Guam - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Guam was 8,544 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33,268 in 1960 and a minimum value of 6,505 in 1980.

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 33,268
1961 33,195
1962 33,192
1963 33,224
1964 33,255
1965 33,263
1966 33,236
1967 33,184
1968 33,097
1969 32,993
1970 31,940
1971 28,159
1972 24,523
1973 21,138
1974 18,045
1975 15,280
1976 12,844
1977 10,739
1978 8,931
1979 7,396
1980 6,505
1981 6,931
1982 7,385
1983 7,868
1984 8,384
1985 8,931
1986 9,511
1987 10,126
1988 10,779
1989 11,475
1990 12,009
1991 11,938
1992 11,865
1993 11,785
1994 11,687
1995 11,565
1996 11,420
1997 11,253
1998 11,066
1999 10,860
2000 10,672
2001 10,583
2002 10,477
2003 10,355
2004 10,222
2005 10,089
2006 9,952
2007 9,814
2008 9,676
2009 9,541
2010 9,408
2011 9,281
2012 9,156
2013 9,041
2014 8,937
2015 8,847
2016 8,771
2017 8,709
2018 8,653
2019 8,601
2020 8,544

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Guam was 5.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 49.85 in 1960, while its lowest value was 5.06 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 49.85
1961 48.77
1962 47.69
1963 46.60
1964 45.53
1965 44.45
1966 43.38
1967 42.32
1968 41.26
1969 40.22
1970 38.08
1971 32.85
1972 28.00
1973 23.63
1974 19.75
1975 16.37
1976 13.47
1977 11.02
1978 8.96
1979 7.26
1980 6.25
1981 6.51
1982 6.78
1983 7.06
1984 7.36
1985 7.66
1986 7.98
1987 8.31
1988 8.65
1989 9.00
1990 9.20
1991 8.94
1992 8.68
1993 8.43
1994 8.18
1995 7.95
1996 7.71
1997 7.49
1998 7.27
1999 7.05
2000 6.87
2001 6.77
2002 6.67
2003 6.57
2004 6.47
2005 6.37
2006 6.27
2007 6.18
2008 6.08
2009 5.99
2010 5.90
2011 5.81
2012 5.72
2013 5.64
2014 5.55
2015 5.47
2016 5.38
2017 5.30
2018 5.22
2019 5.14
2020 5.06

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization