Northern Mariana Islands - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Northern Mariana Islands was 4,721 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,695 in 2001 and a minimum value of 2,198 in 1980.

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 4,868
1961 4,841
1962 4,774
1963 4,684
1964 4,606
1965 4,546
1966 4,510
1967 4,491
1968 4,297
1969 4,102
1970 3,892
1971 3,677
1972 3,468
1973 3,254
1974 3,079
1975 2,901
1976 2,703
1977 2,503
1978 2,328
1979 2,213
1980 2,198
1981 2,341
1982 2,532
1983 2,768
1984 3,040
1985 3,337
1986 3,665
1987 4,011
1988 4,329
1989 4,557
1990 4,698
1991 4,808
1992 4,804
1993 4,747
1994 4,721
1995 4,790
1996 4,916
1997 5,113
1998 5,347
1999 5,542
2000 5,658
2001 5,695
2002 5,657
2003 5,565
2004 5,450
2005 5,339
2006 5,232
2007 5,126
2008 5,028
2009 4,947
2010 4,885
2011 4,846
2012 4,829
2013 4,827
2014 4,826
2015 4,821
2016 4,808
2017 4,790
2018 4,768
2019 4,744
2020 4,721

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Northern Mariana Islands was 8.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 48.78 in 1960, while its lowest value was 8.20 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 48.78
1961 47.26
1962 45.74
1963 44.23
1964 42.73
1965 41.24
1966 39.77
1967 38.31
1968 35.41
1969 32.62
1970 29.94
1971 27.39
1972 24.98
1973 22.72
1974 20.98
1975 19.45
1976 17.99
1977 16.63
1978 15.35
1979 14.15
1980 13.22
1981 12.88
1982 12.56
1983 12.24
1984 11.92
1985 11.62
1986 11.32
1987 11.03
1988 10.74
1989 10.47
1990 10.27
1991 10.30
1992 10.34
1993 10.37
1994 10.41
1995 10.44
1996 10.35
1997 10.22
1998 10.09
1999 9.96
2000 9.85
2001 9.77
2002 9.68
2003 9.60
2004 9.52
2005 9.44
2006 9.36
2007 9.28
2008 9.21
2009 9.13
2010 9.05
2011 8.97
2012 8.89
2013 8.81
2014 8.73
2015 8.64
2016 8.56
2017 8.47
2018 8.38
2019 8.29
2020 8.20

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization