Niger - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Niger was 20,182,040 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20,182,040 in 2020 and a minimum value of 3,192,462 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 3,192,462
1961 3,280,768
1962 3,372,934
1963 3,462,778
1964 3,554,517
1965 3,647,606
1966 3,741,983
1967 3,834,034
1968 3,926,819
1969 4,020,183
1970 4,113,979
1971 4,207,997
1972 4,302,274
1973 4,397,426
1974 4,494,121
1975 4,592,872
1976 4,693,753
1977 4,796,636
1978 4,916,397
1979 5,048,766
1980 5,183,899
1981 5,321,995
1982 5,463,619
1983 5,608,760
1984 5,757,642
1985 5,910,685
1986 6,067,924
1987 6,230,107
1988 6,400,388
1989 6,590,721
1990 6,793,065
1991 7,008,212
1992 7,236,439
1993 7,477,205
1994 7,729,716
1995 7,993,386
1996 8,268,593
1997 8,556,097
1998 8,856,296
1999 9,169,877
2000 9,497,435
2001 9,840,592
2002 10,208,510
2003 10,592,560
2004 10,993,350
2005 11,411,590
2006 11,847,270
2007 12,301,380
2008 12,775,840
2009 13,272,580
2010 13,793,400
2011 14,339,440
2012 14,910,250
2013 15,505,110
2014 16,119,620
2015 16,751,990
2016 17,402,300
2017 18,070,400
2018 18,756,600
2019 19,460,490
2020 20,182,040

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Niger was 83.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 94.21 in 1960, while its lowest value was 83.37 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 94.21
1961 94.10
1962 94.00
1963 93.74
1964 93.47
1965 93.19
1966 92.90
1967 92.51
1968 92.09
1969 91.66
1970 91.21
1971 90.73
1972 90.23
1973 89.70
1974 89.16
1975 88.58
1976 87.98
1977 87.35
1978 86.98
1979 86.77
1980 86.56
1981 86.34
1982 86.13
1983 85.91
1984 85.69
1985 85.46
1986 85.24
1987 85.01
1988 84.79
1989 84.71
1990 84.63
1991 84.55
1992 84.47
1993 84.39
1994 84.31
1995 84.23
1996 84.15
1997 84.06
1998 83.98
1999 83.90
2000 83.81
2001 83.74
2002 83.75
2003 83.75
2004 83.75
2005 83.76
2006 83.76
2007 83.77
2008 83.77
2009 83.78
2010 83.78
2011 83.78
2012 83.79
2013 83.79
2014 83.78
2015 83.75
2016 83.71
2017 83.65
2018 83.58
2019 83.48
2020 83.37

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization