Countries with the highest
Rural population growth (annual %)

In 2020, Syrian Arab Republic leads Rural population growth (annual %) with 5. Saudi Arabia follows at 4, and the gap between the top two positions is 1. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.01.22.53.74.9Syrian Arab RepublicSyrian Arab Republic: 54.9Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 43.8VanuatuVanuatu: 43.7NigerNiger: 33.1AfghanistanAfghanistan: 33.0ChadChad: 32.6Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 32.6SudanSudan: 32.6Somalia, Fed. Rep.Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 22.5MalawiMalawi: 22.4UgandaUganda: 22.4MaldivesMaldives: 22.3

Full table

#CountryValue
151 Ukraine -1
152 Greece -1
153 Germany -1
154 Estonia -1
155 Kazakhstan -1
156 Georgia -1
157 Iran, Islamic Rep. -1
158 St. Vincent and the Grenadines -1
159 Latvia -1
160 Turks and Caicos Islands -1
161 Poland -1
162 Iceland -1
163 Uruguay -1
164 Japan -1
165 Fiji -1
166 Serbia -1
167 Finland -1
168 Belgium -1
169 United Kingdom -1
170 Brazil -1
171 Sweden -1
172 Peru -1
173 Curacao -1
174 Costa Rica -1
175 Croatia -1
176 Turkiye -1
177 United Arab Emirates -2
178 Puerto Rico (US) -2
179 St. Lucia -2
180 Greenland -2
181 Jordan -2
182 Dominica -2
183 Belarus -2
184 Paraguay -2
185 China -2
186 Moldova -2
187 Venezuela, RB -2
188 Gabon -2
189 Kosovo -2
190 Northern Mariana Islands -2
191 El Salvador -2
192 Bosnia and Herzegovina -2
193 Albania -2
194 North Macedonia -2
195 Malta -3
196 Thailand -3
197 Kiribati -3
198 Tuvalu -3
199 Oman -4
200 Lebanon -4

Analytical takeaways

  • Syrian Arab Republic leads the global ranking for Rural population growth (annual %) in 2020, with a lead of 1 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Maldives at 2.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.