Madagascar - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Madagascar was 17,020,560 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,020,560 in 2020 and a minimum value of 4,556,693 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 4,556,693
1961 4,650,484
1962 4,747,183
1963 4,846,779
1964 4,949,357
1965 5,055,044
1966 5,164,149
1967 5,279,476
1968 5,398,426
1969 5,521,592
1970 5,649,046
1971 5,776,207
1972 5,907,127
1973 6,041,883
1974 6,180,072
1975 6,321,830
1976 6,471,010
1977 6,623,754
1978 6,779,886
1979 6,939,376
1980 7,101,895
1981 7,267,861
1982 7,437,082
1983 7,608,844
1984 7,782,246
1985 7,956,902
1986 8,132,416
1987 8,309,613
1988 8,489,531
1989 8,674,496
1990 8,865,310
1991 9,062,323
1992 9,265,245
1993 9,474,786
1994 9,729,871
1995 9,999,288
1996 10,279,930
1997 10,571,360
1998 10,871,730
1999 11,178,710
2000 11,490,690
2001 11,806,900
2002 12,127,390
2003 12,452,040
2004 12,780,590
2005 13,053,180
2006 13,324,750
2007 13,595,110
2008 13,863,560
2009 14,130,780
2010 14,396,230
2011 14,659,790
2012 14,921,520
2013 15,182,440
2014 15,443,360
2015 15,705,380
2016 15,968,250
2017 16,231,650
2018 16,495,100
2019 16,758,460
2020 17,020,560

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Madagascar was 61.47 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 89.36 in 1960, while its lowest value was 61.47 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 89.36
1961 89.03
1962 88.69
1963 88.34
1964 87.99
1965 87.62
1966 87.25
1967 86.93
1968 86.59
1969 86.25
1970 85.90
1971 85.47
1972 85.04
1973 84.59
1974 84.13
1975 83.67
1976 83.25
1977 82.82
1978 82.38
1979 81.93
1980 81.48
1981 81.01
1982 80.54
1983 80.06
1984 79.57
1985 79.07
1986 78.56
1987 78.04
1988 77.51
1989 76.98
1990 76.43
1991 75.88
1992 75.32
1993 74.75
1994 74.46
1995 74.20
1996 73.94
1997 73.68
1998 73.41
1999 73.15
2000 72.88
2001 72.61
2002 72.34
2003 72.06
2004 71.79
2005 71.19
2006 70.58
2007 69.96
2008 69.33
2009 68.70
2010 68.06
2011 67.42
2012 66.77
2013 66.12
2014 65.47
2015 64.81
2016 64.14
2017 63.48
2018 62.81
2019 62.14
2020 61.47

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization