Togo - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Togo was 4,735,438 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,735,438 in 2020 and a minimum value of 1,420,908 in 1960.

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. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

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

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Year Value
1960 1,420,908
1961 1,422,754
1962 1,421,746
1963 1,422,713
1964 1,431,926
1965 1,453,191
1966 1,487,959
1967 1,533,084
1968 1,581,917
1969 1,625,927
1970 1,665,339
1971 1,713,519
1972 1,754,707
1973 1,790,666
1974 1,824,236
1975 1,857,807
1976 1,891,002
1977 1,923,822
1978 1,959,065
1979 2,000,307
1980 2,049,795
1981 2,108,672
1982 2,175,313
1983 2,246,685
1984 2,318,914
1985 2,388,936
1986 2,456,364
1987 2,521,801
1988 2,584,077
1989 2,642,094
1990 2,695,273
1991 2,742,535
1992 2,784,820
1993 2,826,455
1994 2,873,099
1995 2,928,610
1996 2,994,633
1997 3,069,463
1998 3,149,325
1999 3,228,719
2000 3,303,932
2001 3,373,900
2002 3,439,973
2003 3,504,089
2004 3,569,142
2005 3,637,186
2006 3,708,472
2007 3,782,163
2008 3,857,677
2009 3,934,404
2010 4,011,427
2011 4,087,371
2012 4,162,775
2013 4,238,137
2014 4,312,849
2015 4,386,574
2016 4,458,809
2017 4,529,629
2018 4,599,185
2019 4,667,724
2020 4,735,438

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Togo was 57.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 89.90 in 1960, while its lowest value was 57.20 in 2020.

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
1960 89.90
1961 89.06
1962 88.16
1963 87.19
1964 86.15
1965 85.05
1966 83.88
1967 82.63
1968 81.30
1969 79.90
1970 78.72
1971 78.40
1972 78.07
1973 77.74
1974 77.41
1975 77.07
1976 76.73
1977 76.39
1978 76.04
1979 75.69
1980 75.34
1981 74.98
1982 74.61
1983 74.22
1984 73.83
1985 73.44
1986 73.04
1987 72.64
1988 72.23
1989 71.82
1990 71.41
1991 71.00
1992 70.58
1993 70.15
1994 69.73
1995 69.30
1996 68.86
1997 68.42
1998 67.98
1999 67.54
2000 67.09
2001 66.64
2002 66.19
2003 65.74
2004 65.28
2005 64.82
2006 64.35
2007 63.88
2008 63.41
2009 62.94
2010 62.47
2011 61.97
2012 61.45
2013 60.94
2014 60.42
2015 59.90
2016 59.37
2017 58.84
2018 58.30
2019 57.75
2020 57.20

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization