Algeria - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Algeria was 11,518,350 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12,654,290 in 1995 and a minimum value of 7,684,110 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 7,684,110
1961 7,731,721
1962 7,760,418
1963 7,783,585
1964 7,804,639
1965 7,826,352
1966 7,891,246
1967 8,097,231
1968 8,311,693
1969 8,530,685
1970 8,751,320
1971 8,973,174
1972 9,197,429
1973 9,426,370
1974 9,663,088
1975 9,909,818
1976 10,166,560
1977 10,386,570
1978 10,536,610
1979 10,691,720
1980 10,852,160
1981 11,018,340
1982 11,187,120
1983 11,355,130
1984 11,517,500
1985 11,671,560
1986 11,814,560
1987 11,953,240
1988 12,096,830
1989 12,227,220
1990 12,342,360
1991 12,442,280
1992 12,525,740
1993 12,591,020
1994 12,634,410
1995 12,654,290
1996 12,650,700
1997 12,627,680
1998 12,586,450
1999 12,519,460
2000 12,442,040
2001 12,356,670
2002 12,263,900
2003 12,168,750
2004 12,076,150
2005 11,990,250
2006 11,911,270
2007 11,839,540
2008 11,774,720
2009 11,721,660
2010 11,678,280
2011 11,645,140
2012 11,620,790
2013 11,603,760
2014 11,591,090
2015 11,581,510
2016 11,573,780
2017 11,567,450
2018 11,558,340
2019 11,542,950
2020 11,518,350

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Algeria was 26.27 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 69.49 in 1960, while its lowest value was 26.27 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 69.49
1961 68.20
1962 66.79
1963 65.34
1964 63.86
1965 62.36
1966 61.16
1967 61.00
1968 60.83
1969 60.67
1970 60.50
1971 60.34
1972 60.17
1973 60.00
1974 59.84
1975 59.67
1976 59.50
1977 59.07
1978 58.21
1979 57.34
1980 56.46
1981 55.58
1982 54.70
1983 53.81
1984 52.92
1985 52.03
1986 51.14
1987 50.28
1988 49.49
1989 48.70
1990 47.92
1991 47.13
1992 46.34
1993 45.56
1994 44.78
1995 44.00
1996 43.23
1997 42.46
1998 41.69
1999 40.88
2000 40.08
2001 39.29
2002 38.50
2003 37.72
2004 36.94
2005 36.17
2006 35.41
2007 34.65
2008 33.90
2009 33.17
2010 32.46
2011 31.76
2012 31.09
2013 30.42
2014 29.78
2015 29.15
2016 28.54
2017 27.95
2018 27.37
2019 26.81
2020 26.27

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization