Malta - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Malta was 27,086 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34,576 in 1991 and a minimum value of 24,315 in 2012.

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 32,234
1961 32,301
1962 32,364
1963 32,423
1964 32,491
1965 32,438
1966 32,264
1967 32,083
1968 31,769
1969 31,373
1970 31,176
1971 31,154
1972 31,104
1973 31,051
1974 31,003
1975 31,207
1976 31,339
1977 31,434
1978 31,738
1979 32,033
1980 32,345
1981 32,555
1982 33,232
1983 33,677
1984 33,654
1985 34,224
1986 34,530
1987 34,352
1988 34,222
1989 34,143
1990 34,068
1991 34,576
1992 34,516
1993 34,446
1994 34,350
1995 34,172
1996 33,504
1997 32,568
1998 31,621
1999 30,677
2000 29,771
2001 28,923
2002 28,094
2003 27,263
2004 26,456
2005 25,664
2006 25,194
2007 24,985
2008 24,853
2009 24,744
2010 24,572
2011 24,389
2012 24,315
2013 24,370
2014 24,566
2015 24,861
2016 25,136
2017 25,525
2018 26,112
2019 26,826
2020 27,086

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Malta was 5.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 10.32 in 1968, while its lowest value was 5.26 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 9.87
1961 9.93
1962 9.99
1963 10.05
1964 10.11
1965 10.18
1966 10.24
1967 10.30
1968 10.32
1969 10.31
1970 10.30
1971 10.29
1972 10.28
1973 10.28
1974 10.27
1975 10.26
1976 10.25
1977 10.24
1978 10.23
1979 10.22
1980 10.22
1981 10.21
1982 10.20
1983 10.19
1984 10.18
1985 10.17
1986 10.09
1987 9.97
1988 9.85
1989 9.74
1990 9.62
1991 9.50
1992 9.39
1993 9.28
1994 9.17
1995 9.05
1996 8.82
1997 8.51
1998 8.21
1999 7.92
2000 7.63
2001 7.36
2002 7.10
2003 6.84
2004 6.59
2005 6.36
2006 6.22
2007 6.14
2008 6.07
2009 6.00
2010 5.93
2011 5.86
2012 5.79
2013 5.72
2014 5.65
2015 5.59
2016 5.52
2017 5.45
2018 5.39
2019 5.32
2020 5.26

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization