Spain - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Spain was 9,089,040 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13,227,520 in 1960 and a minimum value of 9,089,040 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 13,227,520
1961 13,124,740
1962 12,934,260
1963 12,735,860
1964 12,549,480
1965 12,373,340
1966 12,186,580
1967 12,022,750
1968 11,865,100
1969 11,668,250
1970 11,484,090
1971 11,346,100
1972 11,232,270
1973 11,118,090
1974 11,000,750
1975 10,881,130
1976 10,757,870
1977 10,631,090
1978 10,496,540
1979 10,353,320
1980 10,201,720
1981 10,089,480
1982 10,060,600
1983 10,020,410
1984 9,972,794
1985 9,920,133
1986 9,860,687
1987 9,797,703
1988 9,730,502
1989 9,658,018
1990 9,580,406
1991 9,535,852
1992 9,550,559
1993 9,567,936
1994 9,581,167
1995 9,590,975
1996 9,598,296
1997 9,606,162
1998 9,613,419
1999 9,619,750
2000 9,630,000
2001 9,663,982
2002 9,722,744
2003 9,796,815
2004 9,862,593
2005 9,925,418
2006 9,988,509
2007 10,067,490
2008 10,120,930
2009 10,102,490
2010 10,041,050
2011 9,968,815
2012 9,868,179
2013 9,728,205
2014 9,590,865
2015 9,473,817
2016 9,371,187
2017 9,281,373
2018 9,209,330
2019 9,160,656
2020 9,089,040

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Spain was 19.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 43.43 in 1960, while its lowest value was 19.19 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 43.43
1961 42.70
1962 41.69
1963 40.69
1964 39.70
1965 38.72
1966 37.75
1967 36.79
1968 35.83
1969 34.89
1970 33.96
1971 33.15
1972 32.46
1973 31.78
1974 31.10
1975 30.43
1976 29.77
1977 29.12
1978 28.47
1979 27.84
1980 27.21
1981 26.72
1982 26.49
1983 26.25
1984 26.02
1985 25.79
1986 25.56
1987 25.33
1988 25.10
1989 24.87
1990 24.65
1991 24.47
1992 24.39
1993 24.31
1994 24.23
1995 24.14
1996 24.06
1997 23.98
1998 23.90
1999 23.82
2000 23.74
2001 23.66
2002 23.47
2003 23.22
2004 22.98
2005 22.74
2006 22.50
2007 22.26
2008 22.02
2009 21.79
2010 21.56
2011 21.33
2012 21.10
2013 20.87
2014 20.63
2015 20.40
2016 20.16
2017 19.92
2018 19.68
2019 19.44
2020 19.19

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization