Cabo Verde - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Cabo Verde was 185,411 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 217,323 in 1971 and a minimum value of 168,117 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 168,117
1961 170,523
1962 173,946
1963 178,265
1964 183,293
1965 188,777
1966 194,831
1967 201,342
1968 207,615
1969 212,732
1970 216,091
1971 217,323
1972 216,733
1973 215,095
1974 213,396
1975 212,357
1976 212,159
1977 212,630
1978 213,732
1979 215,335
1980 217,093
1981 216,523
1982 216,166
1983 215,763
1984 214,935
1985 213,493
1986 209,329
1987 204,388
1988 199,023
1989 193,727
1990 188,848
1991 190,274
1992 192,208
1993 194,369
1994 196,358
1995 197,903
1996 198,937
1997 199,549
1998 199,772
1999 199,696
2000 199,381
2001 199,155
2002 198,683
2003 197,980
2004 197,049
2005 195,914
2006 194,570
2007 193,053
2008 191,406
2009 189,722
2010 188,087
2011 187,960
2012 187,844
2013 187,722
2014 187,564
2015 187,332
2016 187,046
2017 186,722
2018 186,337
2019 185,906
2020 185,411

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Cabo Verde was 33.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 83.32 in 1960, while its lowest value was 33.35 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 83.32
1961 83.05
1962 82.78
1963 82.50
1964 82.21
1965 81.93
1966 81.64
1967 81.34
1968 81.05
1969 80.75
1970 80.44
1971 80.10
1972 79.73
1973 79.35
1974 78.97
1975 78.58
1976 78.19
1977 77.79
1978 77.39
1979 76.98
1980 76.48
1981 75.01
1982 73.47
1983 71.87
1984 70.21
1985 68.50
1986 66.12
1987 63.65
1988 61.10
1989 58.50
1990 55.88
1991 54.96
1992 54.03
1993 53.10
1994 52.17
1995 51.23
1996 50.30
1997 49.36
1998 48.43
1999 47.50
2000 46.57
2001 45.71
2002 44.85
2003 44.00
2004 43.15
2005 42.31
2006 41.47
2007 40.64
2008 39.81
2009 38.98
2010 38.18
2011 37.68
2012 37.18
2013 36.68
2014 36.19
2015 35.70
2016 35.22
2017 34.74
2018 34.27
2019 33.81
2020 33.35

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization