Lower middle income - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Lower middle income was 1,917,012,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,917,012,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 795,198,200 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 795,198,200
1961 810,969,900
1962 826,891,300
1963 843,225,200
1964 859,932,600
1965 876,959,900
1966 894,406,000
1967 912,224,800
1968 930,331,800
1969 948,753,900
1970 967,522,200
1971 986,321,500
1972 1,004,632,000
1973 1,023,158,000
1974 1,041,956,000
1975 1,063,071,000
1976 1,082,634,000
1977 1,102,589,000
1978 1,122,865,000
1979 1,143,802,000
1980 1,165,130,000
1981 1,187,128,000
1982 1,210,831,000
1983 1,234,821,000
1984 1,258,846,000
1985 1,282,773,000
1986 1,306,566,000
1987 1,330,344,000
1988 1,353,969,000
1989 1,377,405,000
1990 1,401,129,000
1991 1,424,620,000
1992 1,447,818,000
1993 1,470,598,000
1994 1,492,915,000
1995 1,515,079,000
1996 1,536,985,000
1997 1,558,588,000
1998 1,579,821,000
1999 1,600,659,000
2000 1,620,967,000
2001 1,640,657,000
2002 1,658,885,000
2003 1,676,615,000
2004 1,693,951,000
2005 1,710,882,000
2006 1,727,536,000
2007 1,743,887,000
2008 1,759,863,000
2009 1,775,458,000
2010 1,790,813,000
2011 1,805,845,000
2012 1,820,238,000
2013 1,834,276,000
2014 1,847,806,000
2015 1,860,866,000
2016 1,873,433,000
2017 1,885,406,000
2018 1,896,710,000
2019 1,907,251,000
2020 1,917,012,000

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Lower middle income was 57.56 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 80.32 in 1960, while its lowest value was 57.56 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 80.32
1961 80.08
1962 79.80
1963 79.52
1964 79.23
1965 78.94
1966 78.66
1967 78.38
1968 78.08
1969 77.79
1970 77.49
1971 77.16
1972 76.77
1973 76.37
1974 75.96
1975 75.68
1976 75.26
1977 74.85
1978 74.42
1979 73.99
1980 73.56
1981 73.12
1982 72.76
1983 72.38
1984 72.00
1985 71.61
1986 71.21
1987 70.82
1988 70.42
1989 70.04
1990 69.61
1991 69.27
1992 68.94
1993 68.61
1994 68.28
1995 67.96
1996 67.63
1997 67.30
1998 66.97
1999 66.63
2000 66.29
2001 65.95
2002 65.55
2003 65.15
2004 64.74
2005 64.33
2006 63.92
2007 63.50
2008 63.07
2009 62.64
2010 62.21
2011 61.77
2012 61.32
2013 60.87
2014 60.42
2015 59.96
2016 59.49
2017 59.02
2018 58.54
2019 58.05
2020 57.56

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization