Brazil - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Brazil was 27,477,560 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 42,074,670 in 1973 and a minimum value of 27,477,560 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. 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 38,876,460
1961 39,294,350
1962 39,711,700
1963 40,112,610
1964 40,484,460
1965 40,822,180
1966 41,120,610
1967 41,383,000
1968 41,605,170
1969 41,791,620
1970 41,936,390
1971 42,020,990
1972 42,061,770
1973 42,074,670
1974 42,064,660
1975 42,040,550
1976 42,000,520
1977 41,947,040
1978 41,875,320
1979 41,786,720
1980 41,678,060
1981 41,556,700
1982 41,413,020
1983 41,239,800
1984 41,025,670
1985 40,768,900
1986 40,461,770
1987 40,113,250
1988 39,724,500
1989 39,305,250
1990 38,857,060
1991 38,382,110
1992 37,879,940
1993 37,359,880
1994 36,824,180
1995 36,276,250
1996 35,718,100
1997 35,033,640
1998 34,328,880
1999 33,609,030
2000 32,874,570
2001 32,687,360
2002 32,532,200
2003 32,356,590
2004 32,162,490
2005 31,950,580
2006 31,719,370
2007 31,470,390
2008 31,206,850
2009 30,936,530
2010 30,658,540
2011 30,356,010
2012 30,046,540
2013 29,735,220
2014 29,416,960
2015 29,096,330
2016 28,776,240
2017 28,454,530
2018 28,133,820
2019 27,807,880
2020 27,477,560

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Brazil was 12.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 53.86 in 1960, while its lowest value was 12.93 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 53.86
1961 52.88
1962 51.90
1963 50.92
1964 49.94
1965 48.96
1966 47.98
1967 47.01
1968 46.03
1969 45.06
1970 44.09
1971 43.11
1972 42.12
1973 41.15
1974 40.17
1975 39.21
1976 38.26
1977 37.31
1978 36.38
1979 35.45
1980 34.53
1981 33.63
1982 32.74
1983 31.86
1984 30.99
1985 30.14
1986 29.30
1987 28.47
1988 27.66
1989 26.86
1990 26.08
1991 25.31
1992 24.56
1993 23.82
1994 23.10
1995 22.39
1996 21.70
1997 20.95
1998 20.22
1999 19.50
2000 18.81
2001 18.45
2002 18.12
2003 17.80
2004 17.48
2005 17.17
2006 16.86
2007 16.55
2008 16.25
2009 15.96
2010 15.67
2011 15.37
2012 15.08
2013 14.79
2014 14.51
2015 14.23
2016 13.96
2017 13.69
2018 13.43
2019 13.18
2020 12.93

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization