Rural population in Northern Europe in 2025 — 19,806,906 people. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 14.3%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Northern Europe
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19.81M | −61,316 | −0.31% |
| 2024 | 19.87M | +42,403 | +0.21% |
| 2023 | 19.83M | +96,111 | +0.49% |
| 2022 | 19.73M | +54,558 | +0.28% |
| 2021 | 19.68M | −65,778 | −0.33% |
| 2020 | 19.74M | −171,490 | −0.86% |
| 2019 | 19.91M | −123,757 | −0.62% |
| 2018 | 20.04M | −122,830 | −0.61% |
| 2017 | 20.16M | −116,979 | −0.58% |
| 2016 | 20.28M | −78,022 | −0.38% |
| 2015 | 20.35M | −97,619 | −0.48% |
| 2014 | 20.45M | −95,617 | −0.47% |
| 2013 | 20.55M | −102,424 | −0.5% |
| 2012 | 20.65M | −61,481 | −0.3% |
| 2011 | 20.71M | −54,275 | −0.26% |
| 2010 | 20.77M | −35,487 | −0.17% |
| 2009 | 20.8M | −20,659 | −0.1% |
| 2008 | 20.82M | +8,476 | +0.04% |
| 2007 | 20.81M | +24,201 | +0.12% |
| 2006 | 20.79M | +8,684 | +0.04% |
| 2005 | 20.78M | −11,051 | −0.05% |
| 2004 | 20.79M | −27,314 | −0.13% |
| 2003 | 20.82M | −42,335 | −0.2% |
| 2002 | 20.86M | −55,645 | −0.27% |
| 2001 | 20.92M | −75,632 | −0.36% |
| 2000 | 20.99M | −96,144 | −0.46% |
| 1999 | 21.09M | −124,969 | −0.59% |
| 1998 | 21.21M | −147,188 | −0.69% |
| 1997 | 21.36M | −145,187 | −0.68% |
| 1996 | 21.51M | −128,236 | −0.59% |
| 1995 | 21.63M | −111,685 | −0.51% |
| 1994 | 21.75M | −97,805 | −0.45% |
| 1993 | 21.84M | −71,009 | −0.32% |
| 1992 | 21.91M | −7,783 | −0.04% |
| 1991 | 21.92M | +56,345 | +0.26% |
| 1990 | 21.87M | +71,578 | +0.33% |
| 1989 | 21.79M | +63,663 | +0.29% |
| 1988 | 21.73M | +53,299 | +0.25% |
| 1987 | 21.68M | +56,453 | +0.26% |
| 1986 | 21.62M | +54,420 | +0.25% |
| 1985 | 21.57M | +48,594 | +0.23% |
| 1984 | 21.52M | +38,514 | +0.18% |
| 1983 | 21.48M | +11,295 | +0.05% |
| 1982 | 21.47M | −16,525 | −0.08% |
| 1981 | 21.48M | −45,155 | −0.21% |
| 1980 | 21.53M | −94,935 | −0.44% |
| 1979 | 21.62M | −139,838 | −0.64% |
| 1978 | 21.76M | −177,822 | −0.81% |
| 1977 | 21.94M | −202,396 | −0.91% |
| 1976 | 22.14M | −214,312 | −0.96% |
| 1975 | 22.36M | −210,998 | −0.93% |
| 1974 | 22.57M | −191,091 | −0.84% |
| 1973 | 22.76M | −148,143 | −0.65% |
| 1972 | 22.91M | −87,159 | −0.38% |
| 1971 | 23M | −23,363 | −0.1% |
| 1970 | 23.02M | −64,143 | −0.28% |
| 1969 | 23.08M | −83,912 | −0.36% |
| 1968 | 23.17M | −58,410 | −0.25% |
| 1967 | 23.23M | −35,738 | −0.15% |
| 1966 | 23.26M | −22,289 | −0.1% |
| 1965 | 23.28M | −4,249 | −0.02% |
| 1964 | 23.29M | +7,979 | +0.03% |
| 1963 | 23.28M | +33,260 | +0.14% |
| 1962 | 23.25M | +57,083 | +0.25% |
| 1961 | 23.19M | +70,653 | +0.31% |
| 1960 | 23.12M | — | — |
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.