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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
101 North Macedonia 39
102 Serbia 39
103 French Polynesia 38
104 Tuvalu 38
105 Aruba 38
106 Morocco 38
107 Gambia, The 38
108 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 37
109 Ecuador 37
110 South Africa 37
111 Ireland 37
112 China 36
113 Congo, Rep. 36
114 Armenia 35
115 Montenegro 35
116 Panama 34
117 Suriname 34
118 Nepal 34
119 Paraguay 34
120 Botswana 34
121 Cyprus 33
122 New Caledonia 33
123 Lithuania 33
124 Angola 33
125 Sao Tome and Principe 32
126 Mongolia 32
127 Latvia 32
128 Austria 31
129 Tunisia 31
130 Ukraine 31
131 Italy 30
132 Iraq 30
133 Estonia 30
134 Bolivia 30
135 Hungary 30
136 Equatorial Guinea 30
137 Dominica 28
138 Djibouti 28
139 Czechia 27
140 Cabo Verde 27
141 Algeria 27
142 El Salvador 27
143 Finland 27
144 Dominican Republic 27
145 Bulgaria 27
146 Syrian Arab Republic 27
147 Russian Federation 25
148 Brunei Darussalam 25
149 Malaysia 25
150 Iran, Islamic Rep. 24

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.