Barbados - Rural population growth

Rural population growth (annual %)

The value for Rural population growth (annual %) in Barbados was 0.074 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.969 in 1997 and a minimum value of 0.019 in 1979.

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 0.202
1962 0.274
1963 0.317
1964 0.292
1965 0.236
1966 0.167
1967 0.127
1968 0.129
1969 0.187
1970 0.204
1971 0.084
1972 0.173
1973 0.219
1974 0.218
1975 0.188
1976 0.147
1977 0.109
1978 0.071
1979 0.019
1980 0.093
1981 0.816
1982 0.763
1983 0.732
1984 0.724
1985 0.743
1986 0.777
1987 0.785
1988 0.808
1989 0.814
1990 0.828
1991 0.954
1992 0.947
1993 0.938
1994 0.950
1995 0.957
1996 0.961
1997 0.969
1998 0.969
1999 0.950
2000 0.882
2001 0.660
2002 0.638
2003 0.627
2004 0.641
2005 0.668
2006 0.707
2007 0.730
2008 0.734
2009 0.698
2010 0.647
2011 0.552
2012 0.466
2013 0.391
2014 0.334
2015 0.291
2016 0.246
2017 0.200
2018 0.161
2019 0.117
2020 0.074

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization