Tunisia - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Tunisia was 3,596,642 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,596,642 in 2020 and a minimum value of 2,610,937 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 2,610,937
1961 2,629,766
1962 2,652,561
1963 2,679,160
1964 2,708,831
1965 2,741,317
1966 2,773,923
1967 2,795,204
1968 2,817,592
1969 2,840,168
1970 2,861,961
1971 2,882,935
1972 2,903,250
1973 2,923,260
1974 2,943,033
1975 2,964,901
1976 2,998,324
1977 3,032,262
1978 3,067,955
1979 3,107,117
1980 3,150,752
1981 3,199,360
1982 3,251,627
1983 3,305,222
1984 3,352,790
1985 3,383,412
1986 3,408,069
1987 3,427,519
1988 3,442,602
1989 3,455,332
1990 3,466,305
1991 3,475,983
1992 3,483,271
1993 3,486,532
1994 3,490,492
1995 3,515,652
1996 3,533,635
1997 3,545,530
1998 3,551,648
1999 3,552,893
2000 3,550,148
2001 3,543,634
2002 3,533,714
2003 3,522,122
2004 3,512,808
2005 3,513,419
2006 3,516,970
2007 3,523,290
2008 3,531,219
2009 3,539,158
2010 3,546,110
2011 3,551,478
2012 3,555,861
2013 3,560,256
2014 3,565,446
2015 3,571,324
2016 3,578,150
2017 3,585,297
2018 3,591,574
2019 3,595,659
2020 3,596,642

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Tunisia was 30.43 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 62.49 in 1960, while its lowest value was 30.43 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 62.49
1961 62.05
1962 61.61
1963 61.17
1964 60.72
1965 60.28
1966 59.77
1967 58.96
1968 58.15
1969 57.34
1970 56.52
1971 55.70
1972 54.87
1973 54.04
1974 53.21
1975 52.41
1976 51.82
1977 51.22
1978 50.63
1979 50.03
1980 49.43
1981 48.84
1982 48.24
1983 47.64
1984 46.99
1985 46.16
1986 45.33
1987 44.51
1988 43.69
1989 42.87
1990 42.05
1991 41.24
1992 40.44
1993 39.64
1994 38.92
1995 38.53
1996 38.13
1997 37.74
1998 37.35
1999 36.96
2000 36.57
2001 36.18
2002 35.80
2003 35.42
2004 35.05
2005 34.76
2006 34.48
2007 34.19
2008 33.91
2009 33.62
2010 33.34
2011 33.06
2012 32.78
2013 32.51
2014 32.23
2015 31.94
2016 31.65
2017 31.36
2018 31.06
2019 30.75
2020 30.43

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization