Low income - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Low income was 442,650,900 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 442,650,900 in 2020 and a minimum value of 119,404,000 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 119,404,000
1961 121,580,200
1962 123,799,900
1963 126,083,900
1964 128,466,300
1965 130,968,000
1966 133,594,800
1967 136,327,600
1968 139,050,100
1969 141,731,800
1970 144,459,800
1971 147,554,700
1972 150,688,600
1973 153,884,000
1974 157,178,400
1975 160,539,900
1976 164,053,800
1977 167,628,400
1978 171,269,000
1979 174,986,500
1980 178,693,800
1981 182,333,300
1982 186,003,200
1983 189,703,800
1984 193,450,100
1985 197,300,700
1986 201,356,700
1987 205,614,000
1988 210,073,800
1989 214,833,300
1990 219,806,900
1991 225,153,000
1992 230,799,100
1993 236,661,000
1994 242,895,700
1995 249,177,600
1996 255,454,400
1997 261,682,500
1998 268,043,500
1999 274,609,500
2000 281,448,500
2001 288,581,700
2002 295,979,800
2003 303,636,400
2004 311,454,600
2005 319,310,300
2006 327,259,600
2007 335,710,400
2008 343,581,600
2009 351,458,800
2010 359,321,600
2011 367,455,000
2012 375,707,100
2013 383,987,700
2014 392,325,800
2015 400,457,200
2016 408,706,400
2017 417,052,400
2018 425,492,800
2019 434,027,700
2020 442,650,900

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Low income was 66.55 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 86.66 in 1960, while its lowest value was 66.55 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 86.66
1961 86.32
1962 85.98
1963 85.63
1964 85.26
1965 84.88
1966 84.48
1967 84.06
1968 83.57
1969 83.02
1970 82.48
1971 82.12
1972 81.76
1973 81.40
1974 81.07
1975 80.73
1976 80.44
1977 80.13
1978 79.83
1979 79.55
1980 79.26
1981 78.94
1982 78.62
1983 78.28
1984 77.90
1985 77.49
1986 77.09
1987 76.70
1988 76.30
1989 75.92
1990 75.52
1991 75.14
1992 74.76
1993 74.40
1994 74.13
1995 73.88
1996 73.65
1997 73.40
1998 73.17
1999 72.94
2000 72.71
2001 72.47
2002 72.23
2003 72.00
2004 71.75
2005 71.48
2006 71.20
2007 70.98
2008 70.63
2009 70.28
2010 69.94
2011 69.66
2012 69.42
2013 69.17
2014 68.91
2015 68.56
2016 68.20
2017 67.82
2018 67.42
2019 66.99
2020 66.55

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization