Qatar - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Qatar was 22,040 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38,183 in 1986 and a minimum value of 6,977 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 6,977
1961 7,358
1962 7,820
1963 8,332
1964 8,932
1965 9,532
1966 10,123
1967 10,711
1968 11,326
1969 12,002
1970 12,755
1971 13,613
1972 14,776
1973 15,988
1974 17,157
1975 18,224
1976 19,135
1977 19,946
1978 20,855
1979 22,138
1980 23,787
1981 26,004
1982 28,657
1983 31,514
1984 34,277
1985 36,718
1986 38,183
1987 37,757
1988 36,948
1989 35,795
1990 34,358
1991 32,697
1992 30,898
1993 29,071
1994 27,309
1995 25,683
1996 24,266
1997 23,238
1998 22,680
1999 22,220
2000 21,856
2001 21,489
2002 21,200
2003 21,354
2004 21,922
2005 22,535
2006 23,819
2007 25,380
2008 26,736
2009 27,538
2010 27,826
2011 28,461
2012 28,615
2013 28,389
2014 27,838
2015 27,068
2016 26,146
2017 25,122
2018 24,062
2019 22,996
2020 22,040

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Qatar was 0.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 14.73 in 1960, while its lowest value was 0.77 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 14.73
1961 14.31
1962 13.90
1963 13.50
1964 13.22
1965 12.95
1966 12.68
1967 12.41
1968 12.15
1969 11.90
1970 11.65
1971 11.40
1972 11.32
1973 11.25
1974 11.17
1975 11.09
1976 11.02
1977 10.94
1978 10.87
1979 10.79
1980 10.64
1981 10.49
1982 10.34
1983 10.19
1984 10.04
1985 9.90
1986 9.60
1987 8.94
1988 8.33
1989 7.75
1990 7.21
1991 6.71
1992 6.24
1993 5.80
1994 5.39
1995 5.00
1996 4.64
1997 4.34
1998 4.11
1999 3.90
2000 3.69
2001 3.49
2002 3.31
2003 3.13
2004 2.91
2005 2.60
2006 2.33
2007 2.08
2008 1.86
2009 1.66
2010 1.50
2011 1.40
2012 1.30
2013 1.22
2014 1.13
2015 1.06
2016 0.99
2017 0.92
2018 0.87
2019 0.81
2020 0.77

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization