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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.
People Statistics > Rural population (per capita) (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Burundi :
900
per 1,000 people
2005
Burundian People
# 2
Bhutan :
888.477
per 1,000 people
2005
Bhutanese People
# 3
Trinidad and Tobago :
878
per 1,000 people
2005
Tobagonian People
# 4
Uganda :
874
per 1,000 people
2005
Ugandan People
# 5
Papua New Guinea :
866
per 1,000 people
2005
Papua New Guinean People
# 6
Sri Lanka :
849
per 1,000 people
2005
Sri Lankan People
# 7
Nepal :
842
per 1,000 people
2005
Nepalese People
# 8
Ethiopia :
840
per 1,000 people
2005
Ethiopian People
# 9
Niger :
832
per 1,000 people
2005
Nigerien People
# 10
Laos :
830.481
per 1,000 people
2005
Lao People
# 11
Solomon Islands :
830
per 1,000 people
2005
Solomon Islander People
# 12
Malawi :
828
per 1,000 people
2005
Malawian People
# 13
Burkina Faso :
817
per 1,000 people
2005
Burkinabe People
# 14
Lesotho :
813
per 1,000 people
2005
Basotho People
# 15
Rwanda :
807
per 1,000 people
2005
Rwandan People
# 16
Eritrea :
806
per 1,000 people
2005
Eritrean People
# 17
Cambodia :
803
per 1,000 people
2005
Cambodian People
# 18
Kenya :
793
per 1,000 people
2005
Kenyan People
# 19
Micronesia, Federated States of :
777
per 1,000 people
2005
Micronesian People
# 20
Samoa :
776
per 1,000 people
2005
Samoan People
# 21
Afghanistan :
769.3
per 1,000 people
2005
Afghan People
# 22
Vanuatu :
765
per 1,000 people
2005
- People
# 23
Tonga :
760
per 1,000 people
2005
Tongan People
# 24
Swaziland :
759
per 1,000 people
2005
Swazi People
# 25
Tanzania :
755.064
per 1,000 people
2005
Tanzanian People
# 26
Bangladesh :
749
per 1,000 people
2005
Bangladeshi People
# 27
Tajikistan :
748.03
per 1,000 people
2005
Tajikistani People
# 28
Chad :
747
per 1,000 people
2005
Chadian People
# 29
Vietnam :
736.125
per 1,000 people
2005
Vietnamese People
# 30
East Timor :
735
per 1,000 people
2005
Timorese People
# 31
Madagascar :
732
per 1,000 people
2005
Malagasy People
# 32
Yemen :
727
per 1,000 people
2005
Yemeni People
# 33
Saint Lucia :
724
per 1,000 people
2005
Saint Lucian People
# 34
Guyana :
718
per 1,000 people
2005
Guyanese People
# 35
India :
713
per 1,000 people
2005
Indian People
= 36
Maldives :
704
per 1,000 people
2005
Maldivian People
= 36
Guinea-Bissau :
704
per 1,000 people
2005
Guinean People
# 38
Guinea :
699.728
per 1,000 people
2005
Guinean People
# 39
Mali :
695
per 1,000 people
2005
Malian People
= 40
Burma :
694
per 1,000 people
2005
Burmese People
= 40
Grenada :
694
per 1,000 people
2005
Grenadian People
# 42
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
679
per 1,000 people
2005
Congolese People
# 43
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
678
per 1,000 people
2005
Nevisian People
# 44
Thailand :
677
per 1,000 people
2005
Thai People
# 45
Mozambique :
655
per 1,000 people
2005
Mozambican People
# 46
Pakistan :
651
per 1,000 people
2005
Pakistani People
# 47
Zambia :
650
per 1,000 people
2005
Zambian People
# 48
Namibia :
649
per 1,000 people
2005
Namibian People
# 49
Somalia :
648
per 1,000 people
2005
Somali People
# 50
Kyrgyzstan :
642
per 1,000 people
2005
Kyrgyzstani People
# 51
Zimbabwe :
641
per 1,000 people
2005
Zimbabwean People
# 52
Uzbekistan :
633
per 1,000 people
2005
Uzbekistani People
# 53
Comoros :
630.001
per 1,000 people
2005
Comoran People
# 54
Central African Republic :
620
per 1,000 people
2005
Central African People
# 55
Haiti :
612
per 1,000 people
2005
Haitian People
# 56
Equatorial Guinea :
611
per 1,000 people
2005
Equatorial Guinean People
# 57
Antigua and Barbuda :
609
per 1,000 people
2005
Barbudan People
= 58
Benin :
599
per 1,000 people
2005
Beninese People
= 58
Togo :
599
per 1,000 people
2005
Togolese People
= 60
China :
596
per 1,000 people
2005
Chinese People
= 60
Mauritania :
596
per 1,000 people
2005
Mauritanian People
# 62
Sierra Leone :
593
per 1,000 people
2005
Sierra Leonean People
# 63
Sudan :
592
per 1,000 people
2005
Sudanese People
# 64
Senegal :
584
per 1,000 people
2005
Senegalese People
# 65
Moldova :
578.246
per 1,000 people
2005
Moldovan People
# 66
Mauritius :
576
per 1,000 people
2005
Mauritian People
# 67
Egypt :
572
per 1,000 people
2005
Egyptian People
# 68
Côte d'Ivoire :
550
per 1,000 people
2005
Ivoirian People
# 69
Albania :
546
per 1,000 people
2005
Albanian People
# 70
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
543
per 1,000 people
2005
Herzegovinian People
# 71
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
541
per 1,000 people
2005
Saint Vincentian People
# 72
Turkmenistan :
538
per 1,000 people
2005
Turkmen People
# 73
Honduras :
535
per 1,000 people
2005
Honduran People
# 74
Guatemala :
528
per 1,000 people
2005
Guatemalan People
# 75
Kiribati :
526
per 1,000 people
2005
- People
# 76
Ghana :
522
per 1,000 people
2005
Ghanaian People
# 77
Indonesia :
519
per 1,000 people
2005
Indonesian People
# 78
Belize :
517
per 1,000 people
2005
Belizean People
# 79
Man, Isle of :
494.235
per 1,000 people
2005
Manx People
# 80
Syria :
494
per 1,000 people
2005
Syrian People
# 81
Fiji :
492
per 1,000 people
2005
Fijian People
# 82
Slovenia :
490
per 1,000 people
2005
Slovenian People
# 83
Azerbaijan :
485
per 1,000 people
2005
Azerbaijani People
# 84
French Polynesia :
483
per 1,000 people
2005
French Polynesian People
# 85
Nigeria :
481.991
per 1,000 people
2005
Nigerian People
# 86
Georgia :
478
per 1,000 people
2005
Georgian People
# 87
Serbia and Montenegro :
477.985
per 1,000 people
2005
Serbian People
# 88
Barbados :
473
per 1,000 people
2005
Barbadian People
# 89
Seychelles :
471.002
per 1,000 people
2005
Seychellois People
# 90
Jamaica :
469
per 1,000 people
2005
Jamaican People
# 91
Angola :
467
per 1,000 people
2005
Angolan People
# 92
Romania :
463
per 1,000 people
2005
Romanian People
# 93
Gambia, The :
461
per 1,000 people
2005
Gambian People
# 94
Cameroon :
454
per 1,000 people
2005
Cameroonian People
# 95
Slovakia :
438
per 1,000 people
2005
Slovak People
# 96
Croatia :
435
per 1,000 people
2005
Croatian People
# 97
Mongolia :
433
per 1,000 people
2005
Mongolian People
# 98
Cape Verde :
427
per 1,000 people
2005
Cape Verdean People
# 99
Kazakhstan :
426.973
per 1,000 people
2005
Kazakhstani People
# 100
Botswana :
426
per 1,000 people
2005
Motswana -Batswana People
# 101
Portugal :
424
per 1,000 people
2005
Portuguese People
# 102
São Tomé and Príncipe :
420
per 1,000 people
2005
Sao Tomean People
# 103
Liberia :
419
per 1,000 people
2005
Liberian People
# 104
Paraguay :
415
per 1,000 people
2005
Paraguayan People
# 105
Morocco :
413.348
per 1,000 people
2005
Moroccan People
= 106
Greece :
410
per 1,000 people
2005
Greek People
= 106
Nicaragua :
410
per 1,000 people
2005
Nicaraguan People
# 108
South Africa :
407
per 1,000 people
2005
South African People
# 109
El Salvador :
402
per 1,000 people
2005
Salvadoran People
# 110
Congo, Republic of the :
398
per 1,000 people
2005
Congolese People
# 111
Ireland :
395
per 1,000 people
2005
Irish People
# 112
Finland :
389
per 1,000 people
2005
Finnish People
# 113
Korea, North :
384
per 1,000 people
2005
Korean People
# 114
Costa Rica :
383
per 1,000 people
2005
Costa Rican People
# 115
Poland :
379
per 1,000 people
2005
Polish People
# 116
Philippines :
373
per 1,000 people
2005
Philippine People
# 117
Ecuador :
372
per 1,000 people
2005
Ecuadorian People
# 118
Algeria :
367
per 1,000 people
2005
Algerian People
# 119
Iraq :
365.684
per 1,000 people
2005
Iraqi People
# 120
New Caledonia :
363.001
per 1,000 people
2005
New Caledonian People
# 121
Armenia :
359
per 1,000 people
2005
Armenian People
# 122
Bolivia :
358
per 1,000 people
2005
Bolivian People
# 123
Tunisia :
347
per 1,000 people
2005
Tunisian People
# 124
Japan :
342
per 1,000 people
2005
Japanese People
# 125
Austria :
340
per 1,000 people
2005
Austrian People
# 126
Hungary :
337
per 1,000 people
2005
Hungarian People
# 127
Lithuania :
334
per 1,000 people
2005
Lithuanian People
# 128
Marshall Islands :
333.001
per 1,000 people
2005
Marshallese People
# 129
Iran :
331
per 1,000 people
2005
Iranian People
= 130
Turkey :
327
per 1,000 people
2005
Turkish People
= 130
Malaysia :
327
per 1,000 people
2005
Malaysian People
# 132
Italy :
324
per 1,000 people
2005
Italian People
= 133
Ukraine :
322
per 1,000 people
2005
Ukrainian People
= 133
Latvia :
322
per 1,000 people
2005
Latvian People
# 135
Dominican Republic :
311.851
per 1,000 people
2005
Dominican People
# 136
Macedonia, Republic of :
311
per 1,000 people
2005
Macedonian People
# 137
Estonia :
309
per 1,000 people
2005
Estonian People
# 138
Cyprus :
307
per 1,000 people
2005
Cypriot People
# 139
Bulgaria :
300
per 1,000 people
2005
Bulgarian People
# 140
Netherlands Antilles :
296
per 1,000 people
2005
Dutch Antillean People
# 141
Panama :
292
per 1,000 people
2005
Panamanian People
# 142
Oman :
285
per 1,000 people
2005
Omani People
# 143
Belarus :
278
per 1,000 people
2005
Belarusian People
# 144
Colombia :
276.975
per 1,000 people
2005
Colombian People
# 145
Peru :
274
per 1,000 people
2005
Peruvian People
# 146
Dominica :
271
per 1,000 people
2005
Dominican People
# 147
Russia :
270
per 1,000 people
2005
Russian People
= 148
Czech Republic :
265
per 1,000 people
2005
Czech People
= 148
Brunei :
265
per 1,000 people
2005
Bruneian People
# 150
Suriname :
261
per 1,000 people
2005
Surinamese People
= 151
Switzerland :
248
per 1,000 people
2005
Swiss People
= 151
Germany :
248
per 1,000 people
2005
German People
# 153
Cuba :
245
per 1,000 people
2005
Cuban People
# 154
Mexico :
240
per 1,000 people
2005
Mexican People
= 155
United Arab Emirates :
233
per 1,000 people
2005
Emirati People
= 155
Spain :
233
per 1,000 people
2005
Spanish People
= 155
France :
233
per 1,000 people
2005
French People
# 158
Norway :
226
per 1,000 people
2005
Norwegian People
# 159
Canada :
199
per 1,000 people
2005
Canadian People
# 160
Netherlands :
198
per 1,000 people
2005
Dutch People
= 161
Korea, South :
192
per 1,000 people
2005
Korean People
= 161
United States :
192
per 1,000 people
2005
American People
# 163
Saudi Arabia :
190
per 1,000 people
2005
Saudi People
# 164
Jordan :
179.012
per 1,000 people
2005
Jordanian People
# 165
Luxembourg :
172
per 1,000 people
2005
Luxembourg People
# 166
Greenland :
171
per 1,000 people
2005
Greenlandic People
# 167
Gabon :
164
per 1,000 people
2005
Gabonese People
= 168
Sweden :
158
per 1,000 people
2005
Swedish People
= 168
Brazil :
158
per 1,000 people
2005
Brazilian People
# 170
Libya :
152
per 1,000 people
2005
Libyan People
# 171
Denmark :
144
per 1,000 people
2005
Danish People
# 172
Djibouti :
139
per 1,000 people
2005
Djiboutian People
# 173
New Zealand :
138
per 1,000 people
2005
New Zealand People
# 174
Chile :
124
per 1,000 people
2005
Chilean People
# 175
Lebanon :
119.503
per 1,000 people
2005
Lebanese People
# 176
Australia :
118
per 1,000 people
2005
Australian People
# 177
United Kingdom :
103
per 1,000 people
2005
British People
# 178
Argentina :
99
per 1,000 people
2005
Argentine People
# 179
Bahamas, The :
96
per 1,000 people
2005
Bahamian People
# 180
Israel :
84
per 1,000 people
2005
Israeli People
# 181
Uruguay :
83.811
per 1,000 people
2005
Uruguayan People
# 182
Iceland :
72
per 1,000 people
2005
Icelandic People
# 183
Venezuela :
66
per 1,000 people
2005
Venezuelan People
# 184
Guam :
60
per 1,000 people
2005
Guamanian People
# 185
Virgin Islands :
58
per 1,000 people
2005
Virgin Islander People
# 186
Malta :
47
per 1,000 people
2005
Maltese People
# 187
Qatar :
46
per 1,000 people
2005
Qatari People
# 188
Bahrain :
35
per 1,000 people
2005
Bahraini People
# 189
Belgium :
28
per 1,000 people
2005
Belgian People
# 190
Puerto Rico :
24
per 1,000 people
2005
Puerto Rican People
# 191
Kuwait :
17
per 1,000 people
2005
Kuwaiti People
# 192
Hong Kong :
1
per 1,000 people
1994
Hong Kong People
# 193
Macau :
0.2
per 1,000 people
1999
Chinese People
Weighted average:
451.5
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION: Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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"Rural population (per capita) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop_percap-people-rural-population-per-capita
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