Thailand - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Thailand was 33,901,850 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 43,194,320 in 2000 and a minimum value of 22,007,630 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 22,007,630
1961 22,641,160
1962 23,296,740
1963 23,973,500
1964 24,670,940
1965 25,387,800
1966 26,122,440
1967 26,873,060
1968 27,639,690
1969 28,422,350
1970 29,179,720
1971 29,823,190
1972 30,463,360
1973 31,091,950
1974 31,696,630
1975 32,270,420
1976 32,808,400
1977 33,313,310
1978 33,784,610
1979 34,225,000
1980 34,682,370
1981 35,254,500
1982 35,805,090
1983 36,341,470
1984 36,874,140
1985 37,409,940
1986 37,954,420
1987 38,502,250
1988 39,029,520
1989 39,505,100
1990 39,916,510
1991 40,295,660
1992 40,604,730
1993 40,874,940
1994 41,150,870
1995 41,462,960
1996 41,821,150
1997 42,214,140
1998 42,619,970
1999 43,005,320
2000 43,194,320
2001 42,858,460
2002 42,456,020
2003 41,995,500
2004 41,487,150
2005 40,943,340
2006 40,360,860
2007 39,742,330
2008 39,092,270
2009 38,419,680
2010 37,725,980
2011 37,339,020
2012 37,007,910
2013 36,666,520
2014 36,311,550
2015 35,941,820
2016 35,556,090
2017 35,158,590
2018 34,749,640
2019 34,330,980
2020 33,901,850

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Thailand was 48.57 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 80.33 in 1960, while its lowest value was 48.57 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 80.33
1961 80.22
1962 80.11
1963 80.00
1964 79.89
1965 79.78
1966 79.67
1967 79.56
1968 79.44
1969 79.33
1970 79.11
1971 78.56
1972 77.99
1973 77.42
1974 76.84
1975 76.24
1976 75.64
1977 75.02
1978 74.39
1979 73.76
1980 73.21
1981 72.95
1982 72.69
1983 72.43
1984 72.17
1985 71.91
1986 71.64
1987 71.37
1988 71.10
1989 70.83
1990 70.58
1991 70.41
1992 70.24
1993 70.07
1994 69.90
1995 69.72
1996 69.55
1997 69.38
1998 69.21
1999 69.03
2000 68.61
2001 67.45
2002 66.27
2003 65.06
2004 63.83
2005 62.59
2006 61.33
2007 60.05
2008 58.76
2009 57.46
2010 56.14
2011 55.30
2012 54.56
2013 53.81
2014 53.06
2015 52.31
2016 51.55
2017 50.80
2018 50.05
2019 49.31
2020 48.57

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization