IDA only - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in IDA only was 732,260,400 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 732,260,400 in 2020 and a minimum value of 228,894,900 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 228,894,900
1961 233,704,800
1962 238,613,600
1963 243,663,400
1964 248,874,800
1965 254,273,800
1966 259,921,600
1967 265,686,500
1968 271,533,900
1969 277,336,100
1970 283,083,200
1971 288,677,700
1972 294,153,200
1973 299,625,000
1974 305,205,900
1975 312,894,800
1976 318,824,400
1977 324,881,500
1978 331,059,600
1979 337,566,200
1980 343,956,600
1981 350,755,900
1982 358,382,200
1983 366,119,900
1984 373,904,500
1985 381,779,000
1986 389,860,900
1987 398,140,400
1988 406,615,500
1989 415,477,300
1990 424,558,500
1991 434,056,700
1992 443,921,000
1993 453,993,400
1994 464,382,500
1995 474,782,900
1996 485,117,300
1997 495,340,100
1998 505,625,100
1999 516,038,700
2000 526,591,000
2001 537,006,700
2002 547,387,800
2003 557,794,100
2004 568,240,000
2005 578,575,000
2006 588,855,600
2007 599,486,100
2008 609,415,600
2009 619,285,600
2010 629,105,200
2011 639,166,300
2012 649,336,900
2013 659,551,700
2014 669,843,900
2015 679,960,100
2016 690,230,200
2017 700,621,100
2018 711,112,700
2019 721,675,200
2020 732,260,400

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in IDA only was 64.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 88.63 in 1960, while its lowest value was 64.65 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 88.63
1961 88.34
1962 88.02
1963 87.70
1964 87.35
1965 87.00
1966 86.65
1967 86.27
1968 85.88
1969 85.47
1970 85.06
1971 84.64
1972 84.20
1973 83.75
1974 83.30
1975 83.35
1976 82.87
1977 82.37
1978 81.86
1979 81.38
1980 80.85
1981 80.37
1982 80.03
1983 79.68
1984 79.28
1985 78.86
1986 78.44
1987 78.02
1988 77.59
1989 77.19
1990 76.77
1991 76.38
1992 76.02
1993 75.67
1994 75.36
1995 75.06
1996 74.75
1997 74.44
1998 74.13
1999 73.83
2000 73.52
2001 73.16
2002 72.77
2003 72.37
2004 71.97
2005 71.55
2006 71.12
2007 70.73
2008 70.26
2009 69.79
2010 69.32
2011 68.89
2012 68.47
2013 68.05
2014 67.62
2015 67.15
2016 66.67
2017 66.18
2018 65.68
2019 65.17
2020 64.65

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization