Dem. Rep. Congo - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Dem. Rep. Congo was 48,687,370 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 48,687,370 in 2020 and a minimum value of 11,847,900 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 11,847,900
1961 12,115,620
1962 12,391,980
1963 12,679,560
1964 12,981,470
1965 13,299,420
1966 13,634,820
1967 13,986,310
1968 14,349,200
1969 14,717,460
1970 15,086,720
1971 15,454,510
1972 15,822,220
1973 16,196,040
1974 16,583,470
1975 16,989,650
1976 17,418,730
1977 17,867,480
1978 18,326,220
1979 18,780,880
1980 19,223,020
1981 19,651,020
1982 20,072,030
1983 20,496,220
1984 20,937,040
1985 21,361,190
1986 21,807,030
1987 22,275,030
1988 22,783,650
1989 23,357,740
1990 24,009,320
1991 24,752,630
1992 25,571,490
1993 26,415,730
1994 27,215,040
1995 27,923,430
1996 28,523,780
1997 29,039,020
1998 29,511,730
1999 30,004,340
2000 30,561,320
2001 31,194,270
2002 31,890,440
2003 32,641,880
2004 33,433,390
2005 34,251,590
2006 35,094,800
2007 35,966,550
2008 36,865,330
2009 37,787,010
2010 38,729,920
2011 39,689,940
2012 40,665,640
2013 41,654,280
2014 42,652,340
2015 43,657,620
2016 44,667,920
2017 45,680,990
2018 46,691,420
2019 47,694,890
2020 48,687,370

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 54.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 77.70 in 1960, while its lowest value was 54.36 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 77.70
1961 77.48
1962 77.25
1963 77.02
1964 76.80
1965 76.57
1966 76.33
1967 76.10
1968 75.87
1969 75.63
1970 75.39
1971 75.15
1972 74.91
1973 74.67
1974 74.43
1975 74.18
1976 73.93
1977 73.68
1978 73.43
1979 73.18
1980 72.93
1981 72.67
1982 72.42
1983 72.16
1984 71.90
1985 71.49
1986 71.07
1987 70.65
1988 70.23
1989 69.80
1990 69.37
1991 68.93
1992 68.49
1993 68.05
1994 67.61
1995 67.16
1996 66.71
1997 66.26
1998 65.80
1999 65.34
2000 64.88
2001 64.41
2002 63.95
2003 63.47
2004 63.00
2005 62.52
2006 62.03
2007 61.53
2008 61.02
2009 60.51
2010 59.99
2011 59.46
2012 58.92
2013 58.37
2014 57.82
2015 57.26
2016 56.69
2017 56.12
2018 55.54
2019 54.95
2020 54.36

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization