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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) (2001) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Bhutan :
955.289
per 1,000 people
2001
Bhutanese People
# 2
Burundi :
911.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Burundian People
# 3
Trinidad and Tobago :
889.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Tobagonian People
# 4
Uganda :
878
per 1,000 people
2001
Ugandan People
# 5
Papua New Guinea :
867.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Papua New Guinean People
# 6
Nepal :
861.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Nepalese People
# 7
Rwanda :
851
per 1,000 people
2001
Rwandan People
# 8
Ethiopia :
848.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Ethiopian People
# 9
Malawi :
844.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Malawian People
# 10
Sri Lanka :
844.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Sri Lankan People
# 11
Solomon Islands :
840.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Solomon Islander People
# 12
Niger :
836.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Nigerien People
# 13
Burkina Faso :
831.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Burkinabe People
# 14
Cambodia :
825.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Cambodian People
# 15
Laos :
820.989
per 1,000 people
2001
Lao People
# 16
Lesotho :
820.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Basotho People
# 17
Eritrea :
818.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Eritrean People
# 18
Kenya :
801
per 1,000 people
2001
Kenyan People
# 19
Tanzania :
790.443
per 1,000 people
2001
Tanzanian People
# 20
Samoa :
780
per 1,000 people
2001
Samoan People
# 21
Vanuatu :
779.4
per 1,000 people
2001
- People
# 22
Micronesia, Federated States of :
777
per 1,000 people
2001
Micronesian People
# 23
Tonga :
766.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Tongan People
# 24
Swaziland :
765.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Swazi People
# 25
Bangladesh :
764.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Bangladeshi People
# 26
Chad :
762.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Chadian People
# 27
Vietnam :
760.522
per 1,000 people
2001
Vietnamese People
# 28
East Timor :
751
per 1,000 people
2001
Timorese People
# 29
Yemen :
742.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Yemeni People
# 30
Tajikistan :
741.158
per 1,000 people
2001
Tajikistani People
# 31
Madagascar :
738.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Malagasy People
# 32
India :
721
per 1,000 people
2001
Indian People
# 33
Maldives :
720.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Maldivian People
# 34
Saint Lucia :
720.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Saint Lucian People
# 35
Mali :
715.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Malian People
# 36
Burma :
714.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Burmese People
# 37
Guyana :
714.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Guyanese People
# 38
Guinea :
707.192
per 1,000 people
2001
Guinean People
# 39
Guinea-Bissau :
703.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Guinean People
# 40
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
697.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Congolese People
# 41
Grenada :
690.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Grenadian People
# 42
Thailand :
686.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Thai People
# 43
Mozambique :
685.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Mozambican People
# 44
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
673.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Nevisian People
# 45
Namibia :
670.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Namibian People
# 46
Pakistan :
665.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Pakistani People
# 47
Somalia :
663.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Somali People
# 48
Zimbabwe :
657.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Zimbabwean People
# 49
Comoros :
655.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Comoran People
# 50
Zambia :
651.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Zambian People
# 51
Kyrgyzstan :
645.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Kyrgyzstani People
# 52
Haiti :
637.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Haitian People
# 53
China :
632.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Chinese People
# 54
Sudan :
629.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Sudanese People
# 55
Uzbekistan :
628.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Uzbekistani People
# 56
Togo :
627
per 1,000 people
2001
Togolese People
# 57
Antigua and Barbuda :
623.401
per 1,000 people
2001
Barbudan People
# 58
Central African Republic :
623.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Central African People
# 59
Sierra Leone :
622.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Sierra Leonean People
# 60
Benin :
612.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Beninese People
# 61
Equatorial Guinea :
611.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Equatorial Guinean People
# 62
Mauritania :
599.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Mauritanian People
# 63
Senegal :
592
per 1,000 people
2001
Senegalese People
# 64
Albania :
574.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Albanian People
# 65
Egypt :
574.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Egyptian People
# 66
Mauritius :
573.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Mauritian People
# 67
Indonesia :
567.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Indonesian People
# 68
Côte d'Ivoire :
566
per 1,000 people
2001
Ivoirian People
# 69
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
563
per 1,000 people
2001
Herzegovinian People
# 70
Kiribati :
561.204
per 1,000 people
2001
- People
# 71
Moldova :
560.279
per 1,000 people
2001
Moldovan People
# 72
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
553
per 1,000 people
2001
Saint Vincentian People
# 73
Ghana :
552.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Ghanaian People
# 74
Honduras :
551.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Honduran People
# 75
Turkmenistan :
546.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Turkmen People
# 76
Guatemala :
544.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Guatemalan People
# 77
Belize :
521.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Belizean People
# 78
Nigeria :
519.306
per 1,000 people
2001
Nigerian People
# 79
Fiji :
512
per 1,000 people
2001
Fijian People
# 80
Man, Isle of :
505.797
per 1,000 people
2001
Manx People
# 81
Gambia, The :
499.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Gambian People
# 82
Syria :
498
per 1,000 people
2001
Syrian People
# 83
Barbados :
495.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Barbadian People
# 84
Angola :
493.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Angolan People
# 85
Slovenia :
491.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Slovenian People
# 86
Cameroon :
490.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Cameroonian People
# 87
Azerbaijan :
489.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Azerbaijani People
# 88
Seychelles :
486.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Seychellois People
# 89
Serbia and Montenegro :
482.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Serbian People
# 90
Jamaica :
479.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Jamaican People
# 91
French Polynesia :
477.4
per 1,000 people
2001
French Polynesian People
# 92
Georgia :
474
per 1,000 people
2001
Georgian People
# 93
Botswana :
459.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Motswana -Batswana People
# 94
Cape Verde :
458.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Cape Verdean People
# 95
São Tomé and Príncipe :
456.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Sao Tomean People
# 96
Romania :
455.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Romanian People
# 97
Portugal :
449.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Portuguese People
# 98
Liberia :
449.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Liberian People
# 99
Croatia :
442.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Croatian People
# 100
Paraguay :
440.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Paraguayan People
# 101
Slovakia :
437.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Slovak People
# 102
Kazakhstan :
435
per 1,000 people
2001
Kazakhstani People
# 103
Mongolia :
433.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Mongolian People
# 104
Morocco :
431.487
per 1,000 people
2001
Moroccan People
# 105
South Africa :
426.2
per 1,000 people
2001
South African People
# 106
Nicaragua :
424.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Nicaraguan People
# 107
El Salvador :
413.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Salvadoran People
# 108
Congo, Republic of the :
413.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Congolese People
# 109
Greece :
411.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Greek People
# 110
Philippines :
406.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Philippine People
# 111
Ireland :
406.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Irish People
# 112
Costa Rica :
404.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Costa Rican People
# 113
Korea, North :
395.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Korean People
# 114
Algeria :
395
per 1,000 people
2001
Algerian People
# 115
Ecuador :
392
per 1,000 people
2001
Ecuadorian People
# 116
Finland :
389
per 1,000 people
2001
Finnish People
# 117
Poland :
382.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Polish People
# 118
New Caledonia :
377.401
per 1,000 people
2001
New Caledonian People
# 119
Bolivia :
377.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Bolivian People
# 120
Malaysia :
371
per 1,000 people
2001
Malaysian People
# 121
Tunisia :
362.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Tunisian People
# 122
Iran :
352.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Iranian People
# 123
Armenia :
351
per 1,000 people
2001
Armenian People
# 124
Hungary :
350.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Hungarian People
# 125
Turkey :
347.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Turkish People
# 126
Japan :
346.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Japanese People
# 127
Dominican Republic :
346.499
per 1,000 people
2001
Dominican People
# 128
Macedonia, Republic of :
343
per 1,000 people
2001
Macedonian People
# 129
Austria :
341.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Austrian People
# 130
Marshall Islands :
340.206
per 1,000 people
2001
Marshallese People
# 131
Panama :
332
per 1,000 people
2001
Panamanian People
# 132
Lithuania :
330.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Lithuanian People
# 133
Ukraine :
327.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Ukrainian People
# 134
Italy :
327.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Italian People
# 135
Latvia :
319.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Latvian People
# 136
Cyprus :
312.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Cypriot People
# 137
Bulgaria :
308.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Bulgarian People
# 138
Estonia :
306.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Estonian People
# 139
Netherlands Antilles :
304.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Dutch Antillean People
# 140
Belarus :
295.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Belarusian People
# 141
Colombia :
288.174
per 1,000 people
2001
Colombian People
# 142
Dominica :
285.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Dominican People
# 143
Oman :
284.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Omani People
# 144
Brunei :
284.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Bruneian People
# 145
Peru :
282
per 1,000 people
2001
Peruvian People
# 146
Suriname :
275.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Surinamese People
# 147
Russia :
266.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Russian People
# 148
Switzerland :
264.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Swiss People
# 149
Czech Republic :
261
per 1,000 people
2001
Czech People
# 150
Mexico :
250.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Mexican People
# 151
Germany :
248.8
per 1,000 people
2001
German People
# 152
Cuba :
244.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Cuban People
# 153
France :
240.2
per 1,000 people
2001
French People
# 154
Norway :
236.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Norwegian People
# 155
Spain :
236.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Spanish People
# 156
United Arab Emirates :
227.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Emirati People
# 157
Netherlands :
225.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Dutch People
# 158
United States :
205.6
per 1,000 people
2001
American People
# 159
Canada :
204.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Canadian People
# 160
Korea, South :
201.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Korean People
# 161
Saudi Arabia :
199.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Saudi People
# 162
Jordan :
194.565
per 1,000 people
2001
Jordanian People
# 163
Gabon :
192
per 1,000 people
2001
Gabonese People
# 164
Brazil :
182
per 1,000 people
2001
Brazilian People
# 165
Greenland :
181.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Greenlandic People
# 166
Libya :
165.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Libyan People
# 167
Luxembourg :
164
per 1,000 people
2001
Luxembourg People
# 168
Djibouti :
161.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Djiboutian People
# 169
Sweden :
159.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Swedish People
# 170
Denmark :
148
per 1,000 people
2001
Danish People
# 171
New Zealand :
142
per 1,000 people
2001
New Zealand People
# 172
Chile :
137.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Chilean People
# 173
Australia :
126
per 1,000 people
2001
Australian People
# 174
Lebanon :
124.736
per 1,000 people
2001
Lebanese People
# 175
Bahamas, The :
108.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Bahamian People
# 176
Argentina :
106.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Argentine People
# 177
United Kingdom :
105.4
per 1,000 people
2001
British People
# 178
Uruguay :
87.101
per 1,000 people
2001
Uruguayan People
# 179
Israel :
85.6
per 1,000 people
2001
Israeli People
# 180
Venezuela :
84.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Venezuelan People
# 181
Iceland :
76
per 1,000 people
2001
Icelandic People
# 182
Virgin Islands :
70.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Virgin Islander People
# 183
Guam :
66.4
per 1,000 people
2001
Guamanian People
# 184
Malta :
62.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Maltese People
# 185
Bahrain :
50.2
per 1,000 people
2001
Bahraini People
# 186
Qatar :
50
per 1,000 people
2001
Qatari People
# 187
Puerto Rico :
48
per 1,000 people
2001
Puerto Rican People
# 188
Belgium :
28.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Belgian People
# 189
Kuwait :
17.8
per 1,000 people
2001
Kuwaiti People
Weighted average:
467.7
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
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