Germany - Rural population growth

Rural population growth (annual %)

The value for Rural population growth (annual %) in Germany was -0.259 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.858 in 1989 and a minimum value of -2.700 in 2011.

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 -0.330
1962 0.650
1963 0.699
1964 0.574
1965 0.625
1966 0.606
1967 0.228
1968 0.215
1969 0.563
1970 0.106
1971 -0.026
1972 0.272
1973 0.108
1974 -0.168
1975 -0.580
1976 -0.637
1977 -0.435
1978 -0.292
1979 -0.165
1980 -0.002
1981 -0.383
1982 -0.533
1983 -0.247
1984 0.247
1985 0.630
1986 0.390
1987 -0.649
1988 -0.211
1989 0.858
1990 0.335
1991 0.165
1992 0.419
1993 0.142
1994 -0.460
1995 -0.516
1996 -0.523
1997 -0.665
1998 -0.803
1999 -0.752
2000 -0.688
2001 -0.654
2002 -0.657
2003 -0.772
2004 -0.852
2005 -0.890
2006 -0.945
2007 -0.973
2008 -1.028
2009 -1.094
2010 -0.996
2011 -2.700
2012 0.144
2013 0.229
2014 0.373
2015 0.822
2016 0.702
2017 0.211
2018 0.076
2019 -0.057
2020 -0.259

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization