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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) (1970) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Bhutan :
1,319
per 1,000 people
1970
Bhutanese People
# 2
Burundi :
976
per 1,000 people
1970
Burundian People
# 3
Rwanda :
968
per 1,000 people
1970
Rwandan People
# 4
Laos :
961.314
per 1,000 people
1970
Lao People
# 5
Nepal :
960
per 1,000 people
1970
Nepalese People
# 6
Mozambique :
942
per 1,000 people
1970
Mozambican People
# 7
Burkina Faso :
942
per 1,000 people
1970
Burkinabe People
# 8
Malawi :
940
per 1,000 people
1970
Malawian People
# 9
Uganda :
933
per 1,000 people
1970
Ugandan People
# 10
Bangladesh :
924
per 1,000 people
1970
Bangladeshi People
# 11
Botswana :
922
per 1,000 people
1970
Motswana -Batswana People
# 12
Tanzania :
920.698
per 1,000 people
1970
Tanzanian People
# 13
Ethiopia :
914
per 1,000 people
1970
Ethiopian People
# 14
Lesotho :
914
per 1,000 people
1970
Basotho People
# 15
Niger :
912
per 1,000 people
1970
Nigerien People
# 16
Solomon Islands :
911
per 1,000 people
1970
Solomon Islander People
# 17
Swaziland :
903
per 1,000 people
1970
Swazi People
# 18
Papua New Guinea :
902
per 1,000 people
1970
Papua New Guinean People
# 19
Kenya :
897
per 1,000 people
1970
Kenyan People
# 20
Afghanistan :
890
per 1,000 people
1970
Afghan People
# 21
Chad :
884
per 1,000 people
1970
Chadian People
# 22
Cambodia :
883
per 1,000 people
1970
Cambodian People
# 23
Guinea :
881.397
per 1,000 people
1970
Guinean People
# 24
Maldives :
881
per 1,000 people
1970
Maldivian People
# 25
Trinidad and Tobago :
881
per 1,000 people
1970
Tobagonian People
# 26
Vanuatu :
877
per 1,000 people
1970
- People
# 27
Eritrea :
874
per 1,000 people
1970
Eritrean People
# 28
East Timor :
871
per 1,000 people
1970
Timorese People
# 29
Yemen :
867
per 1,000 people
1970
Yemeni People
# 30
Madagascar :
859
per 1,000 people
1970
Malagasy People
# 31
Mali :
857
per 1,000 people
1970
Malian People
# 32
Mauritania :
854
per 1,000 people
1970
Mauritanian People
# 33
Angola :
850
per 1,000 people
1970
Angolan People
# 34
Guinea-Bissau :
849
per 1,000 people
1970
Guinean People
# 35
Sudan :
835
per 1,000 people
1970
Sudanese People
# 36
Benin :
833
per 1,000 people
1970
Beninese People
# 37
Indonesia :
829
per 1,000 people
1970
Indonesian People
# 38
China :
826
per 1,000 people
1970
Chinese People
# 39
Zimbabwe :
826
per 1,000 people
1970
Zimbabwean People
# 40
Sierra Leone :
825
per 1,000 people
1970
Sierra Leonean People
# 41
Vietnam :
817
per 1,000 people
1970
Vietnamese People
# 42
Gambia, The :
805
per 1,000 people
1970
Gambian People
# 43
Sri Lanka :
805
per 1,000 people
1970
Sri Lankan People
# 44
Cape Verde :
804
per 1,000 people
1970
Cape Verdean People
# 45
Haiti :
802
per 1,000 people
1970
Haitian People
# 46
India :
802
per 1,000 people
1970
Indian People
# 47
Tonga :
798
per 1,000 people
1970
Tongan People
# 48
Cameroon :
797
per 1,000 people
1970
Cameroonian People
# 49
Samoa :
796
per 1,000 people
1970
Samoan People
# 50
Thailand :
791
per 1,000 people
1970
Thai People
# 51
Togo :
789
per 1,000 people
1970
Togolese People
# 52
Namibia :
777
per 1,000 people
1970
Namibian People
# 53
Somalia :
773
per 1,000 people
1970
Somali People
# 54
Burma :
772
per 1,000 people
1970
Burmese People
# 55
Saint Lucia :
761
per 1,000 people
1970
Saint Lucian People
# 56
Kiribati :
759
per 1,000 people
1970
- People
# 57
Nigeria :
758.132
per 1,000 people
1970
Nigerian People
# 58
Pakistan :
752
per 1,000 people
1970
Pakistani People
# 59
Micronesia, Federated States of :
752
per 1,000 people
1970
Micronesian People
# 60
Oman :
749
per 1,000 people
1970
Omani People
# 61
Liberia :
740
per 1,000 people
1970
Liberian People
# 62
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
731
per 1,000 people
1970
Saint Vincentian People
# 63
Equatorial Guinea :
730
per 1,000 people
1970
Equatorial Guinean People
# 64
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
728
per 1,000 people
1970
Herzegovinian People
# 65
Central African Republic :
727
per 1,000 people
1970
Central African People
# 66
Côte d'Ivoire :
718
per 1,000 people
1970
Ivoirian People
# 67
Honduras :
711
per 1,000 people
1970
Honduran People
# 68
Ghana :
710
per 1,000 people
1970
Ghanaian People
# 69
Guyana :
706
per 1,000 people
1970
Guyanese People
# 70
São Tomé and Príncipe :
705
per 1,000 people
1970
Sao Tomean People
# 71
Senegal :
700
per 1,000 people
1970
Senegalese People
# 72
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
697
per 1,000 people
1970
Congolese People
# 73
Zambia :
696
per 1,000 people
1970
Zambian People
# 74
Albania :
683
per 1,000 people
1970
Albanian People
# 75
Gabon :
680
per 1,000 people
1970
Gabonese People
# 76
Moldova :
679
per 1,000 people
1970
Moldovan People
# 77
Grenada :
678
per 1,000 people
1970
Grenadian People
# 78
Philippines :
670
per 1,000 people
1970
Philippine People
# 79
Malaysia :
665
per 1,000 people
1970
Malaysian People
# 80
Antigua and Barbuda :
662
per 1,000 people
1970
Barbudan People
# 81
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
659
per 1,000 people
1970
Nevisian People
# 82
Morocco :
654.989
per 1,000 people
1970
Moroccan People
# 83
Fiji :
652
per 1,000 people
1970
Fijian People
# 84
Guatemala :
645
per 1,000 people
1970
Guatemalan People
# 85
Uzbekistan :
633
per 1,000 people
1970
Uzbekistani People
# 86
Tajikistan :
631
per 1,000 people
1970
Tajikistani People
# 87
Slovenia :
630
per 1,000 people
1970
Slovenian People
# 88
Paraguay :
629
per 1,000 people
1970
Paraguayan People
# 89
Kyrgyzstan :
625
per 1,000 people
1970
Kyrgyzstani People
# 90
Turkey :
618
per 1,000 people
1970
Turkish People
# 91
Portugal :
612
per 1,000 people
1970
Portuguese People
# 92
Costa Rica :
612
per 1,000 people
1970
Costa Rican People
# 93
Seychelles :
609
per 1,000 people
1970
Seychellois People
# 94
Congo, Republic of the :
609
per 1,000 people
1970
Congolese People
# 95
Serbia and Montenegro :
607
per 1,000 people
1970
Serbian People
# 96
Ecuador :
607
per 1,000 people
1970
Ecuadorian People
# 97
El Salvador :
606
per 1,000 people
1970
Salvadoran People
# 98
Algeria :
605
per 1,000 people
1970
Algerian People
# 99
Bolivia :
602
per 1,000 people
1970
Bolivian People
# 100
Croatia :
598
per 1,000 people
1970
Croatian People
# 101
Romania :
597
per 1,000 people
1970
Romanian People
# 102
Korea, South :
593
per 1,000 people
1970
Korean People
# 103
Cyprus :
592
per 1,000 people
1970
Cypriot People
# 104
Slovakia :
589
per 1,000 people
1970
Slovak People
# 105
Iran :
588
per 1,000 people
1970
Iranian People
# 106
Barbados :
586
per 1,000 people
1970
Barbadian People
# 107
Jamaica :
586
per 1,000 people
1970
Jamaican People
# 108
Mauritius :
580
per 1,000 people
1970
Mauritian People
# 109
Egypt :
578
per 1,000 people
1970
Egyptian People
# 110
Dominican Republic :
575.696
per 1,000 people
1970
Dominican People
# 111
Syria :
567
per 1,000 people
1970
Syrian People
# 112
Belarus :
560
per 1,000 people
1970
Belarusian People
# 113
Tunisia :
555
per 1,000 people
1970
Tunisian People
# 114
Libya :
549
per 1,000 people
1970
Libyan People
# 115
Mongolia :
549
per 1,000 people
1970
Mongolian People
# 116
Suriname :
541
per 1,000 people
1970
Surinamese People
# 117
Dominica :
531
per 1,000 people
1970
Dominican People
# 118
Nicaragua :
530
per 1,000 people
1970
Nicaraguan People
# 119
Macedonia, Republic of :
529
per 1,000 people
1970
Macedonian People
# 120
Georgia :
525
per 1,000 people
1970
Georgian People
# 121
Panama :
524
per 1,000 people
1970
Panamanian People
# 122
Turkmenistan :
522
per 1,000 people
1970
Turkmen People
# 123
South Africa :
522
per 1,000 people
1970
South African People
# 124
Saudi Arabia :
513
per 1,000 people
1970
Saudi People
# 125
Lithuania :
504
per 1,000 people
1970
Lithuanian People
# 126
Azerbaijan :
500
per 1,000 people
1970
Azerbaijani People
# 127
Kazakhstan :
498
per 1,000 people
1970
Kazakhstani People
# 128
Finland :
497
per 1,000 people
1970
Finnish People
# 129
Belize :
490
per 1,000 people
1970
Belizean People
# 130
New Caledonia :
488
per 1,000 people
1970
New Caledonian People
# 131
Ireland :
483
per 1,000 people
1970
Irish People
# 132
Czech Republic :
480
per 1,000 people
1970
Czech People
# 133
Poland :
479
per 1,000 people
1970
Polish People
# 134
Bulgaria :
477
per 1,000 people
1970
Bulgarian People
# 135
Greece :
475
per 1,000 people
1970
Greek People
# 136
Japan :
468
per 1,000 people
1970
Japanese People
# 137
Marshall Islands :
465
per 1,000 people
1970
Marshallese People
# 138
Korea, North :
458
per 1,000 people
1970
Korean People
# 139
Switzerland :
455
per 1,000 people
1970
Swiss People
# 140
Ukraine :
452
per 1,000 people
1970
Ukrainian People
# 141
French Polynesia :
447
per 1,000 people
1970
French Polynesian People
# 142
Man, Isle of :
442
per 1,000 people
1970
Manx People
# 143
Brazil :
442
per 1,000 people
1970
Brazilian People
# 144
Jordan :
440
per 1,000 people
1970
Jordanian People
# 145
Iraq :
438
per 1,000 people
1970
Iraqi People
# 146
Colombia :
435.158
per 1,000 people
1970
Colombian People
# 147
Peru :
426
per 1,000 people
1970
Peruvian People
# 148
Puerto Rico :
417
per 1,000 people
1970
Puerto Rican People
# 149
Mexico :
410
per 1,000 people
1970
Mexican People
# 150
Armenia :
401
per 1,000 people
1970
Armenian People
# 151
Hungary :
399
per 1,000 people
1970
Hungarian People
# 152
Cuba :
397
per 1,000 people
1970
Cuban People
# 153
Lebanon :
396.282
per 1,000 people
1970
Lebanese People
# 154
Latvia :
393
per 1,000 people
1970
Latvian People
# 155
Netherlands :
383
per 1,000 people
1970
Dutch People
# 156
Brunei :
383
per 1,000 people
1970
Bruneian People
# 157
Djibouti :
382
per 1,000 people
1970
Djiboutian People
# 158
Guam :
381
per 1,000 people
1970
Guamanian People
# 159
Russia :
375
per 1,000 people
1970
Russian People
# 160
Italy :
357
per 1,000 people
1970
Italian People
# 161
Estonia :
351
per 1,000 people
1970
Estonian People
# 162
Austria :
346
per 1,000 people
1970
Austrian People
# 163
Norway :
346
per 1,000 people
1970
Norwegian People
# 164
Spain :
340
per 1,000 people
1970
Spanish People
# 165
Bahamas, The :
324
per 1,000 people
1970
Bahamian People
# 166
Netherlands Antilles :
321
per 1,000 people
1970
Dutch Antillean People
# 167
Virgin Islands :
304
per 1,000 people
1970
Virgin Islander People
# 168
France :
289
per 1,000 people
1970
French People
# 169
Venezuela :
284
per 1,000 people
1970
Venezuelan People
# 170
Greenland :
273
per 1,000 people
1970
Greenlandic People
# 171
Germany :
271
per 1,000 people
1970
German People
# 172
United States :
264
per 1,000 people
1970
American People
# 173
Luxembourg :
256
per 1,000 people
1970
Luxembourg People
# 174
Chile :
248
per 1,000 people
1970
Chilean People
# 175
Canada :
243
per 1,000 people
1970
Canadian People
# 176
United Kingdom :
229
per 1,000 people
1970
British People
# 177
Argentina :
211
per 1,000 people
1970
Argentine People
# 178
Denmark :
203
per 1,000 people
1970
Danish People
# 179
United Arab Emirates :
194
per 1,000 people
1970
Emirati People
# 180
Sweden :
190
per 1,000 people
1970
Swedish People
# 181
New Zealand :
189
per 1,000 people
1970
New Zealand People
# 182
Uruguay :
176
per 1,000 people
1970
Uruguayan People
# 183
Bahrain :
162
per 1,000 people
1970
Bahraini People
# 184
Israel :
158
per 1,000 people
1970
Israeli People
# 185
Iceland :
151
per 1,000 people
1970
Icelandic People
# 186
Australia :
147
per 1,000 people
1970
Australian People
# 187
Kuwait :
143
per 1,000 people
1970
Kuwaiti People
# 188
Hong Kong :
123
per 1,000 people
1970
Hong Kong People
# 189
Qatar :
116
per 1,000 people
1970
Qatari People
# 190
Malta :
103
per 1,000 people
1970
Maltese People
# 191
Belgium :
62
per 1,000 people
1970
Belgian People
# 192
Macau :
30
per 1,000 people
1970
Chinese People
Weighted average:
596.1
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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CITATION
"Rural population (per capita) (1970) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop_percap-people-rural-population-per-capita&date=1970
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