Sweden - Rural population growth

Rural population growth (annual %)

The value for Rural population growth (annual %) in Sweden was -1.490 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.773 in 1990 and a minimum value of -3.232 in 1968.

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
1961 -2.499
1962 -3.172
1963 -3.207
1964 -3.079
1965 -2.918
1966 -2.860
1967 -2.983
1968 -3.232
1969 -3.119
1970 -2.930
1971 -2.141
1972 -1.472
1973 -1.593
1974 -1.490
1975 -0.829
1976 -0.054
1977 -0.059
1978 -0.124
1979 -0.205
1980 -0.216
1981 0.043
1982 0.057
1983 0.045
1984 0.091
1985 0.165
1986 0.233
1987 0.334
1988 0.460
1989 0.667
1990 0.773
1991 0.064
1992 -0.353
1993 -0.355
1994 -0.234
1995 -0.417
1996 -0.399
1997 -0.117
1998 -0.119
1999 -0.097
2000 -0.015
2001 -0.014
2002 -0.065
2003 -0.026
2004 0.000
2005 0.012
2006 -0.148
2007 -0.278
2008 -0.251
2009 -0.176
2010 -0.173
2011 -0.871
2012 -1.482
2013 -1.375
2014 -1.244
2015 -1.193
2016 -0.992
2017 -0.914
2018 -1.081
2019 -1.215
2020 -1.490

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization