Dominica - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Dominica was 20,813 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 43,587 in 1970 and a minimum value of 20,813 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. 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 37,305
1961 37,896
1962 38,439
1963 38,980
1964 39,559
1965 40,210
1966 40,942
1967 41,753
1968 42,538
1969 43,218
1970 43,587
1971 43,321
1972 42,849
1973 42,282
1974 41,750
1975 41,327
1976 41,066
1977 40,910
1978 40,769
1979 40,527
1980 40,100
1981 39,319
1982 37,863
1983 36,306
1984 34,715
1985 33,155
1986 31,608
1987 30,089
1988 28,629
1989 27,263
1990 26,001
1991 24,997
1992 24,995
1993 25,030
1994 25,047
1995 25,007
1996 24,885
1997 24,704
1998 24,499
1999 24,315
2000 24,193
2001 24,119
2002 23,963
2003 23,839
2004 23,721
2005 23,573
2006 23,406
2007 23,219
2008 23,018
2009 22,814
2010 22,614
2011 22,416
2012 22,219
2013 22,029
2014 21,839
2015 21,652
2016 21,478
2017 21,309
2018 21,142
2019 20,978
2020 20,813

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Dominica was 28.91 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 62.15 in 1960, while its lowest value was 28.91 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 62.15
1961 62.09
1962 62.02
1963 61.95
1964 61.89
1965 61.82
1966 61.75
1967 61.69
1968 61.62
1969 61.55
1970 61.32
1971 60.53
1972 59.74
1973 58.94
1974 58.14
1975 57.33
1976 56.52
1977 55.70
1978 54.89
1979 54.07
1980 53.24
1981 52.21
1982 50.48
1983 48.74
1984 47.01
1985 45.29
1986 43.58
1987 41.88
1988 40.20
1989 38.55
1990 36.92
1991 35.52
1992 35.43
1993 35.34
1994 35.26
1995 35.17
1996 35.08
1997 35.00
1998 34.91
1999 34.82
2000 34.74
2001 34.62
2002 34.31
2003 34.01
2004 33.70
2005 33.40
2006 33.10
2007 32.80
2008 32.50
2009 32.20
2010 31.91
2011 31.61
2012 31.32
2013 31.02
2014 30.72
2015 30.42
2016 30.12
2017 29.82
2018 29.52
2019 29.21
2020 28.91

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization