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Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Armenia

Rural population share in Armenia in 2025 — 34.1%. Ranked 115 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 14.8 pp.

2025 34.1% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 115of 217
Period maximum 48.8%1960
Period minimum 32.2%1988

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Armenia, 1960–2025303540455019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 48.8%1962: 46.4%1964: 44.4%1966: 43.5%1968: 42.3%1970: 40.1%1972: 38.5%1974: 37%1976: 35.5%1978: 34.5%1980: 33.8%1982: 33.2%1984: 32.7%1986: 32.4%1988: 32.2%1990: 32.3%1992: 32.7%1994: 33.3%1996: 33.9%1998: 34.6%2000: 35%2002: 35.3%2004: 35.4%2006: 35.5%2008: 35.6%2010: 35.7%2012: 35.7%2014: 35.6%2016: 35.4%2018: 35.1%2020: 34.8%2022: 34.4%2024: 34.2%2025: 34.1%
Change over the period: −14.8 pp Annual average: -0.23 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Armenia

Armenia 34.1%
World 42.2%
Europe & Central Asia 25.9%
Western Asia computed 23.8%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 30.2%
Rural population share — Armenia, by year Armenia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 34.1 −0.1 pp
2024 34.2 −0.1 pp
2023 34.3 −0.1 pp
2022 34.4 −0.2 pp
2021 34.6 −0.2 pp
2020 34.8 −0.2 pp
2019 35 −0.2 pp
2018 35.1 −0.1 pp
2017 35.3 −0.1 pp
2016 35.4 −0.1 pp
2015 35.5 −0.1 pp
2014 35.6 −0.1 pp
2013 35.6 −0 pp
2012 35.7 −0 pp
2011 35.7 +0 pp
2010 35.7 +0 pp
2009 35.6 +0 pp
2008 35.6 +0 pp
2007 35.6 +0.1 pp
2006 35.5 +0.1 pp
2005 35.5 +0.1 pp
2004 35.4 +0.1 pp
2003 35.3 +0.1 pp
2002 35.3 +0.1 pp
2001 35.2 +0.1 pp
2000 35 +0.2 pp
1999 34.8 +0.3 pp
1998 34.6 +0.3 pp
1997 34.3 +0.3 pp
1996 33.9 +0.3 pp
1995 33.6 +0.3 pp
1994 33.3 +0.3 pp
1993 33 +0.3 pp
1992 32.7 +0.2 pp
1991 32.5 +0.2 pp
1990 32.3 +0.1 pp
1989 32.2 +0 pp
1988 32.2 −0.1 pp
1987 32.3 −0.1 pp
1986 32.4 −0.2 pp
1985 32.5 −0.2 pp
1984 32.7 −0.2 pp
1983 33 −0.3 pp
1982 33.2 −0.3 pp
1981 33.5 −0.3 pp
1980 33.8 −0.3 pp
1979 34.1 −0.4 pp
1978 34.5 −0.5 pp
1977 34.9 −0.5 pp
1976 35.5 −0.7 pp
1975 36.2 −0.8 pp
1974 37 −0.7 pp
1973 37.7 −0.7 pp
1972 38.5 −0.9 pp
1971 39.4 −0.8 pp
1970 40.1 −1.1 pp
1969 41.2 −1.1 pp
1968 42.3 −0.7 pp
1967 43 −0.6 pp
1966 43.5 −0.4 pp
1965 43.9 −0.5 pp
1964 44.4 −0.9 pp
1963 45.4 −1 pp
1962 46.4 −1.1 pp
1961 47.5 −1.3 pp
1960 48.8 —

Western Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

YE Yemen 63 AZ Azerbaijan 41.4 GE Georgia 38.8 AM Armenia 34.1 CY Cyprus 33.3 IQ Iraq 30.1 SY Syria 27.9 OM Oman 20.5 SA Saudi Arabia 15.4 AE United Arab Emirates 14 PS Palestine 12.6 TR Türkiye 10.5 LB Lebanon 9 IL Israel 8.4 JO Jordan 6.8 QA Qatar 0.6 BH Bahrain 0 KW Kuwait 0
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About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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