Paraguay - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Paraguay was 2,697,309 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,697,309 in 2020 and a minimum value of 1,226,760 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 1,226,760
1961 1,257,363
1962 1,288,867
1963 1,320,348
1964 1,352,295
1965 1,384,999
1966 1,418,590
1967 1,453,030
1968 1,487,946
1969 1,522,853
1970 1,557,488
1971 1,591,770
1972 1,625,919
1973 1,651,073
1974 1,676,590
1975 1,703,184
1976 1,730,915
1977 1,759,782
1978 1,789,949
1979 1,821,775
1980 1,855,270
1981 1,890,603
1982 1,927,438
1983 1,959,305
1984 1,991,093
1985 2,022,538
1986 2,053,377
1987 2,083,513
1988 2,112,606
1989 2,140,543
1990 2,166,864
1991 2,191,490
1992 2,214,242
1993 2,239,310
1994 2,263,616
1995 2,286,625
1996 2,308,236
1997 2,328,413
1998 2,346,848
1999 2,363,370
2000 2,377,821
2001 2,390,360
2002 2,400,870
2003 2,423,478
2004 2,446,661
2005 2,467,494
2006 2,485,914
2007 2,502,185
2008 2,516,927
2009 2,531,111
2010 2,545,380
2011 2,559,942
2012 2,574,576
2013 2,591,284
2014 2,608,528
2015 2,625,333
2016 2,641,610
2017 2,657,551
2018 2,672,174
2019 2,685,487
2020 2,697,309

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Paraguay was 37.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 64.43 in 1960, while its lowest value was 37.82 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 64.43
1961 64.33
1962 64.23
1963 64.08
1964 63.92
1965 63.76
1966 63.59
1967 63.43
1968 63.27
1969 63.10
1970 62.94
1971 62.77
1972 62.60
1973 62.08
1974 61.55
1975 61.02
1976 60.48
1977 59.94
1978 59.40
1979 58.86
1980 58.31
1981 57.77
1982 57.22
1983 56.49
1984 55.75
1985 55.02
1986 54.28
1987 53.54
1988 52.79
1989 52.05
1990 51.31
1991 50.56
1992 49.81
1993 49.16
1994 48.51
1995 47.87
1996 47.23
1997 46.59
1998 45.95
1999 45.31
2000 44.67
2001 44.03
2002 43.40
2003 43.02
2004 42.70
2005 42.37
2006 42.04
2007 41.71
2008 41.39
2009 41.06
2010 40.74
2011 40.42
2012 40.09
2013 39.80
2014 39.53
2015 39.25
2016 38.97
2017 38.70
2018 38.42
2019 38.12
2020 37.82

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization