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People Statistics > Rural population growth > annual % (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   United Arab Emirates: 5.42 annual %   2005 Time series
# 2   East Timor: 4.82 annual %   2005 Time series
# 3   Afghanistan: 4 annual %   2005 Time series
# 4   Eritrea: 3.54 annual %   2005 Time series
# 5   Uganda: 3.4 annual %   2005 Time series
# 6   Burundi: 3.27 annual %   2005 Time series
# 7   Niger: 3.19 annual %   2005 Time series
# 8   Iraq: 3.18 annual %   2005 Time series
# 9   Guinea-Bissau: 3.01 annual %   2005 Time series
# 10   Belize: 2.97 annual %   2005 Time series
# 11   Bhutan: 2.95 annual %   2005 Time series
# 12   Mauritania: 2.79 annual %   2005 Time series
# 13   Marshall Islands: 2.75 annual %   2005 Time series
# 14   Burkina Faso: 2.68 annual %   2005 Time series
# 15   Somalia: 2.67 annual %   2005 Time series
# 16   Chad: 2.63 annual %   2005 Time series
# 17   Yemen: 2.6 annual %   2005 Time series
# 18   Benin: 2.58 annual %   2005 Time series
# 19   Madagascar: 2.47 annual %   2005 Time series
# 20   Qatar: 2.37 annual %   2005 Time series
# 21   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 2.32 annual %   2005 Time series
# 22   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 2.31 annual %   2005 Time series
# 23   Syria: 2.25 annual %   2005 Time series
# 24   Sierra Leone: 2.24 annual %   2005 Time series
# 25   Equatorial Guinea: 2.23 annual %   2005 Time series
= 26   Solomon Islands: 2.22 annual %   2005 Time series
= 26   Mali: 2.22 annual %   2005 Time series
# 28   Kenya: 2.08 annual %   2005 Time series
# 29   Senegal: 2.02 annual %   2005 Time series
# 30   Congo, Republic of the: 1.99 annual %   2005 Time series
# 31   Cyprus: 1.95 annual %   2005 Time series
# 32   Papua New Guinea: 1.93 annual %   2005 Time series
# 33   Luxembourg: 1.92 annual %   2005 Time series
= 34   Kuwait: 1.87 annual %   2005 Time series
= 34   Maldives: 1.87 annual %   2005 Time series
# 36   Pakistan: 1.86 annual %   2005 Time series
= 37   French Polynesia: 1.83 annual %   2005 Time series
= 37   Laos: 1.83 annual %   2005 Time series
# 39   Egypt: 1.79 annual %   2005 Time series
# 40   Malawi: 1.66 annual %   2005 Time series
# 41   Guatemala: 1.65 annual %   2005 Time series
# 42   Zambia: 1.58 annual %   2005 Time series
# 43   Ethiopia: 1.57 annual %   2005 Time series
# 44   Guinea: 1.56 annual %   2005 Time series
# 45   Saint Lucia: 1.55 annual %   2005 Time series
= 46   Mongolia: 1.51 annual %   2005 Time series
= 46   Tajikistan: 1.51 annual %   2005 Time series
# 48   Ireland: 1.5 annual %   2005 Time series
# 49   Angola: 1.47 annual %   2005 Time series
# 50   Vanuatu: 1.46 annual %   2005 Time series
# 51   Nepal: 1.45 annual %   2005 Time series
# 52   Togo: 1.42 annual %   2005 Time series
# 53   Honduras: 1.41 annual %   2005 Time series
# 54   Oman: 1.37 annual %   2005 Time series
= 55   Uzbekistan: 1.35 annual %   2005 Time series
= 55   Tanzania: 1.35 annual %   2005 Time series
= 55   Bangladesh: 1.35 annual %   2005 Time series
# 58   Saudi Arabia: 1.33 annual %   2005 Time series
# 59   Spain: 1.3 annual %   2005 Time series
# 60   Israel: 1.27 annual %   2005 Time series
# 61   Cambodia: 1.26 annual %   2005 Time series
# 62   Central African Republic: 1.16 annual %   2005 Time series
# 63   Comoros: 1.1 annual %   2005 Time series
= 64   India: 1.09 annual %   2005 Time series
= 64   Antigua and Barbuda: 1.09 annual %   2005 Time series
# 66   El Salvador: 1.04 annual %   2005 Time series
# 67   Turkmenistan: 0.99 annual %   2005 Time series
# 68   Sri Lanka: 0.98 annual %   2005 Time series
# 69   New Caledonia: 0.92 annual %   2005 Time series
# 70   Mauritius: 0.9 annual %   2005 Time series
# 71   Kyrgyzstan: 0.87 annual %   2005 Time series
# 72   Côte d'Ivoire: 0.84 annual %   2005 Time series
# 73   Grenada: 0.82 annual %   2005 Time series
# 74   Swaziland: 0.78 annual %   2005 Time series
= 75   Peru: 0.73 annual %   2005 Time series
= 75   Azerbaijan: 0.73 annual %   2005 Time series
= 75   Mozambique: 0.73 annual %   2005 Time series
# 78   Micronesia, Federated States of: 0.72 annual %   2005 Time series
# 79   Czech Republic: 0.64 annual %   2005 Time series
= 80   Austria: 0.6 annual %   2005 Time series
= 80   Ghana: 0.6 annual %   2005 Time series
# 82   Vietnam: 0.59 annual %   2005 Time series
= 83   Bolivia: 0.57 annual %   2005 Time series
= 83   Gambia, The: 0.57 annual %   2005 Time series
# 85   Samoa: 0.54 annual %   2005 Time series
# 86   Nigeria: 0.52 annual %   2005 Time series
# 87   Cape Verde: 0.51 annual %   2005 Time series
= 88   Thailand: 0.49 annual %   2005 Time series
= 88   Italy: 0.49 annual %   2005 Time series
= 90   Colombia: 0.42 annual %   2005 Time series
= 90   Kazakhstan: 0.42 annual %   2005 Time series
= 92   Brunei: 0.4 annual %   2005 Time series
= 92   Sudan: 0.4 annual %   2005 Time series
# 94   Haiti: 0.39 annual %   2005 Time series
# 95   Rwanda: 0.38 annual %   2005 Time series
# 96   Paraguay: 0.36 annual %   2005 Time series
= 97   Man, Isle of: 0.34 annual %   2005 Time series
= 97   Finland: 0.34 annual %   2005 Time series
# 99   Costa Rica: 0.33 annual %   2005 Time series
# 100   Cuba: 0.3 annual %   2005 Time series
= 101   Greece: 0.28 annual %   2005 Time series
= 101   Burma: 0.28 annual %   2005 Time series
= 103   Canada: 0.26 annual %   2005 Time series
= 103   Namibia: 0.26 annual %   2005 Time series
= 105   Armenia: 0.24 annual %   2005 Time series
= 105   Guyana: 0.24 annual %   2005 Time series
= 105   Netherlands Antilles: 0.24 annual %   2005 Time series
# 108   Seychelles: 0.21 annual %   2005 Time series
= 109   Iceland: 0.2 annual %   2005 Time series
= 109   New Zealand: 0.2 annual %   2005 Time series
# 111   Romania: 0.16 annual %   2005 Time series
# 112   Jordan: 0.15 annual %   2005 Time series
= 113   Slovakia: 0.13 annual %   2005 Time series
= 113   Lebanon: 0.13 annual %   2005 Time series
= 113   São Tomé and Príncipe: 0.13 annual %   2005 Time series
# 116   Tonga: 0.11 annual %   2005 Time series
= 117   Ecuador: 0.1 annual %   2005 Time series
= 117   Sweden: 0.1 annual %   2005 Time series
# 119   Slovenia: 0.09 annual %   2005 Time series
# 120   United Kingdom: 0.07 annual %   2005 Time series
= 121   Estonia: -0.02 annual %   2005 Time series
= 121   Trinidad and Tobago: -0.02 annual %   2005 Time series
# 123   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: -0.03 annual %   2005 Time series
# 124   South Africa: -0.04 annual %   2005 Time series
# 125   Mexico: -0.06 annual %   2005 Time series
# 126   Jamaica: -0.08 annual %   2005 Time series
# 127   Zimbabwe: -0.09 annual %   2005 Time series
# 128   Tunisia: -0.12 annual %   2005 Time series
# 129   Germany: -0.14 annual %   2005 Time series
# 130   Belgium: -0.16 annual %   2005 Time series
= 131   France: -0.19 annual %   2005 Time series
= 131   Fiji: -0.19 annual %   2005 Time series
# 133   Russia: -0.22 annual %   2005 Time series
# 134   Iran: -0.24 annual %   2005 Time series
= 135   Poland: -0.25 annual %   2005 Time series
= 135   Cameroon: -0.25 annual %   2005 Time series
= 137   Libya: -0.26 annual %   2005 Time series
= 137   Korea, North: -0.26 annual %   2005 Time series
# 139   Turkey: -0.3 annual %   2005 Time series
# 140   Japan: -0.34 annual %   2005 Time series
# 141   Latvia: -0.35 annual %   2005 Time series
# 142   Nicaragua: -0.36 annual %   2005 Time series
# 143   Algeria: -0.37 annual %   2005 Time series
# 144   Lithuania: -0.38 annual %   2005 Time series
= 145   Croatia: -0.4 annual %   2005 Time series
= 145   Lesotho: -0.4 annual %   2005 Time series
# 147   Denmark: -0.42 annual %   2005 Time series
# 148   Kiribati: -0.45 annual %   2005 Time series
# 149   Norway: -0.46 annual %   2005 Time series
# 150   Philippines: -0.48 annual %   2005 Time series
# 151   Liberia: -0.49 annual %   2005 Time series
= 152   Serbia and Montenegro: -0.51 annual %   2005 Time series
= 152   Moldova: -0.51 annual %   2005 Time series
= 152   Australia: -0.51 annual %   2005 Time series
= 155   Dominica: -0.58 annual %   2005 Time series
= 155   Morocco: -0.58 annual %   2005 Time series
# 157   Albania: -0.73 annual %   2005 Time series
# 158   Suriname: -0.75 annual %   2005 Time series
# 159   Georgia: -0.76 annual %   2005 Time series
# 160   Korea, South: -0.8 annual %   2005 Time series
# 161   United States: -0.82 annual %   2005 Time series
# 162   Argentina: -0.83 annual %   2005 Time series
# 163   China: -0.89 annual %   2005 Time series
= 164   Guam: -0.93 annual %   2005 Time series
= 164   Barbados: -0.93 annual %   2005 Time series
# 166   Indonesia: -0.97 annual %   2005 Time series
# 167   Bosnia and Herzegovina: -0.98 annual %   2005 Time series
# 168   Switzerland: -1.04 annual %   2005 Time series
= 169   Portugal: -1.05 annual %   2005 Time series
= 169   Uruguay: -1.05 annual %   2005 Time series
# 171   Dominican Republic: -1.18 annual %   2005 Time series
# 172   Hungary: -1.2 annual %   2005 Time series
# 173   Ukraine: -1.21 annual %   2005 Time series
# 174   Bulgaria: -1.26 annual %   2005 Time series
# 175   Greenland: -1.47 annual %   2005 Time series
# 176   Malaysia: -1.51 annual %   2005 Time series
# 177   Panama: -1.61 annual %   2005 Time series
# 178   Chile: -1.65 annual %   2005 Time series
# 179   Bahamas, The: -1.94 annual %   2005 Time series
# 180   Belarus: -2.07 annual %   2005 Time series
# 181   Djibouti: -2.17 annual %   2005 Time series
# 182   Botswana: -2.19 annual %   2005 Time series
# 183   Macedonia, Republic of: -2.36 annual %   2005 Time series
# 184   Brazil: -2.38 annual %   2005 Time series
# 185   Gabon: -2.61 annual %   2005 Time series
# 186   Netherlands: -3.14 annual %   2005 Time series
# 187   Venezuela: -5.03 annual %   2005 Time series
# 188   Virgin Islands: -5.43 annual %   2005 Time series
# 189   Malta: -7.23 annual %   2005 Time series
# 190   Bahrain: -8.81 annual %   2005 Time series
# 191   Puerto Rico: -21.88 annual %   2005 Time series
# 192   Hong Kong: -67.06 annual %   1994 Time series
# 193   Macau: -67.99 annual %   1999 Time series
Weighted average: -0.4 annual %   



DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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