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Denmark: Rural population

11.15percent · 2025-9.1% 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 Denmark from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202511.154
202411.304
202311.447
202211.612
202111.738
202011.761
201911.79
201811.894
201711.984
201612.3
201512.275
201412.318
201312.456
201212.766
201112.843
201013.135
200913.238
200813.417
200713.575
200613.75
200513.994
200414.287
200314.58
200214.7
200114.812
200014.9
199914.9
199814.908
199714.929
199614.961
199514.999
199415.04
199315.08
199215.117
199115.146
199015.164
198915.17
198815.193
198715.25
198615.336
198515.448
198415.58
198315.728
198215.887
198116.052
198016.23
197916.458
197816.735
197717.049
197617.388
197517.771
197418.215
197318.703
197219.218
197119.743
197020.267
196920.805
196821.367
196721.947
196622.537
196523.135
196423.733
196324.328
196224.914
196125.485
196026.039

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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