Pakistan - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Pakistan was 138,797,700 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 138,797,700 in 2020 and a minimum value of 35,044,390 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 35,044,390
1961 35,700,090
1962 36,460,670
1963 37,257,250
1964 38,086,220
1965 38,946,650
1966 39,838,460
1967 40,763,370
1968 41,718,800
1969 42,702,170
1970 43,712,940
1971 44,750,680
1972 45,819,810
1973 46,901,160
1974 48,027,190
1975 49,216,640
1976 50,468,640
1977 51,783,140
1978 53,164,630
1979 54,619,360
1980 56,147,610
1981 57,783,340
1982 59,554,310
1983 61,384,680
1984 63,251,630
1985 65,138,830
1986 67,043,050
1987 68,964,170
1988 70,891,610
1989 72,817,260
1990 74,733,490
1991 76,630,020
1992 78,510,970
1993 80,404,590
1994 82,349,790
1995 84,371,240
1996 86,480,360
1997 88,662,980
1998 90,904,570
1999 93,179,310
2000 95,395,820
2001 97,542,770
2002 99,630,010
2003 101,684,600
2004 103,741,800
2005 105,829,500
2006 107,953,100
2007 110,103,900
2008 112,275,600
2009 114,455,000
2010 116,631,400
2011 118,800,800
2012 120,968,000
2013 123,147,100
2014 125,348,700
2015 127,581,400
2016 129,847,600
2017 132,141,000
2018 134,412,700
2019 136,637,600
2020 138,797,700

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Pakistan was 62.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 77.90 in 1960, while its lowest value was 62.84 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 77.90
1961 77.50
1962 77.25
1963 77.00
1964 76.74
1965 76.49
1966 76.23
1967 75.97
1968 75.71
1969 75.45
1970 75.18
1971 74.92
1972 74.65
1973 74.33
1974 74.00
1975 73.66
1976 73.32
1977 72.98
1978 72.63
1979 72.29
1980 71.93
1981 71.62
1982 71.38
1983 71.14
1984 70.90
1985 70.66
1986 70.41
1987 70.17
1988 69.92
1989 69.67
1990 69.42
1991 69.17
1992 68.92
1993 68.67
1994 68.42
1995 68.16
1996 67.91
1997 67.65
1998 67.42
1999 67.22
2000 67.02
2001 66.82
2002 66.62
2003 66.42
2004 66.22
2005 66.02
2006 65.82
2007 65.61
2008 65.41
2009 65.21
2010 65.00
2011 64.80
2012 64.59
2013 64.39
2014 64.18
2015 63.97
2016 63.77
2017 63.56
2018 63.33
2019 63.09
2020 62.84

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization