Iran - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Iran was 20,264,140 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24,891,730 in 1992 and a minimum value of 14,516,610 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 14,516,610
1961 14,749,600
1962 14,984,580
1963 15,222,140
1964 15,461,980
1965 15,704,600
1966 15,950,660
1967 16,170,430
1968 16,371,740
1969 16,569,830
1970 16,762,740
1971 16,951,110
1972 17,138,710
1973 17,331,930
1974 17,535,970
1975 17,756,880
1976 17,991,680
1977 18,282,040
1978 18,624,100
1979 19,009,190
1980 19,443,780
1981 19,925,490
1982 20,442,650
1983 20,982,340
1984 21,528,180
1985 22,066,160
1986 22,594,200
1987 23,182,080
1988 23,748,380
1989 24,234,620
1990 24,615,120
1991 24,879,850
1992 24,891,730
1993 24,774,010
1994 24,611,900
1995 24,432,060
1996 24,240,820
1997 24,084,610
1998 23,933,140
1999 23,770,260
2000 23,596,860
2001 23,418,000
2002 23,234,790
2003 23,044,630
2004 22,844,250
2005 22,632,300
2006 22,408,900
2007 22,211,320
2008 22,027,080
2009 21,844,630
2010 21,667,000
2011 21,494,870
2012 21,336,240
2013 21,189,330
2014 21,047,450
2015 20,911,890
2016 20,782,110
2017 20,657,360
2018 20,533,490
2019 20,404,280
2020 20,264,140

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Iran was 24.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 66.27 in 1960, while its lowest value was 24.13 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 66.27
1961 65.61
1962 64.95
1963 64.28
1964 63.61
1965 62.93
1966 62.25
1967 61.44
1968 60.56
1969 59.68
1970 58.79
1971 57.89
1972 56.99
1973 56.08
1974 55.17
1975 54.25
1976 53.33
1977 52.53
1978 51.79
1979 51.05
1980 50.31
1981 49.57
1982 48.83
1983 48.08
1984 47.34
1985 46.61
1986 45.87
1987 45.28
1988 44.74
1989 44.21
1990 43.67
1991 43.14
1992 42.35
1993 41.48
1994 40.62
1995 39.76
1996 38.91
1997 38.15
1998 37.41
1999 36.68
2000 35.96
2001 35.24
2002 34.53
2003 33.83
2004 33.13
2005 32.44
2006 31.76
2007 31.14
2008 30.54
2009 29.96
2010 29.37
2011 28.80
2012 28.25
2013 27.71
2014 27.17
2015 26.64
2016 26.12
2017 25.61
2018 25.10
2019 24.61
2020 24.13

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization