Jamaica - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Jamaica was 1,293,702 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,305,789 in 2015 and a minimum value of 1,078,588 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 1,078,588
1961 1,081,449
1962 1,085,718
1963 1,090,598
1964 1,094,865
1965 1,097,835
1966 1,099,205
1967 1,099,378
1968 1,098,902
1969 1,098,771
1970 1,100,549
1971 1,107,187
1972 1,114,708
1973 1,122,495
1974 1,129,606
1975 1,135,427
1976 1,139,559
1977 1,142,372
1978 1,144,664
1979 1,147,630
1980 1,151,950
1981 1,158,085
1982 1,165,890
1983 1,180,939
1984 1,194,237
1985 1,204,563
1986 1,211,437
1987 1,215,445
1988 1,217,741
1989 1,219,998
1990 1,223,405
1991 1,228,056
1992 1,233,083
1993 1,238,912
1994 1,245,112
1995 1,251,270
1996 1,257,439
1997 1,263,663
1998 1,269,609
1999 1,274,900
2000 1,279,193
2001 1,282,441
2002 1,285,806
2003 1,288,690
2004 1,290,977
2005 1,292,979
2006 1,294,630
2007 1,295,974
2008 1,297,158
2009 1,298,472
2010 1,300,036
2011 1,301,907
2012 1,303,627
2013 1,305,001
2014 1,305,772
2015 1,305,789
2016 1,304,961
2017 1,303,341
2018 1,300,903
2019 1,297,684
2020 1,293,702

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Jamaica was 43.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 66.23 in 1960, while its lowest value was 43.69 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 66.23
1961 65.50
1962 64.76
1963 64.02
1964 63.26
1965 62.50
1966 61.74
1967 60.96
1968 60.19
1969 59.40
1970 58.68
1971 58.14
1972 57.61
1973 57.07
1974 56.53
1975 55.99
1976 55.44
1977 54.90
1978 54.36
1979 53.81
1980 53.26
1981 52.71
1982 52.19
1983 51.98
1984 51.78
1985 51.58
1986 51.37
1987 51.17
1988 50.96
1989 50.76
1990 50.56
1991 50.34
1992 50.10
1993 49.86
1994 49.63
1995 49.39
1996 49.15
1997 48.91
1998 48.67
1999 48.43
2000 48.19
2001 47.95
2002 47.75
2003 47.56
2004 47.38
2005 47.19
2006 47.00
2007 46.82
2008 46.63
2009 46.44
2010 46.26
2011 46.07
2012 45.87
2013 45.65
2014 45.42
2015 45.17
2016 44.90
2017 44.62
2018 44.33
2019 44.02
2020 43.69

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization