Israel - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Israel was 632,759 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 632,759 in 2010 and a minimum value of 431,766 in 1985.

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: The data on urban population shares used to estimate rural population come from the United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects. Total population figures are World Bank estimates.

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Year Value
1960 490,453
1961 489,003
1962 494,371
1963 493,405
1964 493,020
1965 489,533
1966 484,788
1967 488,061
1968 479,874
1969 473,554
1970 469,892
1971 470,171
1972 467,163
1973 470,721
1974 468,728
1975 462,970
1976 459,290
1977 455,238
1978 450,180
1979 446,748
1980 442,092
1981 441,490
1982 440,185
1983 438,414
1984 434,200
1985 431,766
1986 433,339
1987 435,152
1988 437,093
1989 439,150
1990 447,360
1991 470,155
1992 481,562
1993 489,273
1994 496,708
1995 504,595
1996 512,280
1997 519,404
1998 525,448
1999 532,875
2000 540,854
2001 551,178
2002 559,764
2003 567,287
2004 574,680
2005 582,128
2006 591,100
2007 600,256
2008 609,554
2009 622,802
2010 632,759

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Israel was 8.30 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 23.20 in 1960, while its lowest value was 8.30 in 2010.

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 United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 23.20
1961 22.38
1962 21.56
1963 20.74
1964 19.92
1965 19.10
1966 18.44
1967 17.78
1968 17.12
1969 16.46
1970 15.80
1971 15.32
1972 14.84
1973 14.36
1974 13.88
1975 13.40
1976 13.00
1977 12.60
1978 12.20
1979 11.80
1980 11.40
1981 11.16
1982 10.92
1983 10.68
1984 10.44
1985 10.20
1986 10.08
1987 9.96
1988 9.84
1989 9.72
1990 9.60
1991 9.50
1992 9.40
1993 9.30
1994 9.20
1995 9.10
1996 9.00
1997 8.90
1998 8.80
1999 8.70
2000 8.60
2001 8.56
2002 8.52
2003 8.48
2004 8.44
2005 8.40
2006 8.38
2007 8.36
2008 8.34
2009 8.32
2010 8.30

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization