Mozambique - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Mozambique was 19,667,800 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19,667,800 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6,691,413 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 6,691,413
1961 6,824,424
1962 6,963,329
1963 7,107,729
1964 7,256,038
1965 7,407,335
1966 7,561,676
1967 7,719,366
1968 7,880,322
1969 8,044,387
1970 8,211,602
1971 8,374,203
1972 8,532,690
1973 8,696,375
1974 8,871,091
1975 9,060,359
1976 9,264,101
1977 9,477,937
1978 9,694,510
1979 9,904,562
1980 10,099,890
1981 10,239,180
1982 10,357,080
1983 10,440,200
1984 10,466,250
1985 10,425,180
1986 10,305,640
1987 10,124,870
1988 9,931,850
1989 9,790,789
1990 9,740,469
1991 9,931,114
1992 10,219,200
1993 10,565,670
1994 10,914,470
1995 11,226,150
1996 11,489,450
1997 11,718,240
1998 11,981,280
1999 12,257,160
2000 12,558,110
2001 12,887,060
2002 13,236,790
2003 13,601,940
2004 13,973,620
2005 14,345,950
2006 14,717,710
2007 15,092,430
2008 15,408,280
2009 15,722,260
2010 16,041,470
2011 16,366,230
2012 16,696,280
2013 17,033,680
2014 17,380,960
2015 17,739,550
2016 18,110,050
2017 18,491,500
2018 18,880,980
2019 19,273,940
2020 19,667,800

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Mozambique was 62.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 93.13 in 1960, while its lowest value was 62.93 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 93.13
1961 92.95
1962 92.75
1963 92.56
1964 92.35
1965 92.14
1966 91.93
1967 91.70
1968 91.48
1969 91.25
1970 91.01
1971 90.70
1972 90.33
1973 89.94
1974 89.54
1975 89.13
1976 88.70
1977 88.26
1978 87.80
1979 87.33
1980 86.84
1981 85.95
1982 84.97
1983 83.93
1984 82.83
1985 81.67
1986 80.46
1987 79.19
1988 77.85
1989 76.46
1990 75.00
1991 74.51
1992 74.02
1993 73.52
1994 73.02
1995 72.51
1996 71.99
1997 71.47
1998 71.26
1999 71.08
2000 70.90
2001 70.72
2002 70.54
2003 70.36
2004 70.18
2005 70.00
2006 69.82
2007 69.64
2008 69.17
2009 68.67
2010 68.17
2011 67.66
2012 67.15
2013 66.64
2014 66.12
2015 65.60
2016 65.07
2017 64.55
2018 64.01
2019 63.47
2020 62.93

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization