Israel - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Israel was 683,115 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 683,115 in 2020 and a minimum value of 426,592 in 1983.

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 489,438
1961 481,028
1962 487,171
1963 487,647
1964 489,258
1965 488,508
1966 482,947
1967 485,865
1968 477,855
1969 472,346
1970 470,041
1971 466,826
1972 461,151
1973 465,705
1974 465,216
1975 461,484
1976 457,418
1977 453,431
1978 448,778
1979 446,180
1980 442,751
1981 437,534
1982 431,841
1983 426,592
1984 427,587
1985 430,581
1986 432,651
1987 434,978
1988 437,537
1989 440,279
1990 449,271
1991 471,986
1992 483,355
1993 491,062
1994 498,490
1995 506,480
1996 515,524
1997 524,715
1998 532,971
1999 542,736
2000 553,243
2001 562,318
2002 569,619
2003 575,782
2004 581,761
2005 587,811
2006 593,922
2007 600,185
2008 606,484
2009 616,589
2010 623,153
2011 629,651
2012 636,004
2013 642,262
2014 648,712
2015 655,408
2016 661,802
2017 667,787
2018 673,494
2019 678,959
2020 683,115

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Israel was 7.41 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 23.15 in 1960, while its lowest value was 7.41 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 23.15
1961 22.02
1962 21.25
1963 20.50
1964 19.77
1965 19.06
1966 18.37
1967 17.70
1968 17.05
1969 16.42
1970 15.81
1971 15.21
1972 14.65
1973 14.21
1974 13.78
1975 13.36
1976 12.95
1977 12.55
1978 12.16
1979 11.79
1980 11.42
1981 11.06
1982 10.71
1983 10.39
1984 10.28
1985 10.17
1986 10.06
1987 9.96
1988 9.85
1989 9.75
1990 9.64
1991 9.54
1992 9.44
1993 9.33
1994 9.23
1995 9.13
1996 9.06
1997 8.99
1998 8.93
1999 8.86
2000 8.80
2001 8.73
2002 8.67
2003 8.61
2004 8.54
2005 8.48
2006 8.42
2007 8.36
2008 8.30
2009 8.24
2010 8.17
2011 8.11
2012 8.04
2013 7.97
2014 7.90
2015 7.82
2016 7.74
2017 7.66
2018 7.58
2019 7.50
2020 7.41

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization