Romania - Rural population growth

Rural population growth (annual %)

The value for Rural population growth (annual %) in Romania was -0.831 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.848 in 1967 and a minimum value of -2.404 in 1991.

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 -0.244
1962 -0.417
1963 -0.442
1964 -0.470
1965 -0.537
1966 -0.084
1967 0.848
1968 0.541
1969 0.234
1970 0.369
1971 0.198
1972 0.105
1973 -0.003
1974 0.056
1975 0.367
1976 0.312
1977 -0.126
1978 -0.375
1979 -0.658
1980 -0.784
1981 -0.673
1982 -0.803
1983 -0.995
1984 -1.038
1985 -1.002
1986 -0.976
1987 -0.961
1988 -1.006
1989 -1.043
1990 -1.338
1991 -2.404
1992 -1.550
1993 0.198
1994 0.185
1995 0.129
1996 0.042
1997 0.041
1998 0.119
1999 0.170
2000 0.199
2001 -1.073
2002 -1.678
2003 -1.001
2004 -0.848
2005 -0.897
2006 -0.873
2007 -1.758
2008 -1.948
2009 -1.116
2010 -0.877
2011 -0.776
2012 -0.476
2013 -0.291
2014 -0.294
2015 -0.442
2016 -0.602
2017 -0.656
2018 -0.722
2019 -0.714
2020 -0.831

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization