Ecuador - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Ecuador was 6,322,214 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,322,214 in 2020 and a minimum value of 3,004,358 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 3,004,358
1961 3,063,174
1962 3,123,091
1963 3,186,853
1964 3,253,848
1965 3,322,586
1966 3,392,889
1967 3,464,667
1968 3,537,477
1969 3,611,267
1970 3,685,446
1971 3,760,135
1972 3,834,995
1973 3,909,900
1974 3,982,839
1975 4,031,323
1976 4,077,204
1977 4,120,776
1978 4,161,880
1979 4,200,753
1980 4,237,380
1981 4,271,958
1982 4,304,097
1983 4,341,793
1984 4,382,997
1985 4,422,897
1986 4,461,041
1987 4,497,507
1988 4,531,855
1989 4,564,486
1990 4,594,711
1991 4,638,364
1992 4,690,879
1993 4,741,928
1994 4,790,971
1995 4,837,991
1996 4,882,913
1997 4,925,793
1998 4,965,867
1999 5,002,226
2000 5,034,533
2001 5,062,676
2002 5,110,442
2003 5,171,926
2004 5,232,707
2005 5,293,775
2006 5,355,639
2007 5,417,822
2008 5,479,974
2009 5,541,143
2010 5,600,647
2011 5,662,951
2012 5,727,274
2013 5,792,131
2014 5,860,544
2015 5,933,924
2016 6,013,650
2017 6,098,120
2018 6,180,950
2019 6,256,949
2020 6,322,214

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Ecuador was 35.83 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 66.12 in 1960, while its lowest value was 35.83 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 66.12
1961 65.53
1962 64.94
1963 64.39
1964 63.88
1965 63.36
1966 62.84
1967 62.31
1968 61.79
1969 61.26
1970 60.72
1971 60.19
1972 59.65
1973 59.11
1974 58.54
1975 57.64
1976 56.72
1977 55.81
1978 54.89
1979 53.97
1980 53.04
1981 52.11
1982 51.18
1983 50.34
1984 49.56
1985 48.79
1986 48.01
1987 47.23
1988 46.45
1989 45.68
1990 44.91
1991 44.29
1992 43.77
1993 43.26
1994 42.75
1995 42.23
1996 41.72
1997 41.22
1998 40.71
1999 40.20
2000 39.70
2001 39.20
2002 38.88
2003 38.68
2004 38.49
2005 38.29
2006 38.09
2007 37.90
2008 37.70
2009 37.51
2010 37.31
2011 37.15
2012 37.01
2013 36.88
2014 36.74
2015 36.60
2016 36.47
2017 36.33
2018 36.18
2019 36.01
2020 35.83

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization