Germany
Rural population

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. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Global rank#36out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

18 M17 M16 M16 M15 M196019932025Germany · 2025: 14.91MGermany

Analytical takeaways

  • Germany records 14.91M for Rural population in 2025, ranking #36 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Rural population declined from 17.69M in 1960 to 14.91M in 2025, a decrease of 2.78M.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

Comparison

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