Puerto Rico - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Puerto Rico was 210,642 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,307,582 in 1960 and a minimum value of 205,077 in 2018.

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 1,307,582
1961 1,297,458
1962 1,290,658
1963 1,284,223
1964 1,273,815
1965 1,257,467
1966 1,235,821
1967 1,208,703
1968 1,179,241
1969 1,152,118
1970 1,132,645
1971 1,126,145
1972 1,123,324
1973 1,122,324
1974 1,119,990
1975 1,114,666
1976 1,106,837
1977 1,096,732
1978 1,084,657
1979 1,071,511
1980 1,031,210
1981 915,308
1982 806,057
1983 704,908
1984 612,522
1985 529,615
1986 455,619
1987 390,306
1988 333,043
1989 283,432
1990 249,641
1991 245,572
1992 241,390
1993 237,755
1994 234,354
1995 230,967
1996 228,098
1997 224,814
1998 220,778
1999 216,681
2000 213,889
2001 216,410
2002 218,792
2003 220,995
2004 223,184
2005 225,002
2006 226,182
2007 227,018
2008 227,833
2009 228,763
2010 229,804
2011 229,075
2012 228,028
2013 226,867
2014 224,429
2015 221,453
2016 217,959
2017 213,251
2018 205,077
2019 205,163
2020 210,642

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Puerto Rico was 6.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 55.45 in 1960, while its lowest value was 5.61 in 2000.

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 55.45
1961 54.07
1962 52.67
1963 51.28
1964 49.87
1965 48.48
1966 47.08
1967 45.69
1968 44.30
1969 42.92
1970 41.67
1971 40.77
1972 39.87
1973 38.99
1974 38.10
1975 37.23
1976 36.36
1977 35.51
1978 34.66
1979 33.82
1980 32.17
1981 28.23
1982 24.59
1983 21.29
1984 18.32
1985 15.68
1986 13.36
1987 11.34
1988 9.59
1989 8.09
1990 7.06
1991 6.89
1992 6.73
1993 6.58
1994 6.42
1995 6.27
1996 6.12
1997 5.98
1998 5.84
1999 5.70
2000 5.61
2001 5.67
2002 5.72
2003 5.78
2004 5.83
2005 5.89
2006 5.94
2007 6.00
2008 6.06
2009 6.12
2010 6.18
2011 6.23
2012 6.27
2013 6.31
2014 6.35
2015 6.38
2016 6.40
2017 6.41
2018 6.42
2019 6.42
2020 6.42

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization