Tonga - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Tonga was 81,282 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 81,282 in 2020 and a minimum value of 50,767 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 50,767
1961 52,296
1962 54,104
1963 56,076
1964 58,042
1965 59,851
1966 61,490
1967 63,151
1968 64,758
1969 66,159
1970 67,317
1971 68,208
1972 68,848
1973 69,326
1974 69,798
1975 70,359
1976 71,055
1977 71,752
1978 72,412
1979 72,954
1980 73,300
1981 73,449
1982 73,416
1983 73,286
1984 73,119
1985 72,987
1986 72,917
1987 72,994
1988 73,175
1989 73,344
1990 73,485
1991 73,589
1992 73,678
1993 73,769
1994 73,880
1995 74,029
1996 74,225
1997 74,469
1998 74,761
1999 75,071
2000 75,419
2001 75,791
2002 76,179
2003 76,587
2004 77,038
2005 77,543
2006 78,133
2007 78,751
2008 79,315
2009 79,653
2010 79,661
2011 79,281
2012 78,660
2013 77,973
2014 77,456
2015 77,323
2016 77,656
2017 78,369
2018 79,328
2019 80,351
2020 81,282

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Tonga was 76.90 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 82.45 in 1960, while its lowest value was 76.56 in 2011.

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 82.45
1961 82.07
1962 81.69
1963 81.30
1964 80.90
1965 80.50
1966 80.09
1967 79.90
1968 79.87
1969 79.84
1970 79.81
1971 79.78
1972 79.75
1973 79.72
1974 79.69
1975 79.66
1976 79.63
1977 79.50
1978 79.28
1979 79.07
1980 78.85
1981 78.63
1982 78.41
1983 78.18
1984 77.96
1985 77.73
1986 77.50
1987 77.39
1988 77.36
1989 77.33
1990 77.30
1991 77.26
1992 77.23
1993 77.20
1994 77.17
1995 77.14
1996 77.10
1997 77.07
1998 77.05
1999 77.02
2000 76.99
2001 76.96
2002 76.93
2003 76.90
2004 76.87
2005 76.85
2006 76.82
2007 76.77
2008 76.72
2009 76.67
2010 76.61
2011 76.56
2012 76.57
2013 76.62
2014 76.67
2015 76.73
2016 76.78
2017 76.83
2018 76.87
2019 76.89
2020 76.90

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization