Rural population, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Rural population. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
209
Highest
3.86 % change on previous year
Oman
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Macau (China)
Median
0.1831 % change on previous year
Years covered
65
1961–2025
Data points
16,522
What the numbers show
Rural population, annual growth rate is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 3.86 % change on previous year in Oman; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Macau (China).
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1831 % change on previous year, and the mean is -1.78 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 151 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan, Republic of (up 933.1%), and the largest decrease in Kuwait (down 20,244.4%).
Rural population, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oman | 3.86 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 43.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.81 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 219.1% | volatile |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 3.73 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3.68 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Georgia | 2.97 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 541.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Niger | 2.87 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 7 | Ukraine | 2.74 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 470.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 2.63 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 666.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Chad | 2.57 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 10 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 2.57 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 11 | Yemen, Republic of | 2.57 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 12 | Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of | 2.47 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Sudan | 2.3 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 14 | Vanuatu | 2.21 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 15 | Somalia | 2.21 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 178.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Malawi | 2.19 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 17 | Mali | 2.03 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 18 | Eritrea, The State of | 2.01 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 389.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Cameroon | 1.98 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 20 | Zambia | 1.97 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 21 | Iraq | 1.94 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of | 1.93 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 23 | Tajikistan, Republic of | 1.87 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 1.86 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Uganda | 1.75 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 26 | Tanzania | 1.74 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 27 | Belize | 1.74 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 28 | Congo, Republic of | 1.72 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 29 | Madagascar, Republic of | 1.72 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 30 | South Sudan, Republic of | 1.66 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 213.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Equatorial Guinea, Republic of | 1.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 125.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 33 | Mozambique | 1.63 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Turkmenistan | 1.63 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 35 | Guinea | 1.6 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 36 | Kenya | 1.47 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 37 | Liechtenstein | 1.45 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 127.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Solomon Islands | 1.42 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 39 | Armenia, Republic of | 1.4 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 367.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 1.39 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 47.8% | rising |
| 41 | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 1.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 42 | Papua New Guinea | 1.31 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 46.6% | rising |
| 43 | Malta | 1.3 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Burundi | 1.27 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Comoros, Union of the | 1.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.17 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Côte d’Ivoire | 1.15 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 48 | Togo | 1.15 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Namibia | 1.13 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Senegal | 1.11 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 51 | Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of | 1.1 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Djibouti | 1.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 53 | São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of | 1.02 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Sierra Leone | 1 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Pakistan | 0.984 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 56 | Ireland | 0.9559 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Iceland | 0.8983 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 235.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 0.8815 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Cyprus | 0.8799 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Nicaragua | 0.8714 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 61 | Liberia | 0.8615 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Aruba | 0.8434 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Libya | 0.835 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 64 | South Africa | 0.812 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Cambodia | 0.7882 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 146.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Suriname | 0.7818 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Seychelles | 0.7772 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Panama | 0.7724 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Guatemala | 0.74 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Israel | 0.7021 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Rwanda | 0.6953 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Luxembourg | 0.6761 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 120.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Benin | 0.6697 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 62.2% | rising |
| 74 | American Samoa | 0.6621 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Mongolia | 0.5968 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Portugal | 0.5936 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 245.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Andorra, Principality of | 0.5929 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 131.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Samoa | 0.586 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Australia | 0.5855 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 125.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Guyana | 0.5708 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.543 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Mauritania, Islamic Republic of | 0.5156 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Honduras | 0.513 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 84 | Ghana | 0.4821 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 85 | Myanmar | 0.4495 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 86 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.4308 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Ecuador | 0.4287 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 68.1% | falling |
| 88 | Eswatini, Kingdom of | 0.4281 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 0.4279 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 90 | India | 0.4067 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 91 | Bahamas, The | 0.4043 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Kazakhstan, Republic of | 0.3844 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Bangladesh | 0.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.3272 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Channel Islands | 0.2952 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Azerbaijan, Republic of | 0.2794 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 933.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Gambia, The | 0.2766 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 98 | New Zealand | 0.275 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 94.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Palestine | 0.2685 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 100 | New Caledonia | 0.2271 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 101 | St. Lucia | 0.2268 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 166.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Angola | 0.2141 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 85.4% | falling |
| 103 | Belgium | 0.2138 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 119.2% | rising |
| 104 | Bolivia | 0.2056 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 105 | United States | 0.1831 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 106 | French Polynesia | 0.1307 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Faroe Islands | 0.0936 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Philippines | 0.0874 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 123.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Botswana | 0.0839 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0583 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Venezuela, República Bolivariana de | 0.0542 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Vietnam | 0.0489 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 113 | France | 0.033 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 102.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Morocco | 0.0275 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 115 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.0156 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 142.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Spain | 0.0113 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 101.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Isle of Man | 0.0075 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 101.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.0602 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 118.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Canada | -0.0803 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 114.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Guam | -0.0818 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 77.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Grenada | -0.0888 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 120.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Nigeria | -0.1218 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 116.7% | falling |
| 123 | Slovak Republic | -0.1564 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 140.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Korea | -0.1591 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 115.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Haiti | -0.1649 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 220.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Romania | -0.1768 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 127 | United Kingdom | -0.1852 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Mauritius | -0.1976 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 160.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Colombia | -0.2113 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 134.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Montenegro | -0.256 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 106.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Curaçao | -0.2844 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 124.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Italy | -0.3131 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Barbados | -0.3404 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 254.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Slovenia | -0.3588 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 93.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Tonga | -0.4224 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Croatia, Republic of | -0.4457 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 69.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Czechia | -0.4625 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 207.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Austria | -0.4906 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 171.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Estonia | -0.5048 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Maldives | -0.5233 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 118.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Palau, Republic of | -0.5436 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 125.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Finland | -0.5476 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Paraguay | -0.5603 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 329.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Tunisia | -0.5867 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 180.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Mexico | -0.5998 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 576.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Poland | -0.6232 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 445.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -0.6359 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | -0.6454 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 496.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Cuba | -0.6522 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 214.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Russia | -0.6656 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 554.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Argentina | -0.6693 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,005.9% | rising |
| 152 | Lesotho | -0.6715 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Fiji, Republic of | -0.6777 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Germany | -0.6813 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 387.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Gabon | -0.6835 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 156 | San Marino, Republic of | -0.7246 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 198.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Norway | -0.7644 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 66.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Indonesia | -0.7808 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 158.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Nepal | -0.7937 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Denmark | -0.7939 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 322.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Lithuania | -0.7947 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Bhutan | -0.8653 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 789.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Switzerland | -0.8806 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Algeria | -0.884 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,234.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Malaysia | -0.913 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 4,354.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Sri Lanka | -0.9172 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 231.1% | volatile |
| 167 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.9414 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Bulgaria | -0.9803 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Türkiye | -0.9904 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 95.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Greece | -1 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Kiribati | -1.03 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 827.4% | volatile |
| 172 | North Macedonia, Republic of | -1.06 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Hungary | -1.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Chile | -1.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 545.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Serbia, Republic of | -1.24 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Jamaica | -1.28 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 199.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Uruguay | -1.32 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 178 | British Virgin Islands | -1.39 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 142.4% | volatile |
| 179 | El Salvador | -1.41 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Latvia | -1.45 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 181 | China (People’s Republic of) | -1.48 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Costa Rica | -1.57 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Peru | -1.72 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 184 | Qatar | -1.72 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 132.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Sweden | -1.74 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 186 | United States Virgin Islands | -1.79 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Japan | -1.89 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Albania | -1.93 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 189 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.94 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Brazil | -1.95 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 93.7% | volatile |
| 191 | Lebanon | -2.03 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,374.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Puerto Rico | -2.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Moldova, Republic of | -2.12 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 142.7% | volatile |
| 194 | Belarus, Republic of | -2.13 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 97.9% | falling |
| 195 | Dominica | -2.16 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 196 | Greenland | -2.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 197 | Kosovo | -2.3 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 198 | Thailand | -2.51 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 242.2% | volatile |
| 199 | Northern Mariana Islands | -2.94 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 200 | Turks and Caicos Islands | -3.24 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 418.3% | volatile |
| 201 | Cabo Verde | -3.24 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 202 | Tuvalu | -3.61 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 117.8% | volatile |
| 203 | Jordan | -3.93 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 204 | Marshall Islands, Republic of the | -5.06 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 205 | Netherlands | -6.37 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 206 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | -100 % change on previous year | 2010 | down 3,364.8% | volatile |
| 206 | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China | -100 % change on previous year | 1996 | down 1,598.3% | volatile |
| 206 | Kuwait | -100 % change on previous year | 2005 | down 20,244.4% | volatile |
| 206 | Macau (China) | -100 % change on previous year | 2001 | down 456.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 2.04 % change on previous year
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 1.86 % change on previous year
- Africa Eastern and Southern 1.78 % change on previous year
- Arab World 1.63 % change on previous year
- Pre-demographic dividend 1.61 % change on previous year
- Least developed countries: UN classification 1.55 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1.53 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.53 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.53 % change on previous year
- IDA only 1.51 % change on previous year
- IDA total 1.31 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 1.23 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Rural population. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Rural population World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Rural population. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.