Rural population in Eastern Europe in 2025 — 84,138,616 people. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 34.4%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Europe
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84.14M | −165,724 | −0.2% |
| 2024 | 84.3M | −423,356 | −0.5% |
| 2023 | 84.73M | −1.48M | −1.71% |
| 2022 | 86.2M | −1.46M | −1.67% |
| 2021 | 87.67M | −672,579 | −0.76% |
| 2020 | 88.34M | −430,453 | −0.48% |
| 2019 | 88.77M | −232,926 | −0.26% |
| 2018 | 89M | −245,626 | −0.28% |
| 2017 | 89.25M | −193,382 | −0.22% |
| 2016 | 89.44M | −164,596 | −0.18% |
| 2015 | 89.61M | −206,184 | −0.23% |
| 2014 | 89.81M | −234,380 | −0.26% |
| 2013 | 90.05M | −237,692 | −0.26% |
| 2012 | 90.28M | −230,468 | −0.25% |
| 2011 | 90.51M | −442,233 | −0.49% |
| 2010 | 90.96M | −519,034 | −0.57% |
| 2009 | 91.48M | −350,906 | −0.38% |
| 2008 | 91.83M | −610,144 | −0.66% |
| 2007 | 92.44M | −629,990 | −0.68% |
| 2006 | 93.07M | −696,474 | −0.74% |
| 2005 | 93.76M | −406,286 | −0.43% |
| 2004 | 94.17M | −371,997 | −0.39% |
| 2003 | 94.54M | −701,368 | −0.74% |
| 2002 | 95.24M | −795,545 | −0.83% |
| 2001 | 96.04M | −699,388 | −0.72% |
| 2000 | 96.74M | −808,795 | −0.83% |
| 1999 | 97.55M | +23,545 | +0.02% |
| 1998 | 97.52M | −237,411 | −0.24% |
| 1997 | 97.76M | −303,765 | −0.31% |
| 1996 | 98.06M | −352,932 | −0.36% |
| 1995 | 98.42M | −125,548 | −0.13% |
| 1994 | 98.54M | +9,503 | +0.01% |
| 1993 | 98.53M | +389,261 | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 98.14M | +342,728 | +0.35% |
| 1991 | 97.8M | −202,569 | −0.21% |
| 1990 | 98M | −433,584 | −0.44% |
| 1989 | 98.44M | −674,747 | −0.68% |
| 1988 | 99.11M | −722,897 | −0.72% |
| 1987 | 99.83M | −774,346 | −0.77% |
| 1986 | 101M | −763,284 | −0.75% |
| 1985 | 101M | −635,310 | −0.62% |
| 1984 | 102M | −731,456 | −0.71% |
| 1983 | 103M | −882,735 | −0.85% |
| 1982 | 104M | −947,198 | −0.91% |
| 1981 | 105M | −954,750 | −0.9% |
| 1980 | 106M | −1.36M | −1.27% |
| 1979 | 107M | −1.07M | −0.99% |
| 1978 | 108M | −967,011 | −0.89% |
| 1977 | 109M | −1.1M | −1% |
| 1976 | 110M | −1.38M | −1.24% |
| 1975 | 111M | −1.41M | −1.25% |
| 1974 | 113M | −1.67M | −1.46% |
| 1973 | 114M | −1.66M | −1.43% |
| 1972 | 116M | −1.64M | −1.39% |
| 1971 | 118M | −1.33M | −1.12% |
| 1970 | 119M | −1.43M | −1.19% |
| 1969 | 121M | −1.38M | −1.13% |
| 1968 | 122M | −1.12M | −0.91% |
| 1967 | 123M | −1M | −0.81% |
| 1966 | 124M | −1.14M | −0.91% |
| 1965 | 125M | −753,777 | −0.6% |
| 1964 | 126M | −683,772 | −0.54% |
| 1963 | 127M | −515,895 | −0.41% |
| 1962 | 127M | −386,870 | −0.3% |
| 1961 | 128M | −763,083 | −0.59% |
| 1960 | 128M | — | — |
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.