Virgin Islands - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Virgin Islands was 4,316 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23,390 in 1975 and a minimum value of 4,316 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 14,145
1961 14,453
1962 14,266
1963 15,680
1964 15,524
1965 15,974
1966 16,361
1967 16,756
1968 18,303
1969 19,068
1970 19,302
1971 20,729
1972 21,414
1973 22,654
1974 23,230
1975 23,390
1976 22,803
1977 21,159
1978 20,838
1979 19,979
1980 19,781
1981 18,938
1982 18,121
1983 17,343
1984 16,585
1985 15,839
1986 15,109
1987 14,403
1988 13,722
1989 13,076
1990 12,803
1991 12,278
1992 11,776
1993 11,288
1994 10,803
1995 10,311
1996 9,818
1997 9,347
1998 8,888
1999 8,440
2000 8,055
2001 7,800
2002 7,557
2003 7,323
2004 7,093
2005 6,872
2006 6,653
2007 6,443
2008 6,245
2009 6,050
2010 5,858
2011 5,673
2012 5,497
2013 5,326
2014 5,164
2015 5,009
2016 4,860
2017 4,717
2018 4,579
2019 4,446
2020 4,316

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Virgin Islands was 4.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 43.52 in 1960, while its lowest value was 4.06 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 43.52
1961 42.14
1962 40.76
1963 39.40
1964 38.05
1965 36.72
1966 35.41
1967 34.13
1968 32.86
1969 31.62
1970 30.41
1971 29.22
1972 28.06
1973 26.93
1974 25.83
1975 24.76
1976 23.71
1977 22.70
1978 21.72
1979 20.77
1980 19.85
1981 18.97
1982 18.11
1983 17.28
1984 16.49
1985 15.72
1986 14.98
1987 14.27
1988 13.59
1989 12.94
1990 12.32
1991 11.72
1992 11.14
1993 10.59
1994 10.07
1995 9.56
1996 9.08
1997 8.63
1998 8.19
1999 7.77
2000 7.41
2001 7.19
2002 6.96
2003 6.75
2004 6.54
2005 6.34
2006 6.14
2007 5.95
2008 5.76
2009 5.58
2010 5.41
2011 5.24
2012 5.08
2013 4.93
2014 4.79
2015 4.65
2016 4.52
2017 4.40
2018 4.28
2019 4.17
2020 4.06

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization