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DEFINITION:
Rural population is calculated as the difference between the total population and the urban population. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 926.13 | 2005 | ||
| 2 | Nepal | 903.27 | 2005 | ||
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 883.62 | 2005 | ||
| 4 | Niger | 880.79 | 2005 | ||
| 5 | Uganda | 876.78 | 2005 | ||
| 6 | Burundi | 874.19 | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Bhutan | 870.17 | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 848.2 | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Cambodia | 845.96 | 2005 | ||
| 10 | Solomon Islands | 844.92 | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Papua New Guinea | 836.33 | 2005 | ||
| 12 | Malawi | 825.39 | 2005 | ||
| 13 | Laos | 812.31 | 2005 | ||
| 14 | Federated States of Micronesia | 808.38 | 2005 | ||
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 805.19 | 2005 | ||
| 16 | Samoa | 797.81 | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Mali | 786.79 | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Ethiopia | 785.84 | 2005 | ||
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 785.63 | 2005 | ||
| 20 | Maldives | 778.81 | 2005 | ||
| 21 | Swaziland | 777.11 | 2005 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 774.55 | 2005 | |||
| 22 | Rwanda | 773.47 | 2005 | ||
| 23 | Vanuatu | 772.28 | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Tonga | 770.17 | 2005 | ||
| 25 | Kenya | 759.1 | 2005 | ||
| 26 | Lesotho | 757.67 | 2005 | ||
| 27 | Yemen | 757.14 | 2005 | ||
| 28 | Tanzania | 748.32 | 2005 | ||
| 29 | Madagascar | 744.63 | 2005 | ||
| 30 | Vietnam | 742.48 | 2005 | ||
| 31 | Bangladesh | 742.13 | 2005 | ||
| 32 | Eritrea | 730.83 | 2005 | ||
| 33 | East Timor | 729.33 | 2005 | ||
| 34 | Chad | 727.2 | 2005 | ||
| 35 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 723.25 | 2005 | ||
| 36 | Saint Lucia | 721.3 | 2005 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 720.79 | 2005 | |||
| 37 | Tajikistan | 719.95 | 2005 | ||
| 38 | Grenada | 717.92 | 2005 | ||
| 39 | Guyana | 708.93 | 2005 | ||
| 40 | Burma | 698.68 | 2005 | ||
| 41 | India | 692.4 | 2005 | ||
| 42 | Sudan | 679.1 | 2005 | ||
| 43 | Togo | 664.39 | 2005 | ||
| 44 | Thailand | 663.3 | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 662.28 | 2005 | ||
| 46 | Zambia | 661.25 | 2005 | ||
| 47 | Guinea | 657.81 | 2005 | ||
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 656.08 | 2005 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 652.66 | 2005 | |||
| 49 | Namibia | 650.35 | 2005 | ||
| 50 | Pakistan | 641.94 | 2005 | ||
| 51 | Sierra Leone | 639.98 | 2005 | ||
| 52 | Kyrgyzstan | 639.62 | 2005 | ||
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 633.01 | 2005 | ||
| 54 | Central African Republic | 632.03 | 2005 | ||
| 55 | Comoros | 629.74 | 2005 | ||
| 56 | Somalia | 629.7 | 2005 | ||
| 57 | Moldova | 623.52 | 2005 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 621.39 | 2005 | |||
| 58 | Benin | 617.78 | 2005 | ||
| 59 | Mozambique | 617.03 | 2005 | ||
| 60 | Antigua and Barbuda | 610.63 | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Senegal | 604.07 | 2005 | ||
| 62 | China | 596.36 | 2005 | ||
| 63 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 592.25 | 2005 | ||
| 64 | Egypt | 589.97 | 2005 | ||
| 65 | Mauritania | 581.33 | 2005 | ||
| 66 | Mauritius | 576 | 2005 | ||
| 67 | Kiribati | 575.61 | 2005 | ||
| 68 | Cote d'Ivoire | 574.03 | 2005 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 573.04 | 2005 | |||
| 69 | Haiti | 563.55 | 2005 | ||
| 70 | Honduras | 558.72 | 2005 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 556 | 2005 | |||
| 71 | Belize | 554.8 | 2005 | ||
| 72 | Turkmenistan | 547.68 | 2005 | ||
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 546.81 | 2005 | ||
| 74 | Ghana | 539.79 | 2005 | ||
| 75 | Albania | 534.65 | 2005 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 530.2 | 2005 | |||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 524.81 | 2005 | |||
| 76 | Guatemala | 524.67 | 2005 | ||
| 77 | Syria | 517.82 | 2005 | ||
| 78 | Indonesia | 509.93 | 2005 | ||
| 79 | Equatorial Guinea | 509.65 | 2005 | ||
| 80 | Fiji | 507.09 | 2005 | ||
| 81 | Georgia | 490.38 | 2005 | ||
| 82 | Slovenia | 490.01 | 2005 | ||
| 83 | Nigeria | 488.1 | 2005 | ||
| 84 | The Gambia | 486.84 | 2005 | ||
| 85 | French Polynesia | 486.26 | 2005 | ||
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 484.78 | 2005 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 482.33 | 2005 | |||
| 87 | Seychelles | 480.06 | 2005 | ||
| 88 | Jamaica | 469.73 | 2005 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 468 | 2005 | |||
| 89 | Barbados | 466.06 | 2005 | ||
| 90 | Romania | 463 | 2005 | ||
| 91 | El Salvador | 455.52 | 2005 | ||
| 92 | Cape Verde | 452.12 | 2005 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 450.87 | 2005 | |||
| 93 | Angola | 449.98 | 2005 | ||
| 94 | Slovakia | 438 | 2005 | ||
| 95 | Mongolia | 437.71 | 2005 | ||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 436.35 | 2005 | |||
| 96 | Croatia | 435.13 | 2005 | ||
| 97 | Kazakhstan | 426.97 | 2005 | ||
| 98 | Sao Tome and Principe | 425.18 | 2005 | ||
| 99 | Portugal | 424 | 2005 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 420.84 | 2005 | |||
| 100 | Liberia | 420.73 | 2005 | ||
| 101 | Paraguay | 414.61 | 2005 | ||
| 102 | Morocco | 413.58 | 2005 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 412.9 | 2005 | |||
| 103 | Greece | 410 | 2005 | ||
| 104 | Cameroon | 408.55 | 2005 | ||
| 105 | Marshall Islands | 404.69 | 2005 | ||
| 106 | South Africa | 404.32 | 2005 | ||
| 107 | Botswana | 400.82 | 2005 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 398.44 | 2005 | |||
| 108 | Ireland | 394.92 | 2005 | ||
| 109 | Finland | 389 | 2005 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 388.35 | 2005 | |||
| 110 | Nicaragua | 387.01 | 2005 | ||
| 111 | Costa Rica | 383.63 | 2005 | ||
| 112 | Poland | 379 | 2005 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 372.52 | 2005 | |||
| 113 | New Caledonia | 363.13 | 2005 | ||
| 114 | North Korea | 362.62 | 2005 | ||
| 115 | Philippines | 360.98 | 2005 | ||
| 116 | Armenia | 359.17 | 2005 | ||
| 117 | Ecuador | 357.18 | 2005 | ||
| 118 | Algeria | 355.04 | 2005 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 353.05 | 2005 | |||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 352.34 | 2005 | |||
| 119 | Bolivia | 351.39 | 2005 | ||
| 120 | Iraq | 348.29 | 2005 | ||
| 121 | Turkey | 347.86 | 2005 | ||
| 122 | Tunisia | 347 | 2005 | ||
| 123 | Japan | 342 | 2005 | ||
| 124 | Austria | 340.23 | 2005 | ||
| 125 | Hungary | 337 | 2005 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 334.63 | 2005 | |||
| 126 | Lithuania | 334 | 2005 | ||
| 127 | Italy | 324 | 2005 | ||
| 128 | Iran | 322.03 | 2005 | ||
| 129 | Latvia | 322 | 2005 | ||
| 130 | Ukraine | 321.8 | 2005 | ||
| 131 | Malaysia | 320.72 | 2005 | ||
| 132 | Dominican Republic | 316.06 | 2005 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 315.56 | 2005 | |||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 315.21 | 2005 | |||
| 133 | Estonia | 309 | 2005 | ||
| 134 | Bulgaria | 300 | 2005 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 294.7 | 2005 | |||
| European Union average (profile) | 290.42 | 2005 | |||
| 135 | Oman | 290.05 | 2005 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 289.66 | 2005 | |||
| 136 | Colombia | 288.27 | 2005 | ||
| 137 | Belarus | 281.24 | 2005 | ||
| 138 | Panama | 280.34 | 2005 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 278.27 | 2005 | |||
| 139 | Dominica | 276.6 | 2005 | ||
| 140 | Peru | 276.42 | 2005 | ||
| 141 | Russia | 269.93 | 2005 | ||
| 142 | Brunei | 269.33 | 2005 | ||
| 143 | Czech Republic | 264.96 | 2005 | ||
| 144 | United Arab Emirates | 254.58 | 2005 | ||
| 145 | Germany | 248 | 2005 | ||
| 146 | Switzerland | 248 | 2005 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 245.24 | 2005 | |||
| 147 | Cuba | 244.51 | 2005 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 244.08 | 2005 | |||
| 148 | Suriname | 234.73 | 2005 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 233.29 | 2005 | |||
| 149 | Spain | 233 | 2005 | ||
| 150 | Norway | 226 | 2005 | ||
| 151 | Cyprus | 225.3 | 2005 | ||
| 152 | France | 224.51 | 2005 | ||
| 153 | Mexico | 223.44 | 2005 | ||
| 154 | Canada | 198.92 | 2005 | ||
| 155 | Netherlands | 198 | 2005 | ||
| 156 | South Korea | 192.62 | 2005 | ||
| 157 | United States | 192.58 | 2005 | ||
| 158 | Jordan | 179.03 | 2005 | ||
| 159 | Saudi Arabia | 177.91 | 2005 | ||
| 160 | Greenland | 171 | 2005 | ||
| 161 | Luxembourg | 168.88 | 2005 | ||
| 162 | Gabon | 164.52 | 2005 | ||
| 163 | Libya | 159.04 | 2005 | ||
| 164 | Brazil | 158.22 | 2005 | ||
| 165 | Sweden | 157.9 | 2005 | ||
| 166 | Denmark | 143.91 | 2005 | ||
| 167 | Djibouti | 141.95 | 2005 | ||
| 168 | New Zealand | 136.83 | 2005 | ||
| 169 | Chile | 123.68 | 2005 | ||
| 170 | Lebanon | 120.22 | 2005 | ||
| 171 | Australia | 117.62 | 2005 | ||
| 172 | United Kingdom | 103 | 2005 | ||
| 173 | Argentina | 99.25 | 2005 | ||
| 174 | The Bahamas | 94.24 | 2005 | ||
| 175 | Israel | 83.92 | 2005 | ||
| 176 | Uruguay | 83.32 | 2005 | ||
| 177 | Iceland | 72 | 2005 | ||
| 178 | Venezuela | 65.63 | 2005 | ||
| 179 | Guam | 64.26 | 2005 | ||
| 180 | Malta | 46.96 | 2005 | ||
| 181 | Qatar | 45.53 | 2005 | ||
| 182 | Bahrain | 28.91 | 2005 | ||
| 183 | Belgium | 28 | 2005 | ||
| 184 | Puerto Rico | 24.57 | 2005 | ||
| 185 | Kuwait | 18.77 | 2005 | ||
| 186 | Hong Kong | 1 | 1994 | ||
| 187 | Macau | 0.206 | 1999 |