Countries with the highest
Rural population growth (annual %)

In 2021, Syrian Arab Republic leads Rural population growth (annual %) with 4. Niger follows at 3, 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

0.01.12.13.24.2Syrian Arab RepublicSyrian Arab Republic: 44.2NigerNiger: 33.0ChadChad: 32.8Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 32.6SudanSudan: 32.6VanuatuVanuatu: 32.5MalawiMalawi: 22.4Somalia, Fed. Rep.Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 22.3Dominican RepublicDominican Republic: 22.3Congo, Rep.Congo, Rep.: 22.3TanzaniaTanzania: 22.2AfghanistanAfghanistan: 22.2

Full table

#CountryValue
151 St. Vincent and the Grenadines -1
152 Ukraine -1
153 Fiji -1
154 Oman -1
155 Chile -1
156 Latvia -1
157 Venezuela, RB -1
158 Curacao -1
159 Uruguay -1
160 Kiribati -1
161 Poland -1
162 Puerto Rico (US) -1
163 Serbia -1
164 Brazil -1
165 Kazakhstan -1
166 Turkiye -1
167 Sweden -1
168 Georgia -1
169 Croatia -1
170 Greenland -2
171 Costa Rica -2
172 Greece -2
173 Japan -2
174 San Marino -2
175 Peru -2
176 Czechia -2
177 Virgin Islands (U.S.) -2
178 Turks and Caicos Islands -2
179 Jordan -2
180 Mongolia -2
181 El Salvador -2
182 Dominica -2
183 Lebanon -2
184 St. Lucia -2
185 Northern Mariana Islands -2
186 Moldova -2
187 Gabon -2
188 Paraguay -2
189 Belarus -2
190 North Macedonia -2
191 Albania -2
192 Lithuania -2
193 Kosovo -3
194 Bosnia and Herzegovina -3
195 Thailand -3
196 China -3
197 Saudi Arabia -3
198 Tuvalu -4
199 Cabo Verde -4
200 Marshall Islands -5

Analytical takeaways

  • Syrian Arab Republic leads the global ranking for Rural population growth (annual %) in 2021, 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 Afghanistan at 2.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.