United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division Urban and Rural Areas 1996 Annual Percentage growth rate urban 1990-1995 ------------- ------------- Country or area 1996 2030 Urban Rural --------------- ----- ----- ----- ----- Europe 73.8 82.9 .6 -.9 ------------------------------------------------------------ Eastern Europe 70.6 81.3 .6 -1.4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Belarus 71.8 84.0 1.4 -2.5 ------------------------------------------------------------ Bulgaria 68.6 79.9 .1 -1.6 ------------------------------------------------------------ Czech Republic 65.6 76.2 .1 -.4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Hungary 65.0 78.2 .3 -1.9 ------------------------------------------------------------ Poland 64.0 76.8 .8 -.8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Republic of Moldova 52.3 70.6 1.9 -1.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Romania 56.3 71.8 .4 -1.4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Russian Federation 76.3 85.2 .5 -1.5 ------------------------------------------------------------ Slovakia 59.2 74.0 1.1 -.8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Ukraine 70.7 82.0 .7 -1.7 ------------------------------------------------------------ Northern Europe 83.6 88.8 .3 -.4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Channel Islands 29.5 46.8 .8 .8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Denmark 85.3 89.9 .4 -.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Estonia 73.2 82.6 -.8 -2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Faeroe Islands 32.6 54.0 1.5 -.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Finland 63.5 76.3 1.0 -.4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Iceland 91.7 94.9 1.3 -1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Ireland 57.7 70.6 .4 .0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Isle of Man 75.5 84.2 1.8 .4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Latvia 73.1 82.8 -.7 -2.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Lithuania 72.6 83.7 .9 -2.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Norway 73.4 82.1 .6 -.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Sweden 83.1 87.8 .5 .5 ------------------------------------------------------------ United Kingdom 89.3 92.4 .2 -.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Southern Europe 64.3 75.2 .4 -.5 ------------------------------------------------------------ Albania 37.5 56.7 1.4 .1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Andorra 95.4 96.6 5.5 5.5 ------------------------------------------------------------ Bosnia & Herzegovina 41.5 59.7 -2.9 -4.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Croatia 56.2 71.0 .6 -.8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Gibraltar 100.0 100.0 .0 .0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Greece 59.4 71.6 .6 .3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Holy See 100.0 100.0 .0 .0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Italy 66.7 76.2 .0 .1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Malta 89.6 93.9 1.1 -2.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Portugal 36.0 55.8 1.1 -.8 ------------------------------------------------------------ San Marino 94.6 97.7 2.1 -6.0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Slovenia 51.5 66.4 .4 -.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Spain 76.7 84.7 .5 -.7 ------------------------------------------------------------ TFYR Macedonia (3) 60.3 74.4 1.8 .0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Yugoslavia 57.3 74.0 1.4 -1.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Western Europe 81.7 87.8 .8 -.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Austria 64.3 74.4 .8 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Belgium 97.1 98.3 .4 -2.5 ------------------------------------------------------------ France 74.8 83.2 .7 .0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Germany 86.7 91.7 .8 -1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ Liechtenstein 21.3 41.0 2.3 1.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Luxembourg 89.5 95.0 2.0 -3.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Monaco 100.0 100.0 1.2 .0 ------------------------------------------------------------ Netherlands 89.0 92.5 .8 .2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Switzerland 61.3 74.2 1.4 .3 ------------------------------------------------------------ (3) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. 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