Greenland - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Greenland was 7,169 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13,545 in 1961 and a minimum value of 7,169 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 13,476
1961 13,545
1962 13,508
1963 13,474
1964 13,335
1965 13,308
1966 13,166
1967 13,051
1968 12,939
1969 12,805
1970 12,647
1971 12,540
1972 12,715
1973 12,782
1974 12,795
1975 12,703
1976 12,611
1977 12,367
1978 12,125
1979 12,033
1980 11,987
1981 11,987
1982 11,912
1983 11,860
1984 11,804
1985 11,725
1986 11,600
1987 11,541
1988 11,499
1989 11,414
1990 11,288
1991 11,082
1992 10,894
1993 10,762
1994 10,710
1995 10,657
1996 10,565
1997 10,513
1998 10,462
1999 10,392
2000 10,341
2001 10,228
2002 10,136
2003 10,026
2004 9,914
2005 9,760
2006 9,554
2007 9,342
2008 9,132
2009 8,963
2010 8,887
2011 8,673
2012 8,408
2013 8,161
2014 7,987
2015 7,816
2016 7,683
2017 7,542
2018 7,386
2019 7,280
2020 7,169

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Greenland was 12.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 41.47 in 1960, while its lowest value was 12.72 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 41.47
1961 40.19
1962 38.59
1963 37.02
1964 35.47
1965 33.95
1966 32.51
1967 31.15
1968 29.81
1969 28.52
1970 27.26
1971 26.57
1972 26.33
1973 26.09
1974 25.85
1975 25.61
1976 25.38
1977 25.03
1978 24.65
1979 24.26
1980 23.88
1981 23.50
1982 23.13
1983 22.76
1984 22.40
1985 22.04
1986 21.68
1987 21.33
1988 20.98
1989 20.64
1990 20.30
1991 19.97
1992 19.70
1993 19.50
1994 19.30
1995 19.10
1996 18.90
1997 18.77
1998 18.65
1999 18.52
2000 18.40
2001 18.15
2002 17.91
2003 17.66
2004 17.42
2005 17.14
2006 16.83
2007 16.52
2008 16.21
2009 15.91
2010 15.62
2011 15.25
2012 14.80
2013 14.45
2014 14.19
2015 13.93
2016 13.67
2017 13.43
2018 13.18
2019 12.95
2020 12.72

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization