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Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Estonia

Rural population share in Estonia in 2025 — 29.3%. Ranked 132 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 13.1 pp.

2025 29.3% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 132of 217
Period maximum 42.4%1960
Period minimum 28.6%1989

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Estonia, 1960–2025253035404519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 42.4%1962: 39.9%1964: 38.3%1966: 36.9%1968: 35.8%1970: 34.8%1972: 33.9%1974: 32.8%1976: 31.8%1978: 30.8%1980: 30%1982: 29.4%1984: 29%1986: 28.8%1988: 28.6%1990: 28.7%1992: 29.5%1994: 30.5%1996: 31.6%1998: 32.3%2000: 32.6%2002: 32.6%2004: 32.5%2006: 32.4%2008: 32.3%2010: 32.2%2012: 32%2014: 31.7%2016: 31.3%2018: 30.7%2020: 30.1%2022: 29.5%2024: 29.3%2025: 29.3%
Change over the period: −13.1 pp Annual average: -0.2 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Estonia 29.3%
World 42.2%
Europe & Central Asia 25.9%
Northern Europe computed 18.1%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Estonia, by year Estonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 29.3 −0 pp
2024 29.3 −0 pp
2023 29.3 −0.2 pp
2022 29.5 −0.3 pp
2021 29.8 −0.3 pp
2020 30.1 −0.3 pp
2019 30.4 −0.3 pp
2018 30.7 −0.3 pp
2017 31 −0.3 pp
2016 31.3 −0.2 pp
2015 31.5 −0.2 pp
2014 31.7 −0.2 pp
2013 31.9 −0.1 pp
2012 32 −0.1 pp
2011 32.1 −0.1 pp
2010 32.2 −0.1 pp
2009 32.3 −0.1 pp
2008 32.3 −0.1 pp
2007 32.4 −0.1 pp
2006 32.4 −0 pp
2005 32.5 −0 pp
2004 32.5 −0 pp
2003 32.6 −0 pp
2002 32.6 −0 pp
2001 32.6 −0 pp
2000 32.6 +0.1 pp
1999 32.6 +0.2 pp
1998 32.3 +0.3 pp
1997 32 +0.4 pp
1996 31.6 +0.5 pp
1995 31 +0.5 pp
1994 30.5 +0.5 pp
1993 30 +0.5 pp
1992 29.5 +0.4 pp
1991 29 +0.3 pp
1990 28.7 +0.2 pp
1989 28.6 −0 pp
1988 28.6 −0.1 pp
1987 28.7 −0.1 pp
1986 28.8 −0.1 pp
1985 28.9 −0.1 pp
1984 29 −0.1 pp
1983 29.2 −0.2 pp
1982 29.4 −0.3 pp
1981 29.7 −0.3 pp
1980 30 −0.4 pp
1979 30.4 −0.4 pp
1978 30.8 −0.5 pp
1977 31.3 −0.5 pp
1976 31.8 −0.5 pp
1975 32.3 −0.5 pp
1974 32.8 −0.5 pp
1973 33.3 −0.6 pp
1972 33.9 −0.6 pp
1971 34.5 −0.4 pp
1970 34.8 −0.5 pp
1969 35.4 −0.5 pp
1968 35.8 −0.6 pp
1967 36.4 −0.6 pp
1966 36.9 −0.6 pp
1965 37.5 −0.7 pp
1964 38.3 −0.8 pp
1963 39 −0.9 pp
1962 39.9 −1.3 pp
1961 41.2 −1.2 pp
1960 42.4 —

Northern Europe, 2025

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

JE Channel Islands 67.4 FO Faroe Islands 60.4 IM Isle of Man 47.9 IE Ireland 35.4 LV Latvia 31.4 LT Lithuania 30.9 EE Estonia 29.3 FI Finland 25.5 GB United Kingdom 16.7 NO Norway 16.4 GL Greenland 11.4 DK Denmark 11.2 SE Sweden 10.9 IS Iceland 5.8
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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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