Portugal 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.
  • Portugal rural population for 2022 was 3,385,528, a 1.09% decline from 2021.
  • Portugal rural population for 2021 was 3,422,889, a 1.33% decline from 2020.
  • Portugal rural population for 2020 was 3,469,087, a 1.49% decline from 2019.
  • Portugal rural population for 2019 was 3,521,605, a 1.57% decline from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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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
Bermuda 0
Cayman Islands 0
Monaco 0
Singapore 0
Hong Kong 0
Macao 0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0
Gibraltar 0
Kuwait 0
Portugal Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2022 3,385,528 32.62 -1.10%
2021 3,422,889 33.15 -1.34%
2020 3,469,087 33.69 -1.50%
2019 3,521,605 34.24 -1.58%
2018 3,577,639 34.79 -1.75%
2017 3,640,950 35.35 -1.83%
2016 3,708,283 35.91 -1.90%
2015 3,779,248 36.49 -1.99%
2014 3,855,050 37.06 -2.10%
2013 3,936,962 37.65 -2.10%
2012 4,020,561 38.24 -1.95%
2011 4,099,817 38.83 -1.68%
2010 4,169,291 39.43 -1.47%
2009 4,231,103 40.04 -1.40%
2008 4,290,949 40.64 -1.35%
2007 4,349,078 41.25 -1.28%
2006 4,404,945 41.86 -1.28%
2005 4,461,605 42.48 -1.25%
2004 4,517,810 43.09 -1.19%
2003 4,571,864 43.71 -1.04%
2002 4,619,439 44.33 -0.85%
2001 4,658,665 44.96 -0.72%
2000 4,692,296 45.60 -0.73%
1999 4,726,461 46.26 -0.84%
1998 4,766,554 46.91 -0.89%
1997 4,809,043 47.57 -0.93%
1996 4,853,841 48.23 -0.99%
1995 4,901,898 48.89 -0.99%
1994 4,950,901 49.55 -1.05%
1993 5,003,363 50.21 -1.18%
1992 5,062,834 50.87 -1.37%
1991 5,132,609 51.53 -1.30%
1990 5,199,759 52.09 -1.22%
1989 5,263,530 52.61 -1.14%
1988 5,323,719 53.13 -1.09%
1987 5,381,914 53.66 -1.00%
1986 5,435,735 54.18 -0.87%
1985 5,483,117 54.70 -0.67%
1984 5,520,219 55.22 -0.55%
1983 5,550,813 55.74 -0.46%
1982 5,576,561 56.26 -0.30%
1981 5,593,505 56.78 0.10%
1980 5,587,795 57.22 0.38%
1979 5,566,724 57.62 0.38%
1978 5,545,792 58.02 0.39%
1977 5,524,194 58.42 0.38%
1976 5,503,181 58.82 2.17%
1975 5,385,244 59.22 3.13%
1974 5,219,177 59.62 0.73%
1973 5,181,155 60.02 -0.62%
1972 5,213,556 60.41 -0.80%
1971 5,255,663 60.80 -1.07%
1970 5,312,077 61.20 -1.52%
1969 5,393,520 61.59 -1.53%
1968 5,476,514 61.98 -1.05%
1967 5,534,506 62.36 -1.25%
1966 5,604,196 62.75 -1.36%
1965 5,681,173 63.13 -1.01%
1964 5,738,993 63.52 -0.54%
1963 5,770,307 63.90 -0.19%
1962 5,781,154 64.28 0.14%
1961 5,773,339 64.66 0.21%
1960 5,761,501 65.05 %