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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) (1972) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Bhutan :
1,256.646
per 1,000 people
1972
Bhutanese People
# 2
Burundi :
972.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Burundian People
# 3
Rwanda :
964.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Rwandan People
# 4
Nepal :
956.801
per 1,000 people
1972
Nepalese People
# 5
Laos :
945.973
per 1,000 people
1972
Lao People
# 6
Burkina Faso :
939.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Burkinabe People
# 7
Malawi :
933.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Malawian People
# 8
Uganda :
931.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Ugandan People
# 9
Mozambique :
930.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Mozambican People
# 10
Bangladesh :
914.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Bangladeshi People
# 11
Ethiopia :
910.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Ethiopian People
# 12
Solomon Islands :
910.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Solomon Islander People
# 13
Tanzania :
909.733
per 1,000 people
1972
Tanzanian People
# 14
Botswana :
906
per 1,000 people
1972
Motswana -Batswana People
# 15
Lesotho :
905.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Basotho People
# 16
Niger :
901.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Nigerien People
# 17
Papua New Guinea :
893.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Papua New Guinean People
# 18
Cambodia :
888.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Cambodian People
# 19
Kenya :
886.599
per 1,000 people
1972
Kenyan People
# 20
Swaziland :
885.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Swazi People
# 21
Trinidad and Tobago :
883
per 1,000 people
1972
Tobagonian People
# 22
Afghanistan :
880.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Afghan People
# 23
Vanuatu :
872.6
per 1,000 people
1972
- People
# 24
Eritrea :
870.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Eritrean People
# 25
Guinea :
868.003
per 1,000 people
1972
Guinean People
# 26
Chad :
868
per 1,000 people
1972
Chadian People
# 27
East Timor :
864.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Timorese People
# 28
Yemen :
861
per 1,000 people
1972
Yemeni People
# 29
Maldives :
859.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Maldivian People
# 30
Madagascar :
850.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Malagasy People
# 31
Mali :
849.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Malian People
# 32
Guinea-Bissau :
845.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Guinean People
# 33
Angola :
833.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Angolan People
# 34
Mauritania :
830
per 1,000 people
1972
Mauritanian People
# 35
China :
826
per 1,000 people
1972
Chinese People
# 36
Sudan :
825.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Sudanese People
# 37
Indonesia :
820.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Indonesian People
# 38
Zimbabwe :
816
per 1,000 people
1972
Zimbabwean People
# 39
Vietnam :
815
per 1,000 people
1972
Vietnamese People
# 40
Benin :
812.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Beninese People
# 41
Sierra Leone :
810.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Sierra Leonean People
# 42
Sri Lanka :
805
per 1,000 people
1972
Sri Lankan People
# 43
Tonga :
797.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Tongan People
# 44
Cape Verde :
796.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Cape Verdean People
# 45
India :
796
per 1,000 people
1972
Indian People
# 46
Haiti :
794.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Haitian People
# 47
Samoa :
793.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Samoan People
# 48
Gambia, The :
785.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Gambian People
# 49
Togo :
782.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Togolese People
# 50
Thailand :
779.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Thai People
# 51
Namibia :
771.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Namibian People
# 52
Cameroon :
769
per 1,000 people
1972
Cameroonian People
# 53
Burma :
767.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Burmese People
# 54
Somalia :
761.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Somali People
# 55
Saint Lucia :
755.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Saint Lucian People
# 56
Nigeria :
750.196
per 1,000 people
1972
Nigerian People
# 57
Micronesia, Federated States of :
747.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Micronesian People
# 58
Pakistan :
746
per 1,000 people
1972
Pakistani People
# 59
Kiribati :
737.003
per 1,000 people
1972
- People
# 60
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
730.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Saint Vincentian People
# 61
Equatorial Guinea :
728.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Equatorial Guinean People
# 62
Liberia :
722.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Liberian People
# 63
Oman :
713
per 1,000 people
1972
Omani People
# 64
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
711.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Herzegovinian People
# 65
Central African Republic :
708.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Central African People
# 66
Ghana :
705.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Ghanaian People
# 67
Guyana :
703.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Guyanese People
# 68
Côte d'Ivoire :
702
per 1,000 people
1972
Ivoirian People
# 69
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
700.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Congolese People
# 70
Honduras :
698.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Honduran People
# 71
São Tomé and Príncipe :
696.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Sao Tomean People
# 72
Senegal :
685.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Senegalese People
# 73
Albania :
679
per 1,000 people
1972
Albanian People
# 74
Zambia :
678
per 1,000 people
1972
Zambian People
# 75
Grenada :
676.401
per 1,000 people
1972
Grenadian People
# 76
Moldova :
662.573
per 1,000 people
1972
Moldovan People
# 77
Antigua and Barbuda :
660.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Barbudan People
# 78
Philippines :
659.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Philippine People
# 79
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
655.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Nevisian People
# 80
Malaysia :
648.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Malaysian People
# 81
Fiji :
644.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Fijian People
# 82
Morocco :
640.298
per 1,000 people
1972
Moroccan People
# 83
Guatemala :
640.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Guatemalan People
# 84
Tajikistan :
636.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Tajikistani People
# 85
Gabon :
636
per 1,000 people
1972
Gabonese People
# 86
Uzbekistan :
623.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Uzbekistani People
# 87
Kyrgyzstan :
622.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Kyrgyzstani People
# 88
Paraguay :
621.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Paraguayan People
# 89
Slovenia :
608.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Slovenian People
# 90
Turkey :
604.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Turkish People
# 91
Portugal :
604
per 1,000 people
1972
Portuguese People
# 92
Costa Rica :
602
per 1,000 people
1972
Costa Rican People
# 93
Algeria :
601.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Algerian People
# 94
El Salvador :
597.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Salvadoran People
# 95
Bolivia :
596
per 1,000 people
1972
Bolivian People
# 96
Ecuador :
594.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Ecuadorian People
# 97
Serbia and Montenegro :
592.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Serbian People
# 98
Congo, Republic of the :
592.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Congolese People
# 99
Barbados :
588.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Barbadian People
# 100
Romania :
587
per 1,000 people
1972
Romanian People
# 101
Seychelles :
580.205
per 1,000 people
1972
Seychellois People
# 102
Croatia :
578.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Croatian People
# 103
Jamaica :
575.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Jamaican People
# 104
Mauritius :
574.401
per 1,000 people
1972
Mauritian People
# 105
Egypt :
572.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Egyptian People
# 106
Iran :
570
per 1,000 people
1972
Iranian People
# 107
Slovakia :
568.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Slovak People
# 108
Cyprus :
566
per 1,000 people
1972
Cypriot People
# 109
Korea, South :
563.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Korean People
# 110
Syria :
559.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Syrian People
# 111
Dominican Republic :
554.051
per 1,000 people
1972
Dominican People
# 112
Mongolia :
534.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Mongolian People
# 113
Belarus :
533.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Belarusian People
# 114
Tunisia :
533.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Tunisian People
# 115
Suriname :
526.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Surinamese People
# 116
Turkmenistan :
522.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Turkmen People
# 117
Nicaragua :
522.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Nicaraguan People
# 118
South Africa :
520.8
per 1,000 people
1972
South African People
# 119
Panama :
518.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Panamanian People
# 120
Georgia :
517
per 1,000 people
1972
Georgian People
# 121
Macedonia, Republic of :
515
per 1,000 people
1972
Macedonian People
# 122
Libya :
500.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Libyan People
# 123
Dominica :
497.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Dominican People
# 124
Belize :
493.201
per 1,000 people
1972
Belizean People
# 125
Azerbaijan :
492.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Azerbaijani People
# 126
Kazakhstan :
488.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Kazakhstani People
# 127
Lithuania :
479.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Lithuanian People
# 128
Ireland :
475.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Irish People
# 129
Saudi Arabia :
474.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Saudi People
# 130
New Caledonia :
472.002
per 1,000 people
1972
New Caledonian People
# 131
Poland :
466.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Polish People
# 132
Finland :
465
per 1,000 people
1972
Finnish People
# 133
Greece :
463.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Greek People
# 134
Bulgaria :
455.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Bulgarian People
# 135
Man, Isle of :
455.603
per 1,000 people
1972
Manx People
# 136
Japan :
453.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Japanese People
# 137
Switzerland :
450.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Swiss People
# 138
Korea, North :
448
per 1,000 people
1972
Korean People
# 139
French Polynesia :
440.6
per 1,000 people
1972
French Polynesian People
# 140
Ukraine :
437.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Ukrainian People
# 141
Marshall Islands :
436.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Marshallese People
# 142
Czech Republic :
433.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Czech People
# 143
Jordan :
433.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Jordanian People
# 144
Colombia :
421.617
per 1,000 people
1972
Colombian People
# 145
Brazil :
418.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Brazilian People
# 146
Iraq :
417.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Iraqi People
# 147
Peru :
409.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Peruvian People
# 148
Puerto Rico :
399
per 1,000 people
1972
Puerto Rican People
# 149
Mexico :
394.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Mexican People
# 150
Hungary :
390.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Hungarian People
# 151
Armenia :
386.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Armenian People
# 152
Brunei :
381.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Bruneian People
# 153
Cuba :
381.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Cuban People
# 154
Latvia :
379
per 1,000 people
1972
Latvian People
# 155
Netherlands :
377
per 1,000 people
1972
Dutch People
# 156
Lebanon :
366.84
per 1,000 people
1972
Lebanese People
# 157
Djibouti :
360.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Djiboutian People
# 158
Russia :
357.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Russian People
# 159
Italy :
351.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Italian People
# 160
Austria :
345.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Austrian People
# 161
Estonia :
340.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Estonian People
# 162
Norway :
334.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Norwegian People
# 163
Spain :
325.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Spanish People
# 164
Netherlands Antilles :
321
per 1,000 people
1972
Dutch Antillean People
# 165
Bahamas, The :
308.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Bahamian People
# 166
Guam :
294.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Guamanian People
# 167
France :
281.8
per 1,000 people
1972
French People
# 168
Virgin Islands :
281.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Virgin Islander People
# 169
Germany :
271.8
per 1,000 people
1972
German People
# 170
Venezuela :
267.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Venezuelan People
# 171
Greenland :
266.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Greenlandic People
# 172
United States :
263.6
per 1,000 people
1972
American People
# 173
Luxembourg :
244.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Luxembourg People
# 174
Canada :
243.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Canadian People
# 175
Chile :
235.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Chilean People
# 176
United Kingdom :
206.6
per 1,000 people
1972
British People
# 177
Argentina :
202.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Argentine People
# 178
Denmark :
193.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Danish People
# 179
Sweden :
183.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Swedish People
# 180
New Zealand :
182.2
per 1,000 people
1972
New Zealand People
# 181
United Arab Emirates :
182
per 1,000 people
1972
Emirati People
# 182
Uruguay :
172
per 1,000 people
1972
Uruguayan People
# 183
Bahrain :
157.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Bahraini People
# 184
Israel :
148.4
per 1,000 people
1972
Israeli People
# 185
Australia :
144.6
per 1,000 people
1972
Australian People
# 186
Iceland :
143.8
per 1,000 people
1972
Icelandic People
# 187
Kuwait :
128.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Kuwaiti People
# 188
Hong Kong :
115
per 1,000 people
1972
Hong Kong People
# 189
Qatar :
114
per 1,000 people
1972
Qatari People
# 190
Malta :
103
per 1,000 people
1972
Maltese People
# 191
Belgium :
59.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Belgian People
# 192
Macau :
25.2
per 1,000 people
1972
Chinese People
Weighted average:
584.4
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) (1972) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop_percap-people-rural-population-per-capita&date=1972
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