Rural Population Growth by Country

Rural Population Growth by country, shown on a world map with full country rankings. Data covers 205 countries for 2024, sourced from World Bank Open Data. See also Population Largest City and Rural Population Percent.

Rural Population Growth reaches its highest value in Oman, at 5.1, and its lowest in Kosovo, at -7.8.

The average across 205 countries and territories is 0.2 for 2024.

HighestOman5.1

LowestKosovo-7.8

Average0.2205 countries

Year2024latest available

Oman tops the list, while Kosovo sits at the lower end, showing wide variation.

Top 10 countries

Oman5.1

Syrian Arab Republic4.8

Chad4.1

United Arab Emirates3.6

Saudi Arabia3.6

South Sudan3.5

Niger2.9

Central African Republic2.6

Yemen, Rep.2.6

Congo, Dem. Rep.2.6

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Rural Population Growth: full country ranking (2024)

#	Country	Rural Population Growth
1	Oman	5.1
2	Syrian Arab Republic	4.8
3	Chad	4.1
4	United Arab Emirates	3.6
5	Saudi Arabia	3.6
6	South Sudan	3.5
7	Niger	2.9
8	Central African Republic	2.6
9	Yemen, Rep.	2.6
10	Congo, Dem. Rep.	2.6
11	Afghanistan	2.5
12	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	2.3
13	Malta	2.2
14	Vanuatu	2.2
15	Malawi	2.2
16	Eritrea	2.1
17	Iraq	2.1
18	Mali	2.1
19	Zambia	2
20	Cameroon	2
21	Armenia	2
22	Uzbekistan	2
23	Canada	2
24	Tajikistan	1.9
25	Ethiopia	1.8
26	Qatar	1.8
27	Mozambique	1.8
28	Tanzania	1.8
29	Uganda	1.8
30	Congo, Rep.	1.8
31	Belize	1.8
32	Madagascar	1.8
33	Turkmenistan	1.7
34	Guinea	1.7
35	Kyrgyz Republic	1.7
36	Equatorial Guinea	1.6
37	Kenya	1.6
38	Egypt, Arab Rep.	1.6
39	Liechtenstein	1.5
40	Burkina Faso	1.5
41	Solomon Islands	1.4
42	New Zealand	1.4
43	Papua New Guinea	1.4
44	Namibia	1.3
45	Comoros	1.3
46	Guinea-Bissau	1.2
47	Togo	1.2
48	Cote d'Ivoire	1.2
49	Sao Tome and Principe	1.1
50	Senegal	1.1
51	Djibouti	1.1
52	Sierra Leone	1.1
53	Timor-Leste	1.1
54	Australia	1.1
55	Nicaragua	1
56	Seychelles	0.96
57	Cyprus	0.96
58	South Africa	0.95
59	Liberia	0.95
60	Israel	0.94
61	Pakistan	0.93
62	Ireland	0.93
63	Burundi	0.9
64	Gambia, The	0.89
65	Panama	0.87
66	Libya	0.86
67	Suriname	0.85
68	Cambodia	0.81
69	Benin	0.79
70	Zimbabwe	0.78
71	Portugal	0.78
72	Luxembourg	0.76
73	Guatemala	0.76
74	Andorra	0.74
75	United States	0.71
76	Aruba	0.71
77	Sudan	0.7
78	Rwanda	0.68
79	American Samoa	0.66
80	Dominican Republic	0.65
81	Mauritania	0.64
82	Morocco	0.63
83	Samoa	0.62
84	Myanmar	0.58
85	United Kingdom	0.57
86	Ecuador	0.57
87	Antigua and Barbuda	0.57
88	Curacao	0.56
89	Guyana	0.55
90	Honduras	0.55
91	Ghana	0.54
92	Brunei Darussalam	0.51
93	Kazakhstan	0.45
94	Bangladesh	0.44
95	Bahamas, The	0.44
96	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0.44
97	India	0.41
98	Eswatini	0.4
99	West Bank and Gaza	0.35
100	Angola	0.34
101	Channel Islands	0.33
102	New Caledonia	0.33
103	Azerbaijan	0.32
104	Botswana	0.29
105	Bolivia	0.26
106	St. Lucia	0.26
107	French Polynesia	0.19
108	Belgium	0.17
109	France	0.17
110	Czechia	0.16
111	Ukraine	0.15
112	Faroe Islands	0.13
113	Lao PDR	0.13
114	Guam	0.11
115	Philippines	0.09
116	Estonia	0.08
117	Spain	0.08
118	Korea, Rep.	0.05
119	Viet Nam	0.05
120	Trinidad and Tobago	0.04
121	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.04
122	Isle of Man	0.03
123	Venezuela, RB	0.03
124	Grenada	-0.05
125	Romania	-0.05
126	Nigeria	-0.06
127	Colombia	-0.06
128	Slovak Republic	-0.09
129	Haiti	-0.14
130	Slovenia	-0.17
131	Montenegro	-0.2
132	Lithuania	-0.23
133	Barbados	-0.24
134	Mauritius	-0.25
135	Italy	-0.27
136	Austria	-0.28
137	Iceland	-0.3
138	Finland	-0.35
139	Germany	-0.38
140	Tonga	-0.41
141	Iran, Islamic Rep.	-0.43
142	Palau	-0.46
143	Paraguay	-0.46
144	Croatia	-0.47
145	Tunisia	-0.49
146	Mongolia	-0.5
147	Maldives	-0.5
148	Mexico	-0.51
149	San Marino	-0.52
150	Cuba	-0.54
151	Poland	-0.56
152	Switzerland	-0.58
153	Gabon	-0.58
154	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	-0.58
155	Norway	-0.58
156	Fiji	-0.64
157	Lesotho	-0.64
158	Argentina	-0.68
159	Indonesia	-0.71
160	Russian Federation	-0.73
161	British Virgin Islands	-0.73
162	Sri Lanka	-0.74
163	Denmark	-0.76
164	Bhutan	-0.78
165	Algeria	-0.79
166	Malaysia	-0.81
167	Nepal	-0.83
168	Bulgaria	-0.91
169	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.95
170	Kiribati	-0.98
171	Hungary	-0.99
172	North Macedonia	-1
173	Greece	-1.1
174	Chile	-1.1
175	Jamaica	-1.2
176	China	-1.2
177	Serbia	-1.2
178	Georgia	-1.3
179	Uruguay	-1.3
180	Latvia	-1.3
181	Puerto Rico (US)	-1.3
182	El Salvador	-1.4
183	Costa Rica	-1.6
184	Peru	-1.6
185	Sweden	-1.7
186	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	-1.7
187	Japan	-1.8
188	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-1.8
189	Brazil	-1.9
190	Dominica	-2.1
191	Lebanon	-2.1
192	Belarus	-2.1
193	Greenland	-2.2
194	Albania	-2.3
195	Thailand	-2.5
196	Jordan	-2.7
197	Turkiye	-2.8
198	Cabo Verde	-3.2
199	Moldova	-3.2
200	Northern Mariana Islands	-3.2
201	Turks and Caicos Islands	-3.2
202	Tuvalu	-3.7
203	Marshall Islands	-5.1
204	Netherlands	-6.4
205	Kosovo	-7.8

Source: World Bank Open Data. Latest available year: 2024. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.

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