South Sudan - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in South Sudan was 8,932,708 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,932,708 in 2020 and a minimum value of 2,594,037 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 2,594,037
1961 2,642,620
1962 2,693,563
1963 2,746,851
1964 2,802,607
1965 2,860,884
1966 2,921,677
1967 2,985,120
1968 3,051,279
1969 3,120,296
1970 3,192,373
1971 3,267,582
1972 3,346,192
1973 3,428,250
1974 3,514,002
1975 3,603,580
1976 3,695,613
1977 3,790,068
1978 3,889,786
1979 3,998,760
1980 4,119,026
1981 4,251,156
1982 4,391,627
1983 4,521,833
1984 4,624,493
1985 4,706,818
1986 4,770,787
1987 4,817,613
1988 4,838,189
1989 4,821,697
1990 4,763,420
1991 4,657,343
1992 4,514,300
1993 4,375,393
1994 4,306,381
1995 4,305,691
1996 4,386,574
1997 4,539,132
1998 4,741,926
1999 4,962,151
2000 5,176,248
2001 5,375,394
2002 5,567,212
2003 5,764,162
2004 5,985,425
2005 6,243,217
2006 6,540,454
2007 6,866,646
2008 7,203,164
2009 7,523,987
2010 7,810,177
2011 8,058,024
2012 8,271,245
2013 8,448,151
2014 8,588,930
2015 8,695,541
2016 8,764,375
2017 8,799,976
2018 8,822,997
2019 8,860,864
2020 8,932,708

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in South Sudan was 79.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 91.50 in 1982, while its lowest value was 79.80 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 91.25
1961 91.26
1962 91.28
1963 91.29
1964 91.30
1965 91.31
1966 91.32
1967 91.33
1968 91.34
1969 91.36
1970 91.37
1971 91.38
1972 91.39
1973 91.40
1974 91.41
1975 91.42
1976 91.44
1977 91.45
1978 91.46
1979 91.47
1980 91.48
1981 91.49
1982 91.50
1983 91.29
1984 90.74
1985 90.16
1986 89.54
1987 88.89
1988 88.20
1989 87.48
1990 86.72
1991 85.93
1992 85.09
1993 84.37
1994 84.25
1995 84.13
1996 84.00
1997 83.88
1998 83.75
1999 83.62
2000 83.50
2001 83.37
2002 83.24
2003 83.11
2004 82.98
2005 82.85
2006 82.71
2007 82.58
2008 82.45
2009 82.30
2010 82.14
2011 81.97
2012 81.78
2013 81.59
2014 81.37
2015 81.15
2016 80.91
2017 80.65
2018 80.39
2019 80.10
2020 79.80

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization