High income - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in High income was 221,945,500 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 277,016,900 in 1960 and a minimum value of 221,945,500 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 277,016,900
1961 276,783,500
1962 276,523,600
1963 276,000,300
1964 275,347,200
1965 274,481,200
1966 273,392,300
1967 271,862,200
1968 270,373,100
1969 269,120,500
1970 267,907,900
1971 267,621,300
1972 267,168,400
1973 266,644,500
1974 266,033,200
1975 265,408,900
1976 265,070,100
1977 264,723,400
1978 264,319,400
1979 263,992,100
1980 263,542,600
1981 262,812,300
1982 262,337,200
1983 261,894,600
1984 261,439,800
1985 261,002,500
1986 260,283,600
1987 259,276,400
1988 258,387,900
1989 257,877,900
1990 257,309,300
1991 256,738,600
1992 256,260,200
1993 255,728,000
1994 254,991,100
1995 254,171,300
1996 253,401,000
1997 252,682,400
1998 251,903,600
1999 251,092,200
2000 250,275,800
2001 248,239,700
2002 245,647,500
2003 243,241,400
2004 240,992,600
2005 238,873,900
2006 237,149,300
2007 235,658,500
2008 234,328,800
2009 232,864,000
2010 231,265,300
2011 229,968,800
2012 229,301,200
2013 228,681,600
2014 228,085,500
2015 227,368,500
2016 226,600,300
2017 225,621,800
2018 224,513,700
2019 223,136,000
2020 221,945,500

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in High income was 18.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 36.46 in 1960, while its lowest value was 18.24 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 36.46
1961 35.97
1962 35.48
1963 34.97
1964 34.45
1965 33.95
1966 33.45
1967 32.93
1968 32.42
1969 31.95
1970 31.50
1971 31.10
1972 30.73
1973 30.38
1974 30.02
1975 29.68
1976 29.40
1977 29.12
1978 28.84
1979 28.56
1980 28.28
1981 27.97
1982 27.70
1983 27.46
1984 27.23
1985 27.00
1986 26.75
1987 26.46
1988 26.19
1989 25.95
1990 25.69
1991 25.42
1992 25.21
1993 24.96
1994 24.71
1995 24.42
1996 24.18
1997 23.96
1998 23.73
1999 23.51
2000 23.29
2001 22.95
2002 22.56
2003 22.19
2004 21.84
2005 21.49
2006 21.18
2007 20.88
2008 20.59
2009 20.31
2010 20.04
2011 19.83
2012 19.66
2013 19.49
2014 19.32
2015 19.15
2016 18.98
2017 18.80
2018 18.62
2019 18.43
2020 18.24

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization