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Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Czechia

Rural population share in Czechia in 2025 — 27.1%. Ranked 139 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 13.3 pp.

2025 27.1% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 139of 217
Period maximum 40.4%1960
Period minimum 24.5%1981

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Czechia, 1960–202520253035404519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 40.4%1962: 39.4%1964: 38.5%1966: 37.6%1968: 36.7%1970: 35.6%1972: 34.3%1974: 33%1976: 30.5%1978: 30.3%1980: 25.3%1982: 24.5%1984: 24.5%1986: 24.6%1988: 24.7%1990: 24.8%1992: 24.9%1994: 25.1%1996: 25.4%1998: 25.7%2000: 26%2002: 26.2%2004: 26.3%2006: 26.4%2008: 26.5%2010: 26.7%2012: 26.8%2014: 26.9%2016: 27%2018: 27.2%2020: 27.3%2022: 27.3%2024: 27.2%2025: 27.1%
Change over the period: −13.3 pp Annual average: -0.2 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Czechia 27.1%
World 42.2%
Europe & Central Asia 25.9%
Eastern Europe computed 29.9%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Czechia, by year Czechia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 27.1 −0.1 pp
2024 27.2 −0.1 pp
2023 27.3 −0 pp
2022 27.3 −0 pp
2021 27.3 +0 pp
2020 27.3 +0.1 pp
2019 27.2 +0.1 pp
2018 27.2 +0.1 pp
2017 27.1 +0.1 pp
2016 27 +0.1 pp
2015 27 +0.1 pp
2014 26.9 +0.1 pp
2013 26.8 +0.1 pp
2012 26.8 +0.1 pp
2011 26.7 +0.1 pp
2010 26.7 +0.1 pp
2009 26.6 +0.1 pp
2008 26.5 +0.1 pp
2007 26.5 +0.1 pp
2006 26.4 +0.1 pp
2005 26.4 +0.1 pp
2004 26.3 +0.1 pp
2003 26.2 +0.1 pp
2002 26.2 +0.1 pp
2001 26.1 +0.1 pp
2000 26 +0.1 pp
1999 25.9 +0.1 pp
1998 25.7 +0.1 pp
1997 25.6 +0.2 pp
1996 25.4 +0.2 pp
1995 25.3 +0.1 pp
1994 25.1 +0.1 pp
1993 25 +0.1 pp
1992 24.9 +0.1 pp
1991 24.8 +0.1 pp
1990 24.8 +0 pp
1989 24.7 +0 pp
1988 24.7 +0 pp
1987 24.6 +0 pp
1986 24.6 +0 pp
1985 24.6 +0 pp
1984 24.5 +0 pp
1983 24.5 +0 pp
1982 24.5 +0 pp
1981 24.5 −0.8 pp
1980 25.3 −4.6 pp
1979 29.9 −0.4 pp
1978 30.3 +0.7 pp
1977 29.6 −0.9 pp
1976 30.5 −2.1 pp
1975 32.7 −0.3 pp
1974 33 −0.6 pp
1973 33.6 −0.7 pp
1972 34.3 −0.7 pp
1971 35 −0.6 pp
1970 35.6 −0.5 pp
1969 36.2 −0.5 pp
1968 36.7 −0.5 pp
1967 37.2 −0.5 pp
1966 37.6 −0.5 pp
1965 38.1 −0.4 pp
1964 38.5 −0.5 pp
1963 39 −0.5 pp
1962 39.4 −0.5 pp
1961 39.9 −0.5 pp
1960 40.4 —

Eastern Europe, 2025

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

MD Moldova 56.3 RO Romania 47.8 SK Slovakia 46.8 PL Poland 39.9 UA Ukraine 30.4 HU Hungary 29.3 CZ Czechia 27.1 BG Bulgaria 25.8 RU Russia 24.7 BY Belarus 20.5
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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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