Chad - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Chad was 8,128,499 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,128,499 in 2010 and a minimum value of 2,756,164 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: 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 2,756,164
1961 2,804,944
1962 2,855,525
1963 2,907,379
1964 2,959,787
1965 3,012,309
1966 3,054,411
1967 3,096,069
1968 3,138,514
1969 3,183,423
1970 3,231,820
1971 3,278,500
1972 3,328,410
1973 3,379,233
1974 3,427,852
1975 3,472,295
1976 3,518,819
1977 3,562,306
1978 3,604,838
1979 3,649,305
1980 3,697,920
1981 3,771,454
1982 3,850,249
1983 3,935,628
1984 4,029,039
1985 4,131,374
1986 4,243,592
1987 4,365,229
1988 4,493,984
1989 4,626,618
1990 4,760,890
1991 4,894,996
1992 5,031,076
1993 5,170,350
1994 5,314,672
1995 5,465,523
1996 5,616,445
1997 5,772,654
1998 5,936,554
1999 6,111,229
2000 6,298,303
2001 6,492,377
2002 6,697,582
2003 6,907,528
2004 7,113,674
2005 7,310,069
2006 7,486,426
2007 7,652,343
2008 7,811,339
2009 7,968,763
2010 8,128,499

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Chad was 72.40 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 93.30 in 1960, while its lowest value was 72.40 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 93.30
1961 92.96
1962 92.62
1963 92.28
1964 91.94
1965 91.60
1966 90.96
1967 90.32
1968 89.68
1969 89.04
1970 88.40
1971 87.60
1972 86.80
1973 86.00
1974 85.20
1975 84.40
1976 83.76
1977 83.12
1978 82.48
1979 81.84
1980 81.20
1981 81.00
1982 80.80
1983 80.60
1984 80.40
1985 80.20
1986 80.00
1987 79.80
1988 79.60
1989 79.40
1990 79.20
1991 78.98
1992 78.76
1993 78.54
1994 78.32
1995 78.10
1996 77.80
1997 77.50
1998 77.20
1999 76.90
2000 76.60
2001 76.22
2002 75.84
2003 75.46
2004 75.08
2005 74.70
2006 74.24
2007 73.78
2008 73.32
2009 72.86
2010 72.40

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization