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 |
1 | Macau | 18,659 |
2 | Monaco | 16,358 |
3 | Singapore | 6,943 |
4 | Hong Kong | 6,696 |
5 | Malta | 1,287 |
6 | Bermuda | 1,284 |
7 | Bangladesh | 1,229 |
8 | Bahrain | 1,092 |
9 | Maldives | 1,017 |
10 | Channel Islands | 787.27 |
11 | West Bank and Gaza | 654.04 |
12 | Mauritius | 625.05 |
13 | Barbados | 593.50 |
14 | Aruba | 585.86 |
15 | San Marino | 516.77 |
16 | Mayotte | 511.20 |
17 | South Korea | 501.52 |
18 | North Korea | 501.52 |
19 | Netherlands | 487.13 |
20 | Puerto Rico | 445.78 |
21 | Lebanon | 409.95 |
22 | Rwanda | 394.03 |
23 | India | 383.41 |
24 | Haiti | 358.36 |
25 | Belgium | 353.65 |
26 | Japan | 350.35 |
27 | Comoros | 346.01 |
28 | Israel | 337.74 |
29 | Marshall Islands | 331.48 |
30 | American Samoa | 330.54 |
31 | Guam | 325.10 |
32 | South Asia | 323.70 |
33 | Burundi | 314.42 |
34 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 313.83 |
35 | Sri Lanka | 311.87 |
36 | Grenada | 304.52 |
37 | Philippines | 303.01 |
38 | El Salvador | 296.04 |
39 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 279.79 |
40 | St. Lucia | 279.02 |
41 | Vietnam | 278.04 |
42 | Trinidad and Tobago | 259.92 |
43 | United Kingdom | 253.85 |
44 | Jamaica | 248.13 |
45 | Netherlands Antilles | 244.07 |
46 | Germany | 235.43 |
47 | Liechtenstein | 222.68 |
48 | Pakistan | 215.48 |
49 | Cayman Islands | 208.65 |
50 | Dominican Republic | 205.97 |
51 | Italy | 203.41 |
52 | Nepal | 200.97 |
53 | Antigua and Barbuda | 196.90 |
54 | Switzerland | 191.19 |
55 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 189.19 |
56 | Seychelles | 189.03 |
57 | Luxembourg | 188.67 |
58 | Northern Mariana Islands | 185.57 |
59 | Andorra | 178.32 |
60 | Sao Tome and Principe | 166.85 |
61 | Nigeria | 166.03 |
62 | Gambia | 166.02 |
63 | Kosovo | 164.88 |
64 | Uganda | 160.61 |
65 | Malawi | 157.80 |
66 | Micronesia | 157.73 |
67 | Kuwait | 153.09 |
68 | Tonga | 143.84 |
69 | China | 142.02 |
70 | Isle of Man | 141.30 |
71 | Czech Republic | 134.94 |
72 | Thailand | 131.90 |
73 | Euro area | 129.91 |
74 | Denmark | 129.47 |
75 | Guatemala | 127.72 |
76 | Indonesia | 125.50 |
77 | Poland | 125.31 |
78 | Cape Verde | 123.74 |
79 | East Asia & Pacific | 121.72 |
80 | Kiribati | 119.21 |
81 | Lower middle income | 118.75 |
82 | Togo | 118.75 |
83 | Portugal | 116.09 |
84 | Albania | 114.72 |
85 | France | 113.72 |
86 | Slovakia | 112.40 |
87 | Syria | 112.08 |
88 | Hungary | 112.02 |
89 | Qatar | 110.51 |
90 | Moldova | 110.47 |
91 | Armenia | 109.12 |
92 | Azerbaijan | 105.05 |
93 | Ghana | 102.62 |
94 | Cuba | 102.03 |
95 | Austria | 101.11 |
96 | Slovenia | 100.36 |
97 | Dominica | 97.59 |
98 | Turkey | 96.04 |
99 | Romania | 93.58 |
100 | Cyprus | 93.34 |
101 | Spain | 91.30 |
102 | Costa Rica | 88.51 |
103 | Greece | 87.18 |
104 | Serbia | 83.18 |
105 | Cambodia | 82.49 |
106 | Croatia | 82.25 |
107 | Malaysia | 82.22 |
108 | Egypt | 81.90 |
109 | Ethiopia | 80.71 |
110 | Macedonia | 80.27 |
111 | Ukraine | 79.85 |
112 | Benin | 78.30 |
113 | Sierra Leone | 77.63 |
114 | Burma | 75.84 |
115 | Brunei Darussalam | 74.44 |
116 | Timor-Leste | 73.87 |
117 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 73.69 |
118 | French Polynesia | 72.60 |
119 | Morocco | 70.82 |
120 | Iraq | 70.22 |
121 | Bulgaria | 70.19 |
122 | Kenya | 68.11 |
123 | Swaziland | 67.90 |
124 | Lesotho | 67.53 |
125 | Jordan | 66.93 |
126 | Tunisia | 66.48 |
127 | Honduras | 65.41 |
128 | Ivory Coast | 64.75 |
129 | Ireland | 64.24 |
130 | Uzbekistan | 64.21 |
131 | Senegal | 63.42 |
132 | Samoa | 63.20 |
133 | Georgia | 61.98 |
134 | Middle income | 60.17 |
135 | Low & middle income | 58.60 |
136 | Guinea-Bissau | 56.03 |
137 | Burkina Faso | 55.68 |
138 | Mexico | 54.71 |
139 | United Arab Emirates | 53.65 |
140 | Lithuania | 53.58 |
141 | Low income | 52.12 |
142 | Tajikistan | 48.84 |
143 | Eritrea | 48.78 |
144 | Ecuador | 48.70 |
145 | Tanzania | 47.96 |
146 | Belarus | 47.71 |
147 | Nicaragua | 47.23 |
148 | Montenegro | 46.27 |
149 | Fiji | 46.20 |
150 | Panama | 45.72 |
151 | Afghanistan | 44.50 |
152 | Iran | 44.18 |
153 | Palau | 44.08 |
154 | Yemen | 43.41 |
155 | Least developed countries: UN classification | 40.59 |
156 | Colombia | 40.57 |
157 | Cameroon | 40.38 |
158 | South Africa | 40.09 |
159 | Guinea | 40.02 |
160 | Liberia | 39.38 |
161 | Middle East & North Africa | 37.62 |
162 | Djibouti | 36.64 |
163 | Latvia | 36.40 |
164 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 34.74 |
165 | Faroe Islands | 34.65 |
166 | Bahamas | 33.73 |
167 | United States | 33.19 |
168 | Madagascar | 32.86 |
169 | Zimbabwe | 32.22 |
170 | High income: OECD | 31.90 |
171 | High income | 31.85 |
172 | Venezuela | 31.67 |
173 | Estonia | 31.63 |
174 | High income: nonOECD | 31.36 |
175 | Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | 30.44 |
176 | Mozambique | 28.46 |
177 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 28.34 |
178 | Latin America & Caribbean | 28.10 |
179 | Kyrgyzstan | 27.52 |
180 | Laos | 26.89 |
181 | Equatorial Guinea | 23.50 |
182 | Brazil | 22.69 |
183 | Chile | 22.59 |
184 | Peru | 22.53 |
185 | Sweden | 22.47 |
186 | Upper middle income | 20.57 |
187 | Europe & Central Asia | 19.23 |
188 | Vanuatu | 19.19 |
189 | Uruguay | 19.05 |
190 | Solomon Islands | 18.24 |
191 | Bhutan | 17.89 |
192 | Finland | 17.47 |
193 | Sudan | 17.40 |
194 | Zambia | 16.98 |
195 | New Zealand | 15.95 |
196 | Paraguay | 15.70 |
197 | Norway | 15.67 |
198 | Argentina | 14.57 |
199 | Papua New Guinea | 14.52 |
200 | Angola | 14.45 |
201 | Algeria | 14.43 |
202 | Somalia | 14.23 |
203 | Belize | 14.12 |
204 | New Caledonia | 13.50 |
205 | Saudi Arabia | 12.32 |
206 | Niger | 11.61 |
207 | Turkmenistan | 10.73 |
208 | Republic of the Congo | 10.59 |
209 | Mali | 10.41 |
210 | Oman | 9 |
211 | Bolivia | 8.95 |
212 | Russia | 8.67 |
213 | Chad | 8.67 |
214 | Central African Republic | 6.97 |
215 | Kazakhstan | 5.81 |
216 | Gabon | 5.62 |
217 | Guyana | 3.88 |
218 | Canada | 3.66 |
219 | Libya | 3.58 |
220 | Botswana | 3.39 |
221 | Suriname | 3.30 |
222 | Iceland | 3.17 |
223 | Mauritania | 3.12 |
224 | Australia | 2.79 |
225 | Namibia | 2.59 |
226 | Mongolia | 1.70 |
227 | Greenland | 0.14 |
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