Chile - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Chile was 2,346,132 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,615,894 in 1960 and a minimum value of 2,087,362 in 1982.

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 2,615,894
1961 2,602,412
1962 2,590,963
1963 2,577,816
1964 2,562,308
1965 2,544,418
1966 2,523,715
1967 2,500,669
1968 2,475,726
1969 2,449,929
1970 2,423,576
1971 2,397,885
1972 2,371,535
1973 2,344,818
1974 2,317,489
1975 2,289,422
1976 2,260,880
1977 2,232,069
1978 2,202,752
1979 2,172,754
1980 2,141,927
1981 2,110,476
1982 2,087,362
1983 2,100,682
1984 2,114,640
1985 2,129,818
1986 2,146,284
1987 2,163,835
1988 2,182,312
1989 2,201,315
1990 2,220,711
1991 2,240,482
1992 2,254,989
1993 2,245,692
1994 2,235,024
1995 2,222,563
1996 2,208,381
1997 2,192,502
1998 2,175,217
1999 2,156,454
2000 2,136,729
2001 2,115,932
2002 2,100,770
2003 2,113,551
2004 2,125,988
2005 2,138,869
2006 2,151,926
2007 2,165,456
2008 2,178,924
2009 2,192,333
2010 2,205,503
2011 2,217,618
2012 2,229,160
2013 2,241,071
2014 2,254,856
2015 2,271,327
2016 2,290,337
2017 2,310,651
2018 2,329,159
2019 2,341,903
2020 2,346,132

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Chile was 12.27 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 32.16 in 1960, while its lowest value was 12.27 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 32.16
1961 31.34
1962 30.57
1963 29.80
1964 29.05
1965 28.30
1966 27.57
1967 26.85
1968 26.15
1969 25.45
1970 24.77
1971 24.12
1972 23.47
1973 22.84
1974 22.22
1975 21.61
1976 21.02
1977 20.44
1978 19.86
1979 19.31
1980 18.76
1981 18.22
1982 17.77
1983 17.64
1984 17.51
1985 17.38
1986 17.25
1987 17.12
1988 16.99
1989 16.86
1990 16.73
1991 16.60
1992 16.44
1993 16.10
1994 15.78
1995 15.46
1996 15.14
1997 14.83
1998 14.52
1999 14.22
2000 13.93
2001 13.64
2002 13.39
2003 13.34
2004 13.28
2005 13.22
2006 13.16
2007 13.10
2008 13.04
2009 12.98
2010 12.93
2011 12.87
2012 12.81
2013 12.75
2014 12.70
2015 12.64
2016 12.58
2017 12.51
2018 12.44
2019 12.36
2020 12.27

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization