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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
151 Cabo Verde 22
152 Colombia 21
153 France 21
154 Marshall Islands 21
155 Greece 21
156 Palau 21
157 Oman 21
158 Belarus 21
159 Costa Rica 20
160 Mexico 20
161 United States 20
162 American Samoa 19
163 Spain 19
164 Korea, Rep. 19
165 Bahamas, The 19
166 Germany 18
167 Canada 17
168 United Kingdom 17
169 Norway 16
170 New Zealand 16
171 Saudi Arabia 15
172 Peru 14
173 Switzerland 14
174 United Arab Emirates 14
175 West Bank and Gaza 13
176 Belgium 12
177 Australia 12
178 Libya 12
179 Brazil 12
180 Greenland 11
181 Denmark 11
182 Andorra 11
183 Sweden 11
184 Chile 11
185 Venezuela, RB 11
186 Turkiye 11
187 Lebanon 9
188 Curacao 9
189 Israel 8
190 Gabon 8
191 Northern Mariana Islands 8
192 Japan 8
193 Argentina 8
194 Jordan 7
195 Iceland 6
196 Guam 6
197 Puerto Rico (US) 6
198 Turks and Caicos Islands 6
199 Luxembourg 5
200 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 5
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.