Northern Mariana Islands - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Northern Mariana Islands was 5,300 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,706 in 2000 and a minimum value of 2,250 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.

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 4,914
1961 4,889
1962 4,824
1963 4,738
1964 4,657
1965 4,597
1966 4,474
1967 4,358
1968 4,240
1969 4,106
1970 3,948
1971 3,797
1972 3,634
1973 3,447
1974 3,220
1975 2,955
1976 2,781
1977 2,588
1978 2,413
1979 2,297
1980 2,250
1981 2,435
1982 2,687
1983 2,975
1984 3,262
1985 3,520
1986 3,762
1987 3,978
1988 4,173
1989 4,355
1990 4,529
1991 4,822
1992 5,114
1993 5,404
1994 5,694
1995 5,982
1996 6,186
1997 6,377
1998 6,540
1999 6,654
2000 6,706
2001 6,697
2002 6,634
2003 6,524
2004 6,375
2005 6,199
2006 6,007
2007 5,791
2008 5,581
2009 5,410
2010 5,300

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Northern Mariana Islands was 8.70 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 48.80 in 1960, while its lowest value was 8.70 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 48.80
1961 47.28
1962 45.76
1963 44.24
1964 42.72
1965 41.20
1966 38.94
1967 36.68
1968 34.42
1969 32.16
1970 29.90
1971 27.80
1972 25.70
1973 23.60
1974 21.50
1975 19.40
1976 18.16
1977 16.92
1978 15.68
1979 14.44
1980 13.20
1981 12.88
1982 12.56
1983 12.24
1984 11.92
1985 11.60
1986 11.34
1987 11.08
1988 10.82
1989 10.56
1990 10.30
1991 10.32
1992 10.34
1993 10.36
1994 10.38
1995 10.40
1996 10.28
1997 10.16
1998 10.04
1999 9.92
2000 9.80
2001 9.68
2002 9.56
2003 9.44
2004 9.32
2005 9.20
2006 9.10
2007 9.00
2008 8.90
2009 8.80
2010 8.70

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization