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Rural population (% of total population) - Density & urbanization - Environment - World Development Indicators

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Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

Rural population (% of total population) - Density & urbanization - Environment - World Development Indicators (2008) Rank Country Value 1 Low & middle income 3,108,108,775 2 Middle income 2,412,287,758 3 Lower middle income 2,172,825,177 4 South Asia 1,089,480,293 5 East Asia & Pacific 1,078,002,619 6 India 803,219,291 7 China 753,728,695 8 Low income 695,821,017 9 Least developed countries: UN classification 584,715,416 10 Sub-Saharan Africa 520,703,654 11 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 412,592,950 12 Upper middle income 239,462,581 13 High income 233,587,842 14 High income: OECD 220,523,838 15 Europe & Central Asia 160,086,477 16 Middle East & North Africa 138,733,337 17 Latin America & Caribbean 121,102,393 18 Bangladesh 116,576,093 19 Indonesia 110,353,303 20 Pakistan 106,045,573 21 Euro area 87,382,186 22 Nigeria 78,086,008 23 Ethiopia 66,992,150 24 Vietnam 62,209,700 25 United States 55,642,980 26 Egypt 46,698,764 27 Thailand 44,933,240 28 Japan 42,806,381 29 Democratic Republic of the Congo 42,435,082 30 Russia 38,553,620 31 Burma 33,415,387 32 Philippines 31,694,232 33 Tanzania 31,642,026 34 Kenya 30,392,005 35 Brazil 27,682,291 36 Uganda 27,547,804 37 Mexico 24,247,899 38 Nepal 23,842,764 39 Sudan 23,386,272 40 Turkey 23,149,946 41 Iran 22,695,024 42 Afghanistan 22,044,427 43 Germany 21,644,222 44 South Africa 19,114,516 45 Italy 19,098,432 46 Uzbekistan 17,256,796 47 Sri Lanka 17,112,617 48 Yemen 15,895,568 49 Ukraine 14,811,876 50 Poland 14,747,044 51 Mozambique 14,136,808 52 France 14,099,611 53 Morocco 13,900,150 54 Madagascar 13,469,391 55 High income: nonOECD 13,064,004 56 Niger 12,272,224 57 Burkina Faso 12,254,136 58 Malawi 12,055,100 59 Algeria 11,955,078 60 Ghana 11,670,793 61 Colombia 11,478,084 62 Cambodia 11,422,439 63 Ivory Coast 10,546,865 64 Spain 10,423,148 65 Iraq 10,257,525 66 Romania 9,844,633 67 Syria 9,422,115 68 South Korea 9,011,738 69 North Korea 9,011,738 70 Mali 8,617,030 71 Cameroon 8,253,818 72 Peru 8,247,296 73 Zambia 8,150,137 74 Malaysia 8,007,049 75 Chad 8,001,901 76 Rwanda 7,937,919 77 Zimbabwe 7,809,240 78 Angola 7,802,949 79 Burundi 7,234,532 80 Guatemala 7,037,407 81 Senegal 7,036,082 82 Kazakhstan 6,592,835 83 Canada 6,529,034 84 Guinea 6,446,551 85 United Kingdom 6,178,255 86 Papua New Guinea 5,752,089 87 Somalia 5,666,432 88 Haiti 5,250,295 89 Benin 5,093,307 90 Tajikistan 5,027,255 91 Ecuador 4,640,306 92 Greece 4,382,467 93 Saudi Arabia 4,332,712 94 Portugal 4,306,326 95 Laos 4,289,132 96 Azerbaijan 4,173,392 97 Eritrea 3,906,028 98 Honduras 3,814,553 99 Togo 3,745,991 100 Serbia 3,525,166 101 Sierra Leone 3,460,453 102 Tunisia 3,459,813 103 Kyrgyzstan 3,363,078 104 Bolivia 3,336,714 105 Hungary 3,262,411 106 Argentina 3,190,638 107 Dominican Republic 3,083,350 108 Netherlands 2,989,809 109 Czech Republic 2,762,449 110 Austria 2,737,847 111 Cuba 2,727,233 112 Central African Republic 2,665,175 113 Turkmenistan 2,591,411 114 Belarus 2,569,298 115 Paraguay 2,476,428 116 Nicaragua 2,451,685 117 Australia 2,413,221 118 El Salvador 2,410,627 119 Slovakia 2,348,638 120 Bulgaria 2,203,161 121 Moldova 2,116,074 122 Georgia 2,035,493 123 Switzerland 2,028,163 124 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,983,141 125 Finland 1,950,017 126 Chile 1,942,537 127 Mauritania 1,896,875 128 Croatia 1,894,205 129 Venezuela 1,866,058 130 Ireland 1,710,966 131 Albania 1,674,745 132 Costa Rica 1,660,327 133 Lesotho 1,527,644 134 Liberia 1,512,049 135 Sweden 1,425,356 136 Libya 1,413,673 137 Republic of the Congo 1,397,618 138 Namibia 1,345,216 139 Jordan 1,274,524 140 Jamaica 1,254,922 141 Trinidad and Tobago 1,157,114 142 Mongolia 1,130,969 143 Armenia 1,112,059 144 Lithuania 1,109,521 145 West Bank and Gaza 1,106,384 146 Guinea-Bissau 1,105,333 147 Norway 1,073,801 148 Slovenia 1,038,956 149 United Arab Emirates 992,068 150 Panama 910,885 151 Swaziland 876,576 152 Timor-Leste 798,527 153 Oman 790,485 154 Botswana 776,518 155 Denmark 731,750 156 Mauritius 729,845 157 Gambia 723,515 158 Latvia 722,431 159 Macedonia 675,684 160 Israel 609,554 161 New Zealand 573,740 162 Lebanon 546,866 163 Guyana 546,774 164 Comoros 462,856 165 Bhutan 449,984 166 Solomon Islands 418,955 167 Estonia 409,442 168 Fiji 402,104 169 Equatorial Guinea 399,605 170 Belgium 282,703 171 Cyprus 259,593 172 Uruguay 256,722 173 Montenegro 247,817 174 Gabon 216,645 175 Cape Verde 201,364 176 Maldives 189,544 177 Vanuatu 175,961 178 Belize 155,574 179 Barbados 153,530 180 Samoa 137,729 181 Suriname 129,193 182 French Polynesia 128,493 183 St. Lucia 122,820 184 Djibouti 107,854 185 Channel Islands 103,031 186 Brunei Darussalam 98,776 187 Bahrain 89,037 188 New Caledonia 86,890 189 Luxembourg 85,807 190 Micronesia 85,527 191 Tonga 77,902 192 Grenada 71,607 193 Puerto Rico 66,428 194 Sao Tome and Principe 63,173 195 Antigua and Barbuda 60,245 196 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 57,788 197 Aruba 56,123 198 Qatar 55,846 199 Bahamas 55,040 200 Kiribati 54,227 201 Kuwait 44,740 202 Seychelles 39,704 203 Isle of Man 39,595 204 St. Kitts and Nevis 33,292 205 Liechtenstein 30,527 206 Faroe Islands 28,418 207 Iceland 24,568 208 Malta 23,646 209 Dominica 19,089 210 Marshall Islands 17,256 211 Netherlands Antilles 14,293 212 Guam 12,008 213 Andorra 9,286 214 Greenland 9,283 215 Northern Mariana Islands 7,597 216 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 5,646 217 American Samoa 5,077 218 Palau 3,962 219 San Marino 1,792 220 Macau 0 221 Cayman Islands 0 222 Hong Kong 0 223 Singapore 0 224 Monaco 0 225 Bermuda 0

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