Cabo Verde - Rural population growth

Rural population growth (annual %)

The value for Rural population growth (annual %) in Cabo Verde was -0.27 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.29 in 1967 and a minimum value of -2.70 in 1989.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1961 1.42
1962 1.99
1963 2.45
1964 2.78
1965 2.95
1966 3.16
1967 3.29
1968 3.07
1969 2.43
1970 1.57
1971 0.57
1972 -0.27
1973 -0.76
1974 -0.79
1975 -0.49
1976 -0.09
1977 0.22
1978 0.52
1979 0.75
1980 0.81
1981 -0.26
1982 -0.17
1983 -0.19
1984 -0.38
1985 -0.67
1986 -1.97
1987 -2.39
1988 -2.66
1989 -2.70
1990 -2.55
1991 0.75
1992 1.01
1993 1.12
1994 1.02
1995 0.78
1996 0.52
1997 0.31
1998 0.11
1999 -0.04
2000 -0.16
2001 -0.11
2002 -0.24
2003 -0.35
2004 -0.47
2005 -0.58
2006 -0.69
2007 -0.78
2008 -0.86
2009 -0.88
2010 -0.87
2011 -0.07
2012 -0.06
2013 -0.06
2014 -0.08
2015 -0.12
2016 -0.15
2017 -0.17
2018 -0.21
2019 -0.23
2020 -0.27

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization