Central Europe and the Baltics - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Central Europe and the Baltics was 38,251,200 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 50,720,760 in 1960 and a minimum value of 38,251,200 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 50,720,760
1961 50,536,770
1962 50,348,490
1963 50,171,640
1964 50,000,760
1965 49,742,760
1966 49,510,180
1967 49,426,260
1968 49,295,860
1969 49,091,160
1970 48,793,750
1971 48,396,180
1972 48,024,450
1973 47,658,490
1974 47,314,980
1975 47,012,970
1976 46,707,270
1977 46,339,980
1978 45,887,520
1979 45,447,660
1980 45,060,450
1981 44,818,700
1982 44,644,940
1983 44,450,470
1984 44,239,870
1985 44,012,260
1986 43,785,680
1987 43,556,420
1988 43,287,670
1989 43,009,720
1990 42,755,870
1991 42,416,620
1992 42,179,940
1993 42,184,310
1994 42,207,860
1995 42,177,730
1996 42,110,440
1997 42,058,340
1998 42,019,600
1999 41,982,940
2000 41,778,240
2001 41,454,010
2002 41,119,860
2003 40,941,380
2004 40,780,150
2005 40,611,200
2006 40,443,280
2007 40,210,580
2008 39,979,950
2009 39,838,800
2010 39,652,930
2011 39,519,530
2012 39,410,420
2013 39,310,810
2014 39,210,930
2015 39,092,740
2016 38,947,820
2017 38,785,970
2018 38,622,480
2019 38,462,780
2020 38,251,200

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 37.44 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 55.49 in 1960, while its lowest value was 37.44 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 55.49
1961 54.79
1962 54.13
1963 53.47
1964 52.79
1965 52.12
1966 51.49
1967 50.93
1968 50.36
1969 49.78
1970 49.22
1971 48.57
1972 47.85
1973 47.13
1974 46.41
1975 45.71
1976 45.01
1977 44.29
1978 43.57
1979 42.90
1980 42.29
1981 41.84
1982 41.44
1983 41.04
1984 40.65
1985 40.25
1986 39.87
1987 39.49
1988 39.11
1989 38.82
1990 38.61
1991 38.40
1992 38.31
1993 38.33
1994 38.36
1995 38.39
1996 38.41
1997 38.44
1998 38.47
1999 38.49
2000 38.52
2001 38.50
2002 38.44
2003 38.40
2004 38.35
2005 38.30
2006 38.24
2007 38.16
2008 38.08
2009 38.01
2010 37.97
2011 37.94
2012 37.92
2013 37.90
2014 37.89
2015 37.86
2016 37.82
2017 37.75
2018 37.67
2019 37.56
2020 37.44

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization