Belize - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Belize was 214,616 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 214,616 in 2020 and a minimum value of 42,326 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 42,326
1961 43,827
1962 45,375
1963 46,976
1964 48,659
1965 50,427
1966 52,301
1967 54,257
1968 56,235
1969 58,158
1970 59,915
1971 61,393
1972 62,755
1973 64,016
1974 65,221
1975 66,404
1976 67,555
1977 68,695
1978 69,911
1979 71,305
1980 72,973
1981 74,992
1982 77,270
1983 79,778
1984 82,399
1985 85,066
1986 87,789
1987 90,589
1988 93,368
1989 96,038
1990 98,531
1991 100,784
1992 102,877
1993 105,042
1994 107,622
1995 110,880
1996 114,919
1997 119,644
1998 124,811
1999 130,048
2000 135,036
2001 139,316
2002 143,358
2003 147,250
2004 151,171
2005 155,201
2006 159,374
2007 163,633
2008 167,948
2009 172,289
2010 176,621
2011 180,877
2012 185,069
2013 189,164
2014 193,168
2015 197,044
2016 200,796
2017 204,418
2018 207,916
2019 211,313
2020 214,616

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Belize was 53.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 54.77 in 2011, while its lowest value was 45.97 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 45.97
1961 46.28
1962 46.59
1963 46.90
1964 47.21
1965 47.52
1966 47.83
1967 48.14
1968 48.45
1969 48.76
1970 49.04
1971 49.20
1972 49.35
1973 49.51
1974 49.67
1975 49.83
1976 49.99
1977 50.15
1978 50.31
1979 50.46
1980 50.63
1981 50.82
1982 51.01
1983 51.20
1984 51.39
1985 51.58
1986 51.77
1987 51.96
1988 52.15
1989 52.35
1990 52.54
1991 52.73
1992 52.94
1993 53.15
1994 53.36
1995 53.58
1996 53.79
1997 54.00
1998 54.21
1999 54.42
2000 54.60
2001 54.62
2002 54.64
2003 54.65
2004 54.67
2005 54.69
2006 54.70
2007 54.72
2008 54.74
2009 54.76
2010 54.77
2011 54.77
2012 54.75
2013 54.72
2014 54.67
2015 54.59
2016 54.51
2017 54.40
2018 54.28
2019 54.13
2020 53.98

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization