Rural 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 - Density & urbanization - Environment - World Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Macau18,659
2Monaco16,358
3Singapore6,943
4Hong Kong6,696
5Malta1,287
6Bermuda1,284
7Bangladesh1,229
8Bahrain1,092
9Maldives1,017
10Channel Islands787.27
11West Bank and Gaza654.04
12Mauritius625.05
13Barbados593.50
14Aruba585.86
15San Marino516.77
16Mayotte511.20
17South Korea501.52
18North Korea501.52
19Netherlands487.13
20Puerto Rico445.78
21Lebanon409.95
22Rwanda394.03
23India383.41
24Haiti358.36
25Belgium353.65
26Japan350.35
27Comoros346.01
28Israel337.74
29Marshall Islands331.48
30American Samoa330.54
31Guam325.10
32South Asia323.70
33Burundi314.42
34Virgin Islands (U.S.)313.83
35Sri Lanka311.87
36Grenada304.52
37Philippines303.01
38El Salvador296.04
39St. Vincent and the Grenadines279.79
40St. Lucia279.02
41Vietnam278.04
42Trinidad and Tobago259.92
43United Kingdom253.85
44Jamaica248.13
45Netherlands Antilles244.07
46Germany235.43
47Liechtenstein222.68
48Pakistan215.48
49Cayman Islands208.65
50Dominican Republic205.97
51Italy203.41
52Nepal200.97
53Antigua and Barbuda196.90
54Switzerland191.19
55St. Kitts and Nevis189.19
56Seychelles189.03
57Luxembourg188.67
58Northern Mariana Islands185.57
59Andorra178.32
60Sao Tome and Principe166.85
61Nigeria166.03
62Gambia166.02
63Kosovo164.88
64Uganda160.61
65Malawi157.80
66Micronesia157.73
67Kuwait153.09
68Tonga143.84
69China142.02
70Isle of Man141.30
71Czech Republic134.94
72Thailand131.90
73Euro area129.91
74Denmark129.47
75Guatemala127.72
76Indonesia125.50
77Poland125.31
78Cape Verde123.74
79East Asia & Pacific121.72
80Kiribati119.21
81Lower middle income118.75
82Togo118.75
83Portugal116.09
84Albania114.72
85France113.72
86Slovakia112.40
87Syria112.08
88Hungary112.02
89Qatar110.51
90Moldova110.47
91Armenia109.12
92Azerbaijan105.05
93Ghana102.62
94Cuba102.03
95Austria101.11
96Slovenia100.36
97Dominica97.59
98Turkey96.04
99Romania93.58
100Cyprus93.34
101Spain91.30
102Costa Rica88.51
103Greece87.18
104Serbia83.18
105Cambodia82.49
106Croatia82.25
107Malaysia82.22
108Egypt81.90
109Ethiopia80.71
110Macedonia80.27
111Ukraine79.85
112Benin78.30
113Sierra Leone77.63
114Burma75.84
115Brunei Darussalam74.44
116Timor-Leste73.87
117Bosnia and Herzegovina73.69
118French Polynesia72.60
119Morocco70.82
120Iraq70.22
121Bulgaria70.19
122Kenya68.11
123Swaziland67.90
124Lesotho67.53
125Jordan66.93
126Tunisia66.48
127Honduras65.41
128Ivory Coast64.75
129Ireland64.24
130Uzbekistan64.21
131Senegal63.42
132Samoa63.20
133Georgia61.98
134Middle income60.17
135Low & middle income58.60
136Guinea-Bissau56.03
137Burkina Faso55.68
138Mexico54.71
139United Arab Emirates53.65
140Lithuania53.58
141Low income52.12
142Tajikistan48.84
143Eritrea48.78
144Ecuador48.70
145Tanzania47.96
146Belarus47.71
147Nicaragua47.23
148Montenegro46.27
149Fiji46.20
150Panama45.72
151Afghanistan44.50
152Iran44.18
153Palau44.08
154Yemen43.41
155Least developed countries: UN classification40.59
156Colombia40.57
157Cameroon40.38
158South Africa40.09
159Guinea40.02
160Liberia39.38
161Middle East & North Africa37.62
162Djibouti36.64
163Latvia36.40
164Sub-Saharan Africa34.74
165Faroe Islands34.65
166Bahamas33.73
167United States33.19
168Madagascar32.86
169Zimbabwe32.22
170High income: OECD31.90
171High income31.85
172Venezuela31.67
173Estonia31.63
174High income: nonOECD31.36
175Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)30.44
176Mozambique28.46
177Democratic Republic of the Congo28.34
178Latin America & Caribbean28.10
179Kyrgyzstan27.52
180Laos26.89
181Equatorial Guinea23.50
182Brazil22.69
183Chile22.59
184Peru22.53
185Sweden22.47
186Upper middle income20.57
187Europe & Central Asia19.23
188Vanuatu19.19
189Uruguay19.05
190Solomon Islands18.24
191Bhutan17.89
192Finland17.47
193Sudan17.40
194Zambia16.98
195New Zealand15.95
196Paraguay15.70
197Norway15.67
198Argentina14.57
199Papua New Guinea14.52
200Angola14.45
201Algeria14.43
202Somalia14.23
203Belize14.12
204New Caledonia13.50
205Saudi Arabia12.32
206Niger11.61
207Turkmenistan10.73
208Republic of the Congo10.59
209Mali10.41
210Oman9
211Bolivia8.95
212Russia8.67
213Chad8.67
214Central African Republic6.97
215Kazakhstan5.81
216Gabon5.62
217Guyana3.88
218Canada3.66
219Libya3.58
220Botswana3.39
221Suriname3.30
222Iceland3.17
223Mauritania3.12
224Australia2.79
225Namibia2.59
226Mongolia1.70
227Greenland0.14
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