IDA blend - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in IDA blend was 326,155,600 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 326,155,600 in 2020 and a minimum value of 98,104,580 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 98,104,580
1961 100,057,600
1962 102,168,500
1963 104,352,800
1964 106,614,900
1965 108,952,100
1966 111,364,500
1967 113,849,500
1968 116,409,000
1969 119,040,700
1970 121,724,300
1971 124,335,900
1972 127,040,100
1973 129,813,300
1974 132,713,200
1975 135,781,200
1976 139,034,000
1977 142,497,600
1978 146,094,500
1979 149,820,400
1980 153,731,200
1981 157,565,500
1982 161,511,200
1983 165,501,900
1984 169,543,200
1985 173,643,600
1986 177,795,100
1987 181,985,400
1988 186,207,200
1989 190,359,200
1990 194,430,000
1991 198,697,800
1992 202,954,800
1993 207,232,800
1994 211,514,100
1995 215,840,600
1996 220,257,600
1997 224,743,800
1998 229,253,500
1999 233,732,300
2000 238,202,900
2001 242,233,300
2002 246,192,400
2003 250,184,900
2004 254,222,600
2005 258,344,400
2006 262,562,000
2007 266,877,900
2008 271,270,400
2009 275,703,400
2010 280,291,900
2011 284,956,600
2012 289,547,700
2013 294,163,800
2014 298,799,700
2015 303,439,600
2016 308,074,100
2017 312,686,000
2018 317,240,800
2019 321,740,400
2020 326,155,600

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in IDA blend was 56.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 81.49 in 1960, while its lowest value was 56.81 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 81.49
1961 81.17
1962 80.90
1963 80.62
1964 80.33
1965 80.03
1966 79.73
1967 79.42
1968 79.11
1969 78.79
1970 78.46
1971 78.04
1972 77.64
1973 77.21
1974 76.77
1975 76.33
1976 75.88
1977 75.46
1978 75.03
1979 74.61
1980 74.24
1981 73.80
1982 73.38
1983 72.96
1984 72.53
1985 72.09
1986 71.65
1987 71.21
1988 70.77
1989 70.32
1990 69.81
1991 69.44
1992 69.06
1993 68.69
1994 68.33
1995 67.96
1996 67.58
1997 67.21
1998 66.84
1999 66.49
2000 66.14
2001 65.68
2002 65.21
2003 64.76
2004 64.31
2005 63.85
2006 63.39
2007 62.91
2008 62.44
2009 61.96
2010 61.46
2011 60.98
2012 60.53
2013 60.08
2014 59.62
2015 59.16
2016 58.70
2017 58.24
2018 57.77
2019 57.29
2020 56.81

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization