Comoros - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Comoros was 614,108 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 614,108 in 2020 and a minimum value of 167,134 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 167,134
1961 168,234
1962 169,221
1963 170,167
1964 171,152
1965 172,212
1966 173,411
1967 176,304
1968 179,360
1969 182,434
1970 185,447
1971 188,303
1972 191,108
1973 194,184
1974 197,937
1975 202,640
1976 208,445
1977 215,166
1978 222,395
1979 229,602
1980 236,368
1981 242,504
1982 248,167
1983 253,585
1984 259,071
1985 264,836
1986 270,893
1987 277,163
1988 283,629
1989 290,225
1990 296,890
1991 303,637
1992 312,348
1993 321,722
1994 331,242
1995 340,853
1996 350,554
1997 360,338
1998 370,209
1999 380,118
2000 390,064
2001 400,044
2002 410,071
2003 420,222
2004 430,585
2005 441,135
2006 451,886
2007 462,823
2008 473,953
2009 485,273
2010 496,767
2011 508,454
2012 520,292
2013 532,234
2014 544,194
2015 556,099
2016 567,905
2017 579,620
2018 591,240
2019 602,737
2020 614,108

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Comoros was 70.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 87.45 in 1960, while its lowest value was 70.62 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 87.45
1961 86.65
1962 85.81
1963 84.93
1964 84.00
1965 83.02
1966 82.00
1967 81.66
1968 81.32
1969 80.97
1970 80.61
1971 80.25
1972 79.89
1973 79.52
1974 79.14
1975 78.76
1976 78.38
1977 77.99
1978 77.59
1979 77.19
1980 76.79
1981 76.35
1982 75.91
1983 75.45
1984 74.99
1985 74.53
1986 74.06
1987 73.59
1988 73.11
1989 72.62
1990 72.13
1991 71.63
1992 71.57
1993 71.61
1994 71.65
1995 71.70
1996 71.74
1997 71.79
1998 71.83
1999 71.88
2000 71.92
2001 71.96
2002 72.01
2003 72.05
2004 72.10
2005 72.13
2006 72.14
2007 72.13
2008 72.11
2009 72.08
2010 72.03
2011 71.96
2012 71.88
2013 71.78
2014 71.66
2015 71.53
2016 71.38
2017 71.22
2018 71.04
2019 70.84
2020 70.62

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization