Arab World - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Arab World was 176,735,800 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 176,735,800 in 2020 and a minimum value of 63,400,550 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 63,400,550
1961 64,431,700
1962 65,477,730
1963 66,521,140
1964 67,557,440
1965 68,572,500
1966 69,660,130
1967 70,898,240
1968 72,139,760
1969 73,364,500
1970 74,556,350
1971 75,735,620
1972 76,871,180
1973 78,045,880
1974 79,402,530
1975 80,940,790
1976 82,668,100
1977 84,584,490
1978 86,607,840
1979 88,669,220
1980 90,683,690
1981 92,644,220
1982 94,577,780
1983 96,435,500
1984 98,195,560
1985 99,977,820
1986 101,746,900
1987 103,614,200
1988 105,617,100
1989 107,709,800
1990 110,446,700
1991 112,574,800
1992 114,664,100
1993 116,867,500
1994 119,265,300
1995 121,755,500
1996 124,158,400
1997 126,415,300
1998 128,531,600
1999 130,621,400
2000 132,732,000
2001 134,837,900
2002 136,973,300
2003 139,111,100
2004 141,291,900
2005 143,403,000
2006 145,536,700
2007 148,138,400
2008 150,318,600
2009 152,483,000
2010 154,587,000
2011 156,913,200
2012 159,352,700
2013 161,747,900
2014 164,111,400
2015 166,207,300
2016 168,301,500
2017 170,370,000
2018 172,447,500
2019 174,564,000
2020 176,735,800

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Arab World was 40.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 68.77 in 1960, while its lowest value was 40.53 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 68.77
1961 68.02
1962 67.27
1963 66.50
1964 65.70
1965 64.85
1966 64.05
1967 63.36
1968 62.66
1969 61.94
1970 61.22
1971 60.51
1972 59.78
1973 59.05
1974 58.40
1975 57.80
1976 57.23
1977 56.71
1978 56.20
1979 55.69
1980 55.15
1981 54.59
1982 54.03
1983 53.43
1984 52.78
1985 52.17
1986 51.56
1987 51.02
1988 50.56
1989 50.15
1990 49.60
1991 49.22
1992 49.22
1993 48.85
1994 48.59
1995 48.10
1996 47.94
1997 47.74
1998 47.50
1999 47.26
2000 47.01
2001 46.75
2002 46.48
2003 46.20
2004 45.89
2005 45.53
2006 45.13
2007 44.85
2008 44.42
2009 43.99
2010 43.56
2011 43.21
2012 42.90
2013 42.60
2014 42.31
2015 41.97
2016 41.65
2017 41.36
2018 41.07
2019 40.80
2020 40.53

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization