Gabon - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Gabon was 220,525 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 413,772 in 1960 and a minimum value of 220,525 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. 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 413,772
1961 413,081
1962 411,104
1963 409,281
1964 407,746
1965 406,551
1966 405,726
1967 405,108
1968 404,334
1969 402,982
1970 400,736
1971 395,909
1972 390,078
1973 383,528
1974 376,521
1975 369,284
1976 361,818
1977 354,139
1978 346,143
1979 337,830
1980 329,160
1981 320,219
1982 318,010
1983 315,739
1984 313,384
1985 310,976
1986 308,475
1987 305,855
1988 301,779
1989 297,510
1990 292,985
1991 288,227
1992 283,237
1993 278,048
1994 275,721
1995 273,440
1996 270,957
1997 268,327
1998 265,534
1999 262,570
2000 259,442
2001 256,218
2002 252,921
2003 249,694
2004 246,687
2005 244,014
2006 241,594
2007 239,410
2008 237,515
2009 236,045
2010 234,965
2011 234,298
2012 233,862
2013 233,384
2014 232,631
2015 231,425
2016 229,722
2017 227,625
2018 225,279
2019 222,885
2020 220,525

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Gabon was 9.91 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 82.60 in 1960, while its lowest value was 9.91 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 82.60
1961 81.67
1962 80.41
1963 79.08
1964 77.68
1965 76.23
1966 74.70
1967 73.12
1968 71.47
1969 69.76
1970 68.00
1971 65.92
1972 63.77
1973 61.57
1974 59.32
1975 57.03
1976 54.71
1977 52.37
1978 50.02
1979 47.66
1980 45.32
1981 43.00
1982 41.63
1983 40.27
1984 38.92
1985 37.60
1986 36.29
1987 35.00
1988 33.59
1989 32.21
1990 30.86
1991 29.54
1992 28.25
1993 27.00
1994 26.08
1995 25.20
1996 24.35
1997 23.51
1998 22.69
1999 21.90
2000 21.12
2001 20.37
2002 19.63
2003 18.92
2004 18.22
2005 17.55
2006 16.89
2007 16.26
2008 15.64
2009 15.05
2010 14.47
2011 13.91
2012 13.37
2013 12.84
2014 12.35
2015 11.88
2016 11.44
2017 11.02
2018 10.63
2019 10.26
2020 9.91

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization