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Uruguay: Rural population growth

-1.33percent · 2025+9.8% 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 Uruguay from 1961 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025-1.326
2024-1.268
2023-1.116
2022-1.231
2021-1.159
2020-1.068
2019-1.069
2018-1.201
2017-1.192
2016-1.275
2015-1.47
2014-1.752
2013-2.094
2012-2.695
2011-4.64
2010-6.558
2009-7.284
2008-7.146
2007-6.369
2006-5.113
2005-3.399
2004-2.051
2003-1.557
2002-1.174
2001-0.895
2000-0.723
1999-0.723
1998-0.883
1997-1.158
1996-1.572
1995-1.986
1994-2.305
1993-2.53
1992-2.66
1991-2.722
1990-2.733
1989-2.692
1988-2.613
1987-2.519
1986-2.443
1985-2.587
1984-2.798
1983-2.872
1982-2.878
1981-2.805
1980-2.606
1979-2.301
1978-1.942
1977-1.542
1976-1.115
1975-0.826
1974-0.714
1973-0.627
1972-0.531
1971-0.431
1970-0.327
1969-0.196
1968-0.068
19670.019
19660.071
19650.093
19640.103
19630.134
19620.182
19610.23

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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