Barbados - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Barbados was 197,737 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 197,737 in 2020 and a minimum value of 146,036 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 146,036
1961 146,332
1962 146,734
1963 147,200
1964 147,631
1965 147,980
1966 148,228
1967 148,417
1968 148,608
1969 148,886
1970 149,190
1971 149,316
1972 149,575
1973 149,903
1974 150,230
1975 150,513
1976 150,734
1977 150,899
1978 151,006
1979 151,034
1980 151,175
1981 152,413
1982 153,580
1983 154,709
1984 155,833
1985 156,995
1986 158,220
1987 159,467
1988 160,761
1989 162,075
1990 163,422
1991 164,989
1992 166,559
1993 168,129
1994 169,733
1995 171,365
1996 173,020
1997 174,705
1998 176,406
1999 178,089
2000 179,667
2001 180,857
2002 182,015
2003 183,160
2004 184,338
2005 185,574
2006 186,891
2007 188,260
2008 189,647
2009 190,976
2010 192,216
2011 193,280
2012 194,183
2013 194,943
2014 195,595
2015 196,165
2016 196,649
2017 197,043
2018 197,360
2019 197,591
2020 197,737

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Barbados was 68.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 68.85 in 2018, while its lowest value was 59.90 in 1980.

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 63.22
1961 63.15
1962 63.08
1963 63.01
1964 62.93
1965 62.86
1966 62.79
1967 62.71
1968 62.64
1969 62.57
1970 62.45
1971 62.19
1972 61.93
1973 61.67
1974 61.41
1975 61.15
1976 60.88
1977 60.62
1978 60.35
1979 60.09
1980 59.90
1981 60.17
1982 60.45
1983 60.72
1984 60.99
1985 61.26
1986 61.54
1987 61.81
1988 62.08
1989 62.35
1990 62.63
1991 62.99
1992 63.36
1993 63.72
1994 64.08
1995 64.43
1996 64.79
1997 65.14
1998 65.50
1999 65.85
2000 66.17
2001 66.37
2002 66.57
2003 66.77
2004 66.96
2005 67.16
2006 67.35
2007 67.55
2008 67.74
2009 67.94
2010 68.13
2011 68.30
2012 68.45
2013 68.57
2014 68.67
2015 68.75
2016 68.81
2017 68.84
2018 68.85
2019 68.84
2020 68.81

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization