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DEFINITION:
Percentage of people living in rural areas. Data for 2003. Urban-rural classification of population in internationally published statistics follows the national census definition, which differs from one country or area to another. National definitions are usually based on criteria that may include any of the following: size of population in a locality, population density, distance between built-up areas, predominant type of economic activity, legal or administrative boundaries and urban characteristics such as specific services and facilities.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
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1 | Uganda | 88% | 2003 | |
2 | Papua New Guinea | 87% | 2003 | |
=3 | Ethiopia | 84% | 2003 | |
=3 | Malawi | 84% | 2003 | |
=3 | Solomon Islands | 84% | 2003 | |
6 | Burkina Faso | 82% | 2003 | |
7 | Cambodia | 81% | 2003 | |
8 | Eritrea | 80% | 2003 | |
9 | Sri Lanka | 79% | 2003 | |
=10 | Samoa | 78% | 2003 | |
=10 | Niger | 78% | 2003 | |
=12 | Swaziland | 76% | 2003 | |
=12 | Bangladesh | 76% | 2003 | |
14 | Chad | 75% | 2003 | |
=15 | Yemen | 74% | 2003 | |
=15 | Vietnam | 74% | 2003 | |
17 | Madagascar | 73% | 2003 | |
18 | India | 72% | 2003 | |
=19 | Maldives | 71% | 2003 | |
=19 | Burma | 71% | 2003 | |
21 | Saint Lucia | 70% | 2003 | |
=22 | Thailand | 68% | 2003 | |
=22 | Mali | 68% | 2003 | |
=22 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 68% | 2003 | |
25 | Tonga | 67% | 2003 | |
=26 | Pakistan | 66% | 2003 | |
=26 | Guinea-Bissau | 66% | 2003 | |
=28 | Tanzania | 65% | 2003 | |
=28 | Guinea | 65% | 2003 | |
=28 | Zimbabwe | 65% | 2003 | |
=28 | Somalia | 65% | 2003 | |
=28 | Togo | 65% | 2003 | |
=28 | Comoros | 65% | 2003 | |
=34 | Angola | 64% | 2003 | |
=34 | Mozambique | 64% | 2003 | |
=34 | Zambia | 64% | 2003 | |
37 | Haiti | 63% | 2003 | |
=38 | Antigua and Barbuda | 62% | 2003 | |
=38 | Guyana | 62% | 2003 | |
=40 | Sierra Leone | 61% | 2003 | |
=40 | Sudan | 61% | 2003 | |
=40 | Kenya | 61% | 2003 | |
43 | Grenada | 59% | 2003 | |
44 | Egypt | 58% | 2003 | |
45 | Mauritius | 57% | 2003 | |
=46 | Ghana | 55% | 2003 | |
=46 | Benin | 55% | 2003 | |
=48 | Indonesia | 54% | 2003 | |
=48 | Guatemala | 54% | 2003 | |
=48 | Honduras | 54% | 2003 | |
=51 | Liberia | 53% | 2003 | |
=51 | Nigeria | 53% | 2003 | |
=51 | Kiribati | 53% | 2003 | |
=54 | Belize | 52% | 2003 | |
=54 | Equatorial Guinea | 52% | 2003 | |
=56 | Senegal | 50% | 2003 | |
=56 | Seychelles | 50% | 2003 | |
58 | Cameroon | 49% | 2003 | |
=59 | Barbados | 48% | 2003 | |
=59 | Fiji | 48% | 2003 | |
=59 | Botswana | 48% | 2003 | |
=59 | Jamaica | 48% | 2003 | |
63 | Tuvalu | 45% | 2003 | |
64 | Cape Verde | 44% | 2003 | |
=65 | Panama | 43% | 2003 | |
=65 | Paraguay | 43% | 2003 | |
=65 | Nicaragua | 43% | 2003 | |
68 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 42% | 2003 | |
=69 | Dominican Republic | 41% | 2003 | |
=69 | Algeria | 41% | 2003 | |
71 | El Salvador | 40% | 2003 | |
=72 | Costa Rica | 39% | 2003 | |
=72 | Philippines | 39% | 2003 | |
=72 | New Caledonia | 39% | 2003 | |
=75 | Ecuador | 38% | 2003 | |
=75 | Mauritania | 38% | 2003 | |
77 | Bolivia | 37% | 2003 | |
78 | Malaysia | 36% | 2003 | |
79 | Marshall Islands | 34% | 2003 | |
80 | Iraq | 33% | 2003 | |
81 | Cook Islands | 30% | 2003 | |
82 | Dominica | 28% | 2003 | |
=83 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25% | 2003 | |
=83 | Mexico | 25% | 2003 | |
=83 | French Guiana | 25% | 2003 | |
=86 | Colombia | 24% | 2003 | |
=86 | Suriname | 24% | 2003 | |
=86 | Cuba | 24% | 2003 | |
89 | Oman | 22% | 2003 | |
90 | Brazil | 17% | 2003 | |
=91 | Gabon | 16% | 2003 | |
=91 | Djibouti | 16% | 2003 | |
93 | Libya | 14% | 2003 | |
=94 | Venezuela | 12% | 2003 | |
=94 | Saudi Arabia | 12% | 2003 | |
96 | The Bahamas | 11% | 2003 | |
97 | Bahrain | 10% | 2003 | |
98 | Reunion | 9% | 2003 | |
99 | Qatar | 8% | 2003 | |
=100 | Virgin Islands | 6% | 2003 | |
=100 | Western Sahara | 6% | 2003 | |
=102 | Martinique | 4% | 2003 | |
=102 | Kuwait | 4% | 2003 |