Mauritius - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Mauritius was 749,824 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 749,824 in 2020 and a minimum value of 427,846 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 427,846
1961 436,849
1962 444,336
1963 450,826
1964 456,372
1965 461,084
1966 465,009
1967 468,241
1968 470,840
1969 472,901
1970 474,487
1971 475,625
1972 476,298
1973 485,328
1974 494,671
1975 504,488
1976 514,678
1977 525,140
1978 534,083
1979 545,530
1980 556,912
1981 567,354
1982 576,486
1983 583,976
1984 586,967
1985 588,590
1986 589,878
1987 591,054
1988 591,840
1989 593,079
1990 593,973
1991 601,736
1992 611,050
1993 619,687
1994 629,793
1995 636,613
1996 644,552
1997 654,086
1998 662,415
1999 672,335
2000 680,434
2001 687,159
2002 693,296
2003 699,690
2004 705,459
2005 711,012
2006 715,718
2007 720,361
2008 724,365
2009 727,675
2010 730,796
2011 733,358
2012 736,801
2013 739,811
2014 742,551
2015 744,937
2016 746,586
2017 748,132
2018 749,148
2019 749,731
2020 749,824

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Mauritius was 59.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 64.89 in 1960, while its lowest value was 55.90 in 1972.

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 64.89
1961 64.17
1962 63.45
1963 62.71
1964 61.98
1965 61.23
1966 60.48
1967 59.73
1968 58.97
1969 58.21
1970 57.44
1971 56.67
1972 55.90
1973 56.12
1974 56.34
1975 56.56
1976 56.78
1977 57.00
1978 57.21
1979 57.43
1980 57.65
1981 57.87
1982 58.08
1983 58.30
1984 57.99
1985 57.68
1986 57.36
1987 57.05
1988 56.73
1989 56.42
1990 56.10
1991 56.22
1992 56.35
1993 56.47
1994 56.59
1995 56.72
1996 56.84
1997 56.96
1998 57.08
1999 57.21
2000 57.33
2001 57.44
2002 57.55
2003 57.67
2004 57.78
2005 57.89
2006 58.00
2007 58.11
2008 58.22
2009 58.33
2010 58.45
2011 58.56
2012 58.67
2013 58.78
2014 58.89
2015 59.00
2016 59.09
2017 59.16
2018 59.21
2019 59.23
2020 59.24

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization