Hot countries Compared by People > Percentage living in rural areas.

DEFINITION: Percentage of people living in rural areas. Data for 2003. Urban-rural classification of population in internationally published statistics follows the national census definition, which differs from one country or area to another. National definitions are usually based on criteria that may include any of the following: size of population in a locality, population density, distance between built-up areas, predominant type of economic activity, legal or administrative boundaries and urban characteristics such as specific services and facilities.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Uganda	88%	2003
2	Papua New Guinea	87%	2003
=3	Ethiopia	84%	2003
=3	Malawi	84%	2003
=3	Solomon Islands	84%	2003
6	Burkina Faso	82%	2003
7	Cambodia	81%	2003
8	Eritrea	80%	2003
9	Sri Lanka	79%	2003
=10	Samoa	78%	2003
=10	Niger	78%	2003
=12	Swaziland	76%	2003
=12	Bangladesh	76%	2003
14	Chad	75%	2003
=15	Yemen	74%	2003
=15	Vietnam	74%	2003
17	Madagascar	73%	2003
18	India	72%	2003
=19	Maldives	71%	2003
=19	Burma	71%	2003
21	Saint Lucia	70%	2003
=22	Thailand	68%	2003
=22	Mali	68%	2003
=22	Democratic Republic of the Congo	68%	2003
25	Tonga	67%	2003
=26	Pakistan	66%	2003
=26	Guinea-Bissau	66%	2003
=28	Tanzania	65%	2003
=28	Guinea	65%	2003
=28	Zimbabwe	65%	2003
=28	Somalia	65%	2003
=28	Togo	65%	2003
=28	Comoros	65%	2003
=34	Angola	64%	2003
=34	Mozambique	64%	2003
=34	Zambia	64%	2003
37	Haiti	63%	2003
=38	Antigua and Barbuda	62%	2003
=38	Guyana	62%	2003
=40	Sierra Leone	61%	2003
=40	Sudan	61%	2003
=40	Kenya	61%	2003
43	Grenada	59%	2003
44	Egypt	58%	2003
45	Mauritius	57%	2003
=46	Ghana	55%	2003
=46	Benin	55%	2003
=48	Indonesia	54%	2003
=48	Guatemala	54%	2003
=48	Honduras	54%	2003
=51	Liberia	53%	2003
=51	Nigeria	53%	2003
=51	Kiribati	53%	2003
=54	Belize	52%	2003
=54	Equatorial Guinea	52%	2003
=56	Senegal	50%	2003
=56	Seychelles	50%	2003
58	Cameroon	49%	2003
=59	Barbados	48%	2003
=59	Fiji	48%	2003
=59	Botswana	48%	2003
=59	Jamaica	48%	2003
63	Tuvalu	45%	2003
64	Cape Verde	44%	2003
=65	Panama	43%	2003
=65	Paraguay	43%	2003
=65	Nicaragua	43%	2003
68	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	42%	2003
=69	Dominican Republic	41%	2003
=69	Algeria	41%	2003
71	El Salvador	40%	2003
=72	Costa Rica	39%	2003
=72	Philippines	39%	2003
=72	New Caledonia	39%	2003
=75	Ecuador	38%	2003
=75	Mauritania	38%	2003
77	Bolivia	37%	2003
78	Malaysia	36%	2003
79	Marshall Islands	34%	2003
80	Iraq	33%	2003
81	Cook Islands	30%	2003
82	Dominica	28%	2003
=83	Trinidad and Tobago	25%	2003
=83	Mexico	25%	2003
=83	French Guiana	25%	2003
=86	Colombia	24%	2003
=86	Suriname	24%	2003
=86	Cuba	24%	2003
89	Oman	22%	2003
90	Brazil	17%	2003
=91	Gabon	16%	2003
=91	Djibouti	16%	2003
93	Libya	14%	2003
=94	Venezuela	12%	2003
=94	Saudi Arabia	12%	2003
96	The Bahamas	11%	2003
97	Bahrain	10%	2003
98	Reunion	9%	2003
99	Qatar	8%	2003
=100	Virgin Islands	6%	2003
=100	Western Sahara	6%	2003
=102	Martinique	4%	2003
=102	Kuwait	4%	2003

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