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

In 2023, Liechtenstein leads Rural population (% of total population) with 85. Papua New Guinea 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

0.021.342.764.085.3LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 8585.3Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 8584.9MalawiMalawi: 8383.0SamoaSamoa: 8282.5NigerNiger: 8282.2Sri LankaSri Lanka: 8079.9South SudanSouth Sudan: 7978.9TongaTonga: 7978.9VanuatuVanuatu: 7877.7Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 7877.6EthiopiaEthiopia: 7776.9BurundiBurundi: 7676.4

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Belize 58
52 Lesotho 57
53 Egypt, Arab Rep. 57
54 Moldova 57
55 Togo 57
56 Central African Republic 56
57 Congo, Dem. Rep. 56
58 Sierra Leone 55
59 Zambia 55
60 Seychelles 55
61 Guinea-Bissau 54
62 Turkmenistan 53
63 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 52
64 Kosovo 51
65 Namibia 50
66 Uzbekistan 49
67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48
68 Benin 48
69 Romania 48
70 Isle of Man 48
71 Slovak Republic 47
72 Cote d'Ivoire 47
73 Trinidad and Tobago 46
74 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 46
75 Haiti 46
76 Senegal 45
77 Liberia 45
78 Philippines 45
79 Cameroon 45
80 Slovenia 44
81 Guatemala 44
82 British Virgin Islands 44
83 Croatia 43
84 Ghana 42
85 Indonesia 42
86 Albania 42
87 Honduras 42
88 Jamaica 42
89 Azerbaijan 41
90 Fiji 41
91 Nicaragua 41
92 Barbados 41
93 Mauritania 40
94 Poland 40
95 Georgia 39
96 Thailand 39
97 Portugal 39
98 Kiribati 38
99 French Polynesia 38
100 Kazakhstan 38

Analytical takeaways

  • Liechtenstein leads the global ranking for Rural population (% of total population) in 2023, 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 Burundi at 76.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.