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DEFINITION:
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Burundi | 900 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
2 | Bhutan | 888.48 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 878 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
4 | Uganda | 874 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
5 | Papua New Guinea | 866 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
6 | Sri Lanka | 849 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
7 | Nepal | 842 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
8 | Ethiopia | 840 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
9 | Niger | 832 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
10 | Laos | 830.48 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
11 | Solomon Islands | 830 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
12 | Malawi | 828 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
13 | Burkina Faso | 817 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
14 | Lesotho | 813 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
15 | Rwanda | 807 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
16 | Eritrea | 806 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
17 | Cambodia | 803 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
18 | Kenya | 793 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
19 | Federated States of Micronesia | 777 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
20 | Samoa | 776 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
21 | Afghanistan | 769.3 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
22 | Vanuatu | 765 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
23 | Tonga | 760 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
24 | Swaziland | 759 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
25 | Tanzania | 755.06 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 754.16 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
26 | Bangladesh | 749 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
27 | Tajikistan | 748.03 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
28 | Chad | 747 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
29 | Vietnam | 736.12 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
30 | East Timor | 735 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
31 | Madagascar | 732 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
32 | Yemen | 727 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
33 | Saint Lucia | 724 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
34 | Guyana | 718 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
35 | India | 713 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 704.14 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
=36 | Maldives | 704 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=36 | Guinea-Bissau | 704 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
38 | Guinea | 699.73 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
39 | Mali | 695 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=40 | Burma | 694 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=40 | Grenada | 694 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
42 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 679 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
43 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 678 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
44 | Thailand | 677 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
45 | Mozambique | 655 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
46 | Pakistan | 651 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
47 | Zambia | 650 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
48 | Namibia | 649 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
49 | Somalia | 648 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
50 | Kyrgyzstan | 642 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
51 | Zimbabwe | 641 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
52 | Uzbekistan | 633 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 632.51 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
53 | Comoros | 630 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
54 | Central African Republic | 620 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 619.85 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
55 | Haiti | 612 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
56 | Equatorial Guinea | 611 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
57 | Antigua and Barbuda | 609 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=58 | Benin | 599 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=58 | Togo | 599 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=60 | Mauritania | 596 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=60 | China | 596 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
62 | Sierra Leone | 593 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
63 | Sudan | 592 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
64 | Senegal | 584 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
65 | Moldova | 578.25 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
66 | Mauritius | 576 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
67 | Egypt | 572 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 568.21 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
68 | Cote d'Ivoire | 550 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 549.52 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
69 | Albania | 546 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 543 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
71 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 541 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
72 | Turkmenistan | 538 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
73 | Honduras | 535 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
74 | Guatemala | 528 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Hot countries average (profile) | 526.23 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
75 | Kiribati | 526 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
76 | Ghana | 522 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 520.11 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
77 | Indonesia | 519 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
78 | Belize | 517 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
79 | Syria | 494 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
80 | Fiji | 492 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
81 | Slovenia | 490 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
82 | Azerbaijan | 485 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
83 | French Polynesia | 483 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
84 | Nigeria | 481.99 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
85 | Georgia | 478 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
86 | Serbia and Montenegro | 477.99 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
87 | Barbados | 473 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 472.16 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
88 | Seychelles | 471 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
89 | Jamaica | 469 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
90 | Angola | 467 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
91 | Romania | 463 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 462.15 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
92 | The Gambia | 461 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
93 | Cameroon | 454 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 448.22 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
94 | Slovakia | 438 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
95 | Croatia | 435 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 433.16 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
96 | Mongolia | 433 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
97 | Cape Verde | 427 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
98 | Kazakhstan | 426.97 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
99 | Botswana | 426 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Christian countries average (profile) | 424.25 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
100 | Portugal | 424 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
101 | Sao Tome and Principe | 420 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
102 | Liberia | 419 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
103 | Paraguay | 415 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
104 | Morocco | 413.35 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=105 | Nicaragua | 410 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=105 | Greece | 410 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 409.78 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
107 | South Africa | 407 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
108 | El Salvador | 402 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
109 | Congo, Republic of the | 398 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 397.41 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
110 | Ireland | 395 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
111 | Finland | 389 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 386.19 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
112 | North Korea | 384 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
113 | Costa Rica | 383 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 379.83 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
114 | Poland | 379 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
115 | Philippines | 373 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
116 | Ecuador | 372 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
117 | Algeria | 367 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
118 | Iraq | 365.68 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
119 | New Caledonia | 363 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
120 | Armenia | 359 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
121 | Bolivia | 358 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 354.56 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
Cold countries average (profile) | 352.73 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
122 | Tunisia | 347 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
123 | Japan | 342 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
124 | Austria | 340 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
125 | Hungary | 337 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
126 | Lithuania | 334 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 333.09 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
127 | Marshall Islands | 333 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
128 | Iran | 331 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=129 | Malaysia | 327 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=129 | Turkey | 327 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
131 | Italy | 324 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=132 | Latvia | 322 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=132 | Ukraine | 322 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 319.98 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
Europe average (profile) | 316.03 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
134 | Dominican Republic | 311.85 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
135 | Estonia | 309 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
136 | Cyprus | 307 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
137 | Bulgaria | 300 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
138 | Netherlands Antilles | 296 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 294.83 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
NATO countries average (profile) | 294.78 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
European Union average (profile) | 293.75 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
139 | Panama | 292 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
140 | Oman | 285 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
141 | Belarus | 278 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
142 | Colombia | 276.98 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 275.42 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
143 | Peru | 274 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
144 | Dominica | 271 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
145 | Russia | 270 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=146 | Brunei | 265 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=146 | Czech Republic | 265 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
148 | Suriname | 261 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=149 | Germany | 248 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=149 | Switzerland | 248 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 246.97 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 245.65 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
151 | Cuba | 245 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
152 | Mexico | 240 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 234.43 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
=153 | United Arab Emirates | 233 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=153 | Spain | 233 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=153 | France | 233 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
156 | Norway | 226 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
157 | Canada | 199 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
158 | Netherlands | 198 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=159 | United States | 192 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=159 | South Korea | 192 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
161 | Saudi Arabia | 190 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
162 | Jordan | 179.01 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
163 | Luxembourg | 172 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
164 | Greenland | 171 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
165 | Gabon | 164 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=166 | Brazil | 158 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
=166 | Sweden | 158 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
168 | Libya | 152 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
169 | Denmark | 144 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
170 | Djibouti | 139 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
171 | New Zealand | 138 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
172 | Chile | 124 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
173 | Lebanon | 119.5 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
174 | Australia | 118 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
175 | United Kingdom | 103 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
176 | Argentina | 99 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
177 | The Bahamas | 96 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
178 | Israel | 84 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
179 | Uruguay | 83.81 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
180 | Iceland | 72 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
181 | Venezuela | 66 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
182 | Guam | 60 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
183 | Virgin Islands | 58 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
184 | Malta | 47 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
185 | Qatar | 46 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
186 | Bahrain | 35 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
187 | Belgium | 28 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
188 | Puerto Rico | 24 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
189 | Kuwait | 17 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
190 | Hong Kong | 1 per 1,000 people | 1994 | ||
191 | Macau | 0.2 per 1,000 people | 1999 |