France - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in France was 12,819,030 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,772,190 in 1960 and a minimum value of 12,819,030 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 17,772,190
1961 17,664,650
1962 17,490,550
1963 17,148,700
1964 16,788,610
1965 16,404,580
1966 15,992,440
1967 15,559,230
1968 15,230,850
1969 15,134,430
1970 15,039,170
1971 14,947,300
1972 14,855,990
1973 14,761,960
1974 14,657,480
1975 14,601,390
1976 14,641,040
1977 14,669,240
1978 14,690,240
1979 14,711,750
1980 14,738,050
1981 14,771,060
1982 14,807,310
1983 14,846,300
1984 14,887,230
1985 14,928,510
1986 14,970,480
1987 15,013,290
1988 15,055,080
1989 15,093,420
1990 15,108,670
1991 15,091,320
1992 15,065,320
1993 15,029,670
1994 14,984,270
1995 14,937,870
1996 14,889,280
1997 14,841,300
1998 14,795,590
1999 14,752,730
2000 14,697,580
2001 14,647,860
2002 14,598,400
2003 14,545,380
2004 14,495,490
2005 14,449,120
2006 14,393,060
2007 14,326,190
2008 14,247,470
2009 14,159,840
2010 14,066,100
2011 13,968,980
2012 13,868,670
2013 13,770,630
2014 13,664,270
2015 13,539,250
2016 13,400,200
2017 13,263,150
2018 13,122,450
2019 12,972,990
2020 12,819,030

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in France was 19.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 38.12 in 1960, while its lowest value was 19.03 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 38.12
1961 37.39
1962 36.51
1963 35.30
1964 34.10
1965 32.93
1966 31.78
1967 30.64
1968 29.76
1969 29.35
1970 28.95
1971 28.54
1972 28.14
1973 27.74
1974 27.35
1975 27.07
1976 27.00
1977 26.93
1978 26.86
1979 26.79
1980 26.72
1981 26.65
1982 26.58
1983 26.50
1984 26.43
1985 26.35
1986 26.28
1987 26.20
1988 26.13
1989 26.05
1990 25.94
1991 25.77
1992 25.60
1993 25.43
1994 25.26
1995 25.09
1996 24.92
1997 24.75
1998 24.58
1999 24.39
2000 24.13
2001 23.87
2002 23.62
2003 23.37
2004 23.12
2005 22.87
2006 22.62
2007 22.38
2008 22.13
2009 21.88
2010 21.63
2011 21.38
2012 21.12
2013 20.87
2014 20.61
2015 20.35
2016 20.08
2017 19.82
2018 19.56
2019 19.29
2020 19.03

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization