Rural population (% of total population) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
214
Highest
86.1%
Papua New Guinea
Lowest
0.0%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Median
35.1%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
11,770
What the numbers show
Rural population (% of total population) is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 86.1% in Papua New Guinea; the lowest is 0.0% in Sint Maarten (Dutch part).
The median across all reporting countries is 35.1%, and the mean is 37.2%.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 194 fell. The largest increase was in Andorra (up 6.0%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 45.8%).
Rural population: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 86.1% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 2 | Liechtenstein | 85.3% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 3 | Burundi | 84.8% | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 4 | Niger | 82.8% | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 5 | Samoa | 82.6% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 6 | Rwanda | 81.9% | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 7 | Malawi | 81.4% | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 8 | Saint Lucia | 80.7% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 80.6% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 10 | South Sudan | 78.4% | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 11 | Nepal | 77.6% | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 12 | Tonga | 76.8% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 13 | Micronesia (country) | 76.4% | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 76.3% | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 15 | Antigua and Barbuda | 75.7% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 16 | Chad | 75.3% | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 17 | Eswatini | 75.0% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 18 | Cambodia | 74.0% | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 19 | Vanuatu | 73.9% | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 20 | Solomon Islands | 73.5% | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 72.7% | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 22 | Guyana | 72.7% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 23 | Uganda | 72.6% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 24 | Tajikistan | 71.5% | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 25 | Kenya | 70.0% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 26 | Comoros | 69.6% | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 27 | Lesotho | 69.1% | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 28 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 68.8% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 29 | Barbados | 68.5% | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 30 | Myanmar | 67.5% | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 67.3% | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 32 | Timor-Leste | 67.2% | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 66.8% | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 34 | Sudan | 63.2% | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 35 | India | 63.1% | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 36 | Grenada | 62.7% | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 37 | Tanzania | 61.9% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 38 | Kyrgyzstan | 61.8% | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 39 | Pakistan | 61.6% | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 40 | Guinea | 61.5% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 41 | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 61.1% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 42 | Mozambique | 60.7% | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 43 | Viet Nam | 59.8% | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 44 | Yemen | 59.5% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 45 | Mauritius | 59.1% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 58.8% | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 47 | Madagascar | 58.8% | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 48 | Maldives | 57.6% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 49 | Faroe Islands | 56.8% | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 50 | Egypt | 56.7% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 51 | Moldova | 56.4% | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 52 | Eritrea | 56.1% | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 53 | Central African Republic | 55.9% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 54 | Aruba | 55.5% | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 55 | Sierra Leone | 55.2% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 56 | Bhutan | 55.0% | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 57 | Togo | 54.9% | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 58 | Guinea-Bissau | 54.1% | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 59 | Belize | 53.2% | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 60 | Zambia | 53.1% | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 61 | Mali | 53.1% | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 62 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 51.9% | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 63 | Somalia | 51.5% | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 64 | Philippines | 51.4% | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 65 | Senegal | 49.9% | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 66 | British Virgin Islands | 49.8% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 67 | Uzbekistan | 49.4% | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 68 | Benin | 49.3% | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.3% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 70 | Guatemala | 46.5% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.4% | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 72 | Côte d’Ivoire | 46.4% | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 73 | Isle of Man | 46.3% | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 74 | Liberia | 45.9% | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 75 | Slovak Republic | 45.8% | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 76 | Thailand | 45.7% | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 77 | Turkmenistan | 45.5% | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 78 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 45.3% | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 79 | Romania | 45.1% | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 80 | Nigeria | 45.0% | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 81 | Namibia | 44.2% | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 82 | Slovenia | 43.6% | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 83 | Serbia | 42.6% | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 84 | Jamaica | 42.2% | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 42.0% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 86 | Syria | 42.0% | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 87 | Kazakhstan | 41.6% | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 88 | Kiribati | 41.6% | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 89 | Mauritania | 41.5% | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 90 | Croatia | 41.1% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 91 | Fiji | 40.8% | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 92 | Indonesia | 40.8% | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 93 | Seychelles | 40.8% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 94 | Austria | 40.2% | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 95 | Ghana | 40.1% | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 96 | North Macedonia | 40.1% | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 97 | Cameroon | 40.1% | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 39.8% | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 99 | Poland | 39.7% | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 100 | Haiti | 39.5% | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 101 | Honduras | 39.2% | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 102 | Georgia | 38.8% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 103 | French Polynesia | 37.6% | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 104 | Paraguay | 36.5% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 105 | North Korea | 36.5% | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 106 | Armenia | 36.1% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 107 | Ireland | 35.2% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 108 | Ecuador | 35.0% | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 109 | Gambia | 34.9% | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 110 | Albania | 34.6% | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 111 | China (People’s Republic of) | 34.5% | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 112 | Morocco | 34.4% | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 113 | Suriname | 33.5% | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 114 | Tuvalu | 33.1% | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 115 | Cyprus | 32.9% | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 116 | Cabo Verde | 31.6% | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 117 | Portugal | 31.6% | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 118 | Latvia | 31.2% | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 119 | Montenegro | 31.2% | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 120 | Lithuania | 31.1% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 121 | Mongolia | 30.7% | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 122 | Angola | 30.7% | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 123 | South Africa | 30.7% | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 124 | Congo | 30.4% | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 125 | Panama | 30.1% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 126 | Estonia | 30.0% | 2024 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 127 | Ukraine | 29.7% | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 128 | Tunisia | 29.1% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 129 | Bolivia | 28.5% | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 130 | Iraq | 28.1% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 131 | Italy | 27.7% | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 132 | Dominica | 27.7% | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 133 | New Caledonia | 26.9% | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 134 | Hungary | 26.8% | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 135 | Botswana | 26.5% | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 136 | Switzerland | 25.7% | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 137 | Czechia | 25.3% | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 138 | Equatorial Guinea | 25.1% | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 139 | Russia | 24.5% | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 140 | Algeria | 24.3% | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 141 | El Salvador | 24.0% | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 142 | Sao Tome and Principe | 23.0% | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 143 | Bulgaria | 23.0% | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 144 | Cuba | 22.3% | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 145 | Iran | 22.3% | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 146 | Palestine | 22.1% | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 147 | Türkiye | 22.1% | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 148 | Germany | 22.1% | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 149 | Djibouti | 21.3% | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 150 | Peru | 20.9% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 151 | Malaysia | 20.8% | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 152 | Marshall Islands | 20.8% | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 153 | Brunei | 20.6% | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 154 | Greece | 19.0% | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 155 | Belarus | 18.9% | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 156 | Korea | 18.8% | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 157 | Spain | 18.2% | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 158 | Mexico | 18.1% | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 159 | Libya | 18.1% | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 160 | Canada | 18.0% | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 161 | France | 18.0% | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 162 | Colombia | 17.3% | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 163 | Palau | 17.2% | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 164 | Costa Rica | 16.8% | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 165 | United States | 16.5% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 166 | Bahamas | 16.2% | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 167 | Norway | 15.7% | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 168 | United Kingdom | 15.1% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 169 | Dominican Republic | 15.0% | 2024 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 170 | Saudi Arabia | 14.8% | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 171 | Finland | 14.1% | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 172 | Australia | 13.2% | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 173 | New Zealand | 12.9% | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 174 | American Samoa | 12.7% | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 175 | Andorra | 12.3% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 176 | United Arab Emirates | 12.0% | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 177 | Brazil | 12.0% | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 178 | Chile | 11.9% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 179 | Greenland | 11.9% | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 180 | Venezuela | 11.5% | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 181 | Denmark | 11.4% | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 182 | Sweden | 11.0% | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 183 | Oman | 11.0% | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 184 | Curaçao | 11.0% | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 185 | Lebanon | 10.4% | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 186 | Bahrain | 10.0% | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 187 | Gabon | 8.7% | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Japan | 7.9% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 189 | Northern Mariana Islands | 7.8% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 190 | Jordan | 7.8% | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 191 | Luxembourg | 7.7% | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 192 | Argentina | 7.4% | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 193 | Israel | 7.1% | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 194 | Netherlands | 6.5% | 2024 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 195 | Puerto Rico | 6.3% | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 196 | Iceland | 5.9% | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 197 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.6% | 2024 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 198 | Malta | 5.0% | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 199 | Guam | 4.8% | 2024 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 200 | Uruguay | 4.1% | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 201 | United States Virgin Islands | 3.7% | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 202 | San Marino | 2.1% | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 203 | Belgium | 1.8% | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 204 | Qatar | 0.6% | 2024 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 205 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 205 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 205 | Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 205 | Hong Kong (China) | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 205 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 205 | Macau (China) | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 205 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 205 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 205 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 205 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release