Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
218
Highest
4.58 % change on previous year
Netherlands Antilles (former)
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
China, Macao SAR
Median
-1.13 % change on previous year
Years covered
100
1951–2050
Data points
24,470
What the numbers show
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 4.58 % change on previous year in Netherlands Antilles (former); the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in China, Macao SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is -1.13 % change on previous year, and the mean is -2.24 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 202 fell. The largest increase was in Czechoslovakia (up 910.6%), and the largest decrease in China, Hong Kong SAR (down 4,482.8%).
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 4.58 % change on previous year | 2010 | up 179.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Ethiopia PDR | 3.12 % change on previous year | 1992 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 3 | Sudan (former) | 2.48 % change on previous year | 2011 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 4 | Pacific Islands Trust Territory | 2.47 % change on previous year | 1990 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 5 | Niger | 2.22 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 6 | Burundi | 1.39 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 7 | Malawi | 1.02 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 8 | Uganda | 1.02 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 9 | Chad | 0.8392 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 38.1% | rising |
| 10 | Somalia | 0.7917 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Zambia | 0.7611 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 12 | Mozambique | 0.6952 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 0.6828 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 14 | Angola | 0.6791 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 15 | South Sudan | 0.6635 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 16 | Comoros | 0.6181 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 17 | Vanuatu | 0.6054 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 18 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.6013 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 36.3% | rising |
| 19 | USSR | 0.5719 % change on previous year | 1991 | up 424.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Czechoslovakia | 0.5492 % change on previous year | 1992 | up 910.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Mali | 0.5389 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 49.8% | rising |
| 22 | Mayotte | 0.5388 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 23 | Solomon Islands | 0.5211 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 24 | Guinea | 0.4809 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Tokelau | 0.4502 % change on previous year | 2050 | up 237.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Papua New Guinea | 0.4419 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 27 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.3895 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Senegal | 0.3778 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 29 | Nigeria | 0.3624 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 30 | Rwanda | 0.3518 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Madagascar | 0.3514 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 32 | Benin | 0.3247 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Congo | 0.2906 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 34 | Eswatini | 0.286 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 35 | Sudan | 0.2772 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 36 | Kenya | 0.2281 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 68.5% | falling |
| 37 | Nicaragua | 0.2248 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 68.1% | falling |
| 38 | Iraq | 0.2038 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Liberia | 0.202 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 0.1765 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Cameroon | 0.1629 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 69.0% | falling |
| 42 | Togo | 0.1445 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 74.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Zimbabwe | 0.0937 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 84.0% | falling |
| 44 | Mauritania | 0.0646 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0643 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Gambia | 0.0501 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Samoa | 0.0409 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Central African Republic | 0.0392 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Eritrea | 0.0037 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 50 | French Guiana | -0.0061 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 101.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Tonga | -0.0722 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 120.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Afghanistan | -0.088 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 116.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Tajikistan | -0.1149 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 132.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Belize | -0.152 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 175.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Kiribati | -0.1524 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 518.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Palestine | -0.181 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 212.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Liechtenstein | -0.257 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 208.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Ghana | -0.2734 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 448.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Sierra Leone | -0.2881 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 261.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Lesotho | -0.293 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 2,422.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Western Sahara | -0.3513 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 1,919.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.3643 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 2,202.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Namibia | -0.3746 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 293.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Egypt | -0.3894 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 357.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Gabon | -0.4321 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 165.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Montserrat, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory | -0.4484 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 117.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Pakistan | -0.4553 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 683.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Yemen | -0.4814 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 709.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Maldives | -0.545 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 116.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Cambodia | -0.5618 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 384.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Guatemala | -0.6261 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 170.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Channel Islands | -0.6476 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Tuvalu | -0.6985 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 74 | New Caledonia | -0.7129 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -0.7192 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Israel | -0.72 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Jordan | -0.7497 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Philippines | -0.7536 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 124.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Faroe Islands | -0.8079 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Bhutan | -0.816 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Saint Lucia | -0.8203 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | -0.8283 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Luxembourg | -0.8409 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 84 | Isle of Man | -0.852 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Nepal | -0.8524 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Niue | -0.8621 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Yugoslav SFR | -0.8752 % change on previous year | 1991 | down 181.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Guyana | -0.9077 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Serbia and Montenegro | -0.9327 % change on previous year | 2005 | down 169.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Botswana | -0.9387 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 91 | British Virgin Islands | -0.9554 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Djibouti | -0.9653 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Barbados | -0.9854 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Australia | -0.9895 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Kazakhstan | -1.02 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Panama | -1.03 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Honduras | -1.03 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Cyprus | -1.03 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Ecuador | -1.04 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Australia and New Zealand | -1.05 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Algeria | -1.05 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Palau | -1.06 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Mongolia | -1.07 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Bahrain | -1.08 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Marshall Islands | -1.08 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 198.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | -1.09 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 107 | French Polynesia | -1.1 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 108 | United Arab Emirates | -1.1 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 109 | India | -1.12 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Oman | -1.13 % change on previous year | 2050 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | -1.13 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Norway | -1.14 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Qatar | -1.15 % change on previous year | 2050 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Uzbekistan | -1.17 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Grenada | -1.18 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Turks and Caicos Islands | -1.18 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Myanmar | -1.19 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Paraguay | -1.2 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Suriname | -1.2 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Brunei Darussalam | -1.21 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Bahamas | -1.22 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Ireland | -1.23 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 123 | South Africa | -1.23 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Fiji | -1.23 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands | -1.25 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Malaysia | -1.25 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | -1.26 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Bangladesh | -1.28 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Argentina | -1.28 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 130 | Canada | -1.29 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Peru | -1.29 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Sweden | -1.29 % change on previous year | 2050 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Morocco | -1.3 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Sri Lanka | -1.3 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Saudi Arabia | -1.31 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Haiti | -1.31 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Curaçao | -1.31 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 138 | St. Pierre and Miquelon | -1.32 % change on previous year | 2050 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Mauritius | -1.32 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Cook Islands | -1.34 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Iceland | -1.37 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 142 | New Zealand | -1.39 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Switzerland | -1.4 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Indonesia | -1.4 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Tunisia | -1.41 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Mexico | -1.41 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 147 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | -1.44 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Guam | -1.45 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -1.47 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Seychelles | -1.48 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Dominican Republic | -1.48 % change on previous year | 2050 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Réunion | -1.5 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Denmark | -1.51 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | -1.53 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Dominica | -1.53 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Libya | -1.54 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Finland | -1.59 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Belgium | -1.59 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 159 | Costa Rica | -1.61 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 160 | France | -1.62 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Chile | -1.62 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Azerbaijan | -1.68 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Montenegro | -1.7 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 164 | Austria | -1.71 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 165 | El Salvador | -1.72 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Uruguay | -1.72 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 167 | American Samoa | -1.74 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Brazil | -1.74 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Lebanon | -1.76 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Estonia | -1.77 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Malta | -1.79 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Andorra | -1.8 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | -1.8 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 174 | Colombia | -1.81 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | -1.84 % change on previous year | 2050 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Czechia | -1.86 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Russian Federation | -1.89 % change on previous year | 2050 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 178 | Greenland | -1.9 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 179 | San Marino | -1.92 % change on previous year | 2050 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Slovenia | -1.92 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Latvia | -1.94 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 182 | Germany | -1.95 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Slovak Republic | -1.98 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Belarus | -1.98 % change on previous year | 2050 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 185 | Italy | -2.03 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 186 | Spain | -2.05 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Guadeloupe | -2.06 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Thailand | -2.09 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 189 | Martinique | -2.1 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 190 | North Macedonia | -2.11 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 191 | China, mainland | -2.11 % change on previous year | 2050 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 192 | China (People’s Republic of) | -2.11 % change on previous year | 2050 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 193 | Belgium-Luxembourg | -2.12 % change on previous year | 1999 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 194 | Armenia | -2.13 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 195 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -2.13 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 196 | Serbia | -2.14 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 197 | Republic of Korea | -2.16 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 198 | Cuba | -2.16 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 199 | Georgia | -2.16 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 200 | Romania | -2.18 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 201 | Hungary | -2.21 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 202 | Ukraine | -2.22 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 203 | Lithuania | -2.22 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 204 | Croatia | -2.23 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 205 | China, Taiwan Province of | -2.24 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 206 | Jamaica | -2.25 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 207 | Japan | -2.25 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 208 | Greece | -2.26 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 209 | Poland | -2.28 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 210 | Portugal | -2.28 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 211 | Albania | -2.33 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 212 | Northern Mariana Islands | -2.36 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 213 | Puerto Rico | -2.36 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 214 | United States Virgin Islands | -2.42 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 215 | Bulgaria | -2.5 % change on previous year | 2050 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 216 | Kuwait | -100 % change on previous year | 2002 | down 1,442.0% | volatile |
| 216 | China, Hong Kong SAR | -100 % change on previous year | 1993 | down 4,482.8% | volatile |
| 216 | China, Macao SAR | -100 % change on previous year | 1997 | down 610.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.4546 % change on previous year
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.4421 % change on previous year
- Côte d'Ivoire 0.4075 % change on previous year
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.1085 % change on previous year
- Oceania 0.0514 % change on previous year
- Asia -1.21 % change on previous year
- Northern America -1.33 % change on previous year
- United States of America -1.33 % change on previous year
- Americas -1.35 % change on previous year
- Northern Europe -1.45 % change on previous year
- South America -1.47 % change on previous year
- Western Europe -1.77 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.