Denmark - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Denmark was 693,004 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,205,031 in 1960 and a minimum value of 693,004 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1,205,031
1961 1,179,808
1962 1,157,609
1963 1,135,659
1964 1,113,984
1965 1,092,288
1966 1,073,702
1967 1,055,896
1968 1,036,317
1969 1,016,431
1970 998,714
1971 980,763
1972 961,831
1973 943,557
1974 924,147
1975 903,388
1976 882,632
1977 870,832
1978 859,096
1979 846,933
1980 833,875
1981 823,805
1982 817,570
1983 811,434
1984 805,438
1985 800,242
1986 795,833
1987 791,356
1988 786,304
1989 781,335
1990 779,212
1991 779,794
1992 780,980
1993 782,186
1994 783,426
1995 786,105
1996 789,145
1997 791,005
1998 792,450
1999 793,693
2000 795,603
2001 795,779
2002 792,950
2003 789,180
2004 780,089
2005 766,524
2006 755,890
2007 748,599
2008 742,353
2009 737,112
2010 732,572
2011 726,570
2012 718,964
2013 713,546
2014 710,514
2015 708,958
2016 707,867
2017 705,807
2018 702,536
2019 698,080
2020 693,004

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Denmark was 11.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 26.31 in 1960, while its lowest value was 11.88 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 26.31
1961 25.58
1962 24.91
1963 24.24
1964 23.59
1965 22.95
1966 22.38
1967 21.84
1968 21.30
1969 20.78
1970 20.26
1971 19.76
1972 19.27
1973 18.79
1974 18.32
1975 17.85
1976 17.40
1977 17.11
1978 16.83
1979 16.55
1980 16.28
1981 16.09
1982 15.98
1983 15.87
1984 15.76
1985 15.65
1986 15.54
1987 15.44
1988 15.33
1989 15.22
1990 15.16
1991 15.13
1992 15.10
1993 15.08
1994 15.05
1995 15.02
1996 14.99
1997 14.97
1998 14.94
1999 14.91
2000 14.90
2001 14.85
2002 14.75
2003 14.64
2004 14.43
2005 14.14
2006 13.90
2007 13.71
2008 13.51
2009 13.35
2010 13.21
2011 13.04
2012 12.86
2013 12.71
2014 12.59
2015 12.47
2016 12.36
2017 12.24
2018 12.13
2019 12.01
2020 11.88

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization