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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 population.
People Statistics > Rural population (per capita) (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Afghanistan :
819.8
per capita
1989 ...
#2
Iraq :
320
per capita
1999 ...
#3
Hong Kong :
1
per capita
1994 ...
#4
Burundi :
0.9
per capita
2005 ...
#5
Bhutan :
0.889
per capita
2005 ...
#6
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.878
per capita
2005 ...
#7
Uganda :
0.874
per capita
2005 ...
#8
Papua New Guinea :
0.866
per capita
2005 ...
#9
Sri Lanka :
0.849
per capita
2005 ...
#10
Nepal :
0.842
per capita
2005 ...
#11
Ethiopia :
0.84
per capita
2005 ...
#12
Niger :
0.832
per capita
2005 ...
#13
Solomon Islands :
0.83
per capita
2005 ...
#14
Malawi :
0.828
per capita
2005 ...
#15
Burkina Faso :
0.817
per capita
2005 ...
#16
Lesotho :
0.813
per capita
2005 ...
#17
Rwanda :
0.807
per capita
2005 ...
#18
Eritrea :
0.806
per capita
2005 ...
#19
Cambodia :
0.803
per capita
2005 ...
#20
Laos :
0.794
per capita
2005 ...
#21
Kenya :
0.793
per capita
2005 ...
#22
Micronesia, Federated States of :
0.777
per capita
2005 ...
#23
Samoa :
0.776
per capita
2005 ...
#24
Vanuatu :
0.765
per capita
2005 ...
#25
Tonga :
0.76
per capita
2005 ...
#26
Swaziland :
0.759
per capita
2005 ...
#27
Tanzania :
0.758
per capita
2005 ...
#28
Tajikistan :
0.753
per capita
2005 ...
#29
Bangladesh :
0.749
per capita
2005 ...
#30
Chad :
0.747
per capita
2005 ...
#31
Vietnam :
0.736
per capita
2005 ...
#32
East Timor :
0.735
per capita
2005 ...
#33
Madagascar :
0.732
per capita
2005 ...
#34
Yemen :
0.727
per capita
2005 ...
#35
Saint Lucia :
0.724
per capita
2005 ...
#36
Guyana :
0.718
per capita
2005 ...
#37
India :
0.713
per capita
2005 ...
#38
Maldives :
0.704
per capita
2005 ...
#39
Guinea-Bissau :
0.704
per capita
2005 ...
#40
Mali :
0.695
per capita
2005 ...
#41
Burma :
0.694
per capita
2005 ...
#42
Grenada :
0.694
per capita
2005 ...
#43
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.679
per capita
2005 ...
#44
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
0.678
per capita
2005 ...
#45
Thailand :
0.677
per capita
2005 ...
#46
Guinea :
0.67
per capita
2005 ...
#47
Mozambique :
0.655
per capita
2005 ...
#48
Pakistan :
0.651
per capita
2005 ...
#49
Zambia :
0.65
per capita
2005 ...
#50
Namibia :
0.649
per capita
2005 ...
#51
Somalia :
0.648
per capita
2005 ...
#52
Kyrgyzstan :
0.642
per capita
2005 ...
#53
Zimbabwe :
0.641
per capita
2005 ...
#54
Uzbekistan :
0.633
per capita
2005 ...
#55
Comoros :
0.63
per capita
2005 ...
#56
Central African Republic :
0.62
per capita
2005 ...
#57
Haiti :
0.612
per capita
2005 ...
#58
Equatorial Guinea :
0.611
per capita
2005 ...
#59
Antigua and Barbuda :
0.609
per capita
2005 ...
#60
Togo :
0.599
per capita
2005 ...
#61
Benin :
0.599
per capita
2005 ...
#62
China :
0.596
per capita
2005 ...
#63
Mauritania :
0.596
per capita
2005 ...
#64
Sierra Leone :
0.593
per capita
2005 ...
#65
Sudan :
0.592
per capita
2005 ...
#66
Senegal :
0.584
per capita
2005 ...
#67
Mauritius :
0.576
per capita
2005 ...
#68
Egypt :
0.572
per capita
2005 ...
#69
Côte d'Ivoire :
0.55
per capita
2005 ...
#70
Albania :
0.546
per capita
2005 ...
#71
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
0.543
per capita
2005 ...
#72
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.541
per capita
2005 ...
#73
Turkmenistan :
0.538
per capita
2005 ...
#74
Honduras :
0.535
per capita
2005 ...
#75
Moldova :
0.533
per capita
2005 ...
#76
Guatemala :
0.528
per capita
2005 ...
#77
Kiribati :
0.526
per capita
2005 ...
#78
Ghana :
0.522
per capita
2005 ...
#79
Indonesia :
0.519
per capita
2005 ...
#80
Nigeria :
0.518
per capita
2005 ...
#81
Belize :
0.517
per capita
2005 ...
#82
Syria :
0.494
per capita
2005 ...
#83
Fiji :
0.492
per capita
2005 ...
#84
Slovenia :
0.49
per capita
2005 ...
#85
Azerbaijan :
0.485
per capita
2005 ...
#86
French Polynesia :
0.483
per capita
2005 ...
#87
Man, Isle of :
0.482
per capita
2005 ...
#88
Georgia :
0.478
per capita
2005 ...
#89
Serbia and Montenegro :
0.478
per capita
2005 ...
#90
Barbados :
0.473
per capita
2005 ...
#91
Seychelles :
0.471
per capita
2005 ...
#92
Jamaica :
0.469
per capita
2005 ...
#93
Angola :
0.467
per capita
2005 ...
#94
Romania :
0.463
per capita
2005 ...
#95
Gambia, The :
0.461
per capita
2005 ...
#96
Cameroon :
0.454
per capita
2005 ...
#97
Slovakia :
0.438
per capita
2005 ...
#98
Croatia :
0.435
per capita
2005 ...
#99
Mongolia :
0.433
per capita
2005 ...
#100
Kazakhstan :
0.427
per capita
2005 ...
#101
Cape Verde :
0.427
per capita
2005 ...
#102
Botswana :
0.426
per capita
2005 ...
#103
Portugal :
0.424
per capita
2005 ...
#104
São Tomé and Príncipe :
0.42
per capita
2005 ...
#105
Liberia :
0.419
per capita
2005 ...
#106
Paraguay :
0.415
per capita
2005 ...
#107
Morocco :
0.413
per capita
2005 ...
#108
Greece :
0.41
per capita
2005 ...
#109
Nicaragua :
0.41
per capita
2005 ...
#110
South Africa :
0.407
per capita
2005 ...
#111
El Salvador :
0.402
per capita
2005 ...
#112
Congo, Republic of the :
0.398
per capita
2005 ...
#113
Ireland :
0.395
per capita
2005 ...
#114
Finland :
0.389
per capita
2005 ...
#115
Korea, North :
0.384
per capita
2005 ...
#116
Costa Rica :
0.383
per capita
2005 ...
#117
Poland :
0.379
per capita
2005 ...
#118
Philippines :
0.373
per capita
2005 ...
#119
Ecuador :
0.372
per capita
2005 ...
#120
Algeria :
0.367
per capita
2005 ...
#121
New Caledonia :
0.363
per capita
2005 ...
#122
Armenia :
0.359
per capita
2005 ...
#123
Bolivia :
0.358
per capita
2005 ...
#124
Tunisia :
0.347
per capita
2005 ...
#125
Japan :
0.342
per capita
2005 ...
#126
Austria :
0.34
per capita
2005 ...
#127
Hungary :
0.337
per capita
2005 ...
#128
Lithuania :
0.334
per capita
2005 ...
#129