Zimbabwe - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Zimbabwe was 10,070,820 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,070,820 in 2020 and a minimum value of 3,300,515 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 3,300,515
1961 3,404,373
1962 3,510,800
1963 3,611,339
1964 3,713,677
1965 3,817,492
1966 3,922,210
1967 4,028,102
1968 4,136,075
1969 4,248,534
1970 4,370,982
1971 4,499,064
1972 4,632,183
1973 4,768,363
1974 4,904,573
1975 5,043,093
1976 5,178,904
1977 5,313,470
1978 5,450,526
1979 5,595,342
1980 5,751,245
1981 5,918,258
1982 6,093,703
1983 6,267,911
1984 6,444,299
1985 6,621,364
1986 6,798,451
1987 6,973,054
1988 7,138,255
1989 7,285,389
1990 7,408,262
1991 7,504,690
1992 7,575,964
1993 7,660,670
1994 7,732,882
1995 7,789,871
1996 7,832,792
1997 7,861,984
1998 7,877,709
1999 7,880,199
2000 7,870,531
2001 7,849,507
2002 7,819,901
2003 7,850,870
2004 7,897,803
2005 7,957,336
2006 8,031,622
2007 8,120,405
2008 8,224,975
2009 8,345,714
2010 8,482,590
2011 8,637,262
2012 8,808,921
2013 8,990,946
2014 9,170,486
2015 9,340,770
2016 9,499,100
2017 9,647,147
2018 9,788,215
2019 9,928,166
2020 10,070,820

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Zimbabwe was 67.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 87.39 in 1960, while its lowest value was 65.42 in 2002.

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 87.39
1961 87.18
1962 86.92
1963 86.42
1964 85.91
1965 85.38
1966 84.84
1967 84.27
1968 83.69
1969 83.12
1970 82.64
1971 82.15
1972 81.64
1973 81.13
1974 80.60
1975 80.13
1976 79.64
1977 79.15
1978 78.66
1979 78.15
1980 77.63
1981 77.11
1982 76.57
1983 75.93
1984 75.26
1985 74.59
1986 73.90
1987 73.19
1988 72.48
1989 71.75
1990 71.01
1991 70.26
1992 69.50
1993 69.06
1994 68.67
1995 68.27
1996 67.87
1997 67.47
1998 67.06
1999 66.65
2000 66.24
2001 65.83
2002 65.42
2003 65.52
2004 65.71
2005 65.89
2006 66.07
2007 66.26
2008 66.44
2009 66.62
2010 66.80
2011 66.99
2012 67.17
2013 67.35
2014 67.50
2015 67.62
2016 67.70
2017 67.76
2018 67.79
2019 67.79
2020 67.76

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization