was 38.97 percent. The highest value was in Papua New Guinea: 86.42 percent and the lowest value was in Bermuda: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.
Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
| Countries | Rural population, percent, 2022 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua N.G. | 86.42 | 1 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Burundi | 85.58 | 2 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Liechtenstein | 85.46 | 3 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Niger | 83.11 | 4 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Samoa | 82.38 | 5 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Rwanda | 82.28 | 6 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Malawi | 82.02 | 7 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Sri Lanka | 80.97 | 8 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Saint Lucia | 80.95 | 9 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Nepal | 78.55 | 10 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Ethiopia | 77.34 | 11 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Tonga | 76.88 | 12 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Micronesia | 76.78 | 13 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Chad | 75.94 | 14 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Ant.& Barb. | 75.65 | 15 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Swaziland | 75.42 | 16 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Cambodia | 74.89 | 17 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Solomon Isl. | 74.42 | 18 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Vanuatu | 74.18 | 19 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Uganda | 73.84 | 20 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Afghanistan | 73.38 | 21 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Guyana | 72.98 | 22 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Tajikistan | 72.03 | 23 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Kenya | 71 | 24 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Comoros | 70.14 | 25 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Lesotho | 70.06 | 26 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Barbados | 68.68 | 27 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Burma | 68.23 | 28 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Burkina Faso | 68.12 | 29 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Zimbabwe | 67.61 | 30 | 1960 - 2022 |
| India | 64.13 | 31 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Sudan | 64.04 | 32 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Tanzania | 63.32 | 33 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Grenada | 63.13 | 34 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 62.54 | 35 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Laos | 62.41 | 36 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Guinea | 62.33 | 37 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Pakistan | 62.27 | 38 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Mozambique | 61.81 | 39 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Vietnam | 61.23 | 40 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Yemen | 60.81 | 41 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Bangladesh | 60.29 | 42 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Madagascar | 60.12 | 43 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Mauritius | 59.19 | 44 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Maldives | 58.46 | 45 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Eritrea | 57.38 | 46 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Faroe Isl. | 57.22 | 47 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Egypt | 57.03 | 48 | 1960 - 2022 |
| C.A. Republic | 56.88 | 49 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Moldova | 56.83 | 50 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Bhutan | 56.31 | 51 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Sierra Leone | 56.17 | 52 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Togo | 56.08 | 53 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Aruba | 55.95 | 54 | 1960 - 2022 |
| G.-Bissau | 54.96 | 55 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Mali | 54.56 | 56 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Zambia | 54.24 | 57 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Belize | 53.6 | 58 | 1960 - 2022 |
| DR Congo | 53.16 | 59 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Somalia | 52.68 | 60 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Philippines | 52.02 | 61 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Senegal | 50.91 | 62 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Benin | 50.47 | 63 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Bosnia & Herz. | 50.16 | 64 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Uzbekistan | 49.53 | 65 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Ivory Coast | 47.34 | 66 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Guatemala | 47.33 | 67 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Thailand | 47.11 | 68 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Liberia | 46.94 | 69 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Tr.&Tobago | 46.66 | 70 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Turkmenistan | 46.51 | 71 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Nigeria | 46.48 | 72 | 1960 - 2022 |
| St. Vincent & ... | 46.13 | 73 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Slovakia | 46.09 | 74 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Namibia | 46.04 | 75 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Romania | 45.51 | 76 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Slovenia | 44.25 | 77 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Syria | 43.23 | 78 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Serbia | 43.13 | 79 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Mauritania | 43.08 | 80 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Jamaica | 42.99 | 81 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Kiribati | 42.94 | 82 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Azerbaijan | 42.83 | 83 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Indonesia | 42.07 | 84 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Kazakhstan | 42.01 | 85 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Croatia | 41.78 | 86 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Fiji | 41.77 | 87 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Seychelles | 41.6 | 88 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Ghana | 41.38 | 89 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Cameroon | 41.27 | 90 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Haiti | 41.18 | 91 | 1960 - 2022 |
| North Macedonia | 40.88 | 92 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Austria | 40.74 | 93 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Nicaragua | 40.44 | 94 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Honduras | 40.4 | 95 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Poland | 39.87 | 96 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Georgia | 39.7 | 97 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Paraguay | 37.18 | 98 | 1960 - 2022 |
| North Korea | 37.08 | 99 | 1960 - 2022 |
| China | 36.44 | 100 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Armenia | 36.43 | 101 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Albania | 36.2 | 102 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Gambia | 36.15 | 103 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Ireland | 35.82 | 104 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Ecuador | 35.43 | 105 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Morocco | 35.4 | 106 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Tuvalu | 34.47 | 107 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Suriname | 33.69 | 108 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Cyprus | 33.09 | 109 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Portugal | 32.62 | 110 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Cape Verde | 32.46 | 111 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Angola | 31.92 | 112 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Montenegro | 31.84 | 113 | 1960 - 2022 |
| South Africa | 31.67 | 114 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Lithuania | 31.53 | 115 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Latvia | 31.46 | 116 | 1960 - 2022 |
| R. of Congo | 31.26 | 117 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Mongolia | 31.07 | 118 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Panama | 30.86 | 119 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Estonia | 30.39 | 120 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Ukraine | 30.08 | 121 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Tunisia | 29.79 | 122 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Bolivia | 29.17 | 123 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Iraq | 28.65 | 124 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Italy | 28.34 | 125 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Dominica | 28.3 | 126 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Botswana | 27.78 | 127 | 1960 - 2022 |
| N. Caledonia | 27.67 | 128 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Hungary | 27.45 | 129 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Eq. Guinea | 25.99 | 130 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Switzerland | 25.91 | 131 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Czechia | 25.62 | 132 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Algeria | 25.23 | 133 | 1960 - 2022 |
| El Salvador | 25.23 | 134 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Russia | 24.87 | 135 | 1960 - 2022 |
| S.T.&Principe | 24.25 | 136 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Bulgaria | 23.64 | 137 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Iran | 23.19 | 138 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Turkey | 22.98 | 139 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Palestine | 22.71 | 140 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Germany | 22.35 | 141 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Malaysia | 21.79 | 142 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Djibouti | 21.62 | 143 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Peru | 21.29 | 144 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Brunei | 21.15 | 145 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Belarus | 19.67 | 146 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Greece | 19.64 | 147 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Libya | 18.7 | 148 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Mexico | 18.7 | 149 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Spain | 18.7 | 150 | 1960 - 2022 |
| South Korea | 18.57 | 151 | 1960 - 2022 |
| France | 18.49 | 152 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Canada | 18.25 | 153 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Palau | 18.04 | 154 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Costa Rica | 17.96 | 155 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Colombia | 17.95 | 156 | 1960 - 2022 |
| USA | 16.92 | 157 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Bahamas | 16.51 | 158 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Norway | 16.34 | 159 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Domin. Rep. | 16.15 | 160 | 1960 - 2022 |
| UK | 15.6 | 161 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Saudi Arabia | 15.27 | 162 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Finland | 14.32 | 163 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Australia | 13.51 | 164 | 1960 - 2022 |
| New Zealand | 13.12 | 165 | 1960 - 2022 |
| UA Emirates | 12.46 | 166 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Brazil | 12.44 | 167 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Oman | 12.25 | 168 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Andorra | 12.19 | 169 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Chile | 12.09 | 170 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Denmark | 11.63 | 171 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Venezuela | 11.62 | 172 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Sweden | 11.51 | 173 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Lebanon | 10.74 | 174 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Bahrain | 10.26 | 175 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Gabon | 9.27 | 176 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Jordan | 8.17 | 177 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Luxembourg | 8.12 | 178 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Japan | 8.05 | 179 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Argentina | 7.65 | 180 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Israel | 7.24 | 181 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Netherlands | 7.11 | 182 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Puerto Rico | 6.39 | 183 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Iceland | 6.01 | 184 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Malta | 5.13 | 185 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Uruguay | 4.31 | 186 | 1960 - 2022 |
| San Marino | 2.27 | 187 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Belgium | 1.85 | 188 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Qatar | 0.68 | 189 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Bermuda | 0 | 190 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Gibraltar | 0 | 191 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 192 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Kuwait | 0 | 193 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Macao | 0 | 194 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Monaco | 0 | 195 | 1960 - 2022 |
| Singapore | 0 | 196 | 1960 - 2022 |
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.
1. Papua N.G.
2. Burundi
4. Niger
5. Samoa
6. Rwanda
7. Malawi
8. Sri Lanka
9. Saint Lucia
10. Nepal
11. Ethiopia
12. Tonga
13. Micronesia
14. Chad
15. Ant.& Barb.
16. Swaziland
17. Cambodia
18. Solomon Isl.
19. Vanuatu
20. Uganda
21. Afghanistan
22. Guyana
23. Tajikistan
24. Kenya
25. Comoros
26. Lesotho
27. Barbados
28. Burma
29. Burkina Faso
30. Zimbabwe
31. India
32. Sudan
33. Tanzania
34. Grenada
35. Kyrgyzstan
36. Laos
37. Guinea
38. Pakistan
39. Mozambique
40. Vietnam
41. Yemen
42. Bangladesh
43. Madagascar
44. Mauritius
45. Maldives
46. Eritrea
47. Faroe Isl.
48. Egypt
49. C.A. Republic
50. Moldova
51. Bhutan
52. Sierra Leone
53. Togo
54. Aruba
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. Ivory Coast
67. Guatemala
68. Thailand
69. Liberia
70. Tr.&Tobago
71. Turkmenistan
72. Nigeria
74. Slovakia
75. Namibia
76. Romania
77. Slovenia
78. Syria
79. Serbia
80. Mauritania
81. Jamaica
82. Kiribati
83. Azerbaijan
84. Indonesia
85. Kazakhstan
86. Croatia
87. Fiji
88. Seychelles
89. Ghana
90. Cameroon
91. Haiti
92. North Macedonia
93. Austria
94. Nicaragua
95. Honduras
96. Poland
97. Georgia
98. Paraguay
99. North Korea
100. China
101. Armenia
102. Albania
103. Gambia
104. Ireland
105. Ecuador
106. Morocco
107. Tuvalu
108. Suriname
109. Cyprus
110. Portugal
111. Cape Verde
112. Angola
113. Montenegro
114. South Africa
115. Lithuania
116. Latvia
117. R. of Congo
118. Mongolia
119. Panama
120. Estonia
121. Ukraine
122. Tunisia
123. Bolivia
124. Iraq
125. Italy
126. Dominica
127. Botswana
128. N. Caledonia
129. Hungary
130. Eq. Guinea
131. Switzerland
132. Czechia
133. Algeria
134. El Salvador
135. Russia
136. S.T.&Principe
137. Bulgaria
138. Iran
139. Turkey
140. Palestine
141. Germany
142. Malaysia
143. Djibouti
144. Peru
145. Brunei
146. Belarus
147. Greece
148. Libya
149. Mexico
150. Spain
151. South Korea
152. France
153. Canada
154. Palau
155. Costa Rica
156. Colombia
157. USA
158. Bahamas
159. Norway
160. Domin. Rep.
161. UK
162. Saudi Arabia
163. Finland
164. Australia
165. New Zealand
166. UA Emirates
167. Brazil
168. Oman
169. Andorra
170. Chile
171. Denmark
172. Venezuela
173. Sweden
174. Lebanon
175. Bahrain
176. Gabon
177. Jordan
178. Luxembourg
179. Japan
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
195. Monaco
196. Singapore
86.42
85.58
85.46
83.11
82.38
82.28
82.02
80.97
80.95
78.55
77.34
76.88
76.78
75.94
75.65
75.42
74.89
74.42
74.18
73.84
73.38
72.98
72.03
71.00
70.14
70.06
68.68
68.23
68.12
67.61
64.13
64.04
63.32
63.13
62.54
62.41
62.33
62.27
61.81
61.23
60.81
60.29
60.12
59.19
58.46
57.38
57.22
57.03
56.88
56.83
56.31
56.17
56.08
55.95
54.96
54.56
54.24
53.60
53.16
52.68
52.02
50.91
50.47
50.16
49.53
47.34
47.33
47.11
46.94
46.66
46.51
46.48
46.13
46.09
46.04
45.51
44.25
43.23
43.13
43.08
42.99
42.94
42.83
42.07
42.01
41.78
41.77
41.60
41.38
41.27
41.18
40.88
40.74
40.44
40.40
39.87
39.70
37.18
37.08
36.44
36.43
36.20
36.15
35.82
35.43
35.40
34.47
33.69
33.09
32.62
32.46
31.92
31.84
31.67
31.53
31.46
31.26
31.07
30.86
30.39
30.08
29.79
29.17
28.65
28.34
28.30
27.78
27.67
27.45
25.99
25.91
25.62
25.23
25.23
24.87
24.25
23.64
23.19
22.98
22.71
22.35
21.79
21.62
21.29
21.15
19.67
19.64
18.70
18.70
18.70
18.57
18.49
18.25
18.04
17.96
17.95
16.92
16.51
16.34
16.15
15.60
15.27
14.32
13.51
13.12
12.46
12.44
12.25
12.19
12.09
11.63
11.62
11.51
10.74
10.26
9.27
8.17
8.12
8.05
7.65
7.24
7.11
6.39
6.01
5.13
4.31
2.27
1.85
0.68
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
21.6
43.2
64.8
86.42
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