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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) (1979) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Bhutan :
1,104.088
per 1,000 people
1979
Bhutanese People
# 2
Burundi :
959.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Burundian People
# 3
Rwanda :
954.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Rwandan People
# 4
Nepal :
941.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Nepalese People
# 5
Uganda :
926
per 1,000 people
1979
Ugandan People
# 6
Burkina Faso :
916.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Burkinabe People
# 7
Malawi :
911.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Malawian People
# 8
Laos :
908.148
per 1,000 people
1979
Lao People
# 9
Ethiopia :
897.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Ethiopian People
# 10
Solomon Islands :
897
per 1,000 people
1979
Solomon Islander People
# 11
Trinidad and Tobago :
890
per 1,000 people
1979
Tobagonian People
# 12
Cambodia :
880.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Cambodian People
# 13
Mozambique :
877.799
per 1,000 people
1979
Mozambican People
# 14
Papua New Guinea :
872.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Papua New Guinean People
# 15
Lesotho :
871.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Basotho People
# 16
Niger :
870
per 1,000 people
1979
Nigerien People
# 17
Tanzania :
867.92
per 1,000 people
1979
Tanzanian People
# 18
Bangladesh :
861
per 1,000 people
1979
Bangladeshi People
# 19
Eritrea :
857.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Eritrean People
# 20
Vanuatu :
855.6
per 1,000 people
1979
- People
# 21
Kenya :
848.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Kenyan People
# 22
Afghanistan :
847.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Afghan People
# 23
Botswana :
844.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Motswana -Batswana People
# 24
East Timor :
838.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Timorese People
# 25
Yemen :
838.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Yemeni People
# 26
Swaziland :
829.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Swazi People
# 27
Guinea-Bissau :
827.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Guinean People
# 28
Mali :
819.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Malian People
# 29
Madagascar :
819.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Malagasy People
# 30
Chad :
818.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Chadian People
# 31
Sri Lanka :
810.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Sri Lankan People
# 32
Guinea :
810.033
per 1,000 people
1979
Guinean People
# 33
Vietnam :
808.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Vietnamese People
# 34
China :
808.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Chinese People
# 35
Sudan :
802.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Sudanese People
# 36
Tonga :
789.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Tongan People
# 37
Samoa :
788.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Samoan People
# 38
Maldives :
787
per 1,000 people
1979
Maldivian People
# 39
Indonesia :
784.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Indonesian People
# 40
Zimbabwe :
781
per 1,000 people
1979
Zimbabwean People
# 41
India :
772.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Indian People
# 42
Cape Verde :
769.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Cape Verdean People
# 43
Angola :
767.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Angolan People
# 44
Haiti :
767
per 1,000 people
1979
Haitian People
# 45
Sierra Leone :
766.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Sierra Leonean People
# 46
Burma :
760.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Burmese People
# 47
Togo :
757.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Togolese People
# 48
Namibia :
751.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Namibian People
# 49
Mauritania :
739.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Mauritanian People
# 50
Thailand :
738
per 1,000 people
1979
Thai People
# 51
Benin :
737.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Beninese People
# 52
Saint Lucia :
737.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Saint Lucian People
# 53
Micronesia, Federated States of :
737
per 1,000 people
1979
Micronesian People
# 54
Somalia :
734.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Somali People
# 55
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
728.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Saint Vincentian People
# 56
Gambia, The :
724
per 1,000 people
1979
Gambian People
# 57
Pakistan :
722.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Pakistani People
# 58
Equatorial Guinea :
722
per 1,000 people
1979
Equatorial Guinean People
# 59
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
711.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Congolese People
# 60
Nigeria :
710.978
per 1,000 people
1979
Nigerian People
# 61
Guyana :
696
per 1,000 people
1979
Guyanese People
# 62
Ghana :
690.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Ghanaian People
# 63
Cameroon :
690.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Cameroonian People
# 64
Kiribati :
682.407
per 1,000 people
1979
- People
# 65
Grenada :
671.606
per 1,000 people
1979
Grenadian People
# 66
São Tomé and Príncipe :
668.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Sao Tomean People
# 67
Albania :
665
per 1,000 people
1979
Albanian People
# 68
Central African Republic :
664.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Central African People
# 69
Liberia :
657.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Liberian People
# 70
Honduras :
656.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Honduran People
# 71
Antigua and Barbuda :
654.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Barbudan People
# 72
Tajikistan :
654.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Tajikistani People
# 73
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
653.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Herzegovinian People
# 74
Senegal :
646.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Senegalese People
# 75
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
642.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Nevisian People
# 76
Côte d'Ivoire :
640.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Ivoirian People
# 77
Philippines :
628.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Philippine People
# 78
Guatemala :
627.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Guatemalan People
# 79
Fiji :
624.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Fijian People
# 80
Kyrgyzstan :
614.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Kyrgyzstani People
# 81
Zambia :
611.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Zambian People
# 82
Moldova :
604.594
per 1,000 people
1979
Moldovan People
# 83
Barbados :
596.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Barbadian People
# 84
Uzbekistan :
595.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Uzbekistani People
# 85
Morocco :
590.206
per 1,000 people
1979
Moroccan People
# 86
Malaysia :
588.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Malaysian People
# 87
Paraguay :
588.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Paraguayan People
# 88
Oman :
577.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Omani People
# 89
Portugal :
576
per 1,000 people
1979
Portuguese People
# 90
Mauritius :
574
per 1,000 people
1979
Mauritian People
# 91
Costa Rica :
572.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Costa Rican People
# 92
Algeria :
571.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Algerian People
# 93
Turkey :
566.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Turkish People
# 94
El Salvador :
564.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Salvadoran People
# 95
Egypt :
561.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Egyptian People
# 96
Bolivia :
553.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Bolivian People
# 97
Romania :
548
per 1,000 people
1979
Romanian People
# 98
Serbia and Montenegro :
543.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Serbian People
# 99
Ecuador :
539.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Ecuadorian People
# 100
Jamaica :
537.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Jamaican People
# 101
Syria :
536.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Syrian People
# 102
Slovenia :
531.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Slovenian People
# 103
Congo, Republic of the :
530.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Congolese People
# 104
Turkmenistan :
528
per 1,000 people
1979
Turkmen People
# 105
South Africa :
516.6
per 1,000 people
1979
South African People
# 106
Seychelles :
512.205
per 1,000 people
1979
Seychellois People
# 107
Iran :
511
per 1,000 people
1979
Iranian People
# 108
Croatia :
509
per 1,000 people
1979
Croatian People
# 109
Belize :
504.401
per 1,000 people
1979
Belizean People
# 110
Nicaragua :
499.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Nicaraguan People
# 111
Panama :
498.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Panamanian People
# 112
Slovakia :
494.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Slovak People
# 113
Georgia :
488.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Georgian People
# 114
Tunisia :
488.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Tunisian People
# 115
Mongolia :
485.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Mongolian People
# 116
Man, Isle of :
480.804
per 1,000 people
1979
Manx People
# 117
Dominican Republic :
479.346
per 1,000 people
1979
Dominican People
# 118
Gabon :
476.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Gabonese People
# 119
Azerbaijan :
473.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Azerbaijani People
# 120
Macedonia, Republic of :
470.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Macedonian People
# 121
Kazakhstan :
462
per 1,000 people
1979
Kazakhstani People
# 122
Suriname :
461
per 1,000 people
1979
Surinamese People
# 123
Korea, South :
450.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Korean People
# 124
Ireland :
450.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Irish People
# 125
Belarus :
446.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Belarusian People
# 126
Cyprus :
436.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Cypriot People
# 127
Switzerland :
432.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Swiss People
# 128
Korea, North :
431.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Korean People
# 129
New Caledonia :
430.401
per 1,000 people
1979
New Caledonian People
# 130
Greece :
427.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Greek People
# 131
French Polynesia :
427
per 1,000 people
1979
French Polynesian People
# 132
Poland :
424.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Polish People
# 133
Marshall Islands :
412.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Marshallese People
# 134
Japan :
409.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Japanese People
# 135
Jordan :
405.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Jordanian People
# 136
Finland :
405
per 1,000 people
1979
Finnish People
# 137
Lithuania :
399
per 1,000 people
1979
Lithuanian People
# 138
Brunei :
396.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Bruneian People
# 139
Ukraine :
389.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Ukrainian People
# 140
Bulgaria :
388
per 1,000 people
1979
Bulgarian People
# 141
Dominica :
382.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Dominican People
# 142
Colombia :
380.421
per 1,000 people
1979
Colombian People
# 143
Hungary :
362
per 1,000 people
1979
Hungarian People
# 144
Peru :
360.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Peruvian People
# 145
Saudi Arabia :
356.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Saudi People
# 146
Netherlands :
356
per 1,000 people
1979
Dutch People
# 147
Iraq :
353.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Iraqi People
# 148
Mexico :
344
per 1,000 people
1979
Mexican People
# 149
Armenia :
343.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Armenian People
# 150
Austria :
342.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Austrian People
# 151
Libya :
342.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Libyan People
# 152
Puerto Rico :
339.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Puerto Rican People
# 153
Brazil :
337.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Brazilian People
# 154
Italy :
336
per 1,000 people
1979
Italian People
# 155
Latvia :
334.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Latvian People
# 156
Cuba :
326.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Cuban People
# 157
Netherlands Antilles :
321
per 1,000 people
1979
Dutch Antillean People
# 158
Russia :
307.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Russian People
# 159
Estonia :
307.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Estonian People
# 160
Norway :
299.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Norwegian People
# 161
Djibouti :
289
per 1,000 people
1979
Djiboutian People
# 162
Spain :
278.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Spanish People
# 163
Czech Republic :
275.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Czech People
# 164
Germany :
273.8
per 1,000 people
1979
German People
# 165
Lebanon :
268.154
per 1,000 people
1979
Lebanese People
# 166
France :
267.8
per 1,000 people
1979
French People
# 167
United States :
263
per 1,000 people
1979
American People
# 168
Bahamas, The :
256.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Bahamian People
# 169
Canada :
243.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Canadian People
# 170
Greenland :
242.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Greenlandic People
# 171
Venezuela :
213.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Venezuelan People
# 172
Virgin Islands :
208.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Virgin Islander People
# 173
Luxembourg :
205.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Luxembourg People
# 174
Chile :
193.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Chilean People
# 175
United Arab Emirates :
184
per 1,000 people
1979
Emirati People
# 176
Argentina :
174.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Argentine People
# 177
Sweden :
169.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Swedish People
# 178
New Zealand :
167.2
per 1,000 people
1979
New Zealand People
# 179
Denmark :
166.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Danish People
# 180
Uruguay :
150
per 1,000 people
1979
Uruguayan People
# 181
Australia :
141.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Australian People
# 182
Bahrain :
141.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Bahraini People
# 183
United Kingdom :
131.4
per 1,000 people
1979
British People
# 184
Iceland :
120.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Icelandic People
# 185
Israel :
118
per 1,000 people
1979
Israeli People
# 186
Qatar :
107
per 1,000 people
1979
Qatari People
# 187
Malta :
102.2
per 1,000 people
1979
Maltese People
# 188
Hong Kong :
88.6
per 1,000 people
1979
Hong Kong People
# 189
Guam :
82.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Guamanian People
# 190
Kuwait :
62.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Kuwaiti People
# 191
Belgium :
47.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Belgian People
# 192
Macau :
10.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Chinese People
Weighted average:
546.1
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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"Rural population (per capita) (1979) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop_percap-people-rural-population-per-capita&date=1979
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