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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

Latest available year 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

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

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.