French Polynesia - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in French Polynesia was 106,814 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 110,580 in 2003 and a minimum value of 45,067 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 45,067
1961 45,827
1962 46,711
1963 47,428
1964 47,966
1965 48,424
1966 48,768
1967 49,016
1968 49,205
1969 49,377
1970 49,542
1971 50,097
1972 51,262
1973 52,452
1974 53,633
1975 54,785
1976 55,905
1977 57,117
1978 58,986
1979 60,893
1980 62,848
1981 64,843
1982 66,874
1983 68,932
1984 71,065
1985 73,226
1986 75,401
1987 77,585
1988 79,736
1989 82,022
1990 84,256
1991 86,355
1992 88,352
1993 90,316
1994 92,359
1995 94,559
1996 96,948
1997 99,169
1998 101,413
1999 103,638
2000 105,787
2001 107,850
2002 109,828
2003 110,580
2004 110,510
2005 110,196
2006 109,618
2007 108,804
2008 107,828
2009 106,787
2010 105,735
2011 104,701
2012 103,673
2013 103,853
2014 104,248
2015 104,651
2016 105,069
2017 105,517
2018 105,977
2019 106,416
2020 106,814

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in French Polynesia was 38.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 57.72 in 1960, while its lowest value was 38.03 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 57.72
1961 56.78
1962 55.84
1963 54.61
1964 53.22
1965 51.82
1966 50.42
1967 49.02
1968 47.62
1969 46.23
1970 44.84
1971 43.80
1972 43.28
1973 42.77
1974 42.26
1975 41.75
1976 41.24
1977 40.83
1978 40.89
1979 40.94
1980 41.00
1981 41.05
1982 41.11
1983 41.16
1984 41.26
1985 41.37
1986 41.47
1987 41.58
1988 41.69
1989 41.91
1990 42.15
1991 42.39
1992 42.63
1993 42.88
1994 43.12
1995 43.36
1996 43.61
1997 43.72
1998 43.80
1999 43.87
2000 43.95
2001 44.03
2002 44.11
2003 43.76
2004 43.17
2005 42.58
2006 42.00
2007 41.42
2008 40.83
2009 40.26
2010 39.68
2011 39.11
2012 38.54
2013 38.42
2014 38.37
2015 38.32
2016 38.27
2017 38.22
2018 38.17
2019 38.10
2020 38.03

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization