Mexico - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Mexico was 24,844,050 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25,325,350 in 2012 and a minimum value of 18,601,510 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 18,601,510
1961 18,863,460
1962 19,121,720
1963 19,377,440
1964 19,631,920
1965 19,886,180
1966 20,137,480
1967 20,385,100
1968 20,626,690
1969 20,862,640
1970 21,101,550
1971 21,347,840
1972 21,585,030
1973 21,809,340
1974 22,014,640
1975 22,198,600
1976 22,358,910
1977 22,498,000
1978 22,615,770
1979 22,716,210
1980 22,809,150
1981 22,994,740
1982 23,167,960
1983 23,325,870
1984 23,467,920
1985 23,592,870
1986 23,699,540
1987 23,789,330
1988 23,863,370
1989 23,923,230
1990 23,991,790
1991 24,100,880
1992 24,199,050
1993 24,285,140
1994 24,355,750
1995 24,411,770
1996 24,525,620
1997 24,666,040
1998 24,795,980
1999 24,916,150
2000 24,999,900
2001 25,029,400
2002 25,050,040
2003 25,067,240
2004 25,086,720
2005 25,114,750
2006 25,151,870
2007 25,196,550
2008 25,241,500
2009 25,281,880
2010 25,311,520
2011 25,324,580
2012 25,325,350
2013 25,311,370
2014 25,283,000
2015 25,242,940
2016 25,188,380
2017 25,121,420
2018 25,041,300
2019 24,948,670
2020 24,844,050

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Mexico was 19.27 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 49.25 in 1960, while its lowest value was 19.27 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 49.25
1961 48.41
1962 47.57
1963 46.74
1964 45.90
1965 45.07
1966 44.24
1967 43.41
1968 42.59
1969 41.77
1970 40.98
1971 40.22
1972 39.47
1973 38.72
1974 37.98
1975 37.24
1976 36.51
1977 35.79
1978 35.07
1979 34.35
1980 33.66
1981 33.13
1982 32.60
1983 32.08
1984 31.56
1985 31.05
1986 30.54
1987 30.04
1988 29.54
1989 29.04
1990 28.58
1991 28.18
1992 27.79
1993 27.40
1994 27.02
1995 26.63
1996 26.33
1997 26.07
1998 25.81
1999 25.56
2000 25.28
2001 24.96
2002 24.64
2003 24.32
2004 24.00
2005 23.69
2006 23.38
2007 23.08
2008 22.78
2009 22.48
2010 22.19
2011 21.89
2012 21.60
2013 21.30
2014 21.01
2015 20.72
2016 20.42
2017 20.13
2018 19.84
2019 19.56
2020 19.27

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization