Afghanistan - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Afghanistan was 28,796,850 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 28,796,850 in 2020 and a minimum value of 8,241,132 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 8,241,132
1961 8,373,135
1962 8,512,057
1963 8,657,973
1964 8,810,638
1965 8,970,244
1966 9,133,649
1967 9,300,663
1968 9,475,709
1969 9,665,499
1970 9,872,705
1971 10,095,990
1972 10,327,930
1973 10,557,930
1974 10,772,090
1975 10,958,240
1976 11,121,480
1977 11,259,220
1978 11,343,620
1979 11,340,120
1980 11,220,130
1981 10,990,190
1982 10,673,550
1983 10,312,660
1984 9,962,985
1985 9,670,303
1986 9,430,370
1987 9,247,192
1988 9,178,459
1989 9,365,965
1990 9,783,756
1991 10,470,850
1992 11,392,160
1993 12,424,890
1994 13,398,640
1995 14,194,410
1996 14,759,610
1997 15,136,310
1998 15,416,190
1999 15,736,090
2000 16,192,160
2001 16,816,940
2002 17,569,620
2003 18,387,490
2004 19,163,180
2005 19,829,980
2006 20,378,040
2007 20,836,790
2008 21,257,440
2009 21,714,080
2010 22,257,750
2011 22,904,890
2012 23,632,790
2013 24,404,520
2014 25,165,920
2015 25,878,000
2016 26,530,190
2017 27,131,340
2018 27,694,940
2019 28,244,480
2020 28,796,850

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Afghanistan was 73.97 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 91.60 in 1960, while its lowest value was 73.97 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 91.60
1961 91.32
1962 91.02
1963 90.72
1964 90.41
1965 90.10
1966 89.77
1967 89.43
1968 89.08
1969 88.73
1970 88.36
1971 87.98
1972 87.59
1973 87.19
1974 86.78
1975 86.36
1976 85.93
1977 85.48
1978 85.03
1979 84.56
1980 84.01
1981 83.44
1982 82.85
1983 82.25
1984 81.64
1985 81.00
1986 80.35
1987 79.69
1988 79.00
1989 78.91
1990 78.82
1991 78.73
1992 78.65
1993 78.56
1994 78.47
1995 78.38
1996 78.29
1997 78.20
1998 78.11
1999 78.01
2000 77.92
2001 77.83
2002 77.74
2003 77.65
2004 77.50
2005 77.30
2006 77.09
2007 76.89
2008 76.68
2009 76.47
2010 76.26
2011 76.05
2012 75.84
2013 75.63
2014 75.41
2015 75.20
2016 74.98
2017 74.75
2018 74.51
2019 74.25
2020 73.97

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization