Small states - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Small states was 16,938,820 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,938,820 in 2020 and a minimum value of 10,035,070 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 10,035,070
1961 10,158,730
1962 10,282,390
1963 10,404,940
1964 10,523,750
1965 10,637,920
1966 10,747,760
1967 10,860,060
1968 10,970,500
1969 11,079,650
1970 11,189,360
1971 11,301,880
1972 11,414,040
1973 11,526,320
1974 11,630,360
1975 11,731,490
1976 11,828,320
1977 11,930,630
1978 12,034,450
1979 12,149,000
1980 12,272,350
1981 12,421,060
1982 12,577,440
1983 12,752,710
1984 12,923,890
1985 13,090,380
1986 13,246,980
1987 13,387,740
1988 13,516,130
1989 13,638,130
1990 13,752,430
1991 13,870,970
1992 14,014,940
1993 14,159,680
1994 14,305,190
1995 14,436,270
1996 14,558,960
1997 14,681,500
1998 14,800,030
1999 14,916,140
2000 15,021,120
2001 15,113,790
2002 15,203,430
2003 15,289,170
2004 15,378,780
2005 15,474,210
2006 15,577,600
2007 15,668,260
2008 15,757,540
2009 15,845,390
2010 15,932,330
2011 16,015,450
2012 16,108,350
2013 16,210,650
2014 16,314,340
2015 16,421,180
2016 16,529,520
2017 16,639,740
2018 16,748,190
2019 16,849,460
2020 16,938,820

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Small states was 40.43 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 70.61 in 1960, while its lowest value was 40.43 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 70.61
1961 70.14
1962 69.65
1963 69.16
1964 68.63
1965 68.10
1966 67.57
1967 67.08
1968 66.58
1969 66.06
1970 65.54
1971 65.01
1972 64.48
1973 63.95
1974 63.37
1975 62.78
1976 62.16
1977 61.58
1978 61.00
1979 60.43
1980 59.86
1981 59.38
1982 58.89
1983 58.47
1984 58.03
1985 57.56
1986 57.05
1987 56.47
1988 55.87
1989 55.28
1990 54.72
1991 54.20
1992 53.86
1993 53.58
1994 53.30
1995 52.98
1996 52.64
1997 52.28
1998 51.92
1999 51.53
2000 51.10
2001 50.68
2002 50.26
2003 49.81
2004 49.31
2005 48.74
2006 48.12
2007 47.38
2008 46.62
2009 45.89
2010 45.21
2011 44.60
2012 44.05
2013 43.56
2014 43.09
2015 42.63
2016 42.17
2017 41.72
2018 41.28
2019 40.84
2020 40.43

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization