Burundi - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Burundi was 10,260,790 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,260,790 in 2020 and a minimum value of 2,739,812 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 2,739,812
1961 2,792,109
1962 2,844,696
1963 2,899,406
1964 2,958,715
1965 3,023,393
1966 3,094,563
1967 3,171,852
1968 3,249,803
1969 3,320,846
1970 3,380,090
1971 3,425,159
1972 3,458,960
1973 3,488,458
1974 3,523,288
1975 3,570,423
1976 3,632,177
1977 3,706,512
1978 3,791,096
1979 3,881,978
1980 3,976,911
1981 4,074,399
1982 4,175,019
1983 4,279,413
1984 4,388,516
1985 4,502,791
1986 4,622,030
1987 4,744,618
1988 4,867,368
1989 4,986,151
1990 5,097,882
1991 5,205,707
1992 5,308,218
1993 5,402,453
1994 5,485,211
1995 5,555,318
1996 5,610,935
1997 5,655,746
1998 5,701,234
1999 5,763,505
2000 5,852,869
2001 5,973,420
2002 6,122,066
2003 6,293,693
2004 6,479,923
2005 6,674,402
2006 6,876,203
2007 7,086,696
2008 7,303,905
2009 7,526,320
2010 7,752,348
2011 7,980,596
2012 8,210,996
2013 8,444,885
2014 8,685,036
2015 8,932,905
2016 9,188,748
2017 9,451,330
2018 9,719,004
2019 9,989,400
2020 10,260,790

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Burundi was 86.29 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 97.92 in 1960, while its lowest value was 86.29 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 97.92
1961 97.89
1962 97.85
1963 97.81
1964 97.77
1965 97.71
1966 97.61
1967 97.50
1968 97.39
1969 97.27
1970 97.16
1971 97.03
1972 96.90
1973 96.76
1974 96.62
1975 96.48
1976 96.32
1977 96.16
1978 96.00
1979 95.82
1980 95.66
1981 95.50
1982 95.33
1983 95.15
1984 94.97
1985 94.78
1986 94.58
1987 94.38
1988 94.17
1989 93.95
1990 93.73
1991 93.55
1992 93.36
1993 93.18
1994 92.99
1995 92.79
1996 92.59
1997 92.38
1998 92.17
1999 91.96
2000 91.75
2001 91.54
2002 91.32
2003 91.09
2004 90.86
2005 90.63
2006 90.38
2007 90.14
2008 89.88
2009 89.62
2010 89.36
2011 89.09
2012 88.81
2013 88.52
2014 88.22
2015 87.92
2016 87.61
2017 87.29
2018 86.97
2019 86.63
2020 86.29

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization