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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) (1978) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Bhutan :
1,116.012
per 1,000 people
1978
Bhutanese People
# 2
Burundi :
961.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Burundian People
# 3
Rwanda :
955.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Rwandan People
# 4
Nepal :
944.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Nepalese People
# 5
Uganda :
927
per 1,000 people
1978
Ugandan People
# 6
Burkina Faso :
921.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Burkinabe People
# 7
Malawi :
914.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Malawian People
# 8
Laos :
911.576
per 1,000 people
1978
Lao People
# 9
Solomon Islands :
900
per 1,000 people
1978
Solomon Islander People
# 10
Ethiopia :
899.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Ethiopian People
# 11
Trinidad and Tobago :
889
per 1,000 people
1978
Tobagonian People
# 12
Mozambique :
886.599
per 1,000 people
1978
Mozambican People
# 13
Cambodia :
884.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Cambodian People
# 14
Lesotho :
876.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Basotho People
# 15
Papua New Guinea :
874.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Papua New Guinean People
# 16
Tanzania :
874.042
per 1,000 people
1978
Tanzanian People
# 17
Niger :
874
per 1,000 people
1978
Nigerien People
# 18
Bangladesh :
871
per 1,000 people
1978
Bangladeshi People
# 19
Eritrea :
859.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Eritrean People
# 20
Vanuatu :
858.2
per 1,000 people
1978
- People
# 21
Kenya :
854.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Kenyan People
# 22
Botswana :
853.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Motswana -Batswana People
# 23
Afghanistan :
852.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Afghan People
# 24
East Timor :
842.601
per 1,000 people
1978
Timorese People
# 25
Yemen :
841.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Yemeni People
# 26
Swaziland :
837.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Swazi People
# 27
Guinea-Bissau :
830.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Guinean People
# 28
Chad :
824.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Chadian People
# 29
Mali :
824.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Malian People
# 30
Madagascar :
823.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Malagasy People
# 31
Guinea :
819.589
per 1,000 people
1978
Guinean People
# 32
China :
812.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Chinese People
# 33
Vietnam :
809.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Vietnamese People
# 34
Sri Lanka :
809.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Sri Lankan People
# 35
Sudan :
804.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Sudanese People
# 36
Maldives :
797
per 1,000 people
1978
Maldivian People
# 37
Tonga :
791.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Tongan People
# 38
Indonesia :
790.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Indonesian People
# 39
Samoa :
788.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Samoan People
# 40
Zimbabwe :
786
per 1,000 people
1978
Zimbabwean People
# 41
Angola :
777.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Angolan People
# 42
India :
776.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Indian People
# 43
Cape Verde :
773.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Cape Verdean People
# 44
Sierra Leone :
771.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Sierra Leonean People
# 45
Haiti :
771
per 1,000 people
1978
Haitian People
# 46
Togo :
761.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Togolese People
# 47
Burma :
760.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Burmese People
# 48
Namibia :
754.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Namibian People
# 49
Mauritania :
753.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Mauritanian People
# 50
Benin :
748.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Beninese People
# 51
Thailand :
744
per 1,000 people
1978
Thai People
# 52
Saint Lucia :
740.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Saint Lucian People
# 53
Micronesia, Federated States of :
738
per 1,000 people
1978
Micronesian People
# 54
Somalia :
737.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Somali People
# 55
Gambia, The :
732
per 1,000 people
1978
Gambian People
# 56
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
728.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Saint Vincentian People
# 57
Pakistan :
726.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Pakistani People
# 58
Equatorial Guinea :
723
per 1,000 people
1978
Equatorial Guinean People
# 59
Nigeria :
717.83
per 1,000 people
1978
Nigerian People
# 60
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
709.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Congolese People
# 61
Cameroon :
699.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Cameroonian People
# 62
Guyana :
697
per 1,000 people
1978
Guyanese People
# 63
Ghana :
692.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Ghanaian People
# 64
Kiribati :
687.808
per 1,000 people
1978
- People
# 65
São Tomé and Príncipe :
672.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Sao Tomean People
# 66
Grenada :
672.202
per 1,000 people
1978
Grenadian People
# 67
Central African Republic :
668.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Central African People
# 68
Liberia :
667.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Liberian People
# 69
Albania :
667
per 1,000 people
1978
Albanian People
# 70
Honduras :
662.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Honduran People
# 71
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
661.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Herzegovinian People
# 72
Antigua and Barbuda :
655.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Barbudan People
# 73
Tajikistan :
652.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Tajikistani People
# 74
Senegal :
650.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Senegalese People
# 75
Côte d'Ivoire :
649.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Ivoirian People
# 76
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
644.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Nevisian People
# 77
Philippines :
632.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Philippine People
# 78
Guatemala :
628.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Guatemalan People
# 79
Fiji :
626.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Fijian People
# 80
Zambia :
621.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Zambian People
# 81
Kyrgyzstan :
615.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Kyrgyzstani People
# 82
Moldova :
613.038
per 1,000 people
1978
Moldovan People
# 83
Uzbekistan :
598.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Uzbekistani People
# 84
Oman :
597.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Omani People
# 85
Malaysia :
597.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Malaysian People
# 86
Morocco :
597.071
per 1,000 people
1978
Moroccan People
# 87
Barbados :
595.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Barbadian People
# 88
Paraguay :
593.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Paraguayan People
# 89
Portugal :
580
per 1,000 people
1978
Portuguese People
# 90
Algeria :
577.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Algerian People
# 91
Costa Rica :
576.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Costa Rican People
# 92
Mauritius :
572
per 1,000 people
1978
Mauritian People
# 93
Turkey :
570.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Turkish People
# 94
El Salvador :
569.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Salvadoran People
# 95
Egypt :
562.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Egyptian People
# 96
Bolivia :
561.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Bolivian People
# 97
Romania :
554
per 1,000 people
1978
Romanian People
# 98
Serbia and Montenegro :
550.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Serbian People
# 99
Ecuador :
548.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Ecuadorian People
# 100
Jamaica :
542.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Jamaican People
# 101
Slovenia :
542.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Slovenian People
# 102
Syria :
539.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Syrian People
# 103
Congo, Republic of the :
539.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Congolese People
# 104
Turkmenistan :
527
per 1,000 people
1978
Turkmen People
# 105
Croatia :
519
per 1,000 people
1978
Croatian People
# 106
Iran :
519
per 1,000 people
1978
Iranian People
# 107
Seychelles :
518.402
per 1,000 people
1978
Seychellois People
# 108
South Africa :
517.2
per 1,000 people
1978
South African People
# 109
Slovakia :
505.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Slovak People
# 110
Belize :
502.803
per 1,000 people
1978
Belizean People
# 111
Nicaragua :
502.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Nicaraguan People
# 112
Panama :
501.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Panamanian People
# 113
Gabon :
499.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Gabonese People
# 114
Mongolia :
492.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Mongolian People
# 115
Georgia :
492.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Georgian People
# 116
Tunisia :
491.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Tunisian People
# 117
Dominican Republic :
489.676
per 1,000 people
1978
Dominican People
# 118
Man, Isle of :
479.607
per 1,000 people
1978
Manx People
# 119
Macedonia, Republic of :
476.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Macedonian People
# 120
Azerbaijan :
475.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Azerbaijani People
# 121
Suriname :
472
per 1,000 people
1978
Surinamese People
# 122
Korea, South :
467.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Korean People
# 123
Kazakhstan :
465
per 1,000 people
1978
Kazakhstani People
# 124
Cyprus :
459.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Cypriot People
# 125
Belarus :
458.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Belarusian People
# 126
Ireland :
453.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Irish People
# 127
Switzerland :
435.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Swiss People
# 128
New Caledonia :
434.8
per 1,000 people
1978
New Caledonian People
# 129
Greece :
432.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Greek People
# 130
Korea, North :
431.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Korean People
# 131
Poland :
430.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Polish People
# 132
French Polynesia :
428
per 1,000 people
1978
French Polynesian People
# 133
Japan :
415.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Japanese People
# 134
Lithuania :
410
per 1,000 people
1978
Lithuanian People
# 135
Jordan :
409.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Jordanian People
# 136
Finland :
408
per 1,000 people
1978
Finnish People
# 137
Marshall Islands :
407.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Marshallese People
# 138
Dominica :
398.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Dominican People
# 139
Bulgaria :
397
per 1,000 people
1978
Bulgarian People
# 140
Ukraine :
396.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Ukrainian People
# 141
Brunei :
392.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Bruneian People
# 142
Colombia :
385.637
per 1,000 people
1978
Colombian People
# 143
Saudi Arabia :
371.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Saudi People
# 144
Peru :
366.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Peruvian People
# 145
Hungary :
366
per 1,000 people
1978
Hungarian People
# 146
Libya :
363.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Libyan People
# 147
Iraq :
361.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Iraqi People
# 148
Netherlands :
359
per 1,000 people
1978
Dutch People
# 149
Mexico :
351
per 1,000 people
1978
Mexican People
# 150
Brazil :
348.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Brazilian People
# 151
Armenia :
348.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Armenian People
# 152
Puerto Rico :
347.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Puerto Rican People
# 153
Austria :
342.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Austrian People
# 154
Latvia :
340.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Latvian People
# 155
Italy :
338
per 1,000 people
1978
Italian People
# 156
Cuba :
334.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Cuban People
# 157
Netherlands Antilles :
321
per 1,000 people
1978
Dutch Antillean People
# 158
Russia :
313.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Russian People
# 159
Estonia :
311.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Estonian People
# 160
Norway :
304.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Norwegian People
# 161
Djibouti :
299
per 1,000 people
1978
Djiboutian People
# 162
Czech Republic :
297.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Czech People
# 163
Spain :
284.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Spanish People
# 164
Lebanon :
281.765
per 1,000 people
1978
Lebanese People
# 165
Germany :
273.6
per 1,000 people
1978
German People
# 166
France :
268.6
per 1,000 people
1978
French People
# 167
Bahamas, The :
263.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Bahamian People
# 168
United States :
263
per 1,000 people
1978
American People
# 169
Greenland :
245.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Greenlandic People
# 170
Canada :
243.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Canadian People
# 171
Venezuela :
220.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Venezuelan People
# 172
Virgin Islands :
218.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Virgin Islander People
# 173
Luxembourg :
210.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Luxembourg People
# 174
Chile :
199.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Chilean People
# 175
United Arab Emirates :
179
per 1,000 people
1978
Emirati People
# 176
Argentina :
178.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Argentine People
# 177
Sweden :
170.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Swedish People
# 178
Denmark :
169.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Danish People
# 179
New Zealand :
168.4
per 1,000 people
1978
New Zealand People
# 180
Uruguay :
154
per 1,000 people
1978
Uruguayan People
# 181
Bahrain :
143.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Bahraini People
# 182
United Kingdom :
141.8
per 1,000 people
1978
British People
# 183
Australia :
141.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Australian People
# 184
Iceland :
123.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Icelandic People
# 185
Israel :
122
per 1,000 people
1978
Israeli People
# 186
Qatar :
108
per 1,000 people
1978
Qatari People
# 187
Guam :
102.8
per 1,000 people
1978
Guamanian People
# 188
Malta :
102.4
per 1,000 people
1978
Maltese People
# 189
Hong Kong :
92.2
per 1,000 people
1978
Hong Kong People
# 190
Kuwait :
73.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Kuwaiti People
# 191
Belgium :
49.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Belgian People
# 192
Macau :
12.6
per 1,000 people
1978
Chinese People
Weighted average:
551.2
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) (1978) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop_percap-people-rural-population-per-capita&date=1978
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