Guinea - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Guinea was 8,290,075 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,290,075 in 2020 and a minimum value of 3,128,255 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 3,128,255
1961 3,163,614
1962 3,199,075
1963 3,234,828
1964 3,271,202
1965 3,308,325
1966 3,346,294
1967 3,384,728
1968 3,422,490
1969 3,458,187
1970 3,490,825
1971 3,520,297
1972 3,547,121
1973 3,571,595
1974 3,593,949
1975 3,614,781
1976 3,634,124
1977 3,652,789
1978 3,672,223
1979 3,694,474
1980 3,720,957
1981 3,751,895
1982 3,786,786
1983 3,840,887
1984 3,923,084
1985 4,014,357
1986 4,115,219
1987 4,224,639
1988 4,339,754
1989 4,456,559
1990 4,571,991
1991 4,684,765
1992 4,795,180
1993 4,904,578
1994 5,014,707
1995 5,126,907
1996 5,241,814
1997 5,359,465
1998 5,477,150
1999 5,590,396
2000 5,696,903
2001 5,795,666
2002 5,888,332
2003 5,978,540
2004 6,071,549
2005 6,171,106
2006 6,278,879
2007 6,394,109
2008 6,514,670
2009 6,637,234
2010 6,759,650
2011 6,881,046
2012 7,003,178
2013 7,129,896
2014 7,266,418
2015 7,414,743
2016 7,575,985
2017 7,748,190
2018 7,927,767
2019 8,109,741
2020 8,290,075

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Guinea was 63.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 89.53 in 1960, while its lowest value was 63.13 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 89.53
1961 89.06
1962 88.58
1963 88.08
1964 87.56
1965 87.02
1966 86.46
1967 85.88
1968 85.28
1969 84.66
1970 84.02
1971 83.36
1972 82.67
1973 81.97
1974 81.24
1975 80.49
1976 79.71
1977 78.91
1978 78.09
1979 77.25
1980 76.38
1981 75.50
1982 74.59
1983 73.93
1984 73.65
1985 73.38
1986 73.10
1987 72.82
1988 72.54
1989 72.26
1990 71.97
1991 71.69
1992 71.40
1993 71.11
1994 70.82
1995 70.53
1996 70.23
1997 69.95
1998 69.68
1999 69.41
2000 69.13
2001 68.86
2002 68.58
2003 68.30
2004 68.02
2005 67.74
2006 67.46
2007 67.18
2008 66.89
2009 66.61
2010 66.32
2011 66.03
2012 65.75
2013 65.46
2014 65.16
2015 64.86
2016 64.54
2017 64.21
2018 63.86
2019 63.50
2020 63.13

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization