Philippines - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Philippines was 57,630,880 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 57,630,880 in 2020 and a minimum value of 18,310,800 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 18,310,800
1961 18,861,990
1962 19,425,030
1963 19,996,380
1964 20,569,630
1965 21,141,200
1966 21,709,380
1967 22,275,990
1968 22,844,540
1969 23,420,930
1970 23,995,920
1971 24,507,620
1972 25,024,890
1973 25,547,030
1974 26,070,080
1975 26,604,530
1976 27,201,090
1977 27,802,840
1978 28,411,910
1979 29,031,680
1980 29,619,430
1981 29,985,380
1982 30,342,790
1983 30,691,120
1984 31,027,440
1985 31,352,440
1986 31,662,350
1987 31,956,080
1988 32,229,660
1989 32,480,230
1990 32,813,100
1991 33,693,860
1992 34,580,950
1993 35,474,570
1994 36,377,890
1995 37,292,620
1996 38,217,780
1997 39,151,860
1998 40,095,140
1999 41,048,080
2000 42,010,260
2001 42,983,510
2002 43,965,720
2003 44,947,730
2004 45,917,350
2005 46,866,520
2006 47,789,470
2007 48,690,220
2008 49,582,480
2009 50,484,930
2010 51,369,760
2011 52,064,650
2012 52,774,800
2013 53,486,550
2014 54,183,620
2015 54,851,130
2016 55,486,060
2017 56,076,100
2018 56,624,420
2019 57,140,720
2020 57,630,880

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Philippines was 52.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 69.70 in 1960, while its lowest value was 52.59 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 69.70
1961 69.45
1962 69.18
1963 68.92
1964 68.66
1965 68.40
1966 68.13
1967 67.87
1968 67.60
1969 67.33
1970 67.02
1971 66.51
1972 65.99
1973 65.47
1974 64.94
1975 64.44
1976 64.08
1977 63.73
1978 63.37
1979 63.00
1980 62.54
1981 61.61
1982 60.66
1983 59.70
1984 58.73
1985 57.77
1986 56.79
1987 55.81
1988 54.82
1989 53.83
1990 53.01
1991 53.10
1992 53.19
1993 53.27
1994 53.36
1995 53.44
1996 53.53
1997 53.61
1998 53.70
1999 53.78
2000 53.87
2001 53.95
2002 54.04
2003 54.12
2004 54.21
2005 54.29
2006 54.38
2007 54.46
2008 54.55
2009 54.63
2010 54.67
2011 54.48
2012 54.29
2013 54.10
2014 53.91
2015 53.72
2016 53.53
2017 53.32
2018 53.09
2019 52.85
2020 52.59

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization