Bhutan - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Bhutan was 445,097 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 448,995 in 2007 and a minimum value of 215,255 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 215,255
1961 220,171
1962 225,172
1963 230,386
1964 235,981
1965 242,088
1966 248,738
1967 255,888
1968 263,437
1969 271,243
1970 279,204
1971 287,272
1972 295,424
1973 303,737
1974 312,233
1975 320,955
1976 329,907
1977 339,047
1978 348,181
1979 357,099
1980 365,658
1981 373,595
1982 380,966
1983 388,166
1984 395,796
1985 404,184
1986 413,692
1987 423,923
1988 433,464
1989 440,479
1990 443,813
1991 442,888
1992 438,514
1993 432,511
1994 427,391
1995 424,832
1996 425,293
1997 428,124
1998 432,443
1999 436,980
2000 440,790
2001 443,798
2002 446,187
2003 447,725
2004 448,220
2005 447,860
2006 448,928
2007 448,995
2008 448,394
2009 447,629
2010 446,995
2011 446,587
2012 446,410
2013 446,390
2014 446,402
2015 446,354
2016 446,238
2017 446,093
2018 445,886
2019 445,555
2020 445,097

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Bhutan was 57.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 96.40 in 1960, while its lowest value was 57.68 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 96.40
1961 96.21
1962 96.00
1963 95.78
1964 95.55
1965 95.31
1966 95.06
1967 94.79
1968 94.51
1969 94.22
1970 93.91
1971 93.59
1972 93.25
1973 92.89
1974 92.52
1975 92.12
1976 91.71
1977 91.28
1978 90.83
1979 90.36
1980 89.87
1981 89.35
1982 88.82
1983 88.26
1984 87.67
1985 87.06
1986 86.42
1987 85.76
1988 85.07
1989 84.36
1990 83.61
1991 82.84
1992 82.04
1993 81.21
1994 80.35
1995 79.46
1996 78.54
1997 77.60
1998 76.62
1999 75.62
2000 74.58
2001 73.52
2002 72.43
2003 71.31
2004 70.17
2005 69.04
2006 68.29
2007 67.53
2008 66.76
2009 65.99
2010 65.21
2011 64.42
2012 63.63
2013 62.85
2014 62.08
2015 61.32
2016 60.57
2017 59.83
2018 59.11
2019 58.39
2020 57.68

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization