Dem. People's Rep. Korea - Rural population growth
Rural population growth (annual %)
The value for Rural population growth (annual %) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was -0.22 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.63 in 1971 and a minimum value of -2.69 in 1970.
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 |
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1961 | 0.46 |
1962 | 0.08 |
1963 | -0.09 |
1964 | 0.03 |
1965 | 0.35 |
1966 | 0.67 |
1967 | 0.88 |
1968 | -0.83 |
1969 | -2.33 |
1970 | -2.69 |
1971 | 1.63 |
1972 | 1.54 |
1973 | 1.38 |
1974 | 1.14 |
1975 | 0.86 |
1976 | 1.61 |
1977 | 1.36 |
1978 | 1.21 |
1979 | 1.19 |
1980 | 1.27 |
1981 | 1.13 |
1982 | 1.20 |
1983 | 1.25 |
1984 | 1.23 |
1985 | 1.18 |
1986 | 1.12 |
1987 | 1.08 |
1988 | 1.06 |
1989 | 1.08 |
1990 | 1.13 |
1991 | 1.19 |
1992 | 1.22 |
1993 | 1.20 |
1994 | 1.18 |
1995 | 1.12 |
1996 | 0.95 |
1997 | 0.80 |
1998 | 0.70 |
1999 | 0.67 |
2000 | 0.67 |
2001 | 0.69 |
2002 | 0.69 |
2003 | 0.67 |
2004 | 0.61 |
2005 | 0.53 |
2006 | 0.43 |
2007 | 0.36 |
2008 | 0.31 |
2009 | 0.10 |
2010 | 0.03 |
2011 | 0.05 |
2012 | 0.05 |
2013 | 0.06 |
2014 | 0.05 |
2015 | 0.04 |
2016 | -0.01 |
2017 | -0.06 |
2018 | -0.11 |
2019 | -0.16 |
2020 | -0.22 |
Classification
Topic: Environment Indicators
Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization