Sudan - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Sudan was 28,391,090 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 28,391,090 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6,733,766 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 6,733,766
1961 6,896,808
1962 7,064,678
1963 7,237,348
1964 7,414,798
1965 7,597,269
1966 7,784,820
1967 7,977,445
1968 8,174,879
1969 8,376,836
1970 8,582,851
1971 8,792,454
1972 9,005,668
1973 9,239,852
1974 9,533,732
1975 9,843,666
1976 10,170,520
1977 10,513,210
1978 10,869,550
1979 11,236,570
1980 11,611,920
1981 11,996,860
1982 12,391,190
1983 12,740,960
1984 13,009,360
1985 13,262,680
1986 13,494,810
1987 13,707,990
1988 13,915,960
1989 14,138,100
1990 14,383,370
1991 14,657,440
1992 14,948,060
1993 15,290,320
1994 15,828,380
1995 16,328,520
1996 16,781,640
1997 17,195,820
1998 17,589,090
1999 17,988,340
2000 18,412,000
2001 18,867,050
2002 19,346,740
2003 19,840,480
2004 20,332,030
2005 20,810,450
2006 21,272,630
2007 21,724,980
2008 22,177,540
2009 22,637,500
2010 23,114,410
2011 23,611,110
2012 24,124,600
2013 24,650,650
2014 25,183,360
2015 25,717,180
2016 26,251,090
2017 26,785,830
2018 27,320,640
2019 27,856,000
2020 28,391,090

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Sudan was 64.75 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 89.25 in 1960, while its lowest value was 64.75 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 89.25
1961 88.77
1962 88.26
1963 87.74
1964 87.19
1965 86.63
1966 86.04
1967 85.43
1968 84.80
1969 84.15
1970 83.48
1971 82.78
1972 82.06
1973 81.45
1974 81.26
1975 81.06
1976 80.86
1977 80.66
1978 80.45
1979 80.25
1980 80.04
1981 79.83
1982 79.62
1983 79.10
1984 78.10
1985 77.06
1986 76.00
1987 74.89
1988 73.76
1989 72.59
1990 71.39
1991 70.16
1992 68.90
1993 67.87
1994 67.82
1995 67.77
1996 67.72
1997 67.66
1998 67.61
1999 67.56
2000 67.51
2001 67.45
2002 67.40
2003 67.35
2004 67.29
2005 67.24
2006 67.19
2007 67.13
2008 67.08
2009 67.01
2010 66.91
2011 66.79
2012 66.65
2013 66.49
2014 66.31
2015 66.11
2016 65.88
2017 65.63
2018 65.36
2019 65.06
2020 64.75

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization