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Germany: Rural population growth

-0.68percent · 2025-388.2% since 2015

Annual rural population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear rural population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. 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 Germany from 1961 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025-0.684
2024-0.378
2023-0.511
2022-0.865
2021-0.839
2020-0.803
2019-0.643
2018-0.534
2017-0.409
20160.093
20150.237
2014-0.109
2013-0.135
2012-0.082
2011-2.031
2010-0.311
2009-0.398
2008-0.322
2007-0.254
2006-0.222
2005-0.155
2004-0.111
2003-0.025
20020.096
20010.104
20000.077
19990.012
1998-0.032
19970.104
19960.25
19950.258
19940.313
19930.625
19920.728
19910.697
19900.829
19890.739
19880.354
19870.114
19860.003
1985-0.271
1984-0.398
1983-0.32
1982-0.16
19810.08
19800.127
1979-0.044
1978-0.185
1977-0.335
1976-0.548
1975-0.503
1974-0.104
19730.16
19720.31
19710.016
19700.03
1969-0.095
1968-1.005
1967-1.418
1966-1.331
1965-1.477
1964-1.571
1963-1.39
1962-1.259
1961-1.194

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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

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