Panama - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Panama was 1,362,863 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,362,863 in 2020 and a minimum value of 665,652 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 665,652
1961 678,645
1962 691,479
1963 704,472
1964 717,502
1965 730,554
1966 743,533
1967 756,400
1968 769,202
1969 781,974
1970 795,498
1971 814,074
1972 832,855
1973 851,749
1974 870,613
1975 889,359
1976 907,894
1977 926,290
1978 944,494
1979 962,580
1980 980,401
1981 997,058
1982 1,013,524
1983 1,029,846
1984 1,045,991
1985 1,062,043
1986 1,077,946
1987 1,093,755
1988 1,109,455
1989 1,125,105
1990 1,139,032
1991 1,141,533
1992 1,143,490
1993 1,145,026
1994 1,146,091
1995 1,146,797
1996 1,147,094
1997 1,147,071
1998 1,146,521
1999 1,145,367
2000 1,145,526
2001 1,158,708
2002 1,171,689
2003 1,184,430
2004 1,197,009
2005 1,209,470
2006 1,221,816
2007 1,234,066
2008 1,246,143
2009 1,258,058
2010 1,269,842
2011 1,281,070
2012 1,291,782
2013 1,302,058
2014 1,311,972
2015 1,321,666
2016 1,331,144
2017 1,340,242
2018 1,348,752
2019 1,356,355
2020 1,362,863

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Panama was 31.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 58.75 in 1960, while its lowest value was 31.59 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 58.75
1961 58.15
1962 57.51
1963 56.86
1964 56.22
1965 55.57
1966 54.92
1967 54.27
1968 53.62
1969 52.96
1970 52.36
1971 52.08
1972 51.80
1973 51.52
1974 51.24
1975 50.96
1976 50.68
1977 50.40
1978 50.12
1979 49.84
1980 49.55
1981 49.21
1982 48.87
1983 48.54
1984 48.20
1985 47.86
1986 47.52
1987 47.18
1988 46.84
1989 46.50
1990 46.10
1991 45.24
1992 44.39
1993 43.54
1994 42.70
1995 41.86
1996 41.02
1997 40.19
1998 39.37
1999 38.55
2000 37.80
2001 37.50
2002 37.21
2003 36.91
2004 36.61
2005 36.32
2006 36.02
2007 35.73
2008 35.44
2009 35.15
2010 34.86
2011 34.56
2012 34.26
2013 33.95
2014 33.63
2015 33.30
2016 32.97
2017 32.64
2018 32.29
2019 31.94
2020 31.59

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization