Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per capita by country
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
183
Highest
0.001 1000 No per person
South Sudan
Lowest
0 1000 No per person
Kuwait
Median
0.0004 1000 No per person
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
11,544
What the numbers show
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per capita is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 0.001 1000 No per person in South Sudan; the lowest is 0 1000 No per person in Kuwait.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0004 1000 No per person, and the mean is 0.0004 1000 No per person.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 162 fell. The largest increase was in American Samoa (up 15.7%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 46.8%).
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 0.001 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 2 | Eritrea | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 3 | Eswatini | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 4 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 5 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 6 | Niger | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 7 | Tonga | 0.0009 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 8 | Malawi | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 9 | Nepal | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 10 | Liechtenstein | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 11 | Saint Lucia | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 12 | Rwanda | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 13 | Burundi | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 15 | Samoa | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 17 | Uganda | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 18 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 19 | Comoros | 0.0008 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 20 | Cambodia | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 21 | Kenya | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 22 | Lesotho | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 23 | Vanuatu | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 25 | Guyana | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 27 | Barbados | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 28 | Myanmar | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 29 | Tajikistan | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 30 | Chad | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 0.0007 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 32 | Guinea | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 33 | Mozambique | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 34 | India | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 35 | Solomon Islands | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 36 | Mauritius | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 37 | Bhutan | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 38 | Sudan | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 39 | Togo | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 40 | Grenada | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 42 | Madagascar | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 43 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 44 | Serbia | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 45 | Central African Republic | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 46 | Sierra Leone | 0.0006 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 47 | Aruba | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 48 | Belize | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 49 | Pakistan | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 50 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 51 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 52 | Egypt | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 53 | Maldives | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 54 | Faroe Islands | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 55 | Zambia | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 56 | Philippines | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 57 | Senegal | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 58 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 59 | Mali | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 60 | Isle of Man | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 61 | Somalia | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 62 | Guatemala | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 63 | Yemen | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 66 | Slovakia | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 67 | Liberia | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 69 | Benin | 0.0005 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 70 | Romania | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 71 | Thailand | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 72 | Nigeria | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 73 | Jamaica | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 74 | Albania | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 75 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 77 | Slovenia | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 78 | Croatia | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 79 | Namibia | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 80 | Mauritania | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 81 | Tuvalu | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 82 | Fiji | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 83 | Poland | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 84 | Indonesia | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 85 | Kiribati | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 86 | French Polynesia | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 87 | Haiti | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 88 | Kazakhstan | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 89 | Nicaragua | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 90 | Cameroon | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 91 | Paraguay | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 92 | Austria | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 93 | Ghana | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 94 | Turkmenistan | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 95 | Georgia | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 96 | Honduras | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 97 | Ecuador | 0.0004 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 98 | China | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 99 | Morocco | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 100 | Armenia | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 101 | Ireland | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 102 | Ukraine | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 103 | Gambia | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 104 | Seychelles | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 105 | Dominica | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 106 | Suriname | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 107 | Montenegro | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 108 | Latvia | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 109 | Marshall Islands | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 110 | Panama | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 111 | Cyprus | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 112 | Congo | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 113 | Lithuania | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 114 | Angola | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 115 | Mongolia | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 116 | Tunisia | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 117 | Portugal | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 118 | South Africa | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 119 | Iraq | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 120 | Estonia | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 121 | New Caledonia | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 122 | Italy | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 123 | Botswana | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 124 | Hungary | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 125 | Switzerland | 0.0003 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 126 | El Salvador | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 127 | Czechia | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 128 | Palestine | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 129 | Bulgaria | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 130 | Cuba | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 131 | Algeria | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 132 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 133 | Palau | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 134 | Germany | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 135 | Peru | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 136 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 137 | Malaysia | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 138 | Greece | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 139 | Mexico | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 140 | Djibouti | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 141 | Belarus | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 142 | France | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 143 | Bahamas | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 144 | Spain | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 145 | Canada | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 146 | Libya | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 147 | Costa Rica | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 148 | Colombia | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 149 | Norway | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 150 | American Samoa | 0.0002 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 151 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Dominican Republic | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 153 | Finland | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 154 | Australia | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 155 | Brazil | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 156 | New Zealand | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 157 | Greenland | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 158 | Andorra | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Bahrain | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 160 | Chile | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 161 | Denmark | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 162 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 163 | Sweden | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 164 | Oman | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 166 | Lebanon | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Japan | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 168 | Gabon | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Argentina | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 170 | Puerto Rico | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 172 | Jordan | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Israel | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 174 | Iceland | 0.0001 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 175 | Guam | 0 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Uruguay | 0 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 178 | Malta | 0 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 179 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 180 | San Marino | 0 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Belgium | 0 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 182 | Qatar | 0 1000 No per person | 2025 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Kuwait | 0 1000 No per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
How this figure is calculated
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.