Belarus - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Belarus was 2,438,930 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,541,848 in 1960 and a minimum value of 2,438,930 in 2010.

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: The data on urban population shares used to estimate rural population come from the United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects. Total population figures are World Bank estimates.

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Year Value
1960 5,541,848
1961 5,497,050
1962 5,455,480
1963 5,415,016
1964 5,373,671
1965 5,329,590
1966 5,280,513
1967 5,230,975
1968 5,179,189
1969 5,123,502
1970 5,062,400
1971 4,984,397
1972 4,903,234
1973 4,817,485
1974 4,725,879
1975 4,627,298
1976 4,537,984
1977 4,451,395
1978 4,368,165
1979 4,282,131
1980 4,194,705
1981 4,120,924
1982 4,045,309
1983 3,968,698
1984 3,890,666
1985 3,810,450
1986 3,752,065
1987 3,692,537
1988 3,617,952
1989 3,543,228
1990 3,464,260
1991 3,427,223
1992 3,395,799
1993 3,364,536
1994 3,321,730
1995 3,272,274
1996 3,220,720
1997 3,166,621
1998 3,111,321
1999 3,060,675
2000 3,011,505
2001 2,955,185
2002 2,896,115
2003 2,835,804
2004 2,776,395
2005 2,717,615
2006 2,664,759
2007 2,615,659
2008 2,548,371
2009 2,483,229
2010 2,438,930

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Belarus was 25.70 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 67.60 in 1960, while its lowest value was 25.70 in 2010.

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 United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 67.60
1961 66.46
1962 65.32
1963 64.18
1964 63.04
1965 61.90
1966 60.72
1967 59.54
1968 58.36
1969 57.18
1970 56.00
1971 54.68
1972 53.36
1973 52.04
1974 50.72
1975 49.40
1976 48.22
1977 47.04
1978 45.86
1979 44.68
1980 43.50
1981 42.44
1982 41.38
1983 40.32
1984 39.26
1985 38.20
1986 37.36
1987 36.52
1988 35.68
1989 34.84
1990 34.00
1991 33.62
1992 33.24
1993 32.86
1994 32.48
1995 32.10
1996 31.70
1997 31.30
1998 30.90
1999 30.50
2000 30.10
2001 29.64
2002 29.18
2003 28.72
2004 28.26
2005 27.80
2006 27.38
2007 26.96
2008 26.54
2009 26.12
2010 25.70

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization