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

In 2024, Liechtenstein leads Rural population (% of total population) with 85. Papua New Guinea follows at 85, and the gap between the top two positions is 1. 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: 8584.6MalawiMalawi: 8382.7SamoaSamoa: 8282.5NigerNiger: 8282.0Sri LankaSri Lanka: 8079.7TongaTonga: 7978.8South SudanSouth Sudan: 7978.6VanuatuVanuatu: 7877.7Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 7877.5EthiopiaEthiopia: 7676.4Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda: 7675.6

Full table

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

Analytical takeaways

  • Liechtenstein leads the global ranking for Rural population (% of total population) in 2024, with a lead of 1 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Antigua and Barbuda at 76.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.