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Rural population (% of total population)

For 2025, Rural population (% of total population) is led by Liechtenstein at 85. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

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 217
Snapshot year 2025
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0.021.342.764.085.4LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 8585.4Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 8484.2SamoaSamoa: 8282.5MalawiMalawi: 8282.4NigerNiger: 8281.6Sri LankaSri Lanka: 8079.5TongaTonga: 7978.8South SudanSouth Sudan: 7878.3VanuatuVanuatu: 7877.7Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 7877.5EthiopiaEthiopia: 7675.9Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda: 7675.7
Rank Country Value
101 Thailand 37
102 North Macedonia 37
103 Morocco 37
104 Kiribati 37
105 Ecuador 37
106 Nigeria 36
107 South Africa 36
108 Congo, Rep. 36
109 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 36
110 Ireland 35
111 Gambia, The 35
112 Tuvalu 35
113 Montenegro 34
114 Suriname 34
115 Armenia 34
116 Panama 34
117 China 34
118 Cyprus 33
119 Nepal 33
120 Botswana 32
121 New Caledonia 32
122 Latvia 31
123 Lithuania 31
124 Sao Tome and Principe 31
125 Ukraine 30
126 Italy 30
127 Austria 30
128 Iraq 30
129 Paraguay 30
130 Hungary 29
131 Tunisia 29
132 Estonia 29
133 Mongolia 29
134 Angola 29
135 Bolivia 28
136 Equatorial Guinea 28
137 Syrian Arab Republic 28
138 Dominican Republic 27
139 Czechia 27
140 Djibouti 27
141 Dominica 26
142 Bulgaria 26
143 Finland 25
144 Brunei Darussalam 25
145 Russian Federation 25
146 El Salvador 24
147 Algeria 24
148 Cuba 23
149 Iran, Islamic Rep. 23
150 Malaysia 23
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

  • Liechtenstein sits at the top of the Rural population (% of total population) distribution in 2025 at 85, with a lead of 1 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Korea, Dem. People's Rep. at 36, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits St. Martin (French part) (0), and the page currently covers 217 countries.