| # | Flag | Country | Rural populationRural population | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 892,321,651 | 2018 | |
| 2 | China | 568,902,350 | 2018 | |
| 3 | Pakistan | 134,404,267 | 2018 | |
| 4 | Indonesia | 119,578,640 | 2018 | |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 102,248,095 | 2018 | |
| 6 | Nigeria | 97,263,561 | 2018 | |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 86,546,264 | 2018 | |
| 8 | Vietnam | 61,223,241 | 2018 | |
| 9 | United States | 58,052,589 | 2018 | |
| 10 | Philippines | 56,624,705 | 2018 | |
| 11 | Egypt | 56,392,783 | 2018 | |
| 12 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 46,691,418 | 2018 | |
| 13 | Kenya | 37,501,479 | 2018 | |
| 14 | Tanzania | 37,296,263 | 2018 | |
| 15 | Myanmar | 37,284,905 | 2018 | |
| 16 | Russia | 36,938,703 | 2018 | |
| 17 | Thailand | 34,749,671 | 2018 | |
| 18 | Uganda | 32,566,140 | 2018 | |
| 19 | Brazil | 28,133,826 | 2018 | |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 27,695,286 | 2018 | |
| 21 | Sudan | 27,320,646 | 2018 | |
| 22 | Mexico | 25,041,300 | 2018 | |
| 23 | Nepal | 22,543,325 | 2018 | |
| 24 | Iran | 20,533,504 | 2018 | |
| 25 | Turkey | 20,462,214 | 2018 | |
| 26 | South Africa | 19,439,954 | 2018 | |
| 27 | Mozambique | 18,880,955 | 2018 | |
| 28 | Germany | 18,814,687 | 2018 | |
| 29 | Niger | 18,756,694 | 2018 | |
| 30 | Yemen | 18,056,198 | 2018 | |
| 31 | Italy | 17,864,696 | 2018 | |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | 17,666,251 | 2018 | |
| 33 | Madagascar | 16,495,131 | 2018 | |
| 34 | Uzbekistan | 16,320,173 | 2018 | |
| 35 | Poland | 15,169,392 | 2018 | |
| 36 | Malawi | 15,070,382 | 2018 | |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 13,952,879 | 2018 | |
| 38 | Ukraine | 13,675,909 | 2018 | |
| 39 | Morocco | 13,527,860 | 2018 | |
| 40 | France | 13,100,025 | 2018 | |
| 41 | Ghana | 13,079,667 | 2018 | |
| 42 | Cambodia | 12,449,295 | 2018 | |
| 43 | Ivory Coast | 12,339,325 | 2018 | |
| 44 | Chad | 11,908,736 | 2018 | |
| 45 | Algeria | 11,558,343 | 2018 | |
| 46 | Iraq | 11,348,289 | 2018 | |
| 47 | United Kingdom | 11,038,502 | 2018 | |
| 48 | Cameroon | 11,000,836 | 2018 | |
| 49 | Mali | 10,997,144 | 2018 | |
| 50 | Angola | 10,625,055 | 2018 | |
| 51 | Japan | 10,608,200 | 2018 | |
| 52 | Rwanda | 10,184,652 | 2018 | |
| 53 | Zambia | 9,800,136 | 2018 | |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 9,788,355 | 2018 | |
| 55 | North Korea | 9,734,737 | 2018 | |
| 56 | Burundi | 9,719,003 | 2018 | |
| 57 | South Korea | 9,573,693 | 2018 | |
| 58 | Colombia | 9,543,470 | 2018 | |
| 59 | Spain | 9,194,767 | 2018 | |
| 60 | Romania | 8,958,400 | 2018 | |
| 61 | South Sudan | 8,822,993 | 2018 | |
| 62 | Guatemala | 8,442,112 | 2018 | |
| 63 | Senegal | 8,372,370 | 2018 | |
| 64 | Somalia | 8,258,837 | 2018 | |
| 65 | Guinea | 7,927,783 | 2018 | |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 7,780,671 | 2018 | |
| 67 | Syria | 7,749,502 | 2018 | |
| 68 | Malaysia | 7,555,510 | 2018 | |
| 69 | Papua New Guinea | 7,472,950 | 2018 | |
| 70 | Peru | 7,067,386 | 2018 | |
| 71 | Canada | 6,888,871 | 2018 | |
| 72 | Tajikistan | 6,631,416 | 2018 | |
| 73 | Ecuador | 6,180,950 | 2018 | |
| 74 | Benin | 6,051,242 | 2018 | |
| 75 | Saudi Arabia | 5,444,563 | 2018 | |
| 76 | Haiti | 4,974,507 | 2018 | |
| 77 | Togo | 4,599,184 | 2018 | |
| 78 | Laos | 4,589,697 | 2018 | |
| 79 | Sierra Leone | 4,432,882 | 2018 | |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 4,406,442 | 2018 | |
| 81 | Honduras | 4,113,430 | 2018 | |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 4,019,944 | 2018 | |
| 83 | Austria | 3,689,480 | 2018 | |
| 84 | Argentina | 3,617,403 | 2018 | |
| 85 | Tunisia | 3,591,574 | 2018 | |
| 86 | Portugal | 3,576,922 | 2018 | |
| 87 | Australia | 3,495,933 | 2018 | |
| 88 | Bolivia | 3,471,223 | 2018 | |
| 89 | Venezuela | 3,404,373 | 2018 | |
| 90 | Serbia | 3,065,693 | 2018 | |
| 91 | Turkmenistan | 2,832,249 | 2018 | |
| 92 | Hungary | 2,798,659 | 2018 | |
| 93 | Czech Republic | 2,784,782 | 2018 | |
| 94 | Central African Republic | 2,736,177 | 2018 | |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 2,681,765 | 2018 | |
| 96 | Paraguay | 2,672,175 | 2018 | |
| 97 | Cuba | 2,603,577 | 2018 | |
| 98 | Slovakia | 2,520,550 | 2018 | |
| 99 | Liberia | 2,354,022 | 2018 | |
| 100 | Chile | 2,329,158 | 2018 | |
| 101 | Greece | 2,246,588 | 2018 | |
| 102 | Switzerland | 2,231,590 | 2018 | |
| 103 | Eritrea | 2,064,302 | 2011 | |
| 104 | Mauritania | 2,039,970 | 2018 | |
| 105 | Moldova | 2,034,309 | 2018 | |
| 106 | Belarus | 2,030,347 | 2018 | |
| 107 | Dominican Republic | 2,011,297 | 2018 | |
| 108 | El Salvador | 1,796,332 | 2018 | |
| 109 | Republic of Ireland | 1,787,546 | 2018 | |
| 110 | Croatia | 1,760,609 | 2018 | |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 1,755,492 | 2018 | |
| 112 | Republic of the Congo | 1,735,045 | 2018 | |
| 113 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,720,299 | 2018 | |
| 114 | Georgia | 1,543,440 | 2018 | |
| 115 | Lesotho | 1,514,630 | 2018 | |
| 116 | Netherlands | 1,466,360 | 2018 | |
| 117 | Panama | 1,348,754 | 2018 | |
| 118 | Libya | 1,328,901 | 2018 | |
| 119 | Jamaica | 1,300,904 | 2018 | |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 1,298,061 | 2018 | |
| 121 | Sweden | 1,279,923 | 2018 | |
| 122 | Namibia | 1,223,344 | 2018 | |
| 123 | Albania | 1,137,407 | 2018 | |
| 124 | Armenia | 1,087,759 | 2018 | |
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,061,609 | 2018 | |
| 126 | Costa Rica | 1,032,885 | 2018 | |
| 127 | Mongolia | 1,000,359 | 2018 | |
| 128 | Norway | 943,401 | 2018 | |
| 129 | Slovenia | 939,807 | 2018 | |
| 130 | Lithuania | 901,605 | 2018 | |
| 131 | Jordan | 898,132 | 2018 | |
| 132 | Gambia | 883,084 | 2018 | |
| 133 | East Timor | 880,252 | 2018 | |
| 134 | Republic of Macedonia | 875,613 | 2018 | |
| 135 | Swaziland | 865,789 | 2018 | |
| 136 | Finland | 806,629 | 2018 | |
| 137 | Lebanon | 781,257 | 2018 | |
| 138 | Mauritius | 749,148 | 2018 | |
| 139 | Oman | 746,686 | 2018 | |
| 140 | Denmark | 702,998 | 2018 | |
| 141 | Botswana | 688,726 | 2018 | |
| 142 | Israel | 673,570 | 2018 | |
| 143 | New Zealand | 657,686 | 2018 | |
| 144 | Trinidad and Tobago | 650,676 | 2018 | |
| 145 | Latvia | 613,758 | 2018 | |
| 146 | Comoros | 591,240 | 2018 | |
| 147 | Guyana | 571,742 | 2018 | |
| 148 | Solomon Islands | 497,811 | 2018 | |
| 149 | Bhutan | 445,885 | 2018 | |
| 150 | Estonia | 411,059 | 2018 | |
| 151 | Cyprus | 394,717 | 2018 | |
| 152 | Fiji | 386,541 | 2018 | |
| 153 | Equatorial Guinea | 364,641 | 2018 | |
| 154 | Maldives | 310,408 | 2018 | |
| 155 | Belgium | 228,327 | 2018 | |
| 156 | Gabon | 225,279 | 2018 | |
| 157 | Vanuatu | 218,708 | 2018 | |
| 158 | Djibouti | 213,101 | 2018 | |
| 159 | Belize | 207,916 | 2018 | |
| 160 | Montenegro | 206,538 | 2018 | |
| 161 | Puerto Rico | 205,193 | 2018 | |
| 162 | Barbados | 197,361 | 2018 | |
| 163 | Suriname | 195,491 | 2018 | |
| 164 | Cape Verde | 186,338 | 2018 | |
| 165 | Bahrain | 168,134 | 2018 | |
| 166 | Uruguay | 160,944 | 2018 | |
| 167 | Samoa | 160,350 | 2018 | |
| 168 | Saint Lucia | 147,916 | 2018 | |
| 169 | French Polynesia | 105,979 | 2018 | |
| 170 | Brunei | 95,963 | 2018 | |
| 171 | Federated States of Micronesia | 87,067 | 2018 | |
| 172 | New Caledonia | 83,278 | 2018 | |
| 173 | Tonga | 79,327 | 2018 | |
| 174 | Antigua and Barbuda | 72,601 | 2018 | |
| 175 | Grenada | 71,027 | 2018 | |
| 176 | The Bahamas | 65,462 | 2018 | |
| 177 | Aruba | 59,897 | 2018 | |
| 178 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 57,393 | 2018 | |
| 179 | Luxembourg | 54,811 | 2018 | |
| 180 | Kiribati | 53,224 | 2018 | |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 52,683 | 2018 | |
| 182 | Seychelles | 41,907 | 2018 | |
| 183 | Isle Of Man | 39,863 | 2018 | |
| 184 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 36,302 | 2018 | |
| 185 | Liechtenstein | 32,474 | 2018 | |
| 186 | Faroe Islands | 28,097 | 2018 | |
| 187 | Malta | 26,053 | 2018 | |
| 188 | Qatar | 24,062 | 2018 | |
| 189 | Iceland | 21,876 | 2018 | |
| 190 | Dominica | 21,142 | 2018 | |
| 191 | Curacao | 17,352 | 2018 | |
| 192 | Virgin Islands (British) | 15,580 | 2018 | |
| 193 | Marshall Islands | 13,417 | 2018 | |
| 194 | Andorra | 9,193 | 2018 | |
| 195 | Guam | 8,653 | 2018 | |
| 196 | Greenland | 7,386 | 2018 | |
| 197 | American Samoa | 7,126 | 2018 | |
| 198 | Northern Mariana Islands | 4,768 | 2018 | |
| 199 | Virgin Islands (US) | 4,578 | 2018 | |
| 200 | Tuvalu | 4,329 | 2018 | |
| 201 | Palau | 3,594 | 2018 | |
| 202 | Turks And Caicos Islands | 2,600 | 2018 | |
| 203 | San Marino | 937 | 2018 | |
| 204 | Nauru | 0 | 2018 | |
| 205 | Kuwait | 0 | 2018 | |
| 206 | Bermuda | 0 | 2018 | |
| 207 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 2018 | |
| 208 | Singapore | 0 | 2018 | |
| 209 | Monaco | 0 | 2018 | |
| 210 | Macao | 0 | 2018 | |
| 211 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2018 | |
| 212 | Sint Maarten | 0 | 2018 | |
| 213 | Gibraltar | 0 | 2018 |