Cameroon - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Cameroon was 11,266,070 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,266,070 in 2020 and a minimum value of 4,455,413 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 4,455,413
1961 4,519,322
1962 4,585,789
1963 4,654,686
1964 4,725,763
1965 4,798,965
1966 4,874,169
1967 4,951,484
1968 5,030,894
1969 5,112,567
1970 5,196,244
1971 5,245,763
1972 5,292,734
1973 5,337,312
1974 5,378,934
1975 5,417,515
1976 5,466,402
1977 5,563,183
1978 5,662,505
1979 5,764,624
1980 5,869,369
1981 5,976,561
1982 6,085,572
1983 6,196,274
1984 6,308,449
1985 6,421,952
1986 6,536,263
1987 6,659,587
1988 6,810,167
1989 6,960,373
1990 7,108,457
1991 7,254,223
1992 7,397,578
1993 7,538,486
1994 7,675,952
1995 7,810,063
1996 7,940,451
1997 8,068,033
1998 8,194,074
1999 8,320,392
2000 8,448,584
2001 8,579,470
2002 8,712,388
2003 8,847,674
2004 8,985,203
2005 9,125,434
2006 9,268,015
2007 9,412,716
2008 9,558,953
2009 9,706,165
2010 9,853,498
2011 10,000,780
2012 10,147,710
2013 10,293,980
2014 10,439,100
2015 10,582,590
2016 10,724,120
2017 10,863,850
2018 11,000,850
2019 11,135,130
2020 11,266,070

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Cameroon was 42.44 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 86.06 in 1960, while its lowest value was 42.44 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 86.06
1961 85.51
1962 84.94
1963 84.35
1964 83.75
1965 83.12
1966 82.48
1967 81.81
1968 81.13
1969 80.42
1970 79.70
1971 78.42
1972 77.07
1973 75.68
1974 74.22
1975 72.71
1976 71.32
1977 70.53
1978 69.73
1979 68.91
1980 68.08
1981 67.24
1982 66.39
1983 65.52
1984 64.65
1985 63.77
1986 62.88
1987 62.06
1988 61.49
1989 60.92
1990 60.34
1991 59.77
1992 59.18
1993 58.60
1994 58.02
1995 57.43
1996 56.84
1997 56.25
1998 55.65
1999 55.06
2000 54.46
2001 53.86
2002 53.26
2003 52.66
2004 52.06
2005 51.46
2006 50.86
2007 50.25
2008 49.65
2009 49.05
2010 48.44
2011 47.84
2012 47.23
2013 46.63
2014 46.02
2015 45.42
2016 44.82
2017 44.22
2018 43.63
2019 43.03
2020 42.44

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization