Central Europe and the Baltics - Rural population growth

Rural population growth (annual %)

The value for Rural population growth (annual %) in Central Europe and the Baltics was -0.550 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.056 in 1994 and a minimum value of -0.976 in 1978.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1961 -0.363
1962 -0.373
1963 -0.351
1964 -0.341
1965 -0.516
1966 -0.468
1967 -0.169
1968 -0.264
1969 -0.415
1970 -0.606
1971 -0.815
1972 -0.768
1973 -0.762
1974 -0.721
1975 -0.638
1976 -0.650
1977 -0.786
1978 -0.976
1979 -0.959
1980 -0.852
1981 -0.537
1982 -0.388
1983 -0.436
1984 -0.474
1985 -0.514
1986 -0.515
1987 -0.524
1988 -0.617
1989 -0.642
1990 -0.590
1991 -0.793
1992 -0.558
1993 0.010
1994 0.056
1995 -0.071
1996 -0.160
1997 -0.124
1998 -0.092
1999 -0.087
2000 -0.488
2001 -0.776
2002 -0.806
2003 -0.434
2004 -0.394
2005 -0.414
2006 -0.413
2007 -0.575
2008 -0.574
2009 -0.353
2010 -0.467
2011 -0.336
2012 -0.276
2013 -0.253
2014 -0.254
2015 -0.301
2016 -0.371
2017 -0.416
2018 -0.422
2019 -0.413
2020 -0.550

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization