Poland - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Poland was 15,143,330 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15,719,100 in 1968 and a minimum value of 14,608,970 in 2002.

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 15,443,480
1961 15,423,370
1962 15,479,760
1963 15,563,000
1964 15,654,740
1965 15,682,850
1966 15,673,860
1967 15,697,380
1968 15,719,100
1969 15,712,370
1970 15,638,030
1971 15,517,090
1972 15,429,060
1973 15,351,980
1974 15,280,450
1975 15,211,600
1976 15,141,170
1977 15,063,720
1978 14,958,280
1979 14,905,340
1980 14,910,550
1981 14,912,630
1982 14,915,730
1983 14,920,570
1984 14,919,230
1985 14,902,330
1986 14,866,330
1987 14,812,580
1988 14,735,290
1989 14,719,580
1990 14,760,310
1991 14,795,540
1992 14,824,110
1993 14,844,570
1994 14,858,580
1995 14,861,780
1996 14,855,710
1997 14,848,040
1998 14,836,340
1999 14,817,710
2000 14,646,930
2001 14,625,680
2002 14,608,970
2003 14,641,520
2004 14,675,720
2005 14,712,020
2006 14,745,030
2007 14,779,720
2008 14,824,820
2009 14,877,600
2010 14,877,780
2011 14,928,410
2012 14,976,330
2013 15,014,850
2014 15,051,510
2015 15,088,960
2016 15,120,450
2017 15,150,060
2018 15,167,880
2019 15,172,140
2020 15,143,330

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Poland was 39.96 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 52.11 in 1960, while its lowest value was 38.21 in 2002.

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 52.11
1961 51.47
1962 51.07
1963 50.67
1964 50.27
1965 49.87
1966 49.47
1967 49.07
1968 48.67
1969 48.27
1970 47.88
1971 47.33
1972 46.68
1973 46.02
1974 45.37
1975 44.72
1976 44.07
1977 43.43
1978 42.78
1979 42.29
1980 41.91
1981 41.54
1982 41.17
1983 40.80
1984 40.43
1985 40.06
1986 39.69
1987 39.32
1988 38.96
1989 38.78
1990 38.73
1991 38.69
1992 38.64
1993 38.60
1994 38.55
1995 38.51
1996 38.46
1997 38.42
1998 38.37
1999 38.33
2000 38.28
2001 38.24
2002 38.21
2003 38.32
2004 38.44
2005 38.55
2006 38.66
2007 38.77
2008 38.88
2009 39.00
2010 39.11
2011 39.22
2012 39.35
2013 39.47
2014 39.60
2015 39.72
2016 39.82
2017 39.90
2018 39.94
2019 39.96
2020 39.96

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization