| # | Flag | Country | Rural population growth (annual %)Rural population growth (annual %) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 3.98% | 2018 | |
| 2 | Niger | 3.73% | 2018 | |
| 3 | Maldives | 3.1% | 2018 | |
| 4 | Uganda | 2.97% | 2018 | |
| 5 | Burundi | 2.79% | 2018 | |
| 6 | Chad | 2.76% | 2018 | |
| 7 | Rwanda | 2.54% | 2018 | |
| 8 | Malawi | 2.37% | 2018 | |
| 9 | Vanuatu | 2.33% | 2018 | |
| 10 | Guinea | 2.29% | 2018 | |
| 11 | Iceland | 2.27% | 2018 | |
| 12 | Tajikistan | 2.25% | 2018 | |
| 13 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 2.19% | 2018 | |
| 14 | Mozambique | 2.08% | 2018 | |
| 15 | Afghanistan | 2.06% | 2018 | |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 2.05% | 2018 | |
| 17 | Malta | 2.05% | 2018 | |
| 18 | Egypt | 2.04% | 2018 | |
| 19 | Solomon Islands | 2% | 2018 | |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 2% | 2018 | |
| 21 | Comoros | 1.98% | 2018 | |
| 22 | Sudan | 1.98% | 2018 | |
| 23 | Zambia | 1.95% | 2018 | |
| 24 | Senegal | 1.93% | 2018 | |
| 25 | Papua New Guinea | 1.9% | 2018 | |
| 26 | Tanzania | 1.9% | 2018 | |
| 27 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.89% | 2018 | |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 1.88% | 2018 | |
| 29 | Somalia | 1.78% | 2018 | |
| 30 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.76% | 2018 | |
| 31 | Benin | 1.71% | 2018 | |
| 32 | Pakistan | 1.7% | 2018 | |
| 33 | Belize | 1.7% | 2018 | |
| 34 | Kenya | 1.67% | 2018 | |
| 35 | Iraq | 1.66% | 2018 | |
| 36 | Mali | 1.66% | 2018 | |
| 37 | Ivory Coast | 1.64% | 2018 | |
| 38 | Madagascar | 1.61% | 2018 | |
| 39 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.54% | 2018 | |
| 40 | Mongolia | 1.54% | 2018 | |
| 41 | Liberia | 1.53% | 2018 | |
| 42 | Togo | 1.52% | 2018 | |
| 43 | Zimbabwe | 1.45% | 2018 | |
| 44 | East Timor | 1.44% | 2018 | |
| 45 | Sierra Leone | 1.42% | 2018 | |
| 46 | Yemen | 1.37% | 2018 | |
| 47 | New Zealand | 1.36% | 2018 | |
| 48 | Ecuador | 1.35% | 2018 | |
| 49 | Angola | 1.34% | 2018 | |
| 50 | Cameroon | 1.25% | 2018 | |
| 51 | Gambia | 1.23% | 2018 | |
| 52 | Tonga | 1.22% | 2018 | |
| 53 | Republic of the Congo | 1.21% | 2018 | |
| 54 | Guatemala | 1.19% | 2018 | |
| 55 | Nepal | 1.15% | 2018 | |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 1.1% | 2018 | |
| 57 | Canada | 1.08% | 2018 | |
| 58 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.05% | 2018 | |
| 59 | Djibouti | 0.98% | 2018 | |
| 60 | Philippines | 0.97% | 2018 | |
| 61 | Mauritania | 0.97% | 2018 | |
| 62 | Cambodia | 0.96% | 2018 | |
| 63 | Nigeria | 0.94% | 2018 | |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 0.94% | 2018 | |
| 65 | Federated States of Micronesia | 0.93% | 2018 | |
| 66 | Suriname | 0.9% | 2018 | |
| 67 | Cyprus | 0.89% | 2018 | |
| 68 | Peru | 0.88% | 2018 | |
| 69 | Central African Republic | 0.87% | 2018 | |
| 70 | Israel | 0.86% | 2018 | |
| 71 | Australia | 0.81% | 2018 | |
| 72 | Chile | 0.8% | 2018 | |
| 73 | Swaziland | 0.78% | 2018 | |
| 74 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 0.75% | 2018 | |
| 75 | Andorra | 0.74% | 2018 | |
| 76 | Nicaragua | 0.72% | 2018 | |
| 77 | Ghana | 0.72% | 2018 | |
| 78 | Turkmenistan | 0.7% | 2018 | |
| 79 | Samoa | 0.65% | 2018 | |
| 80 | Panama | 0.63% | 2018 | |
| 81 | Switzerland | 0.63% | 2018 | |
| 82 | Laos | 0.57% | 2018 | |
| 83 | South Korea | 0.57% | 2018 | |
| 84 | Paraguay | 0.55% | 2018 | |
| 85 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.46% | 2018 | |
| 86 | Eritrea | 0.44% | 2011 | |
| 87 | French Polynesia | 0.44% | 2018 | |
| 88 | Saudi Arabia | 0.43% | 2018 | |
| 89 | Saint Lucia | 0.43% | 2018 | |
| 90 | The Bahamas | 0.42% | 2018 | |
| 91 | Guyana | 0.39% | 2018 | |
| 92 | India | 0.39% | 2018 | |
| 93 | Grenada | 0.35% | 2018 | |
| 94 | Republic of Ireland | 0.35% | 2018 | |
| 95 | Curacao | 0.33% | 2018 | |
| 96 | Bolivia | 0.3% | 2018 | |
| 97 | Isle Of Man | 0.3% | 2018 | |
| 98 | Liechtenstein | 0.26% | 2018 | |
| 99 | South Sudan | 0.26% | 2018 | |
| 100 | Aruba | 0.25% | 2018 | |
| 101 | Myanmar | 0.24% | 2018 | |
| 102 | Lesotho | 0.21% | 2018 | |
| 103 | Slovakia | 0.2% | 2018 | |
| 104 | Honduras | 0.19% | 2018 | |
| 105 | Tunisia | 0.17% | 2018 | |
| 106 | Barbados | 0.16% | 2018 | |
| 107 | Mauritius | 0.14% | 2018 | |
| 108 | Azerbaijan | 0.13% | 2018 | |
| 109 | Poland | 0.13% | 2018 | |
| 110 | Armenia | 0.11% | 2018 | |
| 111 | Germany | 0.1% | 2018 | |
| 112 | Faroe Islands | 0.08% | 2018 | |
| 113 | Austria | 0.08% | 2018 | |
| 114 | Libya | 0.05% | 2018 | |
| 115 | Virgin Islands (British) | 0.03% | 2018 | |
| 116 | Seychelles | -0.03% | 2018 | |
| 117 | Bhutan | -0.05% | 2018 | |
| 118 | Algeria | -0.08% | 2018 | |
| 119 | Vietnam | -0.1% | 2018 | |
| 120 | North Korea | -0.11% | 2018 | |
| 121 | New Caledonia | -0.13% | 2018 | |
| 122 | South Africa | -0.13% | 2018 | |
| 123 | American Samoa | -0.14% | 2018 | |
| 124 | Czech Republic | -0.15% | 2018 | |
| 125 | Namibia | -0.15% | 2018 | |
| 126 | Bangladesh | -0.16% | 2018 | |
| 127 | Jamaica | -0.19% | 2018 | |
| 128 | Morocco | -0.19% | 2018 | |
| 129 | Colombia | -0.2% | 2018 | |
| 130 | Cape Verde | -0.21% | 2018 | |
| 131 | Finland | -0.21% | 2018 | |
| 132 | Botswana | -0.21% | 2018 | |
| 133 | Moldova | -0.22% | 2018 | |
| 134 | Kiribati | -0.25% | 2018 | |
| 135 | Estonia | -0.26% | 2018 | |
| 136 | Cuba | -0.27% | 2018 | |
| 137 | Mexico | -0.32% | 2018 | |
| 138 | Indonesia | -0.35% | 2018 | |
| 139 | Brunei | -0.35% | 2018 | |
| 140 | Denmark | -0.4% | 2018 | |
| 141 | Argentina | -0.46% | 2018 | |
| 142 | Republic of Macedonia | -0.46% | 2018 | |
| 143 | Fiji | -0.47% | 2018 | |
| 144 | Northern Mariana Islands | -0.48% | 2018 | |
| 145 | United States | -0.49% | 2018 | |
| 146 | Turkey | -0.5% | 2018 | |
| 147 | United Arab Emirates | -0.51% | 2018 | |
| 148 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.51% | 2018 | |
| 149 | Slovenia | -0.54% | 2018 | |
| 150 | Russia | -0.56% | 2018 | |
| 151 | Iran | -0.6% | 2018 | |
| 152 | Guam | -0.65% | 2018 | |
| 153 | Romania | -0.72% | 2018 | |
| 154 | Jordan | -0.75% | 2018 | |
| 155 | Dominica | -0.78% | 2018 | |
| 156 | Haiti | -0.79% | 2018 | |
| 157 | Ukraine | -0.81% | 2018 | |
| 158 | United Kingdom | -0.88% | 2018 | |
| 159 | Georgia | -0.88% | 2018 | |
| 160 | Luxembourg | -0.88% | 2018 | |
| 161 | Lebanon | -0.89% | 2018 | |
| 162 | Serbia | -0.89% | 2018 | |
| 163 | Spain | -0.94% | 2018 | |
| 164 | Sweden | -1% | 2018 | |
| 165 | Montenegro | -1.01% | 2018 | |
| 166 | Latvia | -1.02% | 2018 | |
| 167 | Tuvalu | -1.03% | 2018 | |
| 168 | Gabon | -1.04% | 2018 | |
| 169 | Malaysia | -1.08% | 2018 | |
| 170 | Marshall Islands | -1.1% | 2018 | |
| 171 | Brazil | -1.13% | 2018 | |
| 172 | São Tomé and Príncipe | -1.14% | 2018 | |
| 173 | France | -1.16% | 2018 | |
| 174 | Italy | -1.16% | 2018 | |
| 175 | Japan | -1.16% | 2018 | |
| 176 | Thailand | -1.17% | 2018 | |
| 177 | Hungary | -1.2% | 2018 | |
| 178 | Norway | -1.4% | 2018 | |
| 179 | Croatia | -1.5% | 2018 | |
| 180 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.54% | 2018 | |
| 181 | Belgium | -1.57% | 2018 | |
| 182 | Uruguay | -1.63% | 2018 | |
| 183 | Portugal | -1.77% | 2018 | |
| 184 | Greece | -1.83% | 2018 | |
| 185 | Lithuania | -1.89% | 2018 | |
| 186 | Venezuela | -2% | 2018 | |
| 187 | Bulgaria | -2.08% | 2018 | |
| 188 | Greenland | -2.09% | 2018 | |
| 189 | El Salvador | -2.13% | 2018 | |
| 190 | Palau | -2.23% | 2018 | |
| 191 | Belarus | -2.27% | 2018 | |
| 192 | Syria | -2.39% | 2018 | |
| 193 | China | -2.42% | 2018 | |
| 194 | Turks And Caicos Islands | -2.51% | 2018 | |
| 195 | Albania | -2.58% | 2018 | |
| 196 | Oman | -2.69% | 2018 | |
| 197 | Costa Rica | -2.71% | 2018 | |
| 198 | Virgin Islands (US) | -2.99% | 2018 | |
| 199 | Dominican Republic | -3.05% | 2018 | |
| 200 | Puerto Rico | -3.84% | 2018 | |
| 201 | Netherlands | -4.16% | 2018 | |
| 202 | Qatar | -4.31% | 2018 | |
| 203 | San Marino | -5.1% | 2018 | |
| 204 | Macao | -147.99% | 1996 | |
| 205 | Hong Kong | -207.11% | 1992 | |
| 206 | Kuwait | -235.79% | 2001 |