France Rural Population 1960-2023

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.
  • France rural population for 2021 was 12,708,476, a 1.14% decline from 2020.
  • France rural population for 2020 was 12,855,403, a 1.11% decline from 2019.
  • France rural population for 2019 was 12,999,819, a 1.02% decline from 2018.
  • France rural population for 2018 was 13,133,487, a 0.98% decline from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Rural Population
United States 56,843,442
Germany 18,682,511
Italy 16,937,284
Poland 15,070,539
France 12,708,476
United Kingdom 10,669,915
Japan 10,221,684
South Korea 9,617,303
Spain 8,982,440
Canada 7,017,013
Saudi Arabia 5,569,435
Austria 3,672,325
Argentina 3,559,798
Australia 3,503,340
Portugal 3,422,889
Czech Republic 2,709,018
Hungary 2,694,980
Slovak Republic 2,515,539
Chile 2,374,855
Switzerland 2,263,233
Greece 2,124,201
Ireland 1,816,369
Croatia 1,642,337
Panama 1,358,683
Netherlands 1,302,355
Sweden 1,225,108
UAE 1,189,467
Slovenia 939,634
Norway 901,946
Lithuania 889,294
Finland 798,128
Trinidad and Tobago 713,019
Denmark 688,752
Israel 686,007
New Zealand 676,747
Latvia 595,103
Oman 585,672
Cyprus 412,374
Estonia 407,066
Belgium 218,295
Puerto Rico 209,130
Barbados 193,336
Bahrain 151,858
Uruguay 150,653
Channel Islands 119,131
French Polynesia 115,331
Brunei 95,515
New Caledonia 76,092
Antigua and Barbuda 70,492
Bahamas 67,855
Aruba 59,803
Luxembourg 53,305
Seychelles 41,716
Isle of Man 39,540
Liechtenstein 33,390
St. Kitts and Nevis 32,893
Faroe Islands 30,367
Malta 26,912
Iceland 22,560
Qatar 19,409
Curacao 16,703
British Virgin Islands 15,897
Andorra 9,596
Guam 8,501
Greenland 7,078
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 4,192
Northern Mariana Islands 4,013
Palau 3,338
Turks and Caicos Islands 2,782
San Marino 803
Bermuda 0
Cayman Islands 0
Monaco 0
Singapore 0
Hong Kong 0
Macao 0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0
Gibraltar 0
Kuwait 0
France Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2021 12,708,476 18.76 -1.15%
2020 12,855,403 19.03 -1.12%
2019 12,999,819 19.29 -1.02%
2018 13,133,487 19.56 -0.98%
2017 13,263,152 19.82 -1.03%
2016 13,400,202 20.08 -1.03%
2015 13,539,246 20.35 -0.92%
2014 13,664,265 20.61 -0.78%
2013 13,771,378 20.87 -0.71%
2012 13,869,178 21.12 -0.72%
2011 13,969,504 21.38 -0.69%
2010 14,066,764 21.63 -0.67%
2009 14,160,682 21.88 -0.62%
2008 14,248,514 22.13 -0.55%
2007 14,327,425 22.38 -0.47%
2006 14,394,621 22.62 -0.39%
2005 14,451,186 22.87 -0.32%
2004 14,498,128 23.12 -0.34%
2003 14,548,209 23.37 -0.36%
2002 14,600,994 23.62 -0.34%
2001 14,650,237 23.87 -0.34%
2000 14,699,721 24.13 -0.37%
1999 14,754,608 24.39 -0.29%
1998 14,797,194 24.58 -0.31%
1997 14,842,561 24.75 -0.32%
1996 14,890,133 24.92 -0.32%
1995 14,938,313 25.09 -0.31%
1994 14,984,368 25.26 -0.30%
1993 15,029,516 25.43 -0.24%
1992 15,064,997 25.60 -0.17%
1991 15,090,873 25.77 0.21%
1990 15,059,117 25.94 0.07%
1989 15,048,116 26.05 0.22%
1988 15,014,730 26.13 0.24%
1987 14,978,123 26.20 0.25%
1986 14,941,329 26.28 0.24%
1985 14,905,983 26.35 0.24%
1984 14,870,854 26.43 0.22%
1983 14,838,054 26.50 0.25%
1982 14,800,709 26.58 0.31%
1981 14,755,276 26.65 0.31%
1980 14,708,949 26.72 0.28%
1979 14,667,935 26.79 0.22%
1978 14,634,992 26.86 0.22%
1977 14,603,066 26.93 0.21%
1976 14,572,590 27.00 0.20%
1975 14,542,998 27.07 -0.45%
1974 14,609,071 27.35 -0.75%
1973 14,719,207 27.74 -0.63%
1972 14,812,302 28.14 -0.55%
1971 14,894,184 28.54 -0.52%
1970 14,971,545 28.95 -0.52%
1969 15,049,558 29.35 -0.49%
1968 15,124,161 29.76 -1.96%
1967 15,423,851 30.64 -2.60%
1966 15,829,365 31.78 -2.49%
1965 16,228,319 32.93 -2.38%
1964 16,619,268 34.10 -2.32%
1963 17,010,085 35.30 -2.31%
1962 17,408,369 36.51 -1.29%
1961 17,635,152 37.39 -0.83%
1960 17,782,952 38.12 %