American Samoa - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in American Samoa was 7,091 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,058 in 1989 and a minimum value of 6,599 in 2000.

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 6,801
1961 6,874
1962 6,997
1963 7,161
1964 7,331
1965 7,497
1966 7,648
1967 7,782
1968 7,905
1969 8,015
1970 8,104
1971 8,175
1972 8,232
1973 8,272
1974 8,296
1975 8,306
1976 8,302
1977 8,288
1978 8,285
1979 8,320
1980 8,381
1981 8,410
1982 8,482
1983 8,583
1984 8,688
1985 8,789
1986 8,877
1987 8,959
1988 9,020
1989 9,058
1990 9,021
1991 8,818
1992 8,588
1993 8,341
1994 8,083
1995 7,825
1996 7,566
1997 7,306
1998 7,041
1999 6,771
2000 6,599
2001 6,732
2002 6,856
2003 6,963
2004 7,044
2005 7,087
2006 7,093
2007 7,062
2008 7,014
2009 6,973
2010 6,958
2011 6,968
2012 7,003
2013 7,049
2014 7,092
2015 7,122
2016 7,136
2017 7,136
2018 7,125
2019 7,109
2020 7,091

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in American Samoa was 12.85 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 33.79 in 1960, while its lowest value was 11.41 in 2000.

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 33.79
1961 33.36
1962 32.93
1963 32.51
1964 32.08
1965 31.67
1966 31.25
1967 30.84
1968 30.43
1969 30.02
1970 29.62
1971 29.22
1972 28.82
1973 28.42
1974 28.03
1975 27.65
1976 27.26
1977 26.88
1978 26.50
1979 26.13
1980 25.67
1981 24.96
1982 24.26
1983 23.57
1984 22.90
1985 22.24
1986 21.59
1987 20.96
1988 20.34
1989 19.74
1990 19.05
1991 18.11
1992 17.21
1993 16.35
1994 15.52
1995 14.72
1996 13.96
1997 13.23
1998 12.53
1999 11.87
2000 11.41
2001 11.51
2002 11.61
2003 11.70
2004 11.80
2005 11.90
2006 12.00
2007 12.10
2008 12.20
2009 12.30
2010 12.41
2011 12.50
2012 12.58
2013 12.65
2014 12.71
2015 12.76
2016 12.80
2017 12.83
2018 12.85
2019 12.85
2020 12.85

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization