Estonia - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Estonia was 409,094 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 514,503 in 1960 and a minimum value of 409,094 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 514,503
1961 510,808
1962 508,171
1963 505,607
1964 503,223
1965 500,376
1966 495,998
1967 490,134
1968 484,868
1969 480,160
1970 476,747
1971 475,284
1972 473,219
1973 470,361
1974 467,017
1975 463,267
1976 459,138
1977 455,120
1978 450,848
1979 447,886
1980 447,435
1981 447,430
1982 447,486
1983 447,388
1984 447,111
1985 446,909
1986 447,040
1987 447,304
1988 446,860
1989 448,250
1990 451,436
1991 452,063
1992 446,743
1993 438,168
1994 431,632
1995 426,680
1996 423,107
1997 420,938
1998 419,548
1999 423,427
2000 427,924
2001 426,956
2002 425,998
2003 425,074
2004 424,271
2005 423,570
2006 422,804
2007 422,596
2008 423,176
2009 424,069
2010 424,820
2011 425,245
2012 423,607
2013 420,151
2014 417,118
2015 415,458
2016 413,645
2017 412,117
2018 411,399
2019 410,648
2020 409,094

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Estonia was 30.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 42.47 in 1960, while its lowest value was 28.59 in 1989.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 42.47
1961 41.70
1962 40.93
1963 40.16
1964 39.40
1965 38.65
1966 37.90
1967 37.16
1968 36.42
1969 35.69
1970 35.05
1971 34.52
1972 33.98
1973 33.46
1974 32.93
1975 32.41
1976 31.89
1977 31.38
1978 30.88
1979 30.50
1980 30.29
1981 30.08
1982 29.86
1983 29.65
1984 29.44
1985 29.23
1986 29.03
1987 28.82
1988 28.61
1989 28.59
1990 28.77
1991 28.95
1992 29.14
1993 29.33
1994 29.51
1995 29.70
1996 29.89
1997 30.08
1998 30.27
1999 30.46
2000 30.63
2001 30.76
2002 30.88
2003 31.01
2004 31.14
2005 31.27
2006 31.39
2007 31.52
2008 31.65
2009 31.78
2010 31.91
2011 32.04
2012 32.03
2013 31.88
2014 31.73
2015 31.58
2016 31.44
2017 31.28
2018 31.12
2019 30.95
2020 30.77

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization