Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Colombia

Rural population share in Colombia in 2025 — 21.2%. Ranked 152 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 30.6 pp.

2025 21.2% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 152of 217
Period maximum 51.9%1960
Period minimum 21.2%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Colombia, 1960–2025203040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 51.9%1962: 49.9%1964: 48%1966: 46%1968: 43.9%1970: 41.8%1972: 40%1974: 38.5%1976: 37.3%1978: 36.2%1980: 35.3%1982: 34.3%1984: 33.4%1986: 32.4%1988: 31.5%1990: 30.5%1992: 29.6%1994: 28.7%1996: 27.7%1998: 26.6%2000: 25.7%2002: 24.8%2004: 24.2%2006: 23.8%2008: 23.5%2010: 23.3%2012: 23.1%2014: 22.9%2016: 22.8%2018: 22.7%2020: 22.4%2022: 22%2024: 21.5%2025: 21.2%
Change over the period: −30.6 pp Annual average: -0.47 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Colombia 21.2%
World 42.2%
South America computed 14.5%
Rural population share — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 21.2 −0.3 pp
2024 21.5 −0.2 pp
2023 21.7 −0.2 pp
2022 22 −0.2 pp
2021 22.2 −0.2 pp
2020 22.4 −0.2 pp
2019 22.5 −0.2 pp
2018 22.7 −0.1 pp
2017 22.8 −0 pp
2016 22.8 −0 pp
2015 22.8 −0.1 pp
2014 22.9 −0.1 pp
2013 23 −0.1 pp
2012 23.1 −0.1 pp
2011 23.2 −0.1 pp
2010 23.3 −0.1 pp
2009 23.4 −0.1 pp
2008 23.5 −0.1 pp
2007 23.7 −0.2 pp
2006 23.8 −0.2 pp
2005 24 −0.2 pp
2004 24.2 −0.3 pp
2003 24.5 −0.3 pp
2002 24.8 −0.4 pp
2001 25.2 −0.4 pp
2000 25.7 −0.5 pp
1999 26.1 −0.5 pp
1998 26.6 −0.5 pp
1997 27.1 −0.5 pp
1996 27.7 −0.5 pp
1995 28.2 −0.5 pp
1994 28.7 −0.5 pp
1993 29.1 −0.5 pp
1992 29.6 −0.5 pp
1991 30 −0.5 pp
1990 30.5 −0.5 pp
1989 31 −0.5 pp
1988 31.5 −0.5 pp
1987 31.9 −0.5 pp
1986 32.4 −0.5 pp
1985 32.9 −0.5 pp
1984 33.4 −0.5 pp
1983 33.9 −0.5 pp
1982 34.3 −0.5 pp
1981 34.8 −0.5 pp
1980 35.3 −0.5 pp
1979 35.7 −0.5 pp
1978 36.2 −0.5 pp
1977 36.8 −0.6 pp
1976 37.3 −0.6 pp
1975 37.9 −0.6 pp
1974 38.5 −0.7 pp
1973 39.2 −0.8 pp
1972 40 −0.9 pp
1971 40.9 −1 pp
1970 41.8 −1 pp
1969 42.8 −1 pp
1968 43.9 −1.1 pp
1967 45 −1.1 pp
1966 46 −1 pp
1965 47 −1 pp
1964 48 −1 pp
1963 49 −1 pp
1962 49.9 −1 pp
1961 50.9 −1 pp
1960 51.9

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.