IDA total - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in IDA total was 1,058,416,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,058,416,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 326,999,500 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 326,999,500
1961 333,762,500
1962 340,782,200
1963 348,016,300
1964 355,489,700
1965 363,225,900
1966 371,286,100
1967 379,536,000
1968 387,942,900
1969 396,376,800
1970 404,807,500
1971 413,013,600
1972 421,193,300
1973 429,438,300
1974 437,919,100
1975 448,676,100
1976 457,858,400
1977 467,379,100
1978 477,154,100
1979 487,386,600
1980 497,687,800
1981 508,321,400
1982 519,893,400
1983 531,621,900
1984 543,447,700
1985 555,422,600
1986 567,656,000
1987 580,125,900
1988 592,822,700
1989 605,836,500
1990 618,988,500
1991 632,754,400
1992 646,875,800
1993 661,226,200
1994 675,896,600
1995 690,623,500
1996 705,374,900
1997 720,083,800
1998 734,878,600
1999 749,770,900
2000 764,794,000
2001 779,240,000
2002 793,580,200
2003 807,979,000
2004 822,462,600
2005 836,919,400
2006 851,417,500
2007 866,364,100
2008 880,686,000
2009 894,989,000
2010 909,397,100
2011 924,122,900
2012 938,884,500
2013 953,715,500
2014 968,643,600
2015 983,399,700
2016 998,304,300
2017 1,013,307,000
2018 1,028,354,000
2019 1,043,416,000
2020 1,058,416,000

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in IDA total was 62.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 86.36 in 1960, while its lowest value was 62.01 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 86.36
1961 86.06
1962 85.76
1963 85.45
1964 85.12
1965 84.79
1966 84.45
1967 84.10
1968 83.73
1969 83.35
1970 82.96
1971 82.54
1972 82.10
1973 81.66
1974 81.21
1975 81.10
1976 80.62
1977 80.14
1978 79.64
1979 79.17
1980 78.68
1981 78.21
1982 77.84
1983 77.46
1984 77.04
1985 76.61
1986 76.18
1987 75.75
1988 75.31
1989 74.89
1990 74.44
1991 74.06
1992 73.69
1993 73.33
1994 73.01
1995 72.68
1996 72.36
1997 72.02
1998 71.69
1999 71.37
2000 71.05
2001 70.66
2002 70.24
2003 69.83
2004 69.41
2005 68.98
2006 68.54
2007 68.12
2008 67.65
2009 67.17
2010 66.69
2011 66.24
2012 65.81
2013 65.38
2014 64.94
2015 64.47
2016 63.99
2017 63.51
2018 63.02
2019 62.52
2020 62.01

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization