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Rural population growth (annual %)

For 2025, Rural population growth (annual %) is led by Oman at 4. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Annual rural population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear rural population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. 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.

Countries ranked 205
Snapshot year 2025
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0.00.91.92.83.8OmanOman: 43.8Syrian Arab RepublicSyrian Arab Republic: 43.7United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 43.7Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 43.6GeorgiaGeorgia: 32.9NigerNiger: 32.8UkraineUkraine: 32.7Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 32.6ChadChad: 32.5Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 32.5Yemen, Rep.Yemen, Rep.: 32.5AfghanistanAfghanistan: 22.4
Rank Country Value
101 St. Lucia 0
102 Angola 0
103 Belgium 0
104 Bolivia 0
105 United States 0
106 French Polynesia 0
107 Faroe Islands 0
108 Philippines 0
109 Botswana 0
110 Lao PDR 0
111 Venezuela, RB 0
112 Viet Nam 0
113 France 0
114 Morocco 0
115 St. Kitts and Nevis 0
116 Spain 0
117 Isle of Man 0
118 Trinidad and Tobago 0
119 Canada 0
120 Guam 0
121 Grenada 0
122 Nigeria 0
123 Slovak Republic 0
124 Korea, Rep. 0
125 Haiti 0
126 Romania 0
127 United Kingdom 0
128 Mauritius 0
129 Colombia 0
130 Montenegro 0
131 Curacao 0
132 Italy 0
133 Barbados 0
134 Slovenia 0
135 Tonga 0
136 Croatia 0
137 Czechia 0
138 Austria 0
139 Estonia -1
140 Maldives -1
141 Palau -1
142 Finland -1
143 Paraguay -1
144 Tunisia -1
145 Mexico -1
146 Poland -1
147 Iran, Islamic Rep. -1
148 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. -1
149 Cuba -1
150 Russian Federation -1
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Oman sits at the top of the Rural population growth (annual %) distribution in 2025 at 4, with a lead of 0 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Belgium at 0, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Netherlands (-7), and the page currently covers 205 countries.