Rural population, per capita by country
Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
209
Highest
0.8537 units per person
Liechtenstein
Lowest
0 units per person
Macao
Median
0.3622 units per person
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,394
What the numbers show
Rural population, per capita is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 0.8537 units per person in Liechtenstein; the lowest is 0 units per person in Macao.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3622 units per person, and the mean is 0.3796 units per person.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 178 fell. The largest increase was in American Samoa (up 27.1%), and the largest decrease in Netherlands (down 58.2%).
Rural population, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liechtenstein | 0.8537 units per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 0.8422 units per person | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 3 | Samoa | 0.8249 units per person | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 4 | Malawi | 0.8241 units per person | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 5 | Niger | 0.8163 units per person | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 0.7955 units per person | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 7 | Tonga | 0.7884 units per person | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 8 | South Sudan | 0.7832 units per person | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 9 | Vanuatu | 0.7768 units per person | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 10 | Micronesia (country) | 0.7752 units per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 0.7589 units per person | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 12 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.7567 units per person | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 13 | Burundi | 0.7431 units per person | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 14 | Afghanistan | 0.7406 units per person | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 15 | Tajikistan | 0.7384 units per person | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 16 | Guyana | 0.7351 units per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 17 | Eswatini | 0.7328 units per person | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 18 | Chad | 0.7243 units per person | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 19 | East Timor | 0.7121 units per person | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 0.7108 units per person | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 21 | Saint Lucia | 0.709 units per person | 2025 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 22 | Myanmar | 0.6942 units per person | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 23 | Rwanda | 0.6909 units per person | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 24 | Solomon Islands | 0.6869 units per person | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 25 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.681 units per person | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 26 | Uganda | 0.6806 units per person | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 27 | Kenya | 0.6779 units per person | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 28 | Mali | 0.6779 units per person | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 29 | Madagascar | 0.671 units per person | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 0.6676 units per person | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 31 | Comoros | 0.6606 units per person | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 32 | Eritrea | 0.6546 units per person | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 33 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.6525 units per person | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 34 | Sudan | 0.6507 units per person | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 35 | India | 0.6431 units per person | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 36 | Grenada | 0.6333 units per person | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 37 | Tanzania | 0.6312 units per person | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 38 | Yemen | 0.6297 units per person | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 39 | Mozambique | 0.6279 units per person | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 40 | Guinea | 0.6148 units per person | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 41 | Vietnam | 0.6117 units per person | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 42 | Mauritius | 0.6096 units per person | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 43 | Pakistan | 0.6047 units per person | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 44 | Faroe Islands | 0.6036 units per person | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 45 | Laos | 0.5969 units per person | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 46 | Zimbabwe | 0.595 units per person | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 47 | Cambodia | 0.5889 units per person | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 48 | Belize | 0.5844 units per person | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 49 | Maldives | 0.5749 units per person | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 50 | Egypt | 0.571 units per person | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 51 | Bhutan | 0.5657 units per person | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 52 | Moldova | 0.5627 units per person | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 53 | Togo | 0.5561 units per person | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 54 | Central African Republic | 0.5545 units per person | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 55 | Lesotho | 0.5533 units per person | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 56 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.5489 units per person | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 57 | Seychelles | 0.5452 units per person | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 58 | Zambia | 0.5408 units per person | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 59 | Sierra Leone | 0.5407 units per person | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 60 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.5335 units per person | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 61 | Turkmenistan | 0.5289 units per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 62 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.5202 units per person | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 63 | Namibia | 0.4913 units per person | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 64 | Kosovo | 0.4907 units per person | 2025 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 0.4898 units per person | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 66 | Isle of Man | 0.4786 units per person | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 67 | Romania | 0.4783 units per person | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4731 units per person | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 69 | Slovakia | 0.4681 units per person | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 70 | Benin | 0.4664 units per person | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.4603 units per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 72 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.4545 units per person | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 73 | Somalia | 0.4486 units per person | 2025 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 74 | Haiti | 0.4439 units per person | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 75 | Cameroon | 0.4433 units per person | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 76 | Senegal | 0.4423 units per person | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 77 | Philippines | 0.4423 units per person | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 78 | Slovenia | 0.4401 units per person | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 79 | Liberia | 0.4392 units per person | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 80 | Guatemala | 0.437 units per person | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 81 | British Virgin Islands | 0.4261 units per person | 2025 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 82 | Croatia | 0.4219 units per person | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 0.4136 units per person | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 84 | Albania | 0.4113 units per person | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 85 | Ghana | 0.4108 units per person | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 86 | Honduras | 0.4075 units per person | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 87 | Indonesia | 0.4061 units per person | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 88 | Jamaica | 0.4057 units per person | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 89 | Nicaragua | 0.4056 units per person | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 90 | Fiji | 0.4046 units per person | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 91 | Barbados | 0.403 units per person | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 92 | Poland | 0.3991 units per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 93 | Georgia | 0.3882 units per person | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 94 | Mauritania | 0.3851 units per person | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 95 | Portugal | 0.385 units per person | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 96 | Aruba | 0.3825 units per person | 2025 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 97 | French Polynesia | 0.3824 units per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 98 | Kazakhstan | 0.3761 units per person | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 99 | Serbia | 0.3736 units per person | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 100 | Thailand | 0.372 units per person | 2025 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 101 | North Macedonia | 0.3711 units per person | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 102 | Morocco | 0.3687 units per person | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 103 | Kiribati | 0.3661 units per person | 2025 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 104 | Ecuador | 0.3661 units per person | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 105 | Nigeria | 0.3622 units per person | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 106 | South Africa | 0.3618 units per person | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 107 | Congo | 0.3588 units per person | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 108 | North Korea | 0.3581 units per person | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 109 | Ireland | 0.3541 units per person | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 110 | Gambia | 0.3501 units per person | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 111 | Tuvalu | 0.3456 units per person | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 112 | Montenegro | 0.3439 units per person | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 113 | Suriname | 0.3421 units per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 114 | Armenia | 0.3407 units per person | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 115 | Panama | 0.3385 units per person | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 116 | China | 0.3366 units per person | 2025 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 117 | Cyprus | 0.3331 units per person | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 118 | Nepal | 0.33 units per person | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 119 | Botswana | 0.3204 units per person | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 120 | New Caledonia | 0.3183 units per person | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 121 | Latvia | 0.3137 units per person | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 122 | Lithuania | 0.3092 units per person | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 123 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3083 units per person | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 124 | Ukraine | 0.304 units per person | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 125 | Italy | 0.3032 units per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 126 | Austria | 0.3028 units per person | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 127 | Iraq | 0.3006 units per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 128 | Paraguay | 0.2961 units per person | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 129 | Hungary | 0.2931 units per person | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 130 | Tunisia | 0.293 units per person | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 131 | Estonia | 0.2928 units per person | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 132 | Mongolia | 0.2885 units per person | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 133 | Angola | 0.2854 units per person | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 134 | Bolivia | 0.2844 units per person | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 135 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2842 units per person | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 136 | Syria | 0.2792 units per person | 2025 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 137 | Dominican Republic | 0.2748 units per person | 2025 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 138 | Czechia | 0.2712 units per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 139 | Djibouti | 0.2702 units per person | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 140 | Dominica | 0.2601 units per person | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 141 | Bulgaria | 0.2583 units per person | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 142 | Finland | 0.2548 units per person | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 143 | Brunei | 0.2499 units per person | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 144 | Russia | 0.2475 units per person | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 145 | El Salvador | 0.2448 units per person | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 146 | Algeria | 0.2418 units per person | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 147 | Cuba | 0.2277 units per person | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 148 | Iran | 0.2262 units per person | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 149 | Malaysia | 0.2261 units per person | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 150 | Cape Verde | 0.2237 units per person | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 151 | Colombia | 0.2122 units per person | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 152 | France | 0.2115 units per person | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 153 | Marshall Islands | 0.2089 units per person | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 154 | Greece | 0.2078 units per person | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 155 | Palau | 0.2072 units per person | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 156 | Oman | 0.2052 units per person | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 157 | Belarus | 0.2051 units per person | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 158 | Costa Rica | 0.2027 units per person | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 159 | Mexico | 0.1996 units per person | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 160 | United States | 0.1981 units per person | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 161 | American Samoa | 0.1949 units per person | 2025 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Spain | 0.1949 units per person | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 163 | South Korea | 0.1883 units per person | 2025 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Bahamas | 0.1867 units per person | 2025 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 165 | Germany | 0.1786 units per person | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 166 | Canada | 0.1712 units per person | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 167 | United Kingdom | 0.1668 units per person | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 168 | Norway | 0.1643 units per person | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 169 | New Zealand | 0.16 units per person | 2025 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 170 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1539 units per person | 2025 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Peru | 0.144 units per person | 2025 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 172 | Switzerland | 0.1427 units per person | 2025 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 173 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1404 units per person | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 174 | Palestine | 0.1262 units per person | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 175 | Belgium | 0.1233 units per person | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 176 | Australia | 0.1228 units per person | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 177 | Libya | 0.1209 units per person | 2025 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Brazil | 0.1182 units per person | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 179 | Greenland | 0.1143 units per person | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 180 | Denmark | 0.1115 units per person | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 181 | Andorra | 0.1105 units per person | 2025 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Sweden | 0.1092 units per person | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 183 | Chile | 0.1082 units per person | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 184 | Venezuela | 0.1068 units per person | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 185 | Turkey | 0.1051 units per person | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 186 | Lebanon | 0.0904 units per person | 2025 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Curacao | 0.0853 units per person | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 188 | Israel | 0.0842 units per person | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 189 | Gabon | 0.0791 units per person | 2025 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 190 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0782 units per person | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 191 | Japan | 0.077 units per person | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 192 | Argentina | 0.0765 units per person | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 193 | Jordan | 0.0679 units per person | 2025 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 194 | Iceland | 0.0578 units per person | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 195 | Guam | 0.0578 units per person | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 196 | Puerto Rico | 0.0566 units per person | 2025 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 197 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.056 units per person | 2025 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 198 | Luxembourg | 0.0512 units per person | 2025 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 199 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0461 units per person | 2025 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 200 | Uruguay | 0.0435 units per person | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 201 | Malta | 0.0432 units per person | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 202 | Netherlands | 0.0406 units per person | 2025 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 203 | San Marino | 0.0281 units per person | 2025 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 204 | Qatar | 0.0064 units per person | 2025 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 205 | Bahrain | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 205 | Bermuda | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 205 | Hong Kong | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 205 | Kuwait | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 205 | Macao | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Chagai 0.6736 units per person
- Low income 0.6484 units per person
- South Asia 0.6421 units per person
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0.6421 units per person
- European Union 0.2483 units per person
- Euro area 0.2252 units per person
- Least developed countries 0.6336 units per person
- IDA only 0.6314 units per person
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.6167 units per person
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.613 units per person
- Pacific island small states 0.5912 units per person
- IDA total 0.5885 units per person
- Lower middle income 0.5799 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.5534 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.5534 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.5534 units per person
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.5405 units per person
- Early-demographic dividend 0.5233 units per person
- IDA blend 0.5078 units per person
- Caribbean Small States 0.499 units per person
- Small states 0.479 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.4739 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.4714 units per person
- Low & middle income 0.4688 units per person
- Africa Western and Central 0.4652 units per person
- IDA & IBRD total 0.4632 units per person
- Other small states 0.4482 units per person
- Middle income 0.4459 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.4404 units per person
- World 0.4217 units per person
- IBRD only 0.4135 units per person
- Arab World 0.3996 units per person
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0.3809 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.3797 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.3795 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific 0.3523 units per person
- Late-demographic dividend 0.3234 units per person
- Upper middle income 0.3177 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.3167 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.3085 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Rural population ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Rural population World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.