European Union - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in European Union was 112,053,100 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 147,482,000 in 1960 and a minimum value of 112,053,100 in 2020.

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. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

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

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Year Value
1960 147,482,000
1961 146,816,700
1962 146,174,400
1963 145,361,300
1964 144,520,300
1965 143,571,400
1966 142,579,600
1967 141,631,000
1968 140,712,400
1969 139,938,100
1970 138,983,600
1971 137,999,500
1972 137,319,700
1973 136,665,700
1974 136,003,800
1975 135,474,700
1976 134,975,600
1977 134,318,700
1978 133,577,700
1979 132,850,900
1980 132,191,000
1981 131,620,700
1982 131,243,300
1983 130,914,800
1984 130,666,200
1985 130,469,100
1986 130,206,400
1987 129,719,400
1988 129,284,300
1989 129,077,700
1990 128,796,800
1991 128,378,400
1992 128,090,400
1993 127,956,800
1994 127,678,900
1995 127,320,200
1996 126,930,000
1997 126,544,800
1998 126,150,600
1999 125,772,700
2000 125,253,600
2001 124,617,200
2002 123,920,000
2003 123,399,600
2004 122,915,400
2005 122,398,800
2006 121,849,700
2007 121,296,100
2008 120,724,000
2009 120,091,000
2010 119,335,900
2011 118,261,000
2012 117,601,600
2013 117,080,000
2014 116,581,500
2015 115,989,500
2016 115,358,700
2017 114,636,400
2018 113,888,700
2019 112,974,000
2020 112,053,100

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in European Union was 25.04 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 41.32 in 1960, while its lowest value was 25.04 in 2020.

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
1960 41.32
1961 40.78
1962 40.25
1963 39.66
1964 39.08
1965 38.49
1966 37.92
1967 37.38
1968 36.87
1969 36.42
1970 35.98
1971 35.53
1972 35.12
1973 34.73
1974 34.35
1975 34.01
1976 33.70
1977 33.38
1978 33.04
1979 32.72
1980 32.41
1981 32.14
1982 31.94
1983 31.78
1984 31.64
1985 31.52
1986 31.37
1987 31.16
1988 30.95
1989 30.80
1990 30.63
1991 30.44
1992 30.28
1993 30.15
1994 30.01
1995 29.87
1996 29.73
1997 29.60
1998 29.47
1999 29.33
2000 29.17
2001 28.99
2002 28.76
2003 28.54
2004 28.32
2005 28.10
2006 27.88
2007 27.66
2008 27.44
2009 27.24
2010 27.03
2011 26.83
2012 26.64
2013 26.46
2014 26.28
2015 26.09
2016 25.89
2017 25.69
2018 25.48
2019 25.26
2020 25.04

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization