Rural population (% of total population) (World) - 2022
* Data Description : 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.
* Data Source : Worldbank.org
* By changing the date from the drop-down menu, you can view statistics on maps since 2000.
* Countries with the highest value of "Rural population (% of total population)" in the World (2022) : Papua New Guinea(86,418), Burundi(85,583), Liechtenstein(85,462), Niger(83,106), Samoa(82,384), Rwanda(82,279), Malawi(82,02), Sri Lanka(80,974), Saint Lucia(80,95), South Sudan(79,154).