Kiribati - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Kiribati was 53,041 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 54,216 in 2011 and a minimum value of 34,485 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 34,485
1961 35,089
1962 35,680
1963 36,257
1964 36,804
1965 37,317
1966 37,777
1967 38,191
1968 38,564
1969 38,770
1970 38,823
1971 38,803
1972 38,708
1973 38,563
1974 38,599
1975 38,797
1976 38,999
1977 39,206
1978 39,410
1979 39,738
1980 40,153
1981 40,549
1982 40,927
1983 41,343
1984 41,861
1985 42,526
1986 43,345
1987 44,303
1988 45,318
1989 46,268
1990 47,066
1991 47,699
1992 48,184
1993 48,577
1994 48,973
1995 49,420
1996 49,405
1997 49,114
1998 48,822
1999 48,504
2000 48,146
2001 48,525
2002 49,336
2003 50,184
2004 51,102
2005 52,113
2006 52,803
2007 53,221
2008 53,621
2009 53,949
2010 54,151
2011 54,216
2012 54,156
2013 54,022
2014 53,848
2015 53,668
2016 53,508
2017 53,353
2018 53,221
2019 53,118
2020 53,041

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Kiribati was 44.41 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 83.71 in 1960, while its lowest value was 44.41 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 83.71
1961 83.08
1962 82.43
1963 81.77
1964 81.08
1965 80.38
1966 79.65
1967 78.90
1968 78.14
1969 77.13
1970 75.91
1971 74.65
1972 73.35
1973 72.00
1974 71.04
1975 70.39
1976 69.74
1977 69.08
1978 68.40
1979 67.96
1980 67.72
1981 67.47
1982 67.22
1983 66.97
1984 66.72
1985 66.46
1986 66.17
1987 65.88
1988 65.60
1989 65.31
1990 65.01
1991 64.73
1992 64.45
1993 64.16
1994 63.88
1995 63.59
1996 62.61
1997 61.25
1998 59.86
1999 58.46
2000 57.04
2001 56.53
2002 56.51
2003 56.49
2004 56.47
2005 56.45
2006 55.97
2007 55.13
2008 54.29
2009 53.45
2010 52.61
2011 51.77
2012 50.92
2013 50.07
2014 49.23
2015 48.38
2016 47.55
2017 46.74
2018 45.94
2019 45.17
2020 44.41

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization