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Sri Lanka
Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

Global rank#6out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

85.483.581.579.577.6196019932025Sri Lanka · 2025: 80Sri Lanka

Analytical takeaways

  • Sri Lanka records 80 for Rural population (% of total population) in 2025, ranking #6 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Rural population (% of total population) declined from 82 in 1960 to 80 in 2025, a decrease of 3.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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