North Macedonia - Rural population growth

Rural population growth (annual %)

The value for Rural population growth (annual %) in North Macedonia was -0.86 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.04 in 1998 and a minimum value of -1.52 in 1993.

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
1961 -0.56
1962 -0.68
1963 -0.71
1964 -0.71
1965 -0.70
1966 -0.67
1967 -0.65
1968 -0.74
1969 -0.94
1970 -1.21
1971 -1.15
1972 -0.25
1973 -0.34
1974 -0.29
1975 -0.13
1976 0.06
1977 0.20
1978 0.22
1979 0.10
1980 -0.12
1981 -0.27
1982 -0.22
1983 -0.39
1984 -0.51
1985 -0.58
1986 -0.65
1987 -0.72
1988 -0.81
1989 -0.91
1990 -1.01
1991 -1.21
1992 -1.51
1993 -1.52
1994 -1.36
1995 0.59
1996 0.82
1997 0.88
1998 1.04
1999 0.98
2000 0.96
2001 0.92
2002 -0.23
2003 0.82
2004 0.78
2005 0.63
2006 0.52
2007 0.44
2008 0.37
2009 0.32
2010 0.28
2011 0.16
2012 0.04
2013 0.00
2014 -0.06
2015 -0.16
2016 -0.26
2017 -0.34
2018 -0.43
2019 -0.56
2020 -0.86

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization