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

In 2025, Liechtenstein leads Rural population (% of total population) with 85. Papua New Guinea follows at 84, 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

0.021.342.764.085.4LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 8585.4Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 8484.2SamoaSamoa: 8282.5MalawiMalawi: 8282.4NigerNiger: 8281.6Sri LankaSri Lanka: 8079.5TongaTonga: 7978.8South SudanSouth Sudan: 7878.3VanuatuVanuatu: 7877.7Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 7877.5EthiopiaEthiopia: 7675.9Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda: 7675.7

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Egypt, Arab Rep. 57
52 Bhutan 57
53 Moldova 56
54 Togo 56
55 Central African Republic 55
56 Lesotho 55
57 Congo, Dem. Rep. 55
58 Seychelles 55
59 Zambia 54
60 Sierra Leone 54
61 Guinea-Bissau 53
62 Turkmenistan 53
63 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 52
64 Namibia 49
65 Kosovo 49
66 Uzbekistan 49
67 Isle of Man 48
68 Romania 48
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 47
70 Slovak Republic 47
71 Benin 47
72 Trinidad and Tobago 46
73 Cote d'Ivoire 45
74 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 45
75 Haiti 44
76 Cameroon 44
77 Senegal 44
78 Philippines 44
79 Slovenia 44
80 Liberia 44
81 Guatemala 44
82 British Virgin Islands 43
83 Croatia 42
84 Azerbaijan 41
85 Albania 41
86 Ghana 41
87 Honduras 41
88 Indonesia 41
89 Jamaica 41
90 Nicaragua 41
91 Fiji 40
92 Barbados 40
93 Poland 40
94 Georgia 39
95 Mauritania 39
96 Portugal 39
97 Aruba 38
98 French Polynesia 38
99 Kazakhstan 38
100 Serbia 37

Analytical takeaways

  • Liechtenstein leads the global ranking for Rural population (% of total population) in 2025, 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.