Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Denmark

Rural population share in Denmark in 2025 — 11.2%. Ranked 181 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 14.9 pp.

2025 11.2% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 181of 217
Period maximum 26%1960
Period minimum 11.2%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Denmark, 1960–2025101520253019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 26%1962: 24.9%1964: 23.7%1966: 22.5%1968: 21.4%1970: 20.3%1972: 19.2%1974: 18.2%1976: 17.4%1978: 16.7%1980: 16.2%1982: 15.9%1984: 15.6%1986: 15.3%1988: 15.2%1990: 15.2%1992: 15.1%1994: 15%1996: 15%1998: 14.9%2000: 14.9%2002: 14.7%2004: 14.3%2006: 13.7%2008: 13.4%2010: 13.1%2012: 12.8%2014: 12.3%2016: 12.3%2018: 11.9%2020: 11.8%2022: 11.6%2024: 11.3%2025: 11.2%
Change over the period: −14.9 pp Annual average: -0.23 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Denmark 11.2%
World 42.2%
Northern Europe computed 18.1%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Denmark, by year Denmark All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 11.2 −0.1 pp
2024 11.3 −0.1 pp
2023 11.4 −0.2 pp
2022 11.6 −0.1 pp
2021 11.7 −0 pp
2020 11.8 −0 pp
2019 11.8 −0.1 pp
2018 11.9 −0.1 pp
2017 12 −0.3 pp
2016 12.3 +0 pp
2015 12.3 −0 pp
2014 12.3 −0.1 pp
2013 12.5 −0.3 pp
2012 12.8 −0.1 pp
2011 12.8 −0.3 pp
2010 13.1 −0.1 pp
2009 13.2 −0.2 pp
2008 13.4 −0.2 pp
2007 13.6 −0.2 pp
2006 13.7 −0.2 pp
2005 14 −0.3 pp
2004 14.3 −0.3 pp
2003 14.6 −0.1 pp
2002 14.7 −0.1 pp
2001 14.8 −0.1 pp
2000 14.9 +0 pp
1999 14.9 −0 pp
1998 14.9 −0 pp
1997 14.9 −0 pp
1996 15 −0 pp
1995 15 −0 pp
1994 15 −0 pp
1993 15.1 −0 pp
1992 15.1 −0 pp
1991 15.1 −0 pp
1990 15.2 −0 pp
1989 15.2 −0 pp
1988 15.2 −0.1 pp
1987 15.2 −0.1 pp
1986 15.3 −0.1 pp
1985 15.4 −0.1 pp
1984 15.6 −0.1 pp
1983 15.7 −0.2 pp
1982 15.9 −0.2 pp
1981 16.1 −0.2 pp
1980 16.2 −0.2 pp
1979 16.5 −0.3 pp
1978 16.7 −0.3 pp
1977 17 −0.3 pp
1976 17.4 −0.4 pp
1975 17.8 −0.4 pp
1974 18.2 −0.5 pp
1973 18.7 −0.5 pp
1972 19.2 −0.5 pp
1971 19.7 −0.5 pp
1970 20.3 −0.5 pp
1969 20.8 −0.6 pp
1968 21.4 −0.6 pp
1967 21.9 −0.6 pp
1966 22.5 −0.6 pp
1965 23.1 −0.6 pp
1964 23.7 −0.6 pp
1963 24.3 −0.6 pp
1962 24.9 −0.6 pp
1961 25.5 −0.6 pp
1960 26

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.