IBRD only - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in IBRD only was 2,128,861,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,252,471,000 in 2001 and a minimum value of 1,420,465,000 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 1,420,465,000
1961 1,424,700,000
1962 1,438,991,000
1963 1,462,535,000
1964 1,485,526,000
1965 1,514,482,000
1966 1,545,806,000
1967 1,576,330,000
1968 1,607,663,000
1969 1,640,531,000
1970 1,674,335,000
1971 1,708,613,000
1972 1,740,989,000
1973 1,771,800,000
1974 1,800,501,000
1975 1,827,294,000
1976 1,853,169,000
1977 1,877,788,000
1978 1,899,282,000
1979 1,917,960,000
1980 1,936,294,000
1981 1,954,682,000
1982 1,974,920,000
1983 1,996,414,000
1984 2,016,567,000
1985 2,036,708,000
1986 2,057,456,000
1987 2,078,852,000
1988 2,099,799,000
1989 2,119,951,000
1990 2,139,155,000
1991 2,156,235,000
1992 2,171,436,000
1993 2,185,300,000
1994 2,198,000,000
1995 2,209,567,000
1996 2,220,241,000
1997 2,230,015,000
1998 2,238,497,000
1999 2,245,447,000
2000 2,250,534,000
2001 2,252,471,000
2002 2,251,143,000
2003 2,248,699,000
2004 2,245,230,000
2005 2,240,930,000
2006 2,236,321,000
2007 2,231,100,000
2008 2,225,316,000
2009 2,219,070,000
2010 2,212,049,000
2011 2,206,216,000
2012 2,201,134,000
2013 2,195,506,000
2014 2,188,865,000
2015 2,181,198,000
2016 2,172,691,000
2017 2,163,602,000
2018 2,153,166,000
2019 2,141,610,000
2020 2,128,861,000

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in IBRD only was 43.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 74.00 in 1960, while its lowest value was 43.78 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 74.00
1961 73.42
1962 72.90
1963 72.42
1964 71.93
1965 71.71
1966 71.50
1967 71.28
1968 71.06
1969 70.85
1970 70.65
1971 70.44
1972 70.18
1973 69.89
1974 69.54
1975 69.19
1976 68.84
1977 68.49
1978 68.02
1979 67.45
1980 66.88
1981 66.29
1982 65.72
1983 65.20
1984 64.67
1985 64.14
1986 63.61
1987 63.10
1988 62.58
1989 62.08
1990 61.60
1991 61.10
1992 60.59
1993 60.09
1994 59.58
1995 59.07
1996 58.56
1997 58.04
1998 57.51
1999 56.98
2000 56.44
2001 55.85
2002 55.21
2003 54.55
2004 53.89
2005 53.22
2006 52.57
2007 51.92
2008 51.27
2009 50.62
2010 49.97
2011 49.33
2012 48.71
2013 48.08
2014 47.46
2015 46.83
2016 46.21
2017 45.59
2018 44.98
2019 44.37
2020 43.78

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization