Fragile and conflict affected situations - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 532,392,800 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 532,392,800 in 2020 and a minimum value of 170,046,900 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 170,046,900
1961 173,070,300
1962 176,210,500
1963 179,437,900
1964 182,758,900
1965 186,137,100
1966 189,623,000
1967 193,197,300
1968 196,887,100
1969 200,671,700
1970 204,535,800
1971 208,373,300
1972 212,344,400
1973 216,464,900
1974 220,874,000
1975 225,434,400
1976 230,149,800
1977 235,038,200
1978 240,040,100
1979 245,109,400
1980 250,129,100
1981 254,877,300
1982 259,597,800
1983 264,186,000
1984 268,636,000
1985 273,125,400
1986 277,658,000
1987 282,248,700
1988 287,124,700
1989 292,488,600
1990 298,903,100
1991 305,717,800
1992 312,999,900
1993 320,662,400
1994 328,516,400
1995 336,115,600
1996 343,370,900
1997 350,346,400
1998 357,212,000
1999 364,202,700
2000 371,506,800
2001 378,744,000
2002 386,342,400
2003 394,190,700
2004 402,212,900
2005 410,266,300
2006 418,324,400
2007 426,806,500
2008 434,717,200
2009 442,686,100
2010 450,654,200
2011 458,995,500
2012 467,539,600
2013 476,106,800
2014 484,605,500
2015 492,688,400
2016 500,650,800
2017 508,502,000
2018 516,336,000
2019 524,275,900
2020 532,392,800

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 57.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 82.02 in 1960, while its lowest value was 57.36 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 82.02
1961 81.59
1962 81.17
1963 80.73
1964 80.29
1965 79.83
1966 79.37
1967 78.91
1968 78.46
1969 78.00
1970 77.53
1971 77.02
1972 76.52
1973 76.05
1974 75.62
1975 75.20
1976 74.77
1977 74.36
1978 73.95
1979 73.56
1980 73.18
1981 72.73
1982 72.28
1983 71.80
1984 71.27
1985 70.74
1986 70.20
1987 69.67
1988 69.16
1989 68.69
1990 68.07
1991 67.72
1992 67.38
1993 67.06
1994 66.80
1995 66.53
1996 66.26
1997 65.98
1998 65.69
1999 65.40
2000 65.11
2001 64.74
2002 64.37
2003 64.02
2004 63.67
2005 63.31
2006 62.96
2007 62.66
2008 62.26
2009 61.85
2010 61.42
2011 61.03
2012 60.65
2013 60.26
2014 59.87
2015 59.45
2016 59.04
2017 58.64
2018 58.23
2019 57.81
2020 57.36

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization