Rural Population by Country 2025
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5 Countries with the Greatest Share of Rural Population
Country | Rural Population 2022↓ | Rural Population 2022 (%) | |
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 | India | 908.8M | 64.13% |
 | China | 514.6M | 36.44% |
 | Pakistan | 146.8M | 62.27% |
 | Indonesia | 115.9M | 42.07% |
 | Bangladesh | 103.2M | 60.29% |
 | Nigeria | 101.6M | 46.48% |
 | Ethiopia | 95.4M | 77.34% |
 | Egypt | 63.3M | 57.03% |
 | Vietnam | 60.1M | 61.23% |
 | Philippines | 60.1M | 52.02% |
 | United States | 56.4M | 16.92% |
 | DR Congo | 52.6M | 53.16% |
 | Tanzania | 41.5M | 63.32% |
 | Kenya | 38.4M | 71% |
 | Myanmar | 37M | 68.23% |
 | Russia | 35.9M | 24.87% |
 | Uganda | 34.9M | 73.84% |
 | Thailand | 33.8M | 47.11% |
 | Afghanistan | 30.2M | 73.38% |
 | Sudan | 30M | 64.04% |
 | Brazil | 26.8M | 12.45% |
 | Nepal | 24M | 78.55% |
 | Mexico | 23.8M | 18.7% |
 | Niger | 21.8M | 83.11% |
 | Iran | 20.5M | 23.19% |
 | Yemen | 20.5M | 60.81% |
 | Mozambique | 20.4M | 61.81% |
 | Turkey | 19.5M | 22.98% |
 | South Africa | 19M | 31.67% |
 | Germany | 18.7M | 22.35% |
 | Sri Lanka | 18M | 80.97% |
 | Madagascar | 17.8M | 60.12% |
 | Uzbekistan | 17.7M | 49.53% |
 | Malawi | 16.7M | 82.02% |
 | Italy | 16.7M | 28.34% |
 | Burkina Faso | 15.4M | 68.12% |
 | Poland | 14.7M | 39.87% |
 | Ghana | 13.9M | 41.39% |
 | Chad | 13.5M | 75.94% |
 | Ivory Coast | 13.3M | 47.34% |
 | Morocco | 13.3M | 35.4% |
 | Iraq | 12.7M | 28.65% |
 | France | 12.6M | 18.49% |
 | Cambodia | 12.6M | 74.89% |
 | Mali | 12.3M | 54.56% |
 | Cameroon | 11.5M | 41.27% |
 | Ukraine | 11.4M | 30.08% |
 | Angola | 11.4M | 31.92% |
 | Rwanda | 11.3M | 82.28% |
 | Algeria | 11.3M | 25.23% |
 | Zimbabwe | 11M | 67.61% |
 | Burundi | 11M | 85.58% |
 | Zambia | 10.9M | 54.24% |
 | United Kingdom | 10.4M | 15.6% |
 | Japan | 10.1M | 8.05% |
 | North Korea | 9.7M | 37.08% |
 | South Korea | 9.6M | 18.57% |
 | Syria | 9.6M | 43.23% |
 | Colombia | 9.3M | 17.95% |
 | Somalia | 9.3M | 52.68% |
 | Spain | 8.9M | 18.7% |
 | Senegal | 8.8M | 50.91% |
 | Papua New Guinea | 8.8M | 86.42% |
 | Romania | 8.7M | 45.51% |
 | Guinea | 8.6M | 62.33% |
 | South Sudan | 8.6M | 79.15% |
 | Kazakhstan | 8.2M | 42.01% |
 | Guatemala | 8.2M | 47.33% |
 | Malaysia | 7.4M | 21.79% |
 | Peru | 7.2M | 21.29% |
 | Tajikistan | 7.2M | 72.03% |
 | Canada | 7.1M | 18.25% |
 | Benin | 6.7M | 50.47% |
 | Ecuador | 6.4M | 35.43% |
 | Saudi Arabia | 5.6M | 15.27% |
 | Togo | 5M | 56.08% |
 | Sierra Leone | 4.8M | 56.17% |
 | Haiti | 4.8M | 41.18% |
 | Laos | 4.7M | 62.41% |
 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.4M | 62.54% |
 | Azerbaijan | 4.3M | 42.83% |
 | Honduras | 4.2M | 40.4% |
 | Austria | 3.7M | 40.74% |
 | Tunisia | 3.7M | 29.79% |
 | Bolivia | 3.6M | 29.17% |
 | Argentina | 3.5M | 7.65% |
 | Australia | 3.5M | 13.51% |
 | Portugal | 3.4M | 32.62% |
 | Venezuela | 3.3M | 11.62% |
 | Central African Republic | 3.2M | 56.88% |
 | Turkmenistan | 3M | 46.51% |
 | Serbia | 2.9M | 43.13% |
 | Nicaragua | 2.8M | 40.44% |
 | Czech Republic | 2.7M | 25.62% |
 | Hungary | 2.6M | 27.45% |
 | Cuba | 2.5M | 22.6% |
 | Paraguay | 2.5M | 37.18% |
 | Slovakia | 2.5M | 46.09% |
 | Liberia | 2.5M | 46.94% |
 | Chile | 2.4M | 12.09% |
 | Switzerland | 2.3M | 25.91% |
 | Eritrea | 2.1M | 57.38% |
 | Greece | 2M | 19.64% |
 | Mauritania | 2M | 43.08% |
 | Republic of the Congo | 1.9M | 31.26% |
 | Ireland | 1.8M | 35.82% |
 | Belarus | 1.8M | 19.67% |
 | Dominican Republic | 1.8M | 16.15% |
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.6M | 50.16% |
 | Lesotho | 1.6M | 70.06% |
 | Croatia | 1.6M | 41.78% |
 | El Salvador | 1.6M | 25.23% |
 | Bulgaria | 1.5M | 23.64% |
 | Georgia | 1.5M | 39.7% |
 | Moldova | 1.4M | 56.83% |
 | Panama | 1.4M | 30.86% |
 | Libya | 1.3M | 18.7% |
 | Netherlands | 1.3M | 7.11% |
 | Jamaica | 1.2M | 42.99% |
 | Sweden | 1.2M | 11.51% |
 | Namibia | 1.2M | 46.04% |
 | United Arab Emirates | 1.2M | 12.46% |
 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.2M | 54.96% |
 | Mongolia | 1.1M | 31.07% |
 | Armenia | 1M | 36.43% |
 | Albania | 1M | 36.2% |
 | Gambia | 978.2K | 36.15% |
 | Slovenia | 934.5K | 44.25% |
 | Costa Rica | 930.4K | 17.96% |
 | Jordan | 922.4K | 8.17% |
 | Timor-Leste | 911.1K | 67.93% |
 | Eswatini | 906.3K | 75.42% |
 | Lithuania | 893K | 31.54% |
 | Norway | 891.5K | 16.34% |
 | North Macedonia | 841.2K | 40.88% |
 | Finland | 795.6K | 14.32% |
 | Mauritius | 747.3K | 59.19% |
 | Botswana | 730.6K | 27.78% |
 | Trinidad and Tobago | 714.4K | 46.66% |
 | Israel | 691.7K | 7.24% |
 | Denmark | 686.7K | 11.63% |
 | New Zealand | 672.1K | 13.12% |
 | Latvia | 591.3K | 31.46% |
 | Guyana | 590.2K | 72.98% |
 | Lebanon | 589.5K | 10.74% |
 | Comoros | 586.9K | 70.14% |
 | Oman | 560.6K | 12.25% |
 | Solomon Islands | 539K | 74.42% |
 | Bhutan | 440.6K | 56.31% |
 | Equatorial Guinea | 435.3K | 25.99% |
 | Cyprus | 414.1K | 33.09% |
 | Estonia | 409.9K | 30.39% |
 | Fiji | 388.4K | 41.77% |
 | Maldives | 306.2K | 58.46% |
 | Vanuatu | 242.4K | 74.18% |
 | Djibouti | 242.3K | 21.62% |
 | Gabon | 221.3K | 9.27% |
 | Belize | 217.2K | 53.6% |
 | Belgium | 215.8K | 1.85% |
 | Suriname | 208.2K | 33.69% |
 | Puerto Rico | 205.9K | 6.39% |
 | Montenegro | 196.5K | 31.84% |
 | Barbados | 193.4K | 68.68% |
 | Cape Verde | 192.5K | 32.46% |
 | Samoa | 183.2K | 82.38% |
 | Bahrain | 151K | 10.26% |
 | Uruguay | 147.6K | 4.31% |
 | Saint Lucia | 145.6K | 80.95% |
 | French Polynesia | 115.9K | 37.83% |
 | Brunei | 94.9K | 21.15% |
 | Micronesia | 87.7K | 76.78% |
 | Tonga | 82.1K | 76.88% |
 | Grenada | 79.2K | 63.13% |
 | New Caledonia | 74.5K | 27.68% |
 | Antigua and Barbuda | 70.9K | 75.65% |
 | Bahamas | 67.7K | 16.51% |
 | Aruba | 59.6K | 55.95% |
 | Kiribati | 56.4K | 42.94% |
 | Sao Tome and Principe | 55.1K | 24.25% |
 | Luxembourg | 53K | 8.12% |
 | Seychelles | 49.9K | 41.6% |
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 47.9K | 46.13% |
 | Isle of Man | 39.5K | 46.73% |
 | Liechtenstein | 33.6K | 85.46% |
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 32.9K | 69.01% |
 | Faroe Islands | 30.4K | 57.22% |
 | Malta | 27.2K | 5.13% |
 | Iceland | 23K | 6.01% |
 | Dominica | 20.6K | 28.3% |
 | Qatar | 18.4K | 0.68% |
 | Curacao | 16.5K | 10.98% |
 | Andorra | 9.7K | 12.19% |
 | Marshall Islands | 8.9K | 21.48% |
 | Guam | 8.4K | 4.91% |
 | Greenland | 7K | 12.27% |
 | American Samoa | 5.7K | 12.8% |
 | United States Virgin Islands | 4.1K | 3.86% |
 | Northern Mariana Islands | 4K | 8.02% |
 | Tuvalu | 3.9K | 34.47% |
 | Palau | 3.3K | 18.04% |
 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.7K | 5.95% |
 | San Marino | 763 | 2.27% |
