| # | Flag | Country | Rural population (% of total population)Rural population (% of total population) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 86.97% | 2018 | |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 86.83% | 2018 | |
| 3 | Liechtenstein | 85.66% | 2018 | |
| 4 | Niger | 83.58% | 2018 | |
| 5 | Malawi | 83.06% | 2018 | |
| 6 | Rwanda | 82.79% | 2018 | |
| 7 | Samoa | 81.76% | 2018 | |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 81.52% | 2018 | |
| 9 | Saint Lucia | 81.32% | 2018 | |
| 10 | South Sudan | 80.38% | 2018 | |
| 11 | Nepal | 80.26% | 2018 | |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 79.24% | 2018 | |
| 13 | Federated States of Micronesia | 77.3% | 2018 | |
| 14 | Chad | 76.94% | 2018 | |
| 15 | Tonga | 76.87% | 2018 | |
| 16 | Cambodia | 76.61% | 2018 | |
| 17 | Solomon Islands | 76.25% | 2018 | |
| 18 | Uganda | 76.23% | 2018 | |
| 19 | Swaziland | 76.2% | 2018 | |
| 20 | Antigua and Barbuda | 75.4% | 2018 | |
| 21 | Vanuatu | 74.73% | 2018 | |
| 22 | Afghanistan | 74.5% | 2018 | |
| 23 | Guyana | 73.39% | 2018 | |
| 24 | Kenya | 72.97% | 2018 | |
| 25 | Tajikistan | 72.87% | 2018 | |
| 26 | Lesotho | 71.85% | 2018 | |
| 27 | Comoros | 71.03% | 2018 | |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 70.64% | 2018 | |
| 29 | East Timor | 69.42% | 2018 | |
| 30 | Myanmar | 69.42% | 2018 | |
| 31 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 69.22% | 2018 | |
| 32 | Barbados | 68.85% | 2018 | |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 67.79% | 2018 | |
| 34 | Tanzania | 66.22% | 2018 | |
| 35 | India | 65.97% | 2018 | |
| 36 | Sudan | 65.36% | 2018 | |
| 37 | Laos | 65% | 2018 | |
| 38 | Eritrea | 64.23% | 2011 | |
| 39 | Vietnam | 64.08% | 2018 | |
| 40 | Mozambique | 64.01% | 2018 | |
| 41 | Guinea | 63.86% | 2018 | |
| 42 | Grenada | 63.73% | 2018 | |
| 43 | Kyrgyzstan | 63.65% | 2018 | |
| 44 | Bangladesh | 63.37% | 2018 | |
| 45 | Yemen | 63.36% | 2018 | |
| 46 | Pakistan | 63.33% | 2018 | |
| 47 | Madagascar | 62.81% | 2018 | |
| 48 | Maldives | 60.19% | 2018 | |
| 49 | Mauritius | 59.21% | 2018 | |
| 50 | Bhutan | 59.1% | 2018 | |
| 51 | Central African Republic | 58.64% | 2018 | |
| 52 | Togo | 58.3% | 2018 | |
| 53 | Sierra Leone | 57.95% | 2018 | |
| 54 | Faroe Islands | 57.94% | 2018 | |
| 55 | Mali | 57.64% | 2018 | |
| 56 | Moldova | 57.37% | 2018 | |
| 57 | Egypt | 57.3% | 2018 | |
| 58 | Guinea-Bissau | 56.64% | 2018 | |
| 59 | Aruba | 56.59% | 2018 | |
| 60 | Zambia | 56.48% | 2018 | |
| 61 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 55.54% | 2018 | |
| 62 | Somalia | 55.03% | 2018 | |
| 63 | Belize | 54.28% | 2018 | |
| 64 | Philippines | 53.09% | 2018 | |
| 65 | Senegal | 52.81% | 2018 | |
| 66 | Benin | 52.69% | 2018 | |
| 67 | Virgin Islands (British) | 52.28% | 2018 | |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.75% | 2018 | |
| 69 | Thailand | 50.05% | 2018 | |
| 70 | Namibia | 49.97% | 2018 | |
| 71 | Nigeria | 49.66% | 2018 | |
| 72 | Uzbekistan | 49.52% | 2018 | |
| 73 | Ivory Coast | 49.22% | 2018 | |
| 74 | Guatemala | 48.95% | 2018 | |
| 75 | Liberia | 48.85% | 2018 | |
| 76 | Turkmenistan | 48.41% | 2018 | |
| 77 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 47.8% | 2018 | |
| 78 | Isle Of Man | 47.41% | 2018 | |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.82% | 2018 | |
| 80 | Mauritania | 46.33% | 2018 | |
| 81 | Slovakia | 46.27% | 2018 | |
| 82 | Romania | 46% | 2018 | |
| 83 | Kiribati | 45.94% | 2018 | |
| 84 | Syria | 45.84% | 2018 | |
| 85 | Slovenia | 45.46% | 2018 | |
| 86 | Haiti | 44.72% | 2018 | |
| 87 | Indonesia | 44.67% | 2018 | |
| 88 | Jamaica | 44.33% | 2018 | |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 44.32% | 2018 | |
| 90 | Ghana | 43.94% | 2018 | |
| 91 | Serbia | 43.91% | 2018 | |
| 92 | Fiji | 43.75% | 2018 | |
| 93 | Cameroon | 43.63% | 2018 | |
| 94 | Seychelles | 43.31% | 2018 | |
| 95 | Croatia | 43.05% | 2018 | |
| 96 | Honduras | 42.9% | 2018 | |
| 97 | Kazakhstan | 42.57% | 2018 | |
| 98 | Republic of Macedonia | 42.04% | 2018 | |
| 99 | Austria | 41.7% | 2018 | |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 41.48% | 2018 | |
| 101 | Georgia | 41.37% | 2018 | |
| 102 | China | 40.85% | 2018 | |
| 103 | Poland | 39.94% | 2018 | |
| 104 | Albania | 39.68% | 2018 | |
| 105 | Gambia | 38.73% | 2018 | |
| 106 | Paraguay | 38.41% | 2018 | |
| 107 | French Polynesia | 38.17% | 2018 | |
| 108 | North Korea | 38.1% | 2018 | |
| 109 | Tuvalu | 37.61% | 2018 | |
| 110 | Morocco | 37.55% | 2018 | |
| 111 | Armenia | 36.85% | 2018 | |
| 112 | Republic of Ireland | 36.83% | 2018 | |
| 113 | Ecuador | 36.18% | 2018 | |
| 114 | Portugal | 34.79% | 2018 | |
| 115 | Angola | 34.49% | 2018 | |
| 116 | Cape Verde | 34.27% | 2018 | |
| 117 | Suriname | 33.94% | 2018 | |
| 118 | South Africa | 33.65% | 2018 | |
| 119 | Cyprus | 33.19% | 2018 | |
| 120 | Montenegro | 33.19% | 2018 | |
| 121 | Republic of the Congo | 33.08% | 2018 | |
| 122 | Lithuania | 32.32% | 2018 | |
| 123 | Panama | 32.29% | 2018 | |
| 124 | Latvia | 31.86% | 2018 | |
| 125 | Mongolia | 31.55% | 2018 | |
| 126 | Estonia | 31.12% | 2018 | |
| 127 | Tunisia | 31.05% | 2018 | |
| 128 | Ukraine | 30.65% | 2018 | |
| 129 | Bolivia | 30.58% | 2018 | |
| 130 | Botswana | 30.55% | 2018 | |
| 131 | Italy | 29.56% | 2018 | |
| 132 | Iraq | 29.53% | 2018 | |
| 133 | Dominica | 29.52% | 2018 | |
| 134 | New Caledonia | 29.32% | 2018 | |
| 135 | Hungary | 28.65% | 2018 | |
| 136 | El Salvador | 27.98% | 2018 | |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea | 27.86% | 2018 | |
| 138 | Algeria | 27.37% | 2018 | |
| 139 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 27.2% | 2018 | |
| 140 | Czech Republic | 26.21% | 2018 | |
| 141 | Switzerland | 26.2% | 2018 | |
| 142 | Russia | 25.57% | 2018 | |
| 143 | Iran | 25.1% | 2018 | |
| 144 | Bulgaria | 24.99% | 2018 | |
| 145 | Turkey | 24.86% | 2018 | |
| 146 | Malaysia | 23.96% | 2018 | |
| 147 | Marshall Islands | 22.97% | 2018 | |
| 148 | Cuba | 22.96% | 2018 | |
| 149 | Germany | 22.69% | 2018 | |
| 150 | Brunei | 22.37% | 2018 | |
| 151 | Djibouti | 22.22% | 2018 | |
| 152 | Peru | 22.09% | 2018 | |
| 153 | Belarus | 21.4% | 2018 | |
| 154 | Greece | 20.94% | 2018 | |
| 155 | Costa Rica | 20.66% | 2018 | |
| 156 | Palau | 20.07% | 2018 | |
| 157 | Libya | 19.9% | 2018 | |
| 158 | Mexico | 19.84% | 2018 | |
| 159 | Spain | 19.68% | 2018 | |
| 160 | France | 19.56% | 2018 | |
| 161 | Colombia | 19.22% | 2018 | |
| 162 | Dominican Republic | 18.93% | 2018 | |
| 163 | Canada | 18.59% | 2018 | |
| 164 | South Korea | 18.54% | 2018 | |
| 165 | Norway | 17.75% | 2018 | |
| 166 | United States | 17.74% | 2018 | |
| 167 | The Bahamas | 16.98% | 2018 | |
| 168 | United Kingdom | 16.6% | 2018 | |
| 169 | Saudi Arabia | 16.16% | 2018 | |
| 170 | Oman | 15.46% | 2018 | |
| 171 | Finland | 14.62% | 2018 | |
| 172 | Australia | 13.99% | 2018 | |
| 173 | United Arab Emirates | 13.48% | 2018 | |
| 174 | New Zealand | 13.46% | 2018 | |
| 175 | Brazil | 13.43% | 2018 | |
| 176 | Greenland | 13.18% | 2018 | |
| 177 | American Samoa | 12.85% | 2018 | |
| 178 | Sweden | 12.57% | 2018 | |
| 179 | Chile | 12.44% | 2018 | |
| 180 | Denmark | 12.13% | 2018 | |
| 181 | Andorra | 11.94% | 2018 | |
| 182 | Venezuela | 11.79% | 2018 | |
| 183 | Lebanon | 11.41% | 2018 | |
| 184 | Curacao | 10.85% | 2018 | |
| 185 | Bahrain | 10.71% | 2018 | |
| 186 | Gabon | 10.63% | 2018 | |
| 187 | Jordan | 9.02% | 2018 | |
| 188 | Luxembourg | 9.02% | 2018 | |
| 189 | Netherlands | 8.51% | 2018 | |
| 190 | Japan | 8.38% | 2018 | |
| 191 | Northern Mariana Islands | 8.38% | 2018 | |
| 192 | Argentina | 8.13% | 2018 | |
| 193 | Israel | 7.58% | 2018 | |
| 194 | Turks And Caicos Islands | 6.9% | 2018 | |
| 195 | Puerto Rico | 6.42% | 2018 | |
| 196 | Iceland | 6.19% | 2018 | |
| 197 | Malta | 5.39% | 2018 | |
| 198 | Guam | 5.22% | 2018 | |
| 199 | Uruguay | 4.67% | 2018 | |
| 200 | Virgin Islands (US) | 4.28% | 2018 | |
| 201 | San Marino | 2.77% | 2018 | |
| 202 | Belgium | 2% | 2018 | |
| 203 | Qatar | 0.86% | 2018 | |
| 204 | Gibraltar | 0% | 2018 | |
| 205 | Macao | 0% | 2018 | |
| 206 | Bermuda | 0% | 2018 | |
| 207 | Nauru | 0% | 2018 | |
| 208 | Hong Kong | 0% | 2018 | |
| 209 | Kuwait | 0% | 2018 | |
| 210 | Cayman Islands | 0% | 2018 | |
| 211 | Singapore | 0% | 2018 | |
| 212 | Monaco | 0% | 2018 | |
| 213 | Sint Maarten | 0% | 2018 |