Ethiopia - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Ethiopia was 90,022,230 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 90,022,230 in 2020 and a minimum value of 20,726,290 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 20,726,290
1961 21,163,560
1962 21,625,150
1963 22,107,780
1964 22,605,780
1965 23,115,850
1966 23,630,780
1967 24,151,440
1968 24,718,780
1969 25,323,800
1970 25,974,790
1971 26,687,640
1972 27,449,830
1973 28,211,710
1974 28,904,940
1975 29,486,030
1976 29,933,270
1977 30,276,600
1978 30,587,170
1979 30,965,220
1980 31,483,450
1981 32,166,570
1982 32,994,950
1983 33,939,360
1984 34,951,820
1985 35,996,260
1986 37,064,520
1987 38,169,160
1988 39,322,340
1989 40,543,800
1990 41,843,940
1991 43,226,660
1992 44,678,870
1993 46,169,940
1994 47,661,480
1995 49,159,890
1996 50,636,300
1997 52,086,900
1998 53,525,990
1999 54,979,170
2000 56,463,270
2001 57,985,260
2002 59,538,010
2003 61,121,260
2004 62,729,420
2005 64,359,940
2006 66,010,210
2007 67,672,860
2008 69,226,770
2009 70,820,860
2010 72,461,600
2011 74,153,620
2012 75,887,760
2013 77,667,880
2014 79,458,320
2015 81,245,140
2016 83,021,600
2017 84,790,100
2018 86,546,140
2019 88,290,020
2020 90,022,230

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Ethiopia was 78.31 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 93.57 in 1960, while its lowest value was 78.31 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 93.57
1961 93.35
1962 93.13
1963 92.90
1964 92.66
1965 92.41
1966 92.16
1967 91.90
1968 91.74
1969 91.58
1970 91.41
1971 91.24
1972 91.07
1973 90.90
1974 90.72
1975 90.54
1976 90.36
1977 90.17
1978 89.98
1979 89.79
1980 89.59
1981 89.39
1982 89.19
1983 88.98
1984 88.77
1985 88.55
1986 88.32
1987 88.09
1988 87.86
1989 87.62
1990 87.38
1991 87.13
1992 86.88
1993 86.63
1994 86.37
1995 86.17
1996 85.99
1997 85.81
1998 85.63
1999 85.45
2000 85.26
2001 85.07
2002 84.88
2003 84.69
2004 84.50
2005 84.30
2006 84.10
2007 83.88
2008 83.49
2009 83.09
2010 82.68
2011 82.27
2012 81.84
2013 81.43
2014 81.00
2015 80.57
2016 80.13
2017 79.69
2018 79.24
2019 78.78
2020 78.31

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization