Tanzania - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Tanzania was 38,691,640 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38,691,640 in 2020 and a minimum value of 9,524,815 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 9,524,815
1961 9,788,594
1962 10,061,090
1963 10,342,570
1964 10,633,180
1965 10,933,260
1966 11,242,460
1967 11,561,240
1968 11,859,680
1969 12,161,340
1970 12,472,680
1971 12,793,740
1972 13,122,860
1973 13,456,160
1974 13,788,020
1975 14,114,660
1976 14,433,670
1977 14,745,920
1978 15,051,620
1979 15,434,200
1980 15,840,020
1981 16,257,170
1982 16,684,150
1983 17,119,740
1984 17,560,700
1985 18,006,460
1986 18,452,180
1987 18,899,560
1988 19,357,750
1989 19,879,700
1990 20,444,350
1991 21,051,650
1992 21,694,060
1993 22,346,850
1994 22,975,670
1995 23,558,310
1996 24,085,270
1997 24,568,430
1998 25,031,770
1999 25,509,470
2000 26,025,850
2001 26,589,200
2002 27,192,240
2003 27,758,060
2004 28,325,260
2005 28,897,340
2006 29,472,460
2007 30,055,020
2008 30,647,130
2009 31,254,800
2010 31,878,950
2011 32,520,460
2012 33,175,680
2013 33,843,160
2014 34,520,750
2015 35,205,370
2016 35,896,820
2017 36,593,460
2018 37,293,020
2019 37,993,580
2020 38,691,640

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Tanzania was 64.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 94.75 in 1960, while its lowest value was 64.77 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 94.75
1961 94.61
1962 94.45
1963 94.30
1964 94.14
1965 93.97
1966 93.80
1967 93.63
1968 93.20
1969 92.69
1970 92.15
1971 91.57
1972 90.95
1973 90.30
1974 89.60
1975 88.85
1976 88.06
1977 87.23
1978 86.34
1979 85.86
1980 85.45
1981 85.02
1982 84.59
1983 84.15
1984 83.70
1985 83.23
1986 82.76
1987 82.28
1988 81.78
1989 81.44
1990 81.12
1991 80.79
1992 80.46
1993 80.13
1994 79.80
1995 79.46
1996 79.11
1997 78.76
1998 78.41
1999 78.05
2000 77.69
2001 77.33
2002 76.96
2003 76.39
2004 75.78
2005 75.16
2006 74.52
2007 73.88
2008 73.22
2009 72.56
2010 71.89
2011 71.20
2012 70.51
2013 69.80
2014 69.10
2015 68.38
2016 67.67
2017 66.95
2018 66.22
2019 65.50
2020 64.77

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization