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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) (2000) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Bhutan :
977.569
per 1,000 people
2000
Bhutanese People
# 2
Burundi :
914
per 1,000 people
2000
Burundian People
# 3
Trinidad and Tobago :
892
per 1,000 people
2000
Tobagonian People
# 4
Uganda :
879
per 1,000 people
2000
Ugandan People
# 5
Papua New Guinea :
868
per 1,000 people
2000
Papua New Guinean People
# 6
Nepal :
866
per 1,000 people
2000
Nepalese People
# 7
Rwanda :
862
per 1,000 people
2000
Rwandan People
# 8
Ethiopia :
851
per 1,000 people
2000
Ethiopian People
# 9
Malawi :
849
per 1,000 people
2000
Malawian People
# 10
Solomon Islands :
843
per 1,000 people
2000
Solomon Islander People
# 11
Sri Lanka :
843
per 1,000 people
2000
Sri Lankan People
# 12
Niger :
838
per 1,000 people
2000
Nigerien People
# 13
Burkina Faso :
835
per 1,000 people
2000
Burkinabe People
# 14
Cambodia :
831
per 1,000 people
2000
Cambodian People
# 15
Eritrea :
822
per 1,000 people
2000
Eritrean People
# 16
Lesotho :
822
per 1,000 people
2000
Basotho People
# 17
Laos :
819.475
per 1,000 people
2000
Lao People
# 18
Kenya :
803
per 1,000 people
2000
Kenyan People
# 19
Tanzania :
797.98
per 1,000 people
2000
Tanzanian People
# 20
Vanuatu :
783
per 1,000 people
2000
- People
# 21
Samoa :
781
per 1,000 people
2000
Samoan People
# 22
Micronesia, Federated States of :
777
per 1,000 people
2000
Micronesian People
# 23
Bangladesh :
768
per 1,000 people
2000
Bangladeshi People
# 24
Tonga :
768
per 1,000 people
2000
Tongan People
# 25
Swaziland :
767
per 1,000 people
2000
Swazi People
# 26
Chad :
766
per 1,000 people
2000
Chadian People
# 27
Vietnam :
765.652
per 1,000 people
2000
Vietnamese People
# 28
East Timor :
755.001
per 1,000 people
2000
Timorese People
# 29
Yemen :
746
per 1,000 people
2000
Yemeni People
# 30
Madagascar :
740
per 1,000 people
2000
Malagasy People
# 31
Tajikistan :
739.311
per 1,000 people
2000
Tajikistani People
# 32
Maldives :
725
per 1,000 people
2000
Maldivian People
# 33
India :
723
per 1,000 people
2000
Indian People
# 34
Mali :
721
per 1,000 people
2000
Malian People
# 35
Burma :
720
per 1,000 people
2000
Burmese People
# 36
Saint Lucia :
720
per 1,000 people
2000
Saint Lucian People
# 37
Guyana :
714
per 1,000 people
2000
Guyanese People
# 38
Guinea :
709.458
per 1,000 people
2000
Guinean People
# 39
Guinea-Bissau :
703
per 1,000 people
2000
Guinean People
# 40
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
702
per 1,000 people
2000
Congolese People
# 41
Mozambique :
693
per 1,000 people
2000
Mozambican People
# 42
Grenada :
690
per 1,000 people
2000
Grenadian People
# 43
Thailand :
689
per 1,000 people
2000
Thai People
# 44
Namibia :
676
per 1,000 people
2000
Namibian People
# 45
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
672
per 1,000 people
2000
Nevisian People
# 46
Pakistan :
669
per 1,000 people
2000
Pakistani People
# 47
Somalia :
667
per 1,000 people
2000
Somali People
# 48
Zimbabwe :
662
per 1,000 people
2000
Zimbabwean People
# 49
Comoros :
662
per 1,000 people
2000
Comoran People
# 50
Zambia :
652
per 1,000 people
2000
Zambian People
# 51
Kyrgyzstan :
646
per 1,000 people
2000
Kyrgyzstani People
# 52
Haiti :
644
per 1,000 people
2000
Haitian People
# 53
China :
642
per 1,000 people
2000
Chinese People
# 54
Sudan :
639
per 1,000 people
2000
Sudanese People
# 55
Togo :
634
per 1,000 people
2000
Togolese People
# 56
Sierra Leone :
630
per 1,000 people
2000
Sierra Leonean People
# 57
Uzbekistan :
627
per 1,000 people
2000
Uzbekistani People
# 58
Antigua and Barbuda :
627
per 1,000 people
2000
Barbudan People
# 59
Central African Republic :
624
per 1,000 people
2000
Central African People
# 60
Benin :
616
per 1,000 people
2000
Beninese People
# 61
Equatorial Guinea :
612
per 1,000 people
2000
Equatorial Guinean People
# 62
Mauritania :
600
per 1,000 people
2000
Mauritanian People
# 63
Senegal :
594
per 1,000 people
2000
Senegalese People
# 64
Albania :
582
per 1,000 people
2000
Albanian People
# 65
Indonesia :
580
per 1,000 people
2000
Indonesian People
# 66
Egypt :
575
per 1,000 people
2000
Egyptian People
# 67
Mauritius :
573
per 1,000 people
2000
Mauritian People
# 68
Côte d'Ivoire :
570
per 1,000 people
2000
Ivoirian People
# 69
Kiribati :
570
per 1,000 people
2000
- People
# 70
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
568
per 1,000 people
2000
Herzegovinian People
# 71
Ghana :
560
per 1,000 people
2000
Ghanaian People
# 72
Honduras :
556
per 1,000 people
2000
Honduran People
# 73
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
556
per 1,000 people
2000
Saint Vincentian People
# 74
Moldova :
555.799
per 1,000 people
2000
Moldovan People
# 75
Turkmenistan :
549
per 1,000 people
2000
Turkmen People
# 76
Guatemala :
549
per 1,000 people
2000
Guatemalan People
# 77
Nigeria :
528.786
per 1,000 people
2000
Nigerian People
# 78
Belize :
523
per 1,000 people
2000
Belizean People
# 79
Fiji :
517
per 1,000 people
2000
Fijian People
# 80
Gambia, The :
509
per 1,000 people
2000
Gambian People
# 81
Man, Isle of :
504.11
per 1,000 people
2000
Manx People
# 82
Barbados :
501
per 1,000 people
2000
Barbadian People
# 83
Cameroon :
500
per 1,000 people
2000
Cameroonian People
# 84
Angola :
500
per 1,000 people
2000
Angolan People
# 85
Syria :
499
per 1,000 people
2000
Syrian People
# 86
Slovenia :
492
per 1,000 people
2000
Slovenian People
# 87
Azerbaijan :
491
per 1,000 people
2000
Azerbaijani People
# 88
Seychelles :
490
per 1,000 people
2000
Seychellois People
# 89
Serbia and Montenegro :
484
per 1,000 people
2000
Serbian People
# 90
Jamaica :
482
per 1,000 people
2000
Jamaican People
# 91
French Polynesia :
476
per 1,000 people
2000
French Polynesian People
# 92
Georgia :
473
per 1,000 people
2000
Georgian People
# 93
Botswana :
468
per 1,000 people
2000
Motswana -Batswana People
# 94
São Tomé and Príncipe :
466
per 1,000 people
2000
Sao Tomean People
# 95
Cape Verde :
466
per 1,000 people
2000
Cape Verdean People
# 96
Liberia :
457
per 1,000 people
2000
Liberian People
# 97
Portugal :
456
per 1,000 people
2000
Portuguese People
# 98
Romania :
454
per 1,000 people
2000
Romanian People
# 99
Paraguay :
447
per 1,000 people
2000
Paraguayan People
# 100
Croatia :
444
per 1,000 people
2000
Croatian People
# 101
Morocco :
439.106
per 1,000 people
2000
Moroccan People
# 102
Kazakhstan :
437
per 1,000 people
2000
Kazakhstani People
# 103
Slovakia :
437
per 1,000 people
2000
Slovak People
# 104
Mongolia :
434
per 1,000 people
2000
Mongolian People
# 105
South Africa :
431
per 1,000 people
2000
South African People
# 106
Nicaragua :
428
per 1,000 people
2000
Nicaraguan People
# 107
Congo, Republic of the :
417
per 1,000 people
2000
Congolese People
# 108
El Salvador :
416
per 1,000 people
2000
Salvadoran People
# 109
Philippines :
415
per 1,000 people
2000
Philippine People
# 110
Greece :
412
per 1,000 people
2000
Greek People
# 111
Costa Rica :
410
per 1,000 people
2000
Costa Rican People
# 112
Ireland :
409
per 1,000 people
2000
Irish People
# 113
Algeria :
402
per 1,000 people
2000
Algerian People
# 114
Korea, North :
398
per 1,000 people
2000
Korean People
# 115
Ecuador :
397
per 1,000 people
2000
Ecuadorian People
# 116
Finland :
389
per 1,000 people
2000
Finnish People
# 117
Poland :
383
per 1,000 people
2000
Polish People
# 118
Malaysia :
382
per 1,000 people
2000
Malaysian People
# 119
Bolivia :
382
per 1,000 people
2000
Bolivian People
# 120
New Caledonia :
381.001
per 1,000 people
2000
New Caledonian People
# 121
Tunisia :
366
per 1,000 people
2000
Tunisian People
# 122
Iran :
358
per 1,000 people
2000
Iranian People
# 123
Dominican Republic :
355.399
per 1,000 people
2000
Dominican People
# 124
Hungary :
354
per 1,000 people
2000
Hungarian People
# 125
Turkey :
353
per 1,000 people
2000
Turkish People
# 126
Macedonia, Republic of :
351
per 1,000 people
2000
Macedonian People
# 127
Armenia :
349
per 1,000 people
2000
Armenian People
# 128
Japan :
348
per 1,000 people
2000
Japanese People
# 129
Marshall Islands :
342.003
per 1,000 people
2000
Marshallese People
# 130
Panama :
342
per 1,000 people
2000
Panamanian People
# 131
Austria :
342
per 1,000 people
2000
Austrian People
# 132
Lithuania :
330
per 1,000 people
2000
Lithuanian People
# 133
Ukraine :
329
per 1,000 people
2000
Ukrainian People
# 134
Italy :
328
per 1,000 people
2000
Italian People
# 135
Latvia :
319
per 1,000 people
2000
Latvian People
# 136
Cyprus :
314
per 1,000 people
2000
Cypriot People
# 137
Bulgaria :
311
per 1,000 people
2000
Bulgarian People
# 138
Netherlands Antilles :
307
per 1,000 people
2000
Dutch Antillean People
# 139
Estonia :
306
per 1,000 people
2000
Estonian People
# 140
Belarus :
300
per 1,000 people
2000
Belarusian People
# 141
Colombia :
291.022
per 1,000 people
2000
Colombian People
# 142
Brunei :
289
per 1,000 people
2000
Bruneian People
# 143
Dominica :
289
per 1,000 people
2000
Dominican People
# 144
Peru :
284
per 1,000 people
2000
Peruvian People
# 145
Oman :
284
per 1,000 people
2000
Omani People
# 146
Suriname :
279
per 1,000 people
2000
Surinamese People
# 147
Switzerland :
269
per 1,000 people
2000
Swiss People
# 148
Russia :
266
per 1,000 people
2000
Russian People
# 149
Czech Republic :
260
per 1,000 people
2000
Czech People
# 150
Mexico :
253
per 1,000 people
2000
Mexican People
# 151
Germany :
249
per 1,000 people
2000
German People
# 152
Cuba :
244
per 1,000 people
2000
Cuban People
# 153
France :
242
per 1,000 people
2000
French People
# 154
Norway :
239
per 1,000 people
2000
Norwegian People
# 155
Spain :
237
per 1,000 people
2000
Spanish People
# 156
Netherlands :
232
per 1,000 people
2000
Dutch People
# 157
United Arab Emirates :
226
per 1,000 people
2000
Emirati People
# 158
United States :
209
per 1,000 people
2000
American People
# 159
Canada :
206
per 1,000 people
2000
Canadian People
# 160
Korea, South :
204
per 1,000 people
2000
Korean People
# 161
Saudi Arabia :
202
per 1,000 people
2000
Saudi People
# 162
Gabon :
199
per 1,000 people
2000
Gabonese People
# 163
Jordan :
198.431
per 1,000 people
2000
Jordanian People
# 164
Brazil :
188
per 1,000 people
2000
Brazilian People
# 165
Greenland :
184
per 1,000 people
2000
Greenlandic People
# 166
Libya :
169
per 1,000 people
2000
Libyan People
# 167
Djibouti :
167
per 1,000 people
2000
Djiboutian People
# 168
Luxembourg :
162
per 1,000 people
2000
Luxembourg People
# 169
Sweden :
160
per 1,000 people
2000
Swedish People
# 170
Denmark :
149
per 1,000 people
2000
Danish People
# 171
New Zealand :
143
per 1,000 people
2000
New Zealand People
# 172
Chile :
141
per 1,000 people
2000
Chilean People
# 173
Australia :
128
per 1,000 people
2000
Australian People
# 174
Lebanon :
126.104
per 1,000 people
2000
Lebanese People
# 175
Bahamas, The :
112
per 1,000 people
2000
Bahamian People
# 176
Argentina :
108
per 1,000 people
2000
Argentine People
# 177
United Kingdom :
106
per 1,000 people
2000
British People
# 178
Venezuela :
89
per 1,000 people
2000
Venezuelan People
# 179
Uruguay :
88.073
per 1,000 people
2000
Uruguayan People
# 180
Israel :
86
per 1,000 people
2000
Israeli People
# 181
Iceland :
77
per 1,000 people
2000
Icelandic People
# 182
Virgin Islands :
74
per 1,000 people
2000
Virgin Islander People
# 183
Guam :
68
per 1,000 people
2000
Guamanian People
# 184
Malta :
66
per 1,000 people
2000
Maltese People
# 185
Puerto Rico :
54
per 1,000 people
2000
Puerto Rican People
# 186
Bahrain :
54
per 1,000 people
2000
Bahraini People
# 187
Qatar :
51
per 1,000 people
2000
Qatari People
# 188
Belgium :
29
per 1,000 people
2000
Belgian People
# 189
Kuwait :
18
per 1,000 people
2000
Kuwaiti People
Weighted average:
470.9
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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CITATION
"Rural population (per capita) (2000) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_rur_pop_percap-people-rural-population-per-capita&date=2000
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