Malawi - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Malawi was 15,796,180 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15,796,180 in 2020 and a minimum value of 3,499,307 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 3,499,307
1961 3,579,521
1962 3,662,835
1963 3,749,256
1964 3,838,811
1965 3,931,545
1966 4,027,645
1967 4,122,101
1968 4,218,660
1969 4,317,667
1970 4,419,063
1971 4,522,686
1972 4,628,762
1973 4,738,360
1974 4,852,704
1975 4,972,753
1976 5,101,169
1977 5,237,989
1978 5,387,611
1979 5,538,351
1980 5,684,770
1981 5,818,401
1982 5,943,464
1983 6,084,076
1984 6,272,957
1985 6,529,597
1986 6,869,085
1987 7,274,841
1988 7,692,351
1989 8,055,202
1990 8,317,339
1991 8,459,358
1992 8,502,542
1993 8,490,911
1994 8,487,818
1995 8,538,753
1996 8,656,778
1997 8,827,614
1998 9,034,496
1999 9,278,060
2000 9,519,918
2001 9,751,725
2002 9,981,681
2003 10,215,160
2004 10,460,990
2005 10,725,240
2006 11,008,960
2007 11,309,180
2008 11,623,960
2009 11,948,330
2010 12,279,570
2011 12,617,260
2012 12,961,590
2013 13,310,390
2014 13,661,720
2015 14,013,640
2016 14,365,350
2017 14,716,800
2018 15,070,300
2019 15,429,450
2020 15,796,180

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Malawi was 82.57 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 95.61 in 1960, while its lowest value was 82.57 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 95.61
1961 95.51
1962 95.41
1963 95.31
1964 95.20
1965 95.09
1966 94.98
1967 94.75
1968 94.50
1969 94.23
1970 93.95
1971 93.66
1972 93.35
1973 93.03
1974 92.70
1975 92.35
1976 91.99
1977 91.61
1978 91.36
1979 91.16
1980 90.95
1981 90.74
1982 90.52
1983 90.30
1984 90.07
1985 89.84
1986 89.60
1987 89.36
1988 89.07
1989 88.76
1990 88.44
1991 88.12
1992 87.78
1993 87.44
1994 87.09
1995 86.74
1996 86.37
1997 86.00
1998 85.62
1999 85.48
2000 85.39
2001 85.30
2002 85.21
2003 85.13
2004 85.04
2005 84.95
2006 84.86
2007 84.77
2008 84.67
2009 84.57
2010 84.46
2011 84.33
2012 84.19
2013 84.03
2014 83.87
2015 83.69
2016 83.49
2017 83.29
2018 83.06
2019 82.83
2020 82.57

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization