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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) (1997) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Bhutan :
1,044.042
per 1,000 people
1997
Bhutanese People
# 2
Burundi :
921.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Burundian People
# 3
Trinidad and Tobago :
899.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Tobagonian People
# 4
Rwanda :
895
per 1,000 people
1997
Rwandan People
# 5
Uganda :
881.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Ugandan People
# 6
Nepal :
881
per 1,000 people
1997
Nepalese People
# 7
Papua New Guinea :
868
per 1,000 people
1997
Papua New Guinean People
# 8
Malawi :
859.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Malawian People
# 9
Ethiopia :
857
per 1,000 people
1997
Ethiopian People
# 10
Solomon Islands :
849
per 1,000 people
1997
Solomon Islander People
# 11
Cambodia :
847.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Cambodian People
# 12
Burkina Faso :
843.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Burkinabe People
# 13
Niger :
840.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Nigerien People
# 14
Sri Lanka :
838.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Sri Lankan People
# 15
Eritrea :
829.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Eritrean People
# 16
Lesotho :
824.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Basotho People
# 17
Laos :
820.993
per 1,000 people
1997
Lao People
# 18
Tanzania :
814.509
per 1,000 people
1997
Tanzanian People
# 19
Kenya :
807.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Kenyan People
# 20
Vanuatu :
792
per 1,000 people
1997
- People
# 21
Samoa :
783.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Samoan People
# 22
Bangladesh :
778.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Bangladeshi People
# 23
Chad :
775
per 1,000 people
1997
Chadian People
# 24
Tonga :
769.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Tongan People
# 25
Vietnam :
769.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Vietnamese People
# 26
Swaziland :
768.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Swazi People
# 27
East Timor :
765.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Timorese People
# 28
Micronesia, Federated States of :
760.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Micronesian People
# 29
Yemen :
756.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Yemeni People
# 30
Madagascar :
743
per 1,000 people
1997
Malagasy People
# 31
Maldives :
736.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Maldivian People
# 32
Mali :
735.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Malian People
# 33
Burma :
731.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Burmese People
# 34
India :
729.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Indian People
# 35
Tajikistan :
727.726
per 1,000 people
1997
Tajikistani People
# 36
Mozambique :
720
per 1,000 people
1997
Mozambican People
# 37
Guinea :
717.441
per 1,000 people
1997
Guinean People
# 38
Guyana :
711
per 1,000 people
1997
Guyanese People
# 39
Saint Lucia :
710.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Saint Lucian People
# 40
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
710.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Congolese People
# 41
Guinea-Bissau :
702.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Guinean People
# 42
Thailand :
693.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Thai People
# 43
Namibia :
691.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Namibian People
# 44
Grenada :
686.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Grenadian People
# 45
Comoros :
679.401
per 1,000 people
1997
Comoran People
# 46
Somalia :
678.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Somali People
# 47
Pakistan :
676.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Pakistani People
# 48
Zimbabwe :
674.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Zimbabwean People
# 49
China :
668.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Chinese People
# 50
Sudan :
667.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Sudanese People
# 51
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
666.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Nevisian People
# 52
Haiti :
662
per 1,000 people
1997
Haitian People
# 53
Togo :
653.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Togolese People
# 54
Sierra Leone :
651
per 1,000 people
1997
Sierra Leonean People
# 55
Kyrgyzstan :
640.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Kyrgyzstani People
# 56
Zambia :
638.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Zambian People
# 57
Antigua and Barbuda :
634.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Barbudan People
# 58
Central African Republic :
626.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Central African People
# 59
Benin :
625.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Beninese People
# 60
Uzbekistan :
620.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Uzbekistani People
# 61
Indonesia :
618.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Indonesian People
# 62
Equatorial Guinea :
612
per 1,000 people
1997
Equatorial Guinean People
# 63
Kiribati :
609.6
per 1,000 people
1997
- People
# 64
Mauritania :
601.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Mauritanian People
# 65
Senegal :
598.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Senegalese People
# 66
Albania :
598.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Albanian People
# 67
Ghana :
582.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Ghanaian People
# 68
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
580.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Herzegovinian People
# 69
Côte d'Ivoire :
579.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Ivoirian People
# 70
Egypt :
573.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Egyptian People
# 71
Mauritius :
569.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Mauritian People
# 72
Honduras :
568.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Honduran People
# 73
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
564.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Saint Vincentian People
# 74
Guatemala :
561
per 1,000 people
1997
Guatemalan People
# 75
Nigeria :
557.715
per 1,000 people
1997
Nigerian People
# 76
Turkmenistan :
551.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Turkmen People
# 77
Gambia, The :
540.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Gambian People
# 78
Moldova :
538.979
per 1,000 people
1997
Moldovan People
# 79
Angola :
534.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Angolan People
# 80
Fiji :
533.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Fijian People
# 81
Cameroon :
528.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Cameroonian People
# 82
Belize :
524.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Belizean People
# 83
Barbados :
517.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Barbadian People
# 84
Syria :
500.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Syrian People
# 85
Man, Isle of :
499.082
per 1,000 people
1997
Manx People
# 86
Seychelles :
496.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Seychellois People
# 87
São Tomé and Príncipe :
494.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Sao Tomean People
# 88
Cape Verde :
493.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Cape Verdean People
# 89
Botswana :
493.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Motswana -Batswana People
# 90
Slovenia :
493.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Slovenian People
# 91
Jamaica :
489.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Jamaican People
# 92
Serbia and Montenegro :
485.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Serbian People
# 93
Azerbaijan :
483.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Azerbaijani People
# 94
Liberia :
482.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Liberian People
# 95
Portugal :
475.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Portuguese People
# 96
French Polynesia :
469.4
per 1,000 people
1997
French Polynesian People
# 97
Paraguay :
466.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Paraguayan People
# 98
Georgia :
465.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Georgian People
# 99
Morocco :
461.572
per 1,000 people
1997
Moroccan People
# 100
Romania :
452.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Romanian People
# 101
Croatia :
448.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Croatian People
# 102
South Africa :
445.4
per 1,000 people
1997
South African People
# 103
Nicaragua :
444.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Nicaraguan People
# 104
El Salvador :
442.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Salvadoran People
# 105
Philippines :
442
per 1,000 people
1997
Philippine People
# 106
Kazakhstan :
439.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Kazakhstani People
# 107
Slovakia :
435.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Slovak People
# 108
Mongolia :
432.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Mongolian People
# 109
Costa Rica :
429.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Costa Rican People
# 110
Congo, Republic of the :
428.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Congolese People
# 111
Algeria :
424.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Algerian People
# 112
Malaysia :
419.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Malaysian People
# 113
Ireland :
416.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Irish People
# 114
Ecuador :
412
per 1,000 people
1997
Ecuadorian People
# 115
Greece :
411.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Greek People
# 116
Korea, North :
404.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Korean People
# 117
Bolivia :
396.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Bolivian People
# 118
New Caledonia :
390.601
per 1,000 people
1997
New Caledonian People
# 119
Finland :
387.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Finnish People
# 120
Poland :
384.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Polish People
# 121
Dominican Republic :
384.165
per 1,000 people
1997
Dominican People
# 122
Iran :
382
per 1,000 people
1997
Iranian People
# 123
Tunisia :
377.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Tunisian People
# 124
Panama :
376.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Panamanian People
# 125
Macedonia, Republic of :
376.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Macedonian People
# 126
Turkey :
368.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Turkish People
# 127
Japan :
351.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Japanese People
# 128
Hungary :
350.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Hungarian People
# 129
Marshall Islands :
345.003
per 1,000 people
1997
Marshallese People
# 130
Austria :
342
per 1,000 people
1997
Austrian People
# 131
Armenia :
341.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Armenian People
# 132
Italy :
329.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Italian People
# 133
Ukraine :
329.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Ukrainian People
# 134
Lithuania :
328.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Lithuanian People
# 135
Bulgaria :
317.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Bulgarian People
# 136
Cyprus :
317.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Cypriot People
# 137
Iraq :
315.503
per 1,000 people
1997
Iraqi People
# 138
Latvia :
314.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Latvian People
# 139
Belarus :
312
per 1,000 people
1997
Belarusian People
# 140
Netherlands Antilles :
311.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Dutch Antillean People
# 141
Brunei :
304
per 1,000 people
1997
Bruneian People
# 142
Estonia :
302.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Estonian People
# 143
Dominica :
299.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Dominican People
# 144
Colombia :
291.133
per 1,000 people
1997
Colombian People
# 145
Peru :
290.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Peruvian People
# 146
Suriname :
290.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Surinamese People
# 147
Oman :
283.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Omani People
# 148
Switzerland :
281.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Swiss People
# 149
Russia :
266
per 1,000 people
1997
Russian People
# 150
Mexico :
260.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Mexican People
# 151
Czech Republic :
256.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Czech People
# 152
Netherlands :
256
per 1,000 people
1997
Dutch People
# 153
Norway :
252.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Norwegian People
# 154
Cuba :
251.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Cuban People
# 155
Germany :
249.6
per 1,000 people
1997
German People
# 156
France :
247.4
per 1,000 people
1997
French People
# 157
Spain :
239.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Spanish People
# 158
Gabon :
227.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Gabonese People
# 159
United Arab Emirates :
220
per 1,000 people
1997
Emirati People
# 160
United States :
219.8
per 1,000 people
1997
American People
# 161
Canada :
216.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Canadian People
# 162
Korea, South :
212.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Korean People
# 163
Saudi Arabia :
208.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Saudi People
# 164
Brazil :
208.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Brazilian People
# 165
Jordan :
208
per 1,000 people
1997
Jordanian People
# 166
Djibouti :
188.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Djiboutian People
# 167
Greenland :
188.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Greenlandic People
# 168
Libya :
181.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Libyan People
# 169
Luxembourg :
167.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Luxembourg People
# 170
Sweden :
161.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Swedish People
# 171
Chile :
150
per 1,000 people
1997
Chilean People
# 172
Denmark :
149.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Danish People
# 173
New Zealand :
145.4
per 1,000 people
1997
New Zealand People
# 174
Australia :
134.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Australian People
# 175
Lebanon :
133.464
per 1,000 people
1997
Lebanese People
# 176
Bahamas, The :
124.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Bahamian People
# 177
Argentina :
114
per 1,000 people
1997
Argentine People
# 178
United Kingdom :
108.4
per 1,000 people
1997
British People
# 179
Venezuela :
108.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Venezuelan People
# 180
Puerto Rico :
99
per 1,000 people
1997
Puerto Rican People
# 181
Uruguay :
92.102
per 1,000 people
1997
Uruguayan People
# 182
Israel :
89
per 1,000 people
1997
Israeli People
# 183
Virgin Islands :
87.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Virgin Islander People
# 184
Iceland :
81.2
per 1,000 people
1997
Icelandic People
# 185
Malta :
81
per 1,000 people
1997
Maltese People
# 186
Guam :
74.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Guamanian People
# 187
Bahrain :
72
per 1,000 people
1997
Bahraini People
# 188
Qatar :
55.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Qatari People
# 189
Belgium :
30.8
per 1,000 people
1997
Belgian People
# 190
Kuwait :
18.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Kuwaiti People
# 191
Macau :
0.6
per 1,000 people
1997
Chinese People
Weighted average:
476.9
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) (1997) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop_percap-people-rural-population-per-capita&date=1997
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