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

In 2021, 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

0.021.442.864.285.6Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 8685.6LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 8585.3MalawiMalawi: 8483.5NigerNiger: 8382.8SamoaSamoa: 8282.4Sri LankaSri Lanka: 8080.2South SudanSouth Sudan: 8079.5BurundiBurundi: 7978.9TongaTonga: 7978.7EthiopiaEthiopia: 7877.9VanuatuVanuatu: 7877.7Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 7877.6

Full table

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

Analytical takeaways

  • Papua New Guinea leads the global ranking for Rural population (% of total population) in 2021, 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 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. at 78.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.