Brunei - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Brunei was 95,153 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 98,012 in 2006 and a minimum value of 46,245 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 46,245
1961 46,863
1962 47,364
1963 47,780
1964 48,150
1965 48,507
1966 48,843
1967 49,139
1968 49,378
1969 49,552
1970 49,642
1971 49,640
1972 51,500
1973 53,631
1974 55,761
1975 57,877
1976 59,962
1977 62,032
1978 64,060
1979 66,038
1980 67,957
1981 69,811
1982 71,609
1983 73,379
1984 75,166
1985 76,990
1986 78,867
1987 80,786
1988 82,748
1989 84,766
1990 86,830
1991 88,953
1992 90,169
1993 91,254
1994 92,260
1995 93,162
1996 93,951
1997 94,631
1998 95,198
1999 95,682
2000 96,072
2001 96,394
2002 96,938
2003 97,435
2004 97,788
2005 97,985
2006 98,012
2007 97,896
2008 97,693
2009 97,480
2010 97,310
2011 97,201
2012 97,132
2013 97,071
2014 96,986
2015 96,828
2016 96,594
2017 96,306
2018 95,963
2019 95,576
2020 95,153

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Brunei was 21.75 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 56.60 in 1960, while its lowest value was 21.75 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 56.60
1961 54.77
1962 52.93
1963 51.08
1964 49.22
1965 47.38
1966 45.53
1967 43.70
1968 41.88
1969 40.09
1970 38.33
1971 36.59
1972 36.26
1973 36.11
1974 35.96
1975 35.81
1976 35.66
1977 35.50
1978 35.35
1979 35.20
1980 35.05
1981 34.90
1982 34.75
1983 34.60
1984 34.45
1985 34.30
1986 34.15
1987 34.01
1988 33.86
1989 33.71
1990 33.56
1991 33.42
1992 32.92
1993 32.40
1994 31.87
1995 31.36
1996 30.84
1997 30.33
1998 29.83
1999 29.33
2000 28.84
2001 28.35
2002 27.95
2003 27.58
2004 27.21
2005 26.84
2006 26.47
2007 26.11
2008 25.75
2009 25.39
2010 25.04
2011 24.69
2012 24.34
2013 24.00
2014 23.67
2015 23.34
2016 23.01
2017 22.69
2018 22.37
2019 22.06
2020 21.75

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization