Italy - Rural population growth

Rural population growth (annual %)

The value for Rural population growth (annual %) in Italy was -1.510 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.293 in 2008 and a minimum value of -2.166 in 2019.

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 -0.557
1962 -0.574
1963 -0.535
1964 -0.455
1965 -0.442
1966 -0.518
1967 -0.580
1968 -0.687
1969 -0.759
1970 -0.806
1971 -0.880
1972 -0.256
1973 0.099
1974 0.074
1975 0.014
1976 -0.088
1977 -0.163
1978 -0.231
1979 -0.302
1980 -0.386
1981 -0.472
1982 -0.074
1983 0.097
1984 0.083
1985 0.089
1986 0.066
1987 0.070
1988 0.109
1989 0.135
1990 0.144
1991 0.129
1992 -0.040
1993 -0.119
1994 -0.161
1995 -0.180
1996 -0.153
1997 -0.129
1998 -0.153
1999 -0.166
2000 -0.138
2001 -0.127
2002 -0.157
2003 0.079
2004 0.280
2005 0.126
2006 -0.066
2007 0.137
2008 0.293
2009 0.088
2010 -0.064
2011 -0.198
2012 -0.494
2013 0.213
2014 -0.032
2015 -1.054
2016 -1.127
2017 -1.113
2018 -1.180
2019 -2.166
2020 -1.510

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization