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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1     Bhutan: 91% 
# 2     Burundi: 90% 
# 3     Uganda: 88% 
# 4     Papua New Guinea: 87% 
# 5     Nepal: 85% 
= 6     Solomon Islands: 84% 
= 6     Ethiopia: 84% 
= 6     Malawi: 84% 
= 9     Burkina Faso: 82% 
= 9     Rwanda: 82% 
= 9     Lesotho: 82% 
# 12     Cambodia: 81% 
# 13     Eritrea: 80% 
# 14     Sri Lanka: 79% 
= 15     Samoa: 78% 
= 15     Niger: 78% 
= 15     Liechtenstein: 78% 
= 18     Vanuatu: 77% 
= 18     Afghanistan: 77% 
= 20     Swaziland: 76% 
= 20     Bangladesh: 76% 
= 22     Tajikistan: 75% 
= 22     Chad: 75% 
= 24     Gambia, The: 74% 
= 24     Yemen: 74% 
= 24     Vietnam: 74% 
# 27     Madagascar: 73% 
# 28     India: 72% 
= 29     Maldives: 71% 
= 29     Burma: 71% 
# 31     Saint Lucia: 70% 
= 32     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 68% 
= 32     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 68% 
= 32     Namibia: 68% 
= 32     Thailand: 68% 
= 32     Mali: 68% 
# 37     Tonga: 67% 
= 38     Kyrgyzstan: 66% 
= 38     Pakistan: 66% 
= 38     Guinea-Bissau: 66% 
= 41     Togo: 65% 
= 41     Guinea: 65% 
= 41     Zimbabwe: 65% 
= 41     Comoros: 65% 
= 41     Somalia: 65% 
= 41     Tanzania: 65% 
= 47     Zambia: 64% 
= 47     Mozambique: 64% 
= 47     Angola: 64% 
= 50     Uzbekistan: 63% 
= 50     Haiti: 63% 
= 52     Guyana: 62% 
= 52     Antigua and Barbuda: 62% 
= 52     Sao Tome and Principe: 62% 
= 55     Sierra Leone: 61% 
= 55     Kenya: 61% 
= 55     Sudan: 61% 
# 58     Grenada: 59% 
# 59     Egypt: 58% 
= 60     Central African Republic: 57% 
= 60     Mauritius: 57% 
= 62     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 56% 
= 62     Albania: 56% 
= 64     Aruba: 55% 
= 64     Benin: 55% 
= 64     Turkmenistan: 55% 
= 64     Ghana: 55% 
= 68     Guatemala: 54% 
= 68     Moldova: 54% 
= 68     Honduras: 54% 
= 68     Indonesia: 54% 
= 72     Kiribati: 53% 
= 72     Nigeria: 53% 
= 72     Liberia: 53% 
= 75     Equatorial Guinea: 52% 
= 75     Belize: 52% 
= 77     Syria: 50% 
= 77     Seychelles: 50% 
= 77     Senegal: 50% 
= 77     Azerbaijan: 50% 
= 81     Slovenia: 49% 
= 81     Cameroon: 49% 
= 83     Jamaica: 48% 
= 83     Botswana: 48% 
= 83     Georgia: 48% 
= 83     Fiji: 48% 
= 83     French Polynesia: 48% 
= 83     Serbia and Montenegro: 48% 
= 83     Barbados: 48% 
= 90     Tuvalu: 45% 
= 90     Romania: 45% 
= 90     Portugal: 45% 
= 93     Kazakhstan: 44% 
= 93     Cape Verde: 44% 
= 95     Slovakia: 43% 
= 95     Morocco: 43% 
= 95     Panama: 43% 
= 95     Nicaragua: 43% 
= 95     South Africa: 43% 
= 95     Mongolia: 43% 
= 95     Paraguay: 43% 
# 102     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 42% 
= 103     Algeria: 41% 
= 103     Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 41% 
= 103     Dominican Republic: 41% 
= 103     Croatia: 41% 
= 107     El Salvador: 40% 
= 107     Ireland: 40% 
= 109     Greece: 39% 
= 109     Costa Rica: 39% 
= 109     New Caledonia: 39% 
= 109     Philippines: 39% 
= 109     Finland: 39% 
= 114     Ecuador: 38% 
= 114     Mauritania: 38% 
= 114     Poland: 38% 
# 117     Bolivia: 37% 
= 118     Malaysia: 36% 
= 118     Armenia: 36% 
= 118     Tunisia: 36% 
= 121     Hungary: 35% 
= 121     Japan: 35% 
= 123     Latvia: 34% 
= 123     Marshall Islands: 34% 
= 123     Turkey: 34% 
= 123     Austria: 34% 
= 123     Netherlands: 34% 
= 128     Iran: 33% 
= 128     Iraq: 33% 
= 128     Lithuania: 33% 
= 128     Italy: 33% 
= 128     Ukraine: 33% 
# 133     Switzerland: 32% 
= 134     Palau: 31% 
= 134     Estonia: 31% 
= 134     Cyprus: 31% 
= 137     Bulgaria: 30% 
= 137     Cook Islands: 30% 
= 137     Netherlands Antilles: 30% 
# 140     Belarus: 29% 
# 141     Dominica: 28% 
# 142     Russia: 27% 
= 143     Czech Republic: 26% 
= 143     Peru: 26% 
= 145     Mexico: 25% 
= 145     French Guiana: 25% 
= 145     Trinidad and Tobago: 25% 
= 148     Cuba: 24% 
= 148     Suriname: 24% 
= 148     Spain: 24% 
= 148     France: 24% 
= 148     Colombia: 24% 
# 153     Oman: 22% 
= 154     Jordan: 21% 
= 154     Norway: 21% 
= 156     United States: 20% 
= 156     Canada: 20% 
= 156     Korea, South: 20% 
= 159     Sweden: 17% 
= 159     Brazil: 17% 
= 161     Gabon: 16% 
= 161     Djibouti: 16% 
= 163     Denmark: 15% 
= 163     United Arab Emirates: 15% 
= 165     Libya: 14% 
= 165     New Zealand: 14% 
= 167     Lebanon: 13% 
= 167     Chile: 13% 
= 169     Saudi Arabia: 12% 
= 169     Venezuela: 12% 
= 169     Germany: 12% 
= 172     San Marino: 11% 
= 172     Bahamas, The: 11% 
= 172     United Kingdom: 11% 
= 175     Bahrain: 10% 
= 175     Argentina: 10% 
= 175     American Samoa: 10% 
# 178     Reunion: 9% 
= 179     Luxembourg: 8% 
= 179     Qatar: 8% 
= 179     Malta: 8% 
= 179     Andorra: 8% 
= 179     Israel: 8% 
= 184     Iceland: 7% 
= 184     Uruguay: 7% 
= 186     Western Sahara: 6% 
= 186     Northern Mariana Islands: 6% 
= 186     Guam: 6% 
= 186     Virgin Islands: 6% 
= 190     Martinique: 4% 
= 190     Kuwait: 4% 
= 192     Puerto Rico: 3% 
= 192     Belgium: 3% 
Weighted average: 44.0%  


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.

SOURCE: Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies

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"Percentage living in rural areas. by country", Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_per_liv_in_rur_are-people-percentage-living-rural-areas

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Musomuhle
28th August 2011 		Why in most cases you find poor countries have many people or children
Athra Z.N. Labs
13th August 2011 		Where is australia?

Oh and Lobby i can c where ur coming from.
MichaelM
16th May 2011 		Lobby, you got it right. Perhaps their aim is to keep countries poor. Everyone knows that cities and urban centres is where wealth is created. that's why developed countries use very few people and lots of technology to produce all their food and even surplus, because people are occupied in higehr paid jobs in cities.
Is it any wonder why the world bank and imf always get it wrong wherever they go?
MichaelM
16th May 2011 		Lobby you made an excellent point. Perhaps their agenda is to keep these country poor. Everyone knows that cities are the engine of welth creation while in an advanced economy you only need a few people to do all the agricultural production with a lot of technology and mechanisation.

No wonder that all everything that the world bank and imf touch becomes a failure!
harry person
5th May 2010 		Supp?
My name isfake
Lobby
19th January 2010 		I can see that the percentage of rural population among countries is indirectly related to their economic development, even if there are some countries that do not follow such a function. By rural population, what comes to someones mind is agricultural based economy,( while that of urban population is industry or service-based one).

I still wonder why the IMF, World Bank, EU.. put pressure on poor countries to focus on agricultural based economy so that their relatively very high rural population is kept constant in the midst of hunger, poverty and lack to development.
sassy 13tch (usa)
18th February 2009 		wow this was in 03? might have went up by 5% by 09
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