Countries with the highest
Rural population growth (annual %)

In 2023, Oman leads Rural population growth (annual %) with 9. Syrian Arab Republic follows at 7, and the gap between the top two positions is 2. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.02.24.46.58.7OmanOman: 98.7Syrian Arab RepublicSyrian Arab Republic: 76.5ChadChad: 43.8South SudanSouth Sudan: 43.7Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 43.6MaltaMalta: 33.4NigerNiger: 33.0United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 32.9IsraelIsrael: 32.9Yemen, Rep.Yemen, Rep.: 32.6Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 32.6BelizeBelize: 22.4

Full table

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

Analytical takeaways

  • Oman leads the global ranking for Rural population growth (annual %) in 2023, with a lead of 2 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Belize at 2.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.