Countries with the highest
Rural population growth (annual %)

In 2022, Oman leads Rural population growth (annual %) with 6. Syrian Arab Republic follows at 5, and the gap between the top two positions is 0. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.01.42.84.25.5OmanOman: 65.5Syrian Arab RepublicSyrian Arab Republic: 55.3United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 44.0Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 33.4IcelandIceland: 33.1NigerNiger: 33.0Dominican RepublicDominican Republic: 32.8ChadChad: 32.7SudanSudan: 32.6Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 32.6Yemen, Rep.Yemen, Rep.: 22.5IsraelIsrael: 22.4

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Sierra Leone 1
52 Panama 1
53 Burundi 1
54 Bahamas, The 1
55 Libya 1
56 Suriname 1
57 Cyprus 1
58 South Sudan 1
59 Pakistan 1
60 Benin 1
61 Maldives 1
62 Liberia 1
63 Nicaragua 1
64 Togo 1
65 Cambodia 1
66 Andorra 1
67 Gambia, The 1
68 Canada 1
69 Faroe Islands 1
70 Liechtenstein 1
71 Ecuador 1
72 Samoa 1
73 Brunei Darussalam 1
74 Mauritania 1
75 Guyana 1
76 Qatar 1
77 Ghana 1
78 Bangladesh 1
79 Guatemala 1
80 Portugal 1
81 Antigua and Barbuda 1
82 Angola 1
83 Myanmar 1
84 Guam 1
85 Honduras 1
86 Malta 1
87 Lithuania 1
88 American Samoa 1
89 Australia 1
90 Eswatini 1
91 West Bank and Gaza 0
92 Morocco 0
93 United Kingdom 0
94 United States 0
95 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 0
96 Kazakhstan 0
97 France 0
98 Nepal 0
99 Zimbabwe 0
100 Norway 0

Analytical takeaways

  • Oman leads the global ranking for Rural population growth (annual %) in 2022, with a lead of 0 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Israel at 2.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.