Spain
Rural population (% of total 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.
Historical trend
Analytical takeaways
- Spain records 19 for Rural population (% of total population) in 2025, ranking #163 globally out of 217 countries.
- Rural population (% of total population) declined from 44 in 1960 to 19 in 2025, a decrease of 24.
- The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.
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