Nepal - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Nepal was 23,141,620 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23,141,620 in 2020 and a minimum value of 9,753,404 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 9,753,404
1961 9,900,616
1962 10,056,300
1963 10,217,230
1964 10,385,490
1965 10,562,850
1966 10,750,210
1967 10,947,790
1968 11,155,200
1969 11,371,800
1970 11,596,960
1971 11,830,410
1972 12,054,900
1973 12,286,840
1974 12,525,910
1975 12,772,160
1976 13,025,120
1977 13,284,740
1978 13,550,930
1979 13,823,320
1980 14,101,760
1981 14,387,410
1982 14,688,770
1983 14,995,480
1984 15,304,130
1985 15,613,160
1986 15,919,120
1987 16,223,670
1988 16,536,210
1989 16,869,630
1990 17,231,590
1991 17,624,080
1992 18,027,830
1993 18,441,180
1994 18,845,700
1995 19,227,950
1996 19,583,100
1997 19,912,090
1998 20,213,460
1999 20,487,290
2000 20,733,710
2001 20,951,420
2002 21,204,700
2003 21,434,620
2004 21,646,850
2005 21,844,470
2006 22,036,260
2007 22,219,150
2008 22,371,930
2009 22,465,490
2010 22,483,630
2011 22,415,010
2012 22,277,390
2013 22,121,570
2014 22,013,940
2015 22,001,850
2016 22,099,190
2017 22,289,630
2018 22,549,620
2019 22,843,200
2020 23,141,620

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Nepal was 79.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 96.52 in 1960, while its lowest value was 79.42 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 96.52
1961 96.43
1962 96.39
1963 96.35
1964 96.31
1965 96.26
1966 96.22
1967 96.18
1968 96.13
1969 96.09
1970 96.04
1971 96.00
1972 95.80
1973 95.60
1974 95.39
1975 95.17
1976 94.94
1977 94.70
1978 94.45
1979 94.18
1980 93.91
1981 93.62
1982 93.38
1983 93.14
1984 92.88
1985 92.61
1986 92.34
1987 92.06
1988 91.76
1989 91.46
1990 91.15
1991 90.82
1992 90.42
1993 90.00
1994 89.57
1995 89.12
1996 88.65
1997 88.17
1998 87.66
1999 87.14
2000 86.60
2001 86.05
2002 85.76
2003 85.46
2004 85.16
2005 84.85
2006 84.54
2007 84.22
2008 83.90
2009 83.57
2010 83.23
2011 82.89
2012 82.54
2013 82.19
2014 81.82
2015 81.44
2016 81.06
2017 80.66
2018 80.26
2019 79.85
2020 79.42

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization