Rural population in the Euro area in 2025 — 80,788,475 people. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 26.2%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Euro area
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80.79M | −244,191 | −0.3% |
| 2024 | 81.03M | −140,930 | −0.17% |
| 2023 | 81.17M | −89,367 | −0.11% |
| 2022 | 81.26M | −213,579 | −0.26% |
| 2021 | 81.48M | −344,256 | −0.42% |
| 2020 | 81.82M | −278,761 | −0.34% |
| 2019 | 82.1M | −401,805 | −0.49% |
| 2018 | 82.5M | −429,946 | −0.52% |
| 2017 | 82.93M | −308,678 | −0.37% |
| 2016 | 83.24M | −719,219 | −0.86% |
| 2015 | 83.96M | −525,264 | −0.62% |
| 2014 | 84.48M | −526,583 | −0.62% |
| 2013 | 85.01M | −654,869 | −0.76% |
| 2012 | 85.67M | −394,387 | −0.46% |
| 2011 | 86.06M | −631,570 | −0.73% |
| 2010 | 86.69M | −348,115 | −0.4% |
| 2009 | 87.04M | −174,098 | −0.2% |
| 2008 | 87.21M | +52,408 | +0.06% |
| 2007 | 87.16M | −9,022 | −0.01% |
| 2006 | 87.17M | −146,644 | −0.17% |
| 2005 | 87.32M | −109,239 | −0.12% |
| 2004 | 87.43M | −51,386 | −0.06% |
| 2003 | 87.48M | −105,408 | −0.12% |
| 2002 | 87.58M | −277,610 | −0.32% |
| 2001 | 87.86M | −673,353 | −0.76% |
| 2000 | 88.53M | −480,511 | −0.54% |
| 1999 | 89.01M | −295,454 | −0.33% |
| 1998 | 89.31M | −455,050 | −0.51% |
| 1997 | 89.77M | −713,947 | −0.79% |
| 1996 | 90.48M | −481,434 | −0.53% |
| 1995 | 90.96M | −250,796 | −0.27% |
| 1994 | 91.21M | −237,875 | −0.26% |
| 1993 | 91.45M | −128,122 | −0.14% |
| 1992 | 91.58M | −83,512 | −0.09% |
| 1991 | 91.66M | −90,736 | −0.1% |
| 1990 | 91.75M | −68,649 | −0.07% |
| 1989 | 91.82M | −191,334 | −0.21% |
| 1988 | 92.01M | −269,199 | −0.29% |
| 1987 | 92.28M | −318,007 | −0.34% |
| 1986 | 92.6M | −338,132 | −0.36% |
| 1985 | 92.94M | −280,213 | −0.3% |
| 1984 | 93.22M | −453,045 | −0.48% |
| 1983 | 93.67M | −403,915 | −0.43% |
| 1982 | 94.07M | −413,781 | −0.44% |
| 1981 | 94.49M | −315,653 | −0.33% |
| 1980 | 94.8M | −219,540 | −0.23% |
| 1979 | 95.02M | −308,426 | −0.32% |
| 1978 | 95.33M | −330,882 | −0.35% |
| 1977 | 95.66M | −337,316 | −0.35% |
| 1976 | 96M | −253,575 | −0.26% |
| 1975 | 96.25M | −198,576 | −0.21% |
| 1974 | 96.45M | −534,466 | −0.55% |
| 1973 | 96.99M | −463,308 | −0.48% |
| 1972 | 97.45M | −483,448 | −0.49% |
| 1971 | 97.93M | −689,523 | −0.7% |
| 1970 | 98.62M | −850,250 | −0.85% |
| 1969 | 99.47M | −920,184 | −0.92% |
| 1968 | 100M | −1.05M | −1.03% |
| 1967 | 101M | −1.27M | −1.24% |
| 1966 | 103M | −1.36M | −1.31% |
| 1965 | 104M | −1.47M | −1.39% |
| 1964 | 106M | −1.4M | −1.31% |
| 1963 | 107M | −1.03M | −0.95% |
| 1962 | 108M | −806,143 | −0.74% |
| 1961 | 109M | −671,283 | −0.61% |
| 1960 | 109M | — | — |
The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.
Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
The part of residents living outside cities — the other side of urbanization.
Demography Urban populationThe absolute number of city dwellers by country.
Demography PopulationResident population of every country as of mid-year — series from 1960 onward.
Labor Employment in agricultureThe share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.