Italy - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Italy was 17,217,180 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20,400,660 in 1960 and a minimum value of 17,217,180 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 20,400,660
1961 20,287,310
1962 20,171,160
1963 20,063,620
1964 19,972,520
1965 19,884,510
1966 19,781,810
1967 19,667,350
1968 19,532,730
1969 19,385,020
1970 19,229,470
1971 19,060,900
1972 19,012,260
1973 19,031,040
1974 19,045,210
1975 19,047,860
1976 19,031,130
1977 19,000,220
1978 18,956,290
1979 18,899,110
1980 18,826,340
1981 18,737,650
1982 18,723,830
1983 18,741,940
1984 18,757,440
1985 18,774,180
1986 18,786,530
1987 18,799,760
1988 18,820,180
1989 18,845,630
1990 18,872,760
1991 18,897,180
1992 18,889,580
1993 18,867,030
1994 18,836,770
1995 18,802,960
1996 18,774,130
1997 18,749,930
1998 18,721,180
1999 18,690,180
2000 18,664,480
2001 18,640,790
2002 18,611,510
2003 18,626,220
2004 18,678,510
2005 18,702,120
2006 18,689,800
2007 18,715,450
2008 18,770,430
2009 18,787,010
2010 18,774,940
2011 18,737,780
2012 18,645,460
2013 18,685,170
2014 18,679,290
2015 18,483,350
2016 18,276,160
2017 18,073,840
2018 17,861,880
2019 17,479,120
2020 17,217,180

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Italy was 28.96 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 40.64 in 1960, while its lowest value was 28.96 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 40.64
1961 40.14
1962 39.65
1963 39.15
1964 38.65
1965 38.16
1966 37.67
1967 37.18
1968 36.69
1969 36.21
1970 35.73
1971 35.25
1972 34.96
1973 34.76
1974 34.56
1975 34.36
1976 34.16
1977 33.96
1978 33.76
1979 33.56
1980 33.36
1981 33.16
1982 33.11
1983 33.13
1984 33.15
1985 33.17
1986 33.19
1987 33.21
1988 33.23
1989 33.25
1990 33.27
1991 33.29
1992 33.26
1993 33.20
1994 33.14
1995 33.08
1996 33.02
1997 32.96
1998 32.90
1999 32.84
2000 32.78
2001 32.72
2002 32.62
2003 32.50
2004 32.38
2005 32.26
2006 32.14
2007 32.03
2008 31.91
2009 31.79
2010 31.67
2011 31.56
2012 31.32
2013 31.02
2014 30.73
2015 30.44
2016 30.15
2017 29.86
2018 29.56
2019 29.26
2020 28.96

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization