Guinea-Bissau - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Guinea-Bissau was 1,098,222 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,098,222 in 2020 and a minimum value of 532,345 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 532,345
1961 537,144
1962 541,495
1963 545,821
1964 550,702
1965 556,556
1966 563,424
1967 571,145
1968 579,625
1969 588,740
1970 598,266
1971 608,500
1972 619,306
1973 629,640
1974 638,085
1975 643,810
1976 646,240
1977 646,040
1978 645,066
1979 644,804
1980 642,508
1981 643,910
1982 648,216
1983 654,257
1984 660,369
1985 665,425
1986 669,094
1987 671,669
1988 673,277
1989 674,209
1990 674,591
1991 674,425
1992 680,871
1993 692,466
1994 703,766
1995 714,601
1996 724,909
1997 734,837
1998 744,708
1999 754,954
2000 765,916
2001 777,715
2002 790,256
2003 803,511
2004 817,360
2005 831,746
2006 846,593
2007 861,974
2008 877,928
2009 894,566
2010 911,872
2011 929,858
2012 948,415
2013 967,363
2014 986,435
2015 1,005,443
2016 1,024,311
2017 1,043,049
2018 1,061,606
2019 1,079,997
2020 1,098,222

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Guinea-Bissau was 55.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 86.40 in 1960, while its lowest value was 55.80 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 86.40
1961 86.25
1962 86.11
1963 85.96
1964 85.80
1965 85.65
1966 85.50
1967 85.34
1968 85.19
1969 85.03
1970 84.87
1971 84.71
1972 84.55
1973 84.38
1974 84.22
1975 84.05
1976 83.88
1977 83.71
1978 83.54
1979 83.23
1980 82.20
1981 81.12
1982 79.99
1983 78.81
1984 77.57
1985 76.30
1986 74.97
1987 73.59
1988 72.16
1989 70.69
1990 69.17
1991 67.61
1992 66.73
1993 66.37
1994 66.00
1995 65.63
1996 65.26
1997 64.89
1998 64.51
1999 64.14
2000 63.76
2001 63.38
2002 63.00
2003 62.61
2004 62.23
2005 61.84
2006 61.46
2007 61.07
2008 60.68
2009 60.28
2010 59.89
2011 59.49
2012 59.09
2013 58.69
2014 58.29
2015 57.88
2016 57.47
2017 57.06
2018 56.64
2019 56.22
2020 55.80

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization