Egypt - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Egypt was 58,552,680 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 58,552,680 in 2020 and a minimum value of 16,548,610 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 16,548,610
1961 16,892,630
1962 17,254,180
1963 17,618,180
1964 17,985,250
1965 18,355,370
1966 18,729,440
1967 19,106,000
1968 19,479,870
1969 19,845,410
1970 20,198,540
1971 20,538,110
1972 20,867,340
1973 21,192,270
1974 21,521,550
1975 21,860,830
1976 22,212,340
1977 22,661,200
1978 23,186,230
1979 23,736,540
1980 24,314,570
1981 24,920,010
1982 25,552,100
1983 26,211,760
1984 26,899,860
1985 27,615,430
1986 28,360,600
1987 29,179,300
1988 30,040,280
1989 30,894,790
1990 31,728,330
1991 32,533,880
1992 33,315,710
1993 34,084,670
1994 34,857,600
1995 35,646,340
1996 36,455,820
1997 37,210,520
1998 37,930,100
1999 38,652,680
2000 39,373,720
2001 40,097,160
2002 40,825,820
2003 41,558,220
2004 42,292,180
2005 43,028,050
2006 43,761,870
2007 44,531,290
2008 45,346,380
2009 46,215,190
2010 47,158,180
2011 48,181,670
2012 49,307,340
2013 50,485,240
2014 51,687,640
2015 52,891,000
2016 54,087,950
2017 55,256,780
2018 56,392,790
2019 57,492,250
2020 58,552,680

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Egypt was 57.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 62.14 in 1960, while its lowest value was 56.05 in 1986.

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 62.14
1961 61.73
1962 61.38
1963 61.02
1964 60.67
1965 60.31
1966 59.96
1967 59.60
1968 59.24
1969 58.88
1970 58.52
1971 58.16
1972 57.80
1973 57.44
1974 57.07
1975 56.71
1976 56.34
1977 56.19
1978 56.17
1979 56.16
1980 56.14
1981 56.13
1982 56.11
1983 56.09
1984 56.08
1985 56.06
1986 56.05
1987 56.12
1988 56.26
1989 56.39
1990 56.52
1991 56.66
1992 56.79
1993 56.92
1994 57.05
1995 57.19
1996 57.32
1997 57.34
1998 57.30
1999 57.25
2000 57.20
2001 57.16
2002 57.11
2003 57.07
2004 57.02
2005 56.97
2006 56.93
2007 56.92
2008 56.94
2009 56.96
2010 56.98
2011 57.00
2012 57.05
2013 57.11
2014 57.16
2015 57.22
2016 57.27
2017 57.30
2018 57.30
2019 57.27
2020 57.22

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization