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People > Rural population > Per capita: Countries Compared

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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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Burundi 900 per 1,000 people 2005
2 Bhutan 888.48 per 1,000 people 2005
3 Trinidad and Tobago 878 per 1,000 people 2005
4 Uganda 874 per 1,000 people 2005
5 Papua New Guinea 866 per 1,000 people 2005
6 Sri Lanka 849 per 1,000 people 2005
7 Nepal 842 per 1,000 people 2005
8 Ethiopia 840 per 1,000 people 2005
9 Niger 832 per 1,000 people 2005
10 Laos 830.48 per 1,000 people 2005
11 Solomon Islands 830 per 1,000 people 2005
12 Malawi 828 per 1,000 people 2005
13 Burkina Faso 817 per 1,000 people 2005
14 Lesotho 813 per 1,000 people 2005
15 Rwanda 807 per 1,000 people 2005
16 Eritrea 806 per 1,000 people 2005
17 Cambodia 803 per 1,000 people 2005
18 Kenya 793 per 1,000 people 2005
19 Federated States of Micronesia 777 per 1,000 people 2005
20 Samoa 776 per 1,000 people 2005
21 Afghanistan 769.3 per 1,000 people 2005
22 Vanuatu 765 per 1,000 people 2005
23 Tonga 760 per 1,000 people 2005
24 Swaziland 759 per 1,000 people 2005
25 Tanzania 755.06 per 1,000 people 2005
South Asia average (profile) 754.16 per 1,000 people 2005
26 Bangladesh 749 per 1,000 people 2005
27 Tajikistan 748.03 per 1,000 people 2005
28 Chad 747 per 1,000 people 2005
29 Vietnam 736.12 per 1,000 people 2005
30 East Timor 735 per 1,000 people 2005
31 Madagascar 732 per 1,000 people 2005
32 Yemen 727 per 1,000 people 2005
33 Saint Lucia 724 per 1,000 people 2005
34 Guyana 718 per 1,000 people 2005
35 India 713 per 1,000 people 2005
South and Central Asia average (profile) 704.14 per 1,000 people 2005
=36 Maldives 704 per 1,000 people 2005
=36 Guinea-Bissau 704 per 1,000 people 2005
38 Guinea 699.73 per 1,000 people 2005
39 Mali 695 per 1,000 people 2005
=40 Burma 694 per 1,000 people 2005
=40 Grenada 694 per 1,000 people 2005
42 Democratic Republic of the Congo 679 per 1,000 people 2005
43 Saint Kitts and Nevis 678 per 1,000 people 2005
44 Thailand 677 per 1,000 people 2005
45 Mozambique 655 per 1,000 people 2005
46 Pakistan 651 per 1,000 people 2005
47 Zambia 650 per 1,000 people 2005
48 Namibia 649 per 1,000 people 2005
49 Somalia 648 per 1,000 people 2005
50 Kyrgyzstan 642 per 1,000 people 2005
51 Zimbabwe 641 per 1,000 people 2005
52 Uzbekistan 633 per 1,000 people 2005
failed states average (profile) 632.51 per 1,000 people 2005
53 Comoros 630 per 1,000 people 2005
54 Central African Republic 620 per 1,000 people 2005
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 619.85 per 1,000 people 2005
55 Haiti 612 per 1,000 people 2005
56 Equatorial Guinea 611 per 1,000 people 2005
57 Antigua and Barbuda 609 per 1,000 people 2005
=58 Benin 599 per 1,000 people 2005
=58 Togo 599 per 1,000 people 2005
=60 Mauritania 596 per 1,000 people 2005
=60 China 596 per 1,000 people 2005
62 Sierra Leone 593 per 1,000 people 2005
63 Sudan 592 per 1,000 people 2005
64 Senegal 584 per 1,000 people 2005
65 Moldova 578.25 per 1,000 people 2005
66 Mauritius 576 per 1,000 people 2005
67 Egypt 572 per 1,000 people 2005
Former French colonies average (profile) 568.21 per 1,000 people 2005
68 Cote d'Ivoire 550 per 1,000 people 2005
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) 549.52 per 1,000 people 2005
69 Albania 546 per 1,000 people 2005
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 543 per 1,000 people 2005
71 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 541 per 1,000 people 2005
72 Turkmenistan 538 per 1,000 people 2005
73 Honduras 535 per 1,000 people 2005
74 Guatemala 528 per 1,000 people 2005
Hot countries average (profile) 526.23 per 1,000 people 2005
75 Kiribati 526 per 1,000 people 2005
76 Ghana 522 per 1,000 people 2005
Former British colonies average (profile) 520.11 per 1,000 people 2005
77 Indonesia 519 per 1,000 people 2005
78 Belize 517 per 1,000 people 2005
79 Syria 494 per 1,000 people 2005
80 Fiji 492 per 1,000 people 2005
81 Slovenia 490 per 1,000 people 2005
82 Azerbaijan 485 per 1,000 people 2005
83 French Polynesia 483 per 1,000 people 2005
84 Nigeria 481.99 per 1,000 people 2005
85 Georgia 478 per 1,000 people 2005
86 Serbia and Montenegro 477.99 per 1,000 people 2005
87 Barbados 473 per 1,000 people 2005
Muslim countries average (profile) 472.16 per 1,000 people 2005
88 Seychelles 471 per 1,000 people 2005
89 Jamaica 469 per 1,000 people 2005
90 Angola 467 per 1,000 people 2005
91 Romania 463 per 1,000 people 2005
Religious countries average (profile) 462.15 per 1,000 people 2005
92 The Gambia 461 per 1,000 people 2005
93 Cameroon 454 per 1,000 people 2005
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 448.22 per 1,000 people 2005
94 Slovakia 438 per 1,000 people 2005
95 Croatia 435 per 1,000 people 2005
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) 433.16 per 1,000 people 2005
96 Mongolia 433 per 1,000 people 2005
97 Cape Verde 427 per 1,000 people 2005
98 Kazakhstan 426.97 per 1,000 people 2005
99 Botswana 426 per 1,000 people 2005
Christian countries average (profile) 424.25 per 1,000 people 2005
100 Portugal 424 per 1,000 people 2005
101 Sao Tome and Principe 420 per 1,000 people 2005
102 Liberia 419 per 1,000 people 2005
103 Paraguay 415 per 1,000 people 2005
104 Morocco 413.35 per 1,000 people 2005
=105 Nicaragua 410 per 1,000 people 2005
=105 Greece 410 per 1,000 people 2005
Eastern Europe average (profile) 409.78 per 1,000 people 2005
107 South Africa 407 per 1,000 people 2005
108 El Salvador 402 per 1,000 people 2005
109 Congo, Republic of the 398 per 1,000 people 2005
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) 397.41 per 1,000 people 2005
110 Ireland 395 per 1,000 people 2005
111 Finland 389 per 1,000 people 2005
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 386.19 per 1,000 people 2005
112 North Korea 384 per 1,000 people 2005
113 Costa Rica 383 per 1,000 people 2005
Catholic countries average (profile) 379.83 per 1,000 people 2005
114 Poland 379 per 1,000 people 2005
115 Philippines 373 per 1,000 people 2005
116 Ecuador 372 per 1,000 people 2005
117 Algeria 367 per 1,000 people 2005
118 Iraq 365.68 per 1,000 people 2005
119 New Caledonia 363 per 1,000 people 2005
120 Armenia 359 per 1,000 people 2005
121 Bolivia 358 per 1,000 people 2005
Emerging markets average (profile) 354.56 per 1,000 people 2005
Cold countries average (profile) 352.73 per 1,000 people 2005
122 Tunisia 347 per 1,000 people 2005
123 Japan 342 per 1,000 people 2005
124 Austria 340 per 1,000 people 2005
125 Hungary 337 per 1,000 people 2005
126 Lithuania 334 per 1,000 people 2005
Non-religious countries average (profile) 333.09 per 1,000 people 2005
127 Marshall Islands 333 per 1,000 people 2005
128 Iran 331 per 1,000 people 2005
=129 Malaysia 327 per 1,000 people 2005
=129 Turkey 327 per 1,000 people 2005
131 Italy 324 per 1,000 people 2005
=132 Latvia 322 per 1,000 people 2005
=132 Ukraine 322 per 1,000 people 2005
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 319.98 per 1,000 people 2005
Europe average (profile) 316.03 per 1,000 people 2005
134 Dominican Republic 311.85 per 1,000 people 2005
135 Estonia 309 per 1,000 people 2005
136 Cyprus 307 per 1,000 people 2005
137 Bulgaria 300 per 1,000 people 2005
138 Netherlands Antilles 296 per 1,000 people 2005
Eurozone average (profile) 294.83 per 1,000 people 2005
NATO countries average (profile) 294.78 per 1,000 people 2005
European Union average (profile) 293.75 per 1,000 people 2005
139 Panama 292 per 1,000 people 2005
140 Oman 285 per 1,000 people 2005
141 Belarus 278 per 1,000 people 2005
142 Colombia 276.98 per 1,000 people 2005
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 275.42 per 1,000 people 2005
143 Peru 274 per 1,000 people 2005
144 Dominica 271 per 1,000 people 2005
145 Russia 270 per 1,000 people 2005
=146 Brunei 265 per 1,000 people 2005
=146 Czech Republic 265 per 1,000 people 2005
148 Suriname 261 per 1,000 people 2005
=149 Germany 248 per 1,000 people 2005
=149 Switzerland 248 per 1,000 people 2005
OPEC countries average (profile) 246.97 per 1,000 people 2005
High income OECD countries average (profile) 245.65 per 1,000 people 2005
151 Cuba 245 per 1,000 people 2005
152 Mexico 240 per 1,000 people 2005
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 234.43 per 1,000 people 2005
=153 United Arab Emirates 233 per 1,000 people 2005
=153 Spain 233 per 1,000 people 2005
=153 France 233 per 1,000 people 2005
156 Norway 226 per 1,000 people 2005
157 Canada 199 per 1,000 people 2005
158 Netherlands 198 per 1,000 people 2005
=159 United States 192 per 1,000 people 2005
=159 South Korea 192 per 1,000 people 2005
161 Saudi Arabia 190 per 1,000 people 2005
162 Jordan 179.01 per 1,000 people 2005
163 Luxembourg 172 per 1,000 people 2005
164 Greenland 171 per 1,000 people 2005
165 Gabon 164 per 1,000 people 2005
=166 Brazil 158 per 1,000 people 2005
=166 Sweden 158 per 1,000 people 2005
168 Libya 152 per 1,000 people 2005
169 Denmark 144 per 1,000 people 2005
170 Djibouti 139 per 1,000 people 2005
171 New Zealand 138 per 1,000 people 2005
172 Chile 124 per 1,000 people 2005
173 Lebanon 119.5 per 1,000 people 2005
174 Australia 118 per 1,000 people 2005
175 United Kingdom 103 per 1,000 people 2005
176 Argentina 99 per 1,000 people 2005
177 The Bahamas 96 per 1,000 people 2005
178 Israel 84 per 1,000 people 2005
179 Uruguay 83.81 per 1,000 people 2005
180 Iceland 72 per 1,000 people 2005
181 Venezuela 66 per 1,000 people 2005
182 Guam 60 per 1,000 people 2005
183 Virgin Islands 58 per 1,000 people 2005
184 Malta 47 per 1,000 people 2005
185 Qatar 46 per 1,000 people 2005
186 Bahrain 35 per 1,000 people 2005
187 Belgium 28 per 1,000 people 2005
188 Puerto Rico 24 per 1,000 people 2005
189 Kuwait 17 per 1,000 people 2005
190 Hong Kong 1 per 1,000 people 1994
191 Macau 0.2 per 1,000 people 1999

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