Rural population (% of total population) (World) - 2023
* 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 (2023) : Papua New Guinea(86,277), Liechtenstein(85,383), Burundi(85,216), Niger(82,946), Samoa(82,492), Rwanda(82,108), Malawi(81,72), Saint Lucia(80,828), Sri Lanka(80,789), South Sudan(78,805).