Belarus - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Belarus was 1,924,485 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,541,766 in 1960 and a minimum value of 1,924,485 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. 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 5,541,766
1961 5,498,539
1962 5,456,899
1963 5,414,847
1964 5,370,261
1965 5,327,265
1966 5,281,469
1967 5,234,313
1968 5,183,803
1969 5,128,878
1970 5,061,496
1971 4,981,753
1972 4,897,996
1973 4,809,523
1974 4,714,698
1975 4,625,987
1976 4,533,373
1977 4,443,919
1978 4,357,973
1979 4,274,272
1980 4,194,898
1981 4,118,594
1982 4,041,007
1983 3,963,186
1984 3,884,720
1985 3,807,158
1986 3,730,271
1987 3,653,104
1988 3,561,979
1989 3,500,006
1990 3,466,314
1991 3,427,851
1992 3,395,342
1993 3,363,016
1994 3,319,567
1995 3,269,569
1996 3,219,771
1997 3,168,072
1998 3,115,862
1999 3,059,960
2000 2,996,577
2001 2,933,092
2002 2,867,027
2003 2,800,401
2004 2,735,436
2005 2,671,686
2006 2,611,003
2007 2,555,356
2008 2,503,383
2009 2,454,844
2010 2,402,066
2011 2,347,623
2012 2,295,865
2013 2,247,579
2014 2,202,165
2015 2,158,923
2016 2,115,365
2017 2,068,303
2018 2,020,372
2019 1,974,004
2020 1,924,485

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Belarus was 20.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 67.60 in 1960, while its lowest value was 20.52 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 67.60
1961 66.48
1962 65.34
1963 64.18
1964 63.00
1965 61.87
1966 60.73
1967 59.58
1968 58.41
1969 57.24
1970 55.99
1971 54.65
1972 53.30
1973 51.95
1974 50.60
1975 49.39
1976 48.17
1977 46.96
1978 45.75
1979 44.60
1980 43.50
1981 42.42
1982 41.34
1983 40.26
1984 39.20
1985 38.17
1986 37.14
1987 36.13
1988 35.13
1989 34.42
1990 34.02
1991 33.63
1992 33.23
1993 32.85
1994 32.46
1995 32.07
1996 31.69
1997 31.31
1998 30.94
1999 30.52
2000 30.03
2001 29.54
2002 29.06
2003 28.59
2004 28.11
2005 27.65
2006 27.18
2007 26.73
2008 26.27
2009 25.83
2010 25.33
2011 24.81
2012 24.30
2013 23.80
2014 23.31
2015 22.82
2016 22.34
2017 21.87
2018 21.41
2019 20.96
2020 20.52

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization