Iraq - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Iraq was 11,707,560 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,707,560 in 2020 and a minimum value of 4,133,371 in 1965.

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 4,162,522
1961 4,153,902
1962 4,145,766
1963 4,139,153
1964 4,134,768
1965 4,133,371
1966 4,163,977
1967 4,210,198
1968 4,258,064
1969 4,304,982
1970 4,348,637
1971 4,388,069
1972 4,423,345
1973 4,455,588
1974 4,485,119
1975 4,512,701
1976 4,538,063
1977 4,560,615
1978 4,606,952
1979 4,660,311
1980 4,707,538
1981 4,749,298
1982 4,785,950
1983 4,816,865
1984 4,840,875
1985 4,858,545
1986 4,869,024
1987 4,874,358
1988 4,971,735
1989 5,117,347
1990 5,276,946
1991 5,452,349
1992 5,642,832
1993 5,847,265
1994 6,063,841
1995 6,290,625
1996 6,527,340
1997 6,773,835
1998 6,990,782
1999 7,195,874
2000 7,402,680
2001 7,613,472
2002 7,827,626
2003 8,037,500
2004 8,233,074
2005 8,408,905
2006 8,558,600
2007 8,687,932
2008 8,820,301
2009 8,987,473
2010 9,189,379
2011 9,442,501
2012 9,748,139
2013 10,081,400
2014 10,406,860
2015 10,699,780
2016 10,948,780
2017 11,161,440
2018 11,348,290
2019 11,526,420
2020 11,707,560

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Iraq was 29.11 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 57.10 in 1960, while its lowest value was 29.11 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 57.10
1961 55.57
1962 54.02
1963 52.47
1964 50.91
1965 49.35
1966 48.13
1967 47.06
1968 45.98
1969 44.91
1970 43.85
1971 42.79
1972 41.73
1973 40.69
1974 39.65
1975 38.62
1976 37.60
1977 36.60
1978 35.82
1979 35.15
1980 34.48
1981 33.82
1982 33.16
1983 32.51
1984 31.87
1985 31.23
1986 30.60
1987 29.98
1988 29.93
1989 30.11
1990 30.29
1991 30.48
1992 30.66
1993 30.85
1994 31.03
1995 31.22
1996 31.41
1997 31.60
1998 31.61
1999 31.56
2000 31.50
2001 31.45
2002 31.40
2003 31.34
2004 31.29
2005 31.23
2006 31.18
2007 31.13
2008 31.07
2009 31.02
2010 30.90
2011 30.73
2012 30.57
2013 30.41
2014 30.24
2015 30.08
2016 29.91
2017 29.72
2018 29.53
2019 29.32
2020 29.11

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization