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Countries Ranked by Rural population growth (annual %)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: SP.RUR.TOTL.ZG

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported rural population growth (annual %) data for 2024, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 205 countries reporting, the median value is 0.32, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Vanuatu

2.25

Europe & Central Asia

Armenia

1.97

Latin America & Caribbean

Belize

1.77

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Oman

5.11

North America

Canada

1.95

South Asia

Bangladesh

0.44

Sub-Saharan Africa

Chad

4.13

Rank Country Rural population growth (annual %)
1 Oman 5.11
2 Syrian Arab Republic 4.80
3 Chad 4.13
4 United Arab Emirates 3.64
5 Saudi Arabia 3.61
6 South Sudan 3.54
7 Niger 2.92
8 Central African Republic 2.64
9 Yemen, Rep. 2.61
10 Congo, Dem. Rep. 2.57
11 Afghanistan 2.53
12 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 2.29
13 Malta 2.25
14 Vanuatu 2.25
15 Malawi 2.22
16 Eritrea 2.11
17 Iraq 2.07
18 Mali 2.06
19 Zambia 2.00
20 Cameroon 2.00
21 Armenia 1.97
22 Uzbekistan 1.97
23 Canada 1.95
24 Tajikistan 1.93
25 Ethiopia 1.85
26 Qatar 1.80
27 Mozambique 1.80
28 Tanzania 1.79
29 Uganda 1.78
30 Congo, Rep. 1.78
31 Belize 1.77
32 Madagascar 1.77
33 Turkmenistan 1.71
34 Guinea 1.71
35 Kyrgyz Republic 1.68
36 Equatorial Guinea 1.61
37 Kenya 1.58
38 Egypt, Arab Rep. 1.57
39 Liechtenstein 1.53
40 Burkina Faso 1.48
41 Solomon Islands 1.43
42 New Zealand 1.38
43 Papua New Guinea 1.37
44 Namibia 1.33
45 Comoros 1.31
46 Guinea-Bissau 1.24
47 Togo 1.24
48 Cote d'Ivoire 1.21
49 Sao Tome and Principe 1.15
50 Senegal 1.13
51 Djibouti 1.12
52 Sierra Leone 1.11
53 Timor-Leste 1.08
54 Australia 1.07
55 Nicaragua 1.01
56 Seychelles 0.96
57 Cyprus 0.96
58 South Africa 0.95
59 Liberia 0.95
60 Israel 0.94
61 Pakistan 0.93
62 Ireland 0.93
63 Burundi 0.90
64 Gambia, The 0.89
65 Panama 0.87
66 Libya 0.86
67 Suriname 0.85
68 Cambodia 0.81
69 Benin 0.79
70 Zimbabwe 0.78
71 Portugal 0.78
72 Luxembourg 0.76
73 Guatemala 0.76
74 Andorra 0.74
75 United States 0.71
76 Aruba 0.71
77 Sudan 0.70
78 Rwanda 0.68
79 American Samoa 0.66
80 Dominican Republic 0.65
81 Mauritania 0.64
82 Morocco 0.63
83 Samoa 0.62
84 Myanmar 0.58
85 United Kingdom 0.57
86 Ecuador 0.57
87 Antigua and Barbuda 0.57
88 Curacao 0.56
89 Guyana 0.55
90 Honduras 0.55
91 Ghana 0.54
92 Brunei Darussalam 0.51
93 Kazakhstan 0.45
94 Bangladesh 0.44
95 Bahamas, The 0.44
96 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 0.44
97 India 0.41
98 Eswatini 0.40
99 West Bank and Gaza 0.35
100 Angola 0.34
101 Channel Islands 0.33
102 New Caledonia 0.33
103 Azerbaijan 0.32
104 Botswana 0.29
105 Bolivia 0.26
106 St. Lucia 0.26
107 French Polynesia 0.19
108 Belgium 0.17
109 France 0.17
110 Czechia 0.16
111 Ukraine 0.15
112 Faroe Islands 0.13
113 Lao PDR 0.13
114 Guam 0.11
115 Philippines 0.09
116 Estonia 0.08
117 Spain 0.08
118 Korea, Rep. 0.05
119 Viet Nam 0.05
120 Trinidad and Tobago 0.04
121 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.04
122 Isle of Man 0.03
123 Venezuela, RB 0.03
124 Grenada -0.05
125 Romania -0.05
126 Nigeria -0.06
127 Colombia -0.06
128 Slovak Republic -0.09
129 Haiti -0.14
130 Slovenia -0.17
131 Montenegro -0.20
132 Lithuania -0.23
133 Barbados -0.24
134 Mauritius -0.25
135 Italy -0.27
136 Austria -0.28
137 Iceland -0.30
138 Finland -0.35
139 Germany -0.38
140 Tonga -0.41
141 Iran, Islamic Rep. -0.43
142 Palau -0.46
143 Paraguay -0.46
144 Croatia -0.47
145 Tunisia -0.49
146 Mongolia -0.50
147 Maldives -0.50
148 Mexico -0.51
149 San Marino -0.52
150 Cuba -0.54
151 Poland -0.56
152 Switzerland -0.58
153 Gabon -0.58
154 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. -0.58
155 Norway -0.58
156 Fiji -0.64
157 Lesotho -0.64
158 Argentina -0.68
159 Indonesia -0.71
160 Russian Federation -0.73
161 British Virgin Islands -0.73
162 Sri Lanka -0.74
163 Denmark -0.76
164 Bhutan -0.78
165 Algeria -0.79
166 Malaysia -0.81
167 Nepal -0.83
168 Bulgaria -0.91
169 St. Vincent and the Grenadines -0.95
170 Kiribati -0.98
171 Hungary -0.99
172 North Macedonia -1.02
173 Greece -1.07
174 Chile -1.08
175 Jamaica -1.18
176 China -1.19
177 Serbia -1.19
178 Georgia -1.27
179 Uruguay -1.27
180 Latvia -1.33
181 Puerto Rico (US) -1.34
182 El Salvador -1.37
183 Costa Rica -1.58
184 Peru -1.64
185 Sweden -1.68
186 Virgin Islands (U.S.) -1.73
187 Japan -1.80
188 Bosnia and Herzegovina -1.81
189 Brazil -1.88
190 Dominica -2.08
191 Lebanon -2.11
192 Belarus -2.12
193 Greenland -2.22
194 Albania -2.35
195 Thailand -2.47
196 Jordan -2.74
197 Turkiye -2.76
198 Cabo Verde -3.17
199 Moldova -3.19
200 Northern Mariana Islands -3.20
201 Turks and Caicos Islands -3.23
202 Tuvalu -3.75
203 Marshall Islands -5.09
204 Netherlands -6.38
205 Kosovo -7.80

Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.RUR.TOTL.ZG), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2024; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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