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Australia: Rural population

12.28percent · 2025-6.4% since 2015

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Annual figures for Australia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202512.281
202412.398
202312.513
202212.666
202112.765
202012.729
201912.698
201812.773
201712.872
201612.983
201513.122
201413.278
201313.426
201213.555
201113.673
201013.78
200913.872
200813.975
200714.103
200614.251
200514.381
200414.481
200314.59
200214.716
200114.852
200014.893
199914.875
199814.845
199714.805
199614.759
199514.713
199414.67
199314.634
199214.609
199114.6
199014.605
198914.616
198814.63
198714.642
198614.647
198514.62
198414.552
198314.463
198214.37
198114.293
198014.223
197914.147
197814.079
197714.028
197614.009
197514.03
197414.091
197314.184
197214.303
197114.442
197014.727
196915.217
196815.799
196716.361
196616.793
196517.084
196417.322
196317.541
196217.775
196118.06
196018.406

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Rural population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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