Uruguay - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Uruguay was 155,797 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 503,384 in 1964 and a minimum value of 155,797 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. 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 501,611
1961 502,455
1962 503,044
1963 503,335
1964 503,384
1965 503,124
1966 502,669
1967 501,919
1968 500,622
1969 498,523
1970 495,424
1971 491,227
1972 486,109
1973 480,606
1974 475,380
1975 470,176
1976 460,132
1977 450,971
1978 442,401
1979 434,092
1980 425,822
1981 417,626
1982 409,463
1983 401,421
1984 393,481
1985 385,655
1986 377,074
1987 368,206
1988 359,500
1989 351,082
1990 342,895
1991 334,962
1992 327,212
1993 319,680
1994 312,272
1995 304,952
1996 297,623
1997 289,507
1998 281,385
1999 273,142
2000 264,649
2001 255,962
2002 247,158
2003 238,373
2004 229,913
2005 221,929
2006 214,389
2007 207,268
2008 200,480
2009 193,980
2010 187,649
2011 181,518
2012 177,768
2013 174,793
2014 171,892
2015 169,065
2016 166,276
2017 163,584
2018 160,944
2019 158,340
2020 155,797

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Uruguay was 4.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 19.76 in 1960, while its lowest value was 4.49 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 19.76
1961 19.54
1962 19.32
1963 19.10
1964 18.89
1965 18.67
1966 18.46
1967 18.25
1968 18.04
1969 17.84
1970 17.63
1971 17.43
1972 17.23
1973 17.03
1974 16.83
1975 16.61
1976 16.19
1977 15.79
1978 15.38
1979 14.99
1980 14.61
1981 14.23
1982 13.86
1983 13.50
1984 13.15
1985 12.81
1986 12.44
1987 12.07
1988 11.72
1989 11.37
1990 11.03
1991 10.70
1992 10.37
1993 10.06
1994 9.76
1995 9.46
1996 9.17
1997 8.85
1998 8.55
1999 8.26
2000 7.97
2001 7.70
2002 7.43
2003 7.17
2004 6.92
2005 6.68
2006 6.45
2007 6.22
2008 6.00
2009 5.79
2010 5.59
2011 5.39
2012 5.26
2013 5.16
2014 5.06
2015 4.96
2016 4.86
2017 4.76
2018 4.67
2019 4.57
2020 4.49

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization