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Rural population share — Cyprus

Rural population share in Cyprus in 2025 — 33.3%. Ranked 118 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 31.4 pp.

2025 33.3% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 118of 217
Period maximum 64.7%1960
Period minimum 31.2%2001

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Cyprus, 1960–2025304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 64.7%1962: 62.9%1964: 62%1966: 61.3%1968: 60.8%1970: 59.9%1972: 58.5%1974: 53.9%1976: 46.7%1978: 42.4%1980: 38.9%1982: 36.7%1984: 35.4%1986: 34.3%1988: 33.5%1990: 32.9%1992: 32.4%1994: 32%1996: 31.7%1998: 31.4%2000: 31.2%2002: 31.2%2004: 31.4%2006: 31.7%2008: 32.1%2010: 32.5%2012: 32.7%2014: 32.9%2016: 33%2018: 33.2%2020: 33.3%2022: 33.3%2024: 33.3%2025: 33.3%
Change over the period: −31.4 pp Annual average: -0.48 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cyprus 33.3%
World 42.2%
Europe & Central Asia 25.9%
Western Asia computed 23.8%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Cyprus, by year Cyprus All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 33.3 −0 pp
2024 33.3 −0 pp
2023 33.3 −0 pp
2022 33.3 +0 pp
2021 33.3 +0 pp
2020 33.3 +0 pp
2019 33.2 +0.1 pp
2018 33.2 +0.1 pp
2017 33.1 +0.1 pp
2016 33 +0.1 pp
2015 33 +0.1 pp
2014 32.9 +0.1 pp
2013 32.8 +0.1 pp
2012 32.7 +0.1 pp
2011 32.6 +0.1 pp
2010 32.5 +0.2 pp
2009 32.3 +0.2 pp
2008 32.1 +0.2 pp
2007 31.9 +0.2 pp
2006 31.7 +0.2 pp
2005 31.6 +0.2 pp
2004 31.4 +0.1 pp
2003 31.3 +0.1 pp
2002 31.2 +0 pp
2001 31.2 −0 pp
2000 31.2 −0.1 pp
1999 31.3 −0.1 pp
1998 31.4 −0.1 pp
1997 31.5 −0.1 pp
1996 31.7 −0.2 pp
1995 31.8 −0.2 pp
1994 32 −0.2 pp
1993 32.2 −0.2 pp
1992 32.4 −0.2 pp
1991 32.6 −0.3 pp
1990 32.9 −0.3 pp
1989 33.2 −0.3 pp
1988 33.5 −0.4 pp
1987 33.9 −0.4 pp
1986 34.3 −0.5 pp
1985 34.8 −0.5 pp
1984 35.4 −0.6 pp
1983 36 −0.7 pp
1982 36.7 −1 pp
1981 37.6 −1.3 pp
1980 38.9 −1.6 pp
1979 40.5 −1.9 pp
1978 42.4 −2.1 pp
1977 44.5 −2.2 pp
1976 46.7 −2.9 pp
1975 49.6 −4.3 pp
1974 53.9 −3.4 pp
1973 57.3 −1.2 pp
1972 58.5 −0.8 pp
1971 59.3 −0.6 pp
1970 59.9 −0.5 pp
1969 60.4 −0.4 pp
1968 60.8 −0.3 pp
1967 61.1 −0.3 pp
1966 61.3 −0.3 pp
1965 61.6 −0.3 pp
1964 62 −0.4 pp
1963 62.4 −0.5 pp
1962 62.9 −0.7 pp
1961 63.6 −1.1 pp
1960 64.7 —

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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How many people live outside cities — in absolute numbers.

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