Vietnam - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Vietnam was 60,992,360 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 61,343,890 in 2015 and a minimum value of 27,867,550 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 27,867,550
1961 28,605,760
1962 29,352,920
1963 30,107,980
1964 30,871,660
1965 31,642,130
1966 32,419,330
1967 33,199,240
1968 33,972,760
1969 34,729,520
1970 35,461,720
1971 36,300,750
1972 37,125,650
1973 37,940,860
1974 38,752,740
1975 39,567,940
1976 40,385,820
1977 41,208,740
1978 42,047,320
1979 42,914,360
1980 43,834,220
1981 44,801,900
1982 45,808,240
1983 46,847,250
1984 47,908,850
1985 48,984,720
1986 50,068,690
1987 51,160,330
1988 52,257,840
1989 53,312,720
1990 54,216,350
1991 55,112,810
1992 55,993,700
1993 56,837,440
1994 57,614,400
1995 58,305,810
1996 58,905,350
1997 59,419,570
1998 59,859,290
1999 60,211,900
2000 60,433,050
2001 60,607,740
2002 60,734,160
2003 60,827,500
2004 60,899,170
2005 60,962,270
2006 61,019,400
2007 61,071,590
2008 61,122,440
2009 61,171,860
2010 61,210,530
2011 61,250,160
2012 61,288,020
2013 61,322,440
2014 61,342,810
2015 61,343,890
2016 61,325,120
2017 61,288,920
2018 61,226,810
2019 61,129,970
2020 60,992,360

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Vietnam was 62.66 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 85.30 in 1960, while its lowest value was 62.66 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 85.30
1961 84.97
1962 84.63
1963 84.29
1964 83.94
1965 83.58
1966 83.22
1967 82.85
1968 82.47
1969 82.09
1970 81.70
1971 81.60
1972 81.51
1973 81.41
1974 81.32
1975 81.22
1976 81.12
1977 81.02
1978 80.92
1979 80.83
1980 80.75
1981 80.69
1982 80.63
1983 80.57
1984 80.50
1985 80.44
1986 80.38
1987 80.31
1988 80.25
1989 80.11
1990 79.74
1991 79.37
1992 78.99
1993 78.61
1994 78.23
1995 77.83
1996 77.44
1997 77.04
1998 76.63
1999 76.18
2000 75.63
2001 75.06
2002 74.49
2003 73.91
2004 73.32
2005 72.72
2006 72.11
2007 71.50
2008 70.87
2009 70.24
2010 69.58
2011 68.92
2012 68.25
2013 67.57
2014 66.89
2015 66.19
2016 65.49
2017 64.79
2018 64.08
2019 63.37
2020 62.66

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization