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Countries with the highest
Rural population (% of total population)

In 2020, Papua New Guinea leads Rural population (% of total population) with 86. Liechtenstein follows at 85, 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

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Ranking leaders

0.021.542.964.485.8Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 8685.8LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 8585.3MalawiMalawi: 8483.7NigerNiger: 8383.0SamoaSamoa: 8281.9Sri LankaSri Lanka: 8080.3BurundiBurundi: 8080.1South SudanSouth Sudan: 8079.8EthiopiaEthiopia: 7878.4TongaTonga: 7878.1Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 7877.6VanuatuVanuatu: 7877.6

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Maldives 60
52 Moldova 59
53 Togo 58
54 Central African Republic 58
55 Egypt, Arab Rep. 57
56 Belize 57
57 Sierra Leone 57
58 Congo, Dem. Rep. 57
59 Zambia 56
60 Seychelles 56
61 Guinea-Bissau 56
62 Kosovo 55
63 Turkmenistan 53
64 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 53
65 Namibia 51
66 Benin 51
67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 50
68 Uzbekistan 49
69 Senegal 49
70 Cote d'Ivoire 48
71 Isle of Man 48
72 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 48
73 Romania 47
74 Haiti 47
75 British Virgin Islands 47
76 Slovak Republic 47
77 Liberia 47
78 Trinidad and Tobago 46
79 Philippines 46
80 Cameroon 46
81 Guatemala 45
82 Slovenia 45
83 Ghana 44
84 Indonesia 44
85 Croatia 43
86 Honduras 43
87 Mauritania 43
88 Jamaica 43
89 Albania 43
90 Fiji 43
91 Thailand 43
92 Azerbaijan 42
93 Kiribati 42
94 Nicaragua 41
95 Georgia 41
96 Barbados 41
97 Nigeria 40
98 Poland 40
99 Kazakhstan 40
100 Portugal 39

Analytical takeaways

  • Papua New Guinea leads the global ranking for Rural population (% of total population) in 2020, 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 Vanuatu at 78.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.