Solomon Islands - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Solomon Islands was 517,425 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 517,425 in 2020 and a minimum value of 111,050 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 111,050
1961 114,056
1962 117,136
1963 120,314
1964 123,573
1965 126,903
1966 130,309
1967 133,798
1968 137,458
1969 141,406
1970 145,951
1971 151,278
1972 157,022
1973 163,095
1974 169,376
1975 175,753
1976 182,004
1977 187,963
1978 193,976
1979 200,033
1980 206,167
1981 212,371
1982 218,632
1983 224,886
1984 231,060
1985 237,120
1986 243,040
1987 249,259
1988 255,750
1989 262,373
1990 269,215
1991 276,289
1992 283,589
1993 291,081
1994 298,761
1995 306,592
1996 314,574
1997 322,710
1998 330,983
1999 339,361
2000 347,410
2001 355,265
2002 363,165
2003 371,019
2004 378,702
2005 386,122
2006 393,245
2007 400,134
2008 407,032
2009 414,263
2010 422,035
2011 430,467
2012 439,459
2013 448,876
2014 458,532
2015 468,272
2016 478,064
2017 487,924
2018 497,809
2019 507,657
2020 517,425

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Solomon Islands was 75.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 94.23 in 1960, while its lowest value was 75.33 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 94.23
1961 93.96
1962 93.68
1963 93.38
1964 93.08
1965 92.76
1966 92.42
1967 92.07
1968 91.71
1969 91.33
1970 91.08
1971 91.04
1972 91.00
1973 90.96
1974 90.92
1975 90.88
1976 90.73
1977 90.42
1978 90.10
1979 89.77
1980 89.42
1981 89.07
1982 88.71
1983 88.34
1984 87.96
1985 87.57
1986 87.16
1987 86.89
1988 86.70
1989 86.51
1990 86.32
1991 86.13
1992 85.94
1993 85.74
1994 85.54
1995 85.34
1996 85.13
1997 84.92
1998 84.72
1999 84.50
2000 84.19
2001 83.80
2002 83.40
2003 83.00
2004 82.59
2005 82.17
2006 81.74
2007 81.31
2008 80.86
2009 80.41
2010 79.95
2011 79.49
2012 79.03
2013 78.57
2014 78.10
2015 77.64
2016 77.18
2017 76.71
2018 76.25
2019 75.79
2020 75.33

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization