Latvia - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Latvia was 602,157 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 999,681 in 1960 and a minimum value of 602,157 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. 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 999,681
1961 997,488
1962 993,516
1963 989,320
1964 984,866
1965 978,152
1966 967,696
1967 957,354
1968 948,617
1969 938,535
1970 926,845
1971 916,502
1972 907,433
1973 898,564
1974 889,963
1975 880,351
1976 869,146
1977 857,673
1978 845,721
1979 834,833
1980 826,475
1981 820,323
1982 816,982
1983 814,647
1984 812,604
1985 810,798
1986 811,634
1987 815,633
1988 819,593
1989 821,422
1990 818,919
1991 816,352
1992 814,314
1993 799,772
1994 783,926
1995 776,580
1996 770,339
1997 763,915
1998 760,337
1999 759,695
2000 756,030
2001 749,063
2002 742,721
2003 736,722
2004 726,462
2005 716,416
2006 710,606
2007 706,304
2008 700,357
2009 689,318
2010 674,553
2011 661,805
2012 653,077
2013 645,557
2014 638,967
2015 633,204
2016 626,640
2017 620,063
2018 613,959
2019 608,174
2020 602,157

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Latvia was 31.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 47.13 in 1960, while its lowest value was 30.75 in 1990.

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 47.13
1961 46.34
1962 45.54
1963 44.75
1964 43.96
1965 43.17
1966 42.38
1967 41.60
1968 40.83
1969 40.05
1970 39.29
1971 38.57
1972 37.88
1973 37.20
1974 36.52
1975 35.84
1976 35.17
1977 34.51
1978 33.86
1979 33.31
1980 32.91
1981 32.56
1982 32.28
1983 32.00
1984 31.72
1985 31.44
1986 31.22
1987 31.05
1988 30.89
1989 30.80
1990 30.75
1991 30.80
1992 31.15
1993 31.20
1994 31.10
1995 31.25
1996 31.35
1997 31.40
1998 31.55
1999 31.78
2000 31.93
2001 32.05
2002 32.15
2003 32.20
2004 32.10
2005 32.00
2006 32.03
2007 32.10
2008 32.17
2009 32.19
2010 32.16
2011 32.13
2012 32.10
2013 32.08
2014 32.05
2015 32.02
2016 31.98
2017 31.93
2018 31.86
2019 31.78
2020 31.69

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization