Marshall Islands - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Marshall Islands was 13,145 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,910 in 1993 and a minimum value of 9,092 in 1973.

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 9,452
1961 9,491
1962 9,583
1963 9,703
1964 9,823
1965 9,909
1966 9,965
1967 10,000
1968 9,819
1969 9,640
1970 9,485
1971 9,352
1972 9,228
1973 9,092
1974 9,544
1975 10,070
1976 10,575
1977 11,073
1978 11,577
1979 12,129
1980 12,750
1981 13,128
1982 13,461
1983 13,814
1984 14,196
1985 14,587
1986 14,995
1987 15,404
1988 15,774
1989 16,171
1990 16,517
1991 16,751
1992 16,876
1993 16,910
1994 16,874
1995 16,788
1996 16,643
1997 16,455
1998 16,259
1999 16,107
2000 15,947
2001 15,885
2002 15,910
2003 15,970
2004 15,996
2005 15,948
2006 15,818
2007 15,622
2008 15,382
2009 15,137
2010 14,897
2011 14,675
2012 14,463
2013 14,264
2014 14,076
2015 13,895
2016 13,722
2017 13,565
2018 13,417
2019 13,277
2020 13,145

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Marshall Islands was 22.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 64.42 in 1960, while its lowest value was 22.21 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 64.42
1961 63.04
1962 61.64
1963 60.22
1964 58.79
1965 57.34
1966 55.87
1967 54.40
1968 51.77
1969 49.14
1970 46.51
1971 43.90
1972 41.32
1973 38.79
1974 38.91
1975 39.37
1976 39.83
1977 40.30
1978 40.76
1979 41.23
1980 41.70
1981 41.17
1982 40.39
1983 39.60
1984 38.83
1985 38.06
1986 37.29
1987 36.53
1988 35.78
1989 35.29
1990 34.95
1991 34.61
1992 34.27
1993 33.94
1994 33.60
1995 33.27
1996 32.94
1997 32.62
1998 32.29
1999 31.95
2000 31.42
2001 30.90
2002 30.38
2003 29.87
2004 29.36
2005 28.86
2006 28.37
2007 27.87
2008 27.39
2009 26.91
2010 26.43
2011 25.96
2012 25.50
2013 25.05
2014 24.62
2015 24.19
2016 23.77
2017 23.37
2018 22.97
2019 22.58
2020 22.21

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization