Poland Rural Population 1960-2024

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.
  • Poland rural population for 2022 was 14,974,307, a 0.64% decline from 2021.
  • Poland rural population for 2021 was 15,070,539, a 0.48% decline from 2020.
  • Poland rural population for 2020 was 15,143,331, a 0.19% decline from 2019.
  • Poland rural population for 2019 was 15,172,143, a 0.03% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Rural Population
United States 56,378,923
Germany 18,793,519
Italy 16,681,796
Poland 14,974,307
France 12,561,983
United Kingdom 10,448,880
Japan 10,066,305
South Korea 9,588,890
Spain 8,902,107
Canada 7,103,929
Saudi Arabia 5,559,991
Austria 3,684,288
Argentina 3,538,352
Australia 3,510,274
Portugal 3,385,528
Czech Republic 2,697,096
Hungary 2,657,928
Slovak Republic 2,503,549
Chile 2,369,699
Switzerland 2,272,064
Greece 2,075,584
Ireland 1,822,006
Croatia 1,610,240
Panama 1,360,444
Netherlands 1,259,398
Sweden 1,206,837
UAE 1,176,081
Slovenia 933,093
Lithuania 893,387
Norway 891,476
Finland 795,690
Trinidad and Tobago 714,385
Israel 691,177
Denmark 686,700
New Zealand 672,077
Latvia 592,511
Oman 560,597
Cyprus 414,105
Estonia 408,688
Belgium 215,535
Puerto Rico 205,872
Barbados 193,416
Bahrain 151,007
Uruguay 147,591
Channel Islands 119,980
French Polynesia 115,865
Brunei 94,946
New Caledonia 76,599
Antigua and Barbuda 70,935
Bahamas 67,680
Aruba 59,554
Luxembourg 52,836
Seychelles 41,629
Isle of Man 39,495
Liechtenstein 33,610
St. Kitts and Nevis 32,888
Faroe Islands 30,379
Malta 26,825
Iceland 22,945
Qatar 18,381
Curacao 16,462
British Virgin Islands 15,862
Andorra 9,730
Guam 8,432
Greenland 6,954
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 4,073
Northern Mariana Islands 3,973
Palau 3,258
Turks and Caicos Islands 2,721
San Marino 763
Kuwait 0
Bermuda 0
Cayman Islands 0
Monaco 0
Singapore 0
Hong Kong 0
Macao 0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0
Gibraltar 0
Poland Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2022 14,974,307 39.87 -0.64%
2021 15,070,539 39.93 -0.48%
2020 15,143,331 39.96 -0.19%
2019 15,172,143 39.96 0.03%
2018 15,167,875 39.94 0.12%
2017 15,150,057 39.90 0.20%
2016 15,120,448 39.82 0.21%
2015 15,088,963 39.72 0.25%
2014 15,051,507 39.60 0.24%
2013 15,014,846 39.47 0.26%
2012 14,976,333 39.35 0.32%
2011 14,928,409 39.22 0.34%
2010 14,877,776 39.11 0.00%
2009 14,877,599 39.00 0.36%
2008 14,824,820 38.88 0.30%
2007 14,779,722 38.77 0.24%
2006 14,745,032 38.66 0.22%
2005 14,712,016 38.55 0.25%
2004 14,675,719 38.44 0.23%
2003 14,641,519 38.32 0.22%
2002 14,608,969 38.21 -0.11%
2001 14,625,682 38.24 -0.15%
2000 14,646,934 38.28 -1.16%
1999 14,817,709 38.33 -0.13%
1998 14,836,338 38.37 -0.08%
1997 14,848,040 38.42 -0.05%
1996 14,855,705 38.46 -0.04%
1995 14,861,776 38.51 0.02%
1994 14,858,578 38.55 0.09%
1993 14,844,565 38.60 0.14%
1992 14,824,105 38.64 0.19%
1991 14,795,540 38.69 0.24%
1990 14,760,306 38.73 0.28%
1989 14,719,583 38.78 -0.11%
1988 14,735,285 38.96 -0.52%
1987 14,812,582 39.32 -0.36%
1986 14,866,334 39.69 -0.24%
1985 14,902,331 40.06 -0.11%
1984 14,919,234 40.43 -0.01%
1983 14,920,566 40.80 0.03%
1982 14,915,727 41.17 0.02%
1981 14,912,632 41.54 0.01%
1980 14,910,549 41.91 0.03%
1979 14,905,343 42.29 -0.35%
1978 14,958,284 42.78 -0.70%
1977 15,063,720 43.43 -0.51%
1976 15,141,165 44.07 -0.46%
1975 15,211,597 44.72 -0.45%
1974 15,280,453 45.37 -0.47%
1973 15,351,984 46.02 -0.50%
1972 15,429,055 46.68 -0.57%
1971 15,517,086 47.33 -0.78%
1970 15,638,034 47.88 -0.47%
1969 15,712,366 48.27 -0.04%
1968 15,719,100 48.67 0.14%
1967 15,697,376 49.07 0.15%
1966 15,673,858 49.47 -0.06%
1965 15,682,854 49.87 0.18%
1964 15,654,736 50.27 0.59%
1963 15,562,999 50.67 0.54%
1962 15,479,763 51.07 0.37%
1961 15,423,370 51.47 -0.13%
1960 15,443,482 52.11 %