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Countries Ranked by Rural population (% of total population)

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

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 (% of total population) 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 217 countries reporting, the median value is 36.11, 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

Papua New Guinea

84.59

Europe & Central Asia

Liechtenstein

85.34

Latin America & Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda

75.61

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Afghanistan

74.30

North America

United States

19.88

South Asia

Sri Lanka

79.70

Sub-Saharan Africa

Malawi

82.73

Rank Country Rural population (% of total population)
1 Liechtenstein 85.34
2 Papua New Guinea 84.59
3 Malawi 82.73
4 Samoa 82.50
5 Niger 81.95
6 Sri Lanka 79.70
7 Tonga 78.85
8 South Sudan 78.62
9 Vanuatu 77.71
10 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 77.54
11 Ethiopia 76.38
12 Antigua and Barbuda 75.61
13 Burundi 75.17
14 Afghanistan 74.30
15 Tajikistan 73.82
16 Eswatini 73.75
17 Guyana 73.52
18 Chad 73.07
19 Burkina Faso 71.66
20 Timor-Leste 71.34
21 St. Lucia 70.90
22 Rwanda 70.12
23 Myanmar 69.55
24 Solomon Islands 69.34
25 Uganda 68.72
26 Mali 68.39
27 St. Kitts and Nevis 68.20
28 Kenya 68.11
29 Madagascar 67.57
30 Bangladesh 67.32
31 Channel Islands 67.29
32 Comoros 66.46
33 Eritrea 65.46
34 Kyrgyz Republic 65.28
35 Sudan 65.13
36 India 64.62
37 Tanzania 63.83
38 Mozambique 63.57
39 Grenada 63.44
40 Yemen, Rep. 63.19
41 Guinea 61.93
42 Viet Nam 61.51
43 Mauritius 60.98
44 Pakistan 60.83
45 Faroe Islands 60.59
46 Lao PDR 60.44
47 Zimbabwe 60.11
48 Cambodia 59.13
49 Belize 58.25
50 Maldives 58.00
51 Bhutan 57.44
52 Egypt, Arab Rep. 57.20
53 Moldova 56.48
54 Lesotho 56.32
55 Togo 56.19
56 Central African Republic 55.88
57 Congo, Dem. Rep. 55.25
58 Seychelles 54.71
59 Sierra Leone 54.64
60 Zambia 54.53
61 Guinea-Bissau 53.89
62 Turkmenistan 52.91
63 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 52.15
64 Kosovo 49.68
65 Namibia 49.59
66 Uzbekistan 49.00
67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 47.88
68 Isle of Man 47.84
69 Romania 47.83
70 Benin 47.45
71 Slovak Republic 46.81
72 Trinidad and Tobago 46.04
73 Cote d'Ivoire 46.03
74 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 45.38
75 Haiti 44.96
76 Senegal 44.76
77 Cameroon 44.60
78 Philippines 44.55
79 Liberia 44.46
80 Slovenia 44.24
81 Guatemala 44.05
82 British Virgin Islands 43.49
83 Croatia 42.48
84 Ghana 41.63
85 Albania 41.45
86 Azerbaijan 41.43
87 Indonesia 41.25
88 Honduras 41.21
89 Jamaica 41.07
90 Fiji 40.92
91 Nicaragua 40.74
92 Barbados 40.46
93 Poland 40.03
94 Mauritania 39.39
95 Georgia 38.92
96 Portugal 38.67
97 French Polynesia 38.28
98 Aruba 38.21
99 Thailand 38.13
100 Kazakhstan 37.93
101 Serbia 37.62
102 Kiribati 37.54
103 North Macedonia 37.44
104 Morocco 37.20
105 Nigeria 37.02
106 Ecuador 36.76
107 South Africa 36.31
108 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 36.14
109 Congo, Rep. 36.11
110 Gambia, The 35.70
111 Ireland 35.65
112 Tuvalu 35.27
113 Montenegro 34.46
114 Suriname 34.24
115 Armenia 34.19
116 China 34.11
117 Panama 34.00
118 Cyprus 33.32
119 Nepal 33.23
120 Botswana 32.54
121 New Caledonia 32.05
122 Latvia 31.52
123 Lithuania 31.17
124 Sao Tome and Principe 31.13
125 Austria 30.53
126 Ukraine 30.47
127 Italy 30.40
128 Paraguay 30.14
129 Iraq 30.11
130 Tunisia 29.64
131 Hungary 29.51
132 Angola 29.34
133 Estonia 29.30
134 Mongolia 29.04
135 Bolivia 28.76
136 Equatorial Guinea 28.64
137 Syrian Arab Republic 27.92
138 Dominican Republic 27.59
139 Czechia 27.21
140 Djibouti 27.09
141 Dominica 26.46
142 Bulgaria 26.05
143 Finland 25.74
144 Brunei Darussalam 25.10
145 El Salvador 24.93
146 Russian Federation 24.89
147 Algeria 24.72
148 Cabo Verde 23.23
149 Malaysia 23.08
150 Iran, Islamic Rep. 22.98
151 Cuba 22.83
152 Colombia 21.48
153 Marshall Islands 21.27
154 France 21.20
155 Greece 21.00
156 Belarus 20.84
157 Palau 20.79
158 Costa Rica 20.69
159 Oman 20.56
160 Mexico 20.25
161 United States 19.88
162 Spain 19.68
163 American Samoa 19.06
164 Korea, Rep. 18.83
165 Bahamas, The 18.68
166 Germany 17.98
167 Canada 17.30
168 United Kingdom 16.76
169 Norway 16.67
170 New Zealand 16.06
171 Saudi Arabia 15.54
172 Peru 14.81
173 Switzerland 14.54
174 United Arab Emirates 14.18
175 West Bank and Gaza 12.88
176 Australia 12.40
177 Belgium 12.39
178 Libya 12.11
179 Brazil 12.10
180 Greenland 11.68
181 Denmark 11.30
182 Sweden 11.14
183 Andorra 11.11
184 Chile 11.00
185 Venezuela, RB 10.71
186 Turkiye 10.66
187 Lebanon 9.30
188 Curacao 8.57
189 Israel 8.46
190 Gabon 8.14
191 Northern Mariana Islands 7.93
192 Japan 7.81
193 Argentina 7.73
194 Jordan 7.05
195 Turks and Caicos Islands 5.83
196 Guam 5.83
197 Iceland 5.82
198 Puerto Rico (US) 5.75
199 Luxembourg 5.16
200 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 4.67
201 Uruguay 4.40
202 Netherlands 4.36
203 Malta 4.35
204 San Marino 2.84
205 Qatar 0.68
206 Cayman Islands 0.00
207 Monaco 0.00
208 Singapore 0.00
209 Macao SAR, China 0.00
210 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.00
211 Bahrain 0.00
212 St. Martin (French part) 0.00
213 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.00
214 Kuwait 0.00
215 Bermuda 0.00
216 Gibraltar 0.00
217 Nauru 0.00

Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.RUR.TOTL.ZS), 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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