United Arab Emirates - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in United Arab Emirates was 1,281,005 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,394,185 in 2012 and a minimum value of 24,491 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 24,491
1961 25,822
1962 27,750
1963 29,915
1964 31,863
1965 33,383
1966 34,383
1967 35,190
1968 36,889
1969 41,027
1970 47,371
1971 56,048
1972 66,856
1973 79,714
1974 94,426
1975 110,756
1976 128,204
1977 146,290
1978 164,518
1979 181,598
1980 196,663
1981 211,831
1982 227,535
1983 242,657
1984 258,458
1985 275,911
1986 294,716
1987 314,649
1988 336,169
1989 359,010
1990 383,039
1991 408,624
1992 436,034
1993 464,747
1994 494,048
1995 523,618
1996 546,089
1997 562,642
1998 580,141
1999 598,841
2000 619,417
2001 638,912
2002 658,635
2003 687,747
2004 737,592
2005 813,859
2006 919,686
2007 1,047,285
2008 1,177,776
2009 1,287,206
2010 1,360,561
2011 1,393,640
2012 1,394,185
2013 1,373,616
2014 1,347,574
2015 1,327,002
2016 1,313,813
2017 1,304,681
2018 1,298,062
2019 1,290,784
2020 1,281,005

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in United Arab Emirates was 12.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 26.50 in 1960, while its lowest value was 12.95 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 26.50
1961 25.62
1962 24.75
1963 23.91
1964 23.08
1965 22.28
1966 21.49
1967 20.73
1968 20.20
1969 20.20
1970 20.20
1971 20.20
1972 20.20
1973 20.20
1974 20.20
1975 20.20
1976 20.10
1977 19.89
1978 19.69
1979 19.49
1980 19.29
1981 19.32
1982 19.53
1983 19.75
1984 19.97
1985 20.20
1986 20.38
1987 20.52
1988 20.66
1989 20.80
1990 20.95
1991 21.09
1992 21.24
1993 21.39
1994 21.53
1995 21.68
1996 21.51
1997 21.06
1998 20.62
1999 20.19
2000 19.76
2001 19.35
2002 18.93
2003 18.53
2004 18.13
2005 17.74
2006 17.35
2007 16.98
2008 16.61
2009 16.26
2010 15.91
2011 15.58
2012 15.25
2013 14.93
2014 14.63
2015 14.33
2016 14.04
2017 13.75
2018 13.48
2019 13.21
2020 12.95

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization