Central African Republic - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Central African Republic was 2,791,700 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,791,700 in 2020 and a minimum value of 1,199,833 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 1,199,833
1961 1,209,385
1962 1,219,520
1963 1,230,333
1964 1,241,805
1965 1,254,064
1966 1,267,278
1967 1,281,229
1968 1,293,933
1969 1,304,890
1970 1,313,234
1971 1,318,620
1972 1,321,683
1973 1,323,875
1974 1,326,960
1975 1,332,257
1976 1,346,489
1977 1,368,843
1978 1,394,120
1979 1,422,633
1980 1,454,348
1981 1,489,957
1982 1,528,900
1983 1,568,685
1984 1,606,041
1985 1,638,886
1986 1,665,999
1987 1,688,523
1988 1,709,461
1989 1,736,842
1990 1,773,158
1991 1,816,165
1992 1,864,703
1993 1,917,002
1994 1,970,390
1995 2,022,833
1996 2,073,866
1997 2,123,866
1998 2,173,047
1999 2,221,734
2000 2,270,203
2001 2,318,072
2002 2,364,848
2003 2,410,837
2004 2,456,474
2005 2,501,009
2006 2,545,259
2007 2,588,531
2008 2,627,865
2009 2,659,223
2010 2,680,138
2011 2,689,405
2012 2,688,997
2013 2,683,757
2014 2,680,333
2015 2,683,457
2016 2,694,567
2017 2,712,573
2018 2,736,176
2019 2,763,118
2020 2,791,700

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Central African Republic was 57.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 79.90 in 1960, while its lowest value was 57.80 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 79.90
1961 79.25
1962 78.58
1963 77.90
1964 77.20
1965 76.48
1966 75.75
1967 75.00
1968 74.19
1969 73.36
1970 72.51
1971 71.64
1972 70.76
1973 69.87
1974 68.96
1975 68.03
1976 67.43
1977 67.10
1978 66.78
1979 66.45
1980 66.13
1981 65.80
1982 65.47
1983 65.14
1984 64.80
1985 64.47
1986 64.13
1987 63.79
1988 63.46
1989 63.26
1990 63.18
1991 63.09
1992 63.01
1993 62.93
1994 62.85
1995 62.77
1996 62.69
1997 62.61
1998 62.53
1999 62.44
2000 62.36
2001 62.28
2002 62.20
2003 62.12
2004 62.03
2005 61.93
2006 61.81
2007 61.66
2008 61.49
2009 61.31
2010 61.10
2011 60.87
2012 60.61
2013 60.34
2014 60.04
2015 59.72
2016 59.38
2017 59.02
2018 58.64
2019 58.23
2020 57.80

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization