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Belgium: Rural population

12.33percent · 2025-10.5% 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 Belgium from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202512.327
202412.387
202312.449
202212.511
202112.569
202012.704
201912.904
201813.112
201713.327
201613.549
201513.779
201414.015
201314.258
201214.508
201114.765
201015.028
200915.297
200815.573
200715.855
200616.142
200516.435
200416.734
200317.039
200217.349
200117.664
200017.985
199918.31
199818.641
199718.976
199619.316
199519.66
199420.009
199320.361
199220.719
199121.08
199021.445
198921.813
198822.186
198722.561
198622.94
198523.323
198423.708
198324.097
198224.488
198124.882
198025.279
197925.678
197826.079
197726.482
197626.888
197527.296
197427.705
197328.116
197228.529
197128.941
197029.366
196929.839
196830.354
196730.895
196631.445
196531.988
196432.508
196332.987
196233.41
196133.775
196034.132

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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