India - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in India was 898,024,100 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 898,024,100 in 2020 and a minimum value of 369,791,500 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 369,791,500
1961 376,759,500
1962 383,620,700
1963 390,697,800
1964 397,946,800
1965 405,363,000
1966 412,918,800
1967 420,634,600
1968 428,580,900
1969 436,846,200
1970 445,484,300
1971 454,345,500
1972 463,004,500
1973 471,932,300
1974 481,008,800
1975 490,182,600
1976 499,411,000
1977 508,709,200
1978 518,120,000
1979 527,709,500
1980 537,508,700
1981 547,863,300
1982 559,086,800
1983 570,472,800
1984 581,926,800
1985 593,384,100
1986 604,809,700
1987 616,212,400
1988 627,574,100
1989 638,892,200
1990 650,181,500
1991 661,520,800
1992 673,032,700
1993 684,507,500
1994 695,972,400
1995 707,451,700
1996 718,924,400
1997 730,376,800
1998 741,776,300
1999 753,080,100
2000 764,252,800
2001 774,881,500
2002 784,520,700
2003 793,938,800
2004 803,128,400
2005 812,106,200
2006 820,863,700
2007 829,358,800
2008 837,515,200
2009 845,260,300
2010 852,518,000
2011 859,247,900
2012 865,363,300
2013 870,934,200
2014 876,033,400
2015 880,723,700
2016 885,015,900
2017 888,881,400
2018 892,338,100
2019 895,386,200
2020 898,024,100

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in India was 65.07 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 82.08 in 1960, while its lowest value was 65.07 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 82.08
1961 81.97
1962 81.78
1963 81.60
1964 81.41
1965 81.22
1966 81.02
1967 80.83
1968 80.63
1969 80.44
1970 80.24
1971 80.01
1972 79.68
1973 79.35
1974 79.01
1975 78.67
1976 78.32
1977 77.97
1978 77.62
1979 77.26
1980 76.90
1981 76.58
1982 76.35
1983 76.12
1984 75.89
1985 75.65
1986 75.42
1987 75.18
1988 74.94
1989 74.70
1990 74.45
1991 74.22
1992 74.02
1993 73.81
1994 73.60
1995 73.39
1996 73.18
1997 72.97
1998 72.76
1999 72.55
2000 72.33
2001 72.08
2002 71.76
2003 71.43
2004 71.10
2005 70.77
2006 70.43
2007 70.09
2008 69.75
2009 69.41
2010 69.07
2011 68.72
2012 68.37
2013 68.00
2014 67.62
2015 67.22
2016 66.82
2017 66.40
2018 65.97
2019 65.53
2020 65.07

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization