Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 519,096,900 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 519,096,900 in 2020 and a minimum value of 141,739,100 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 141,739,100
1961 144,530,500
1962 147,410,900
1963 150,375,300
1964 153,413,400
1965 156,544,800
1966 159,805,200
1967 163,155,500
1968 166,590,200
1969 170,098,800
1970 173,738,800
1971 177,459,200
1972 181,268,200
1973 185,154,600
1974 189,130,900
1975 193,146,000
1976 197,194,400
1977 201,314,200
1978 205,468,700
1979 209,865,000
1980 214,295,200
1981 218,752,000
1982 223,251,400
1983 227,763,700
1984 232,327,900
1985 236,979,200
1986 241,853,800
1987 246,954,500
1988 252,307,500
1989 258,063,300
1990 264,077,200
1991 270,537,800
1992 277,352,300
1993 284,465,100
1994 291,868,600
1995 299,247,800
1996 306,532,300
1997 313,693,800
1998 320,946,600
1999 328,408,600
2000 336,188,000
2001 344,166,300
2002 352,407,100
2003 360,826,700
2004 369,405,300
2005 377,964,900
2006 386,530,400
2007 395,544,600
2008 404,012,600
2009 412,661,500
2010 421,530,900
2011 430,630,800
2012 440,072,500
2013 449,718,100
2014 459,496,400
2015 469,358,200
2016 479,294,000
2017 489,286,800
2018 499,284,500
2019 509,234,700
2020 519,096,900

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 63.04 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 87.64 in 1960, while its lowest value was 63.04 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 87.64
1961 87.29
1962 86.93
1963 86.56
1964 86.16
1965 85.76
1966 85.35
1967 84.94
1968 84.51
1969 84.07
1970 83.64
1971 83.21
1972 82.77
1973 82.33
1974 81.89
1975 81.43
1976 80.95
1977 80.47
1978 79.99
1979 79.58
1980 79.17
1981 78.77
1982 78.36
1983 77.92
1984 77.45
1985 76.95
1986 76.45
1987 75.96
1988 75.48
1989 75.04
1990 74.59
1991 74.16
1992 73.75
1993 73.37
1994 73.06
1995 72.76
1996 72.46
1997 72.16
1998 71.86
1999 71.57
2000 71.27
2001 70.95
2002 70.61
2003 70.25
2004 69.90
2005 69.54
2006 69.16
2007 68.84
2008 68.41
2009 67.97
2010 67.53
2011 67.08
2012 66.66
2013 66.23
2014 65.80
2015 65.36
2016 64.91
2017 64.46
2018 63.99
2019 63.52
2020 63.04

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization