Rwanda - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Rwanda was 10,694,380 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,694,380 in 2020 and a minimum value of 2,859,250 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 2,859,250
1961 2,918,758
1962 2,970,202
1963 3,019,521
1964 3,074,899
1965 3,142,288
1966 3,223,950
1967 3,318,167
1968 3,421,614
1969 3,529,240
1970 3,637,341
1971 3,742,277
1972 3,848,029
1973 3,956,445
1974 4,069,890
1975 4,190,208
1976 4,317,664
1977 4,451,759
1978 4,592,683
1979 4,746,999
1980 4,910,026
1981 5,074,192
1982 5,237,697
1983 5,410,992
1984 5,608,413
1985 5,836,036
1986 6,113,377
1987 6,427,558
1988 6,714,646
1989 6,888,247
1990 6,894,117
1991 6,694,950
1992 6,280,802
1993 5,805,689
1994 5,432,265
1995 5,262,354
1996 5,329,181
1997 5,619,594
1998 6,040,647
1999 6,446,264
2000 6,749,506
2001 6,928,241
2002 7,013,253
2003 7,110,658
2004 7,212,814
2005 7,345,162
2006 7,513,480
2007 7,704,546
2008 7,912,505
2009 8,126,547
2010 8,339,277
2011 8,549,848
2012 8,762,238
2013 8,979,307
2014 9,203,070
2015 9,435,870
2016 9,678,594
2017 9,929,221
2018 10,184,680
2019 10,440,840
2020 10,694,380

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Rwanda was 82.57 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 97.40 in 1960, while its lowest value was 82.57 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 97.40
1961 97.35
1962 97.29
1963 97.23
1964 97.18
1965 97.12
1966 97.06
1967 97.00
1968 96.93
1969 96.87
1970 96.81
1971 96.66
1972 96.51
1973 96.35
1974 96.18
1975 96.00
1976 95.82
1977 95.63
1978 95.43
1979 95.34
1980 95.28
1981 95.21
1982 95.15
1983 95.08
1984 95.01
1985 94.94
1986 94.87
1987 94.80
1988 94.73
1989 94.66
1990 94.58
1991 94.51
1992 93.71
1993 92.69
1994 91.51
1995 90.16
1996 88.63
1997 87.53
1998 86.76
1999 85.94
2000 85.07
2001 84.17
2002 83.22
2003 83.10
2004 83.09
2005 83.09
2006 83.08
2007 83.08
2008 83.08
2009 83.07
2010 83.07
2011 83.06
2012 83.06
2013 83.05
2014 83.03
2015 83.00
2016 82.94
2017 82.88
2018 82.79
2019 82.69
2020 82.57

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization