Myanmar - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Myanmar was 37,466,040 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37,466,040 in 2020 and a minimum value of 17,557,800 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 17,557,800
1961 17,865,700
1962 18,178,560
1963 18,498,510
1964 18,828,840
1965 19,171,930
1966 19,528,000
1967 19,895,820
1968 20,272,900
1969 20,656,370
1970 21,043,540
1971 21,433,570
1972 21,825,840
1973 22,249,370
1974 22,764,070
1975 23,288,310
1976 23,819,880
1977 24,358,900
1978 24,904,790
1979 25,458,580
1980 26,019,720
1981 26,588,410
1982 27,160,550
1983 27,718,440
1984 28,224,610
1985 28,717,890
1986 29,197,230
1987 29,662,020
1988 30,105,930
1989 30,520,480
1990 30,900,950
1991 31,242,540
1992 31,549,820
1993 31,837,670
1994 32,127,160
1995 32,432,740
1996 32,759,940
1997 33,103,110
1998 33,449,900
1999 33,784,690
2000 34,093,700
2001 34,376,110
2002 34,636,060
2003 34,871,850
2004 35,082,990
2005 35,270,380
2006 35,431,680
2007 35,569,170
2008 35,696,200
2009 35,831,020
2010 35,984,780
2011 36,165,090
2012 36,366,970
2013 36,578,280
2014 36,779,550
2015 36,951,310
2016 37,088,140
2017 37,195,870
2018 37,284,850
2019 37,371,330
2020 37,466,040

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Myanmar was 68.86 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 80.77 in 1960, while its lowest value was 68.86 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 80.77
1961 80.43
1962 80.09
1963 79.74
1964 79.39
1965 79.03
1966 78.67
1967 78.30
1968 77.93
1969 77.55
1970 77.17
1971 76.79
1972 76.39
1973 76.10
1974 76.09
1975 76.08
1976 76.07
1977 76.06
1978 76.05
1979 76.04
1980 76.03
1981 76.02
1982 76.01
1983 75.96
1984 75.79
1985 75.62
1986 75.45
1987 75.28
1988 75.10
1989 74.93
1990 74.76
1991 74.58
1992 74.41
1993 74.23
1994 74.05
1995 73.88
1996 73.70
1997 73.52
1998 73.34
1999 73.16
2000 72.98
2001 72.79
2002 72.61
2003 72.43
2004 72.24
2005 72.05
2006 71.87
2007 71.68
2008 71.49
2009 71.31
2010 71.12
2011 70.93
2012 70.73
2013 70.54
2014 70.35
2015 70.14
2016 69.92
2017 69.68
2018 69.42
2019 69.15
2020 68.86

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization