Chad - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Chad was 12,562,500 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12,562,500 in 2020 and a minimum value of 2,800,647 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 2,800,647
1961 2,847,302
1962 2,895,280
1963 2,943,948
1964 2,990,798
1965 3,031,379
1966 3,069,765
1967 3,106,311
1968 3,142,574
1969 3,180,802
1970 3,222,115
1971 3,267,383
1972 3,315,455
1973 3,365,398
1974 3,411,770
1975 3,452,142
1976 3,485,816
1977 3,514,277
1978 3,539,230
1979 3,600,467
1980 3,666,302
1981 3,737,245
1982 3,813,262
1983 3,895,958
1984 3,986,970
1985 4,087,581
1986 4,198,717
1987 4,320,153
1988 4,449,676
1989 4,584,385
1990 4,722,238
1991 4,862,681
1992 5,006,887
1993 5,158,720
1994 5,327,198
1995 5,504,868
1996 5,691,580
1997 5,887,391
1998 6,093,975
1999 6,313,647
2000 6,547,741
2001 6,797,516
2002 7,061,874
2003 7,336,493
2004 7,615,698
2005 7,895,464
2006 8,173,914
2007 8,452,344
2008 8,734,271
2009 9,024,540
2010 9,324,457
2011 9,634,894
2012 9,953,949
2013 10,279,150
2014 10,606,750
2015 10,933,890
2016 11,259,510
2017 11,584,230
2018 11,908,720
2019 12,234,610
2020 12,562,500

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Chad was 76.48 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 93.31 in 1960, while its lowest value was 76.48 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 93.31
1961 93.04
1962 92.76
1963 92.47
1964 92.12
1965 91.59
1966 91.03
1967 90.44
1968 89.80
1969 89.14
1970 88.43
1971 87.69
1972 86.90
1973 86.12
1974 85.30
1975 84.43
1976 83.53
1977 82.59
1978 81.60
1979 81.41
1980 81.21
1981 81.02
1982 80.82
1983 80.62
1984 80.42
1985 80.22
1986 80.02
1987 79.81
1988 79.61
1989 79.40
1990 79.19
1991 78.98
1992 78.77
1993 78.59
1994 78.56
1995 78.53
1996 78.49
1997 78.46
1998 78.43
1999 78.40
2000 78.36
2001 78.33
2002 78.30
2003 78.27
2004 78.23
2005 78.20
2006 78.17
2007 78.13
2008 78.10
2009 78.07
2010 78.02
2011 77.95
2012 77.86
2013 77.75
2014 77.63
2015 77.49
2016 77.32
2017 77.14
2018 76.94
2019 76.72
2020 76.48

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization