Eswatini - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Eswatini was 879,741 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 879,741 in 2020 and a minimum value of 323,408 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 323,408
1961 328,462
1962 333,348
1963 338,300
1964 343,666
1965 349,642
1966 356,350
1967 364,249
1968 372,589
1969 381,048
1970 389,398
1971 397,548
1972 405,558
1973 413,529
1974 421,570
1975 429,773
1976 438,071
1977 449,892
1978 462,904
1979 476,607
1980 490,986
1981 506,021
1982 521,635
1983 537,777
1984 554,392
1985 571,384
1986 588,713
1987 606,229
1988 623,584
1989 640,371
1990 656,277
1991 671,083
1992 684,770
1993 697,435
1994 709,243
1995 720,281
1996 730,668
1997 741,050
1998 755,040
1999 767,280
2000 777,340
2001 784,989
2002 790,531
2003 794,753
2004 798,800
2005 803,457
2006 809,087
2007 815,051
2008 818,487
2009 822,050
2010 825,465
2011 828,678
2012 832,679
2013 836,880
2014 841,535
2015 846,797
2016 852,662
2017 859,072
2018 865,852
2019 872,799
2020 879,741

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Eswatini was 75.83 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 96.09 in 1960, while its lowest value was 75.83 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 96.09
1961 95.67
1962 95.20
1963 94.69
1964 94.12
1965 93.51
1966 92.84
1967 92.27
1968 91.66
1969 91.00
1970 90.30
1971 89.54
1972 88.74
1973 87.88
1974 86.97
1975 86.00
1976 84.96
1977 84.53
1978 84.20
1979 83.86
1980 83.52
1981 83.18
1982 82.82
1983 82.47
1984 82.10
1985 81.73
1986 81.36
1987 80.98
1988 80.59
1989 80.20
1990 79.80
1991 79.39
1992 78.98
1993 78.57
1994 78.14
1995 77.71
1996 77.28
1997 76.92
1998 77.05
1999 77.18
2000 77.31
2001 77.45
2002 77.58
2003 77.70
2004 77.83
2005 77.96
2006 78.09
2007 78.17
2008 77.96
2009 77.74
2010 77.52
2011 77.30
2012 77.15
2013 77.00
2014 76.85
2015 76.70
2016 76.54
2017 76.38
2018 76.20
2019 76.02
2020 75.83

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization