Mongolia - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Mongolia was 1,027,515 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,030,736 in 1999 and a minimum value of 609,527 in 1962.

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 614,596
1961 612,076
1962 609,527
1963 614,425
1964 627,680
1965 640,868
1966 653,802
1967 666,593
1968 679,394
1969 691,465
1970 702,685
1971 714,232
1972 725,942
1973 737,623
1974 748,943
1975 759,709
1976 769,848
1977 779,494
1978 788,691
1979 798,648
1980 809,616
1981 820,350
1982 830,767
1983 841,231
1984 852,244
1985 864,081
1986 876,930
1987 890,303
1988 902,754
1989 918,962
1990 938,459
1991 953,993
1992 966,004
1993 975,528
1994 984,002
1995 992,628
1996 1,001,685
1997 1,011,050
1998 1,020,734
1999 1,030,736
2000 1,027,701
2001 1,010,858
2002 994,309
2003 978,174
2004 962,535
2005 947,562
2006 933,086
2007 919,146
2008 905,873
2009 893,582
2010 882,146
2011 887,539
2012 903,056
2013 919,375
2014 936,043
2015 952,602
2016 968,957
2017 985,109
2018 1,000,361
2019 1,014,540
2020 1,027,515

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Mongolia was 31.34 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 64.32 in 1960, while its lowest value was 31.34 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 64.32
1961 62.32
1962 60.27
1963 58.94
1964 58.42
1965 57.89
1966 57.35
1967 56.82
1968 56.28
1969 55.66
1970 54.95
1971 54.23
1972 53.51
1973 52.79
1974 52.07
1975 51.34
1976 50.62
1977 49.90
1978 49.17
1979 48.51
1980 47.92
1981 47.32
1982 46.73
1983 46.14
1984 45.55
1985 44.96
1986 44.37
1987 43.79
1988 43.20
1989 42.92
1990 42.97
1991 43.01
1992 43.06
1993 43.10
1994 43.15
1995 43.20
1996 43.24
1997 43.29
1998 43.33
1999 43.38
2000 42.87
2001 41.78
2002 40.70
2003 39.62
2004 38.56
2005 37.51
2006 36.47
2007 35.44
2008 34.42
2009 33.42
2010 32.43
2011 32.04
2012 31.97
2013 31.90
2014 31.84
2015 31.77
2016 31.70
2017 31.64
2018 31.56
2019 31.46
2020 31.34

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization