All🌾 Fastest-Growing Rural Populations
Annual percentage change in rural population.
1
🇴🇲Oman
3.8%
2
🇸🇾Syria
3.7%
3
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
3.7%
4
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
3.6%
5
🇬🇪Georgia
2.9%
6
🇳🇪Niger
2.8%
7
🇺🇦Ukraine
2.7%
8
🇨🇫Central African Republic
2.6%
9
🇹🇩Chad
2.5%
10
🇨🇩DR Congo
2.5%
11
🇾🇪Yemen
2.5%
12
🇦🇫Afghanistan
2.4%
13
🇸🇩Sudan
2.3%
14
🇻🇺Vanuatu
2.2%
15
🇸🇴Somalia
2.2%
16
🇲🇼Malawi
2.2%
17
🇲🇱Mali
2.0%
18
🇪🇷Eritrea
2.0%
19
🇨🇲Cameroon
2.0%
20
🇿🇲Zambia
1.9%
21
🇮🇶Iraq
1.9%
22
🇪🇹Ethiopia
1.9%
23
🇹🇯Tajikistan
1.9%
24
🇺🇿Uzbekistan
1.8%
25
🇺🇬Uganda
1.7%
26
🇹🇿Tanzania
1.7%
27
🇧🇿Belize
1.7%
28
🇨🇬Congo
1.7%
29
🇲🇬Madagascar
1.7%
30
🇸🇸South Sudan
1.6%
31
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea
1.6%
32
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan
1.6%
33
🇲🇿Mozambique
1.6%
34
🇹🇲Turkmenistan
1.6%
35
🇬🇳Guinea
1.6%
36
🇰🇪Kenya
1.5%
37
🇱🇮Liechtenstein
1.4%
38
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
1.4%
39
🇦🇲Armenia
1.4%
40
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
1.4%
41
🇪🇬Egypt
1.4%
42
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea
1.3%
43
🇲🇹Malta
1.3%
44
🇧🇮Burundi
1.3%
45
🇰🇲Comoros
1.2%
46
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau
1.2%
47
🇨🇮Ivory Coast
1.1%
48
🇹🇬Togo
1.1%
49
🇳🇦Namibia
1.1%
50
🇸🇳Senegal
1.1%
Highlights
As of 2025, Oman ranks first with 3.8%, followed by Syria (3.7%) and United Arab Emirates (3.7%).
Across 203 countries and territories, values run from 3.8% (Oman) to -6.6% (Netherlands), with a median of 0.2%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Asia, 4 from Africa and 1 from Europe.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Rural population growth (annual %), 2025. Unit: %.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Rural population growth (annual %) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026