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Papua New Guinea
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#2out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

96.593.590.487.384.2196019932025Papua New Guinea · 2025: 84Papua New Guinea

Analytical takeaways

  • Papua New Guinea records 84 for Rural population (% of total population) in 2025, ranking #2 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Rural population (% of total population) declined from 97 in 1960 to 84 in 2025, a decrease of 12.
  • 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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