Rural population
% of total 1990 2010
Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Rep. Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea, Dem. Rep. Korea, Rep. Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyz Republic Lao PDR Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Macedonia, FYR Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar
60 34 75 69 44 30 43 10 33 51 37 28 44 82 42 26 .. 2 62 85 31 17 86 55 24 32 42 76 88 50 77 60 56 29 53 43 52 79 75 72 91 31 15 48 85 65 28 34 69 46 85 51 31 51 39 52 28 8
51 32 70 46 31 34 38 8 32 46 33 22 42 78 37 18 .. 2 63 67 32 13 73 39 22 33 32 70 80 28 67 59 57 22 59 43 43 62 66 62 82 17 13 43 83 50 22 28 63 25 88 39 28 34 39 39 1 4
average annual % growth 1990–2010
1.1 –1.4 0.9 –1.4 –0.6 3.3 –0.2 1.6 0.0 –0.2 –0.6 2.0 1.8 2.2 –0.5 –0.9 .. 2.1 0.6 –0.3 –0.7 –0.2 0.0 2.3 0.7 –0.9 –1.4 2.4 2.5 –1.7 2.2 2.1 0.4 –0.1 0.4 1.2 0.2 1.0 –0.2 0.9 1.2 –2.6 0.3 0.7 3.4 1.1 0.9 2.4 1.1 –1.6 2.3 0.2 0.7 –0.5 0.2 –1.5 –17.9 7.7
Land area
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ENVIRONMENT
Rural population and land use Land use
% of land area thousand sq. km 2010
Forest area 1990 2010
111.9 89.6 2,973.2 1,811.6 1,628.6 437.4 68.9 21.6 294.1 10.8 364.5 88.2 2,699.7 569.1 120.4 96.9 10.9b 17.8 191.8 230.8 62.2 10.2 30.4 96.3 1,759.5 62.7 25.2 581.5 94.1 328.6 1,220.2 1,030.7 2.0 1,944.0 32.9 1,553.6 446.3 786.4 653.5 823.3 143.4 33.8 263.3 120.3 1,266.7 910.8 305.5 309.5 770.9 74.3 452.9 397.3 1,280.0 298.2 304.2 91.5 8.9 11.6
72.7 20.0 21.5 65.4 6.8 1.8 6.7 6.1 25.8 31.9 68.4 1.1 1.3 6.5 68.1 64.5 .. 0.2 4.4 75.0 51.0 12.8 1.3 51.2 0.1 31.0 35.9 23.5 41.3 68.1 11.5 0.4 19.2 36.2 9.7 8.1 11.3 55.2 60.0 10.6 33.7 10.2 29.3 37.5 1.5 18.9 30.0 0.0 3.3 51.0 69.6 53.3 54.8 22.0 29.2 36.4 32.4 0.0
46.4 22.6 23.0 52.1 6.8 1.9 10.7 7.1 31.1 31.1 68.5 1.1 1.2 6.1 47.1 64.2 .. 0.3 5.0 68.2 53.9 13.4 1.4 44.9 0.1 34.5 39.6 21.6 34.4 62.3 10.2 0.2 17.2 33.3 11.7 7.0 11.5 49.6 48.6 8.9 25.4 10.8 31.4 25.9 1.0 9.9 32.9 0.0 2.2 43.7 63.4 44.3 53.1 25.7 30.7 37.8 62.2 0.0
Permanent cropland 1990 2009
3.2 2.6 2.2 6.5 0.8 0.7 0.0 4.1 10.1 9.2 1.3 0.8 0.1 0.8 1.5 1.6 .. 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.4 11.9 0.1 1.6 0.2 0.7 2.2 1.0 1.4 16.0 0.1 0.0 3.0 1.0 14.2 0.0 1.6 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.5 0.9 0.2 1.6 0.0 2.8 0.0 0.1 0.6 2.1 1.2 0.2 0.3 14.8 1.1 8.5 5.6 0.1
3.7 2.1 3.9 10.5 1.1 0.6 0.0 3.6 8.9 9.2 0.9 0.9 0.0 1.1 1.7 2.1 .. 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.1 14.0 0.1 2.2 0.2 0.4 1.4 1.0 1.3 17.6 0.1 0.0 2.0 1.4 9.2 0.0 2.2 0.3 1.7 0.0 0.8 1.0 0.3 1.9 0.0 3.3 0.0 0.1 1.1 2.0 1.5 0.3 0.6 16.9 1.3 8.5 4.5 0.3
Arable land 1990 2009
13.1 56.2 54.8 11.2 9.3 13.3 15.1 15.9 30.6 11.0 13.1 2.0 13.0 8.8 19.0 19.8 .. 0.2 6.9 3.5 27.1 17.9 10.4 3.6 1.0 46.0 23.8 4.7 23.9 5.2 1.7 0.4 49.3 12.5 52.8 0.9 19.5 4.4 14.6 0.8 16.0 26.0 10.0 10.8 8.7 32.4 2.8 0.1 26.6 6.7 0.4 5.3 2.7 18.4 47.3 25.6 7.3 0.9
9.1 50.6 53.1 13.0 10.6 10.4 15.8 14.0 23.4 11.1 11.8 2.3 8.7 9.5 22.0 16.4 27.6 0.6 6.7 5.9 18.8 14.2 11.0 4.2 1.0 32.8 16.7 5.1 38.2 5.5 5.2 0.4 42.9 12.9 55.2 0.6 18.0 6.4 16.9 1.0 16.7 31.2 1.8 15.8 11.8 37.3 2.7 0.3 26.5 7.4 0.6 9.6 2.9 18.1 41.2 12.3 6.8 1.0
Arable land hectares per 100 people 1990 2009
29.9 48.7 18.6 11.0 27.7 31.9 29.6 7.4 15.9 5.0 3.9 5.7 213.2 21.3 11.4 4.6 .. 0.2 29.0 19.1 64.6 6.2 19.3 16.5 41.6 78.0 31.3 24.1 24.0 9.3 23.7 20.0 9.4 28.8 46.8 62.5 35.1 25.5 24.4 46.7 12.0 5.9 76.7 31.6 141.7 30.3 20.3 1.9 18.3 20.7 4.6 49.7 16.1 8.9 37.8 23.5 1.8 2.1
2012 World Development Indicators
13.7 45.8 13.1 9.9 23.5 14.5 24.4 4.1 11.4 4.5 3.4 3.4 145.4 13.7 10.9 3.3 16.8 0.4 24.0 22.3 51.8 3.5 15.6 10.4 27.9 61.5 20.4 14.7 24.9 6.4 42.7 11.6 6.8 22.4 51.0 35.4 25.5 22.1 23.2 35.7 8.2 6.4 10.9 33.3 99.8 22.0 17.3 3.7 12.0 15.8 3.9 59.9 12.7 5.9 32.9 10.6 1.5 0.8
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