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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
101 Aruba 38
102 Serbia 38
103 Nigeria 38
104 North Macedonia 38
105 Morocco 37
106 Ecuador 37
107 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 36
108 South Africa 36
109 Congo, Rep. 36
110 Gambia, The 36
111 Tuvalu 36
112 Ireland 36
113 Montenegro 35
114 China 34
115 Armenia 34
116 Suriname 34
117 Panama 34
118 Nepal 33
119 Cyprus 33
120 Botswana 33
121 New Caledonia 32
122 Latvia 32
123 Lithuania 31
124 Sao Tome and Principe 31
125 Austria 31
126 Paraguay 31
127 Ukraine 31
128 Italy 30
129 Angola 30
130 Iraq 30
131 Tunisia 30
132 Hungary 30
133 Mongolia 30
134 Estonia 29
135 Bolivia 29
136 Equatorial Guinea 29
137 Syrian Arab Republic 28
138 Dominican Republic 28
139 Czechia 27
140 Djibouti 27
141 Dominica 27
142 Bulgaria 26
143 Finland 26
144 El Salvador 25
145 Algeria 25
146 Brunei Darussalam 25
147 Russian Federation 25
148 Cabo Verde 24
149 Malaysia 24
150 Iran, Islamic Rep. 23

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.