British Virgin Islands - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in British Virgin Islands was 15,568 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15,621 in 2013 and a minimum value of 7,068 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 7,068
1961 7,134
1962 7,236
1963 7,332
1964 7,446
1965 7,574
1966 7,693
1967 7,814
1968 7,951
1969 8,069
1970 8,195
1971 8,293
1972 8,400
1973 8,490
1974 8,559
1975 8,614
1976 8,648
1977 8,662
1978 8,685
1979 8,757
1980 8,862
1981 8,979
1982 9,140
1983 9,338
1984 9,557
1985 9,804
1986 10,067
1987 10,335
1988 10,587
1989 10,774
1990 10,876
1991 10,924
1992 11,139
1993 11,294
1994 11,414
1995 11,504
1996 11,571
1997 11,608
1998 11,649
1999 11,715
2000 11,827
2001 11,982
2002 12,185
2003 12,438
2004 12,748
2005 13,122
2006 13,568
2007 14,070
2008 14,574
2009 15,010
2010 15,340
2011 15,536
2012 15,616
2013 15,621
2014 15,589
2015 15,570
2016 15,571
2017 15,571
2018 15,576
2019 15,582
2020 15,568

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in British Virgin Islands was 51.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 87.77 in 1960, while its lowest value was 51.49 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 87.77
1961 87.38
1962 86.98
1963 86.57
1964 86.15
1965 85.71
1966 85.27
1967 84.81
1968 84.34
1969 83.87
1970 83.37
1971 82.83
1972 82.27
1973 81.71
1974 81.13
1975 80.53
1976 79.92
1977 79.30
1978 78.66
1979 78.01
1980 77.26
1981 75.96
1982 74.61
1983 73.21
1984 71.76
1985 70.27
1986 68.73
1987 67.15
1988 65.53
1989 63.88
1990 62.19
1991 60.67
1992 60.40
1993 60.13
1994 59.86
1995 59.59
1996 59.32
1997 59.05
1998 58.77
1999 58.50
2000 58.23
2001 57.95
2002 57.67
2003 57.39
2004 57.09
2005 56.79
2006 56.48
2007 56.17
2008 55.85
2009 55.52
2010 55.19
2011 54.85
2012 54.50
2013 54.14
2014 53.78
2015 53.42
2016 53.04
2017 52.66
2018 52.28
2019 51.88
2020 51.49

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization