Samoa - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Samoa was 162,916 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 162,916 in 2020 and a minimum value of 88,068 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 88,068
1961 90,826
1962 93,701
1963 96,669
1964 99,638
1965 102,532
1966 105,345
1967 107,891
1968 110,202
1969 112,260
1970 114,011
1971 115,437
1972 116,728
1973 117,848
1974 118,783
1975 119,581
1976 120,255
1977 120,869
1978 121,444
1979 122,008
1980 122,593
1981 123,262
1982 124,004
1983 124,776
1984 125,483
1985 126,076
1986 126,515
1987 126,838
1988 127,159
1989 127,605
1990 128,284
1991 129,232
1992 130,310
1993 131,443
1994 132,529
1995 133,445
1996 134,166
1997 134,718
1998 135,167
1999 135,611
2000 136,114
2001 136,688
2002 137,704
2003 138,971
2004 140,275
2005 141,589
2006 142,925
2007 144,271
2008 145,656
2009 147,089
2010 148,610
2011 150,243
2012 151,982
2013 153,742
2014 155,412
2015 156,910
2016 158,198
2017 159,311
2018 160,348
2019 161,506
2020 162,916

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Samoa was 82.11 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 82.11 in 2020, while its lowest value was 77.93 in 2001.

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 81.07
1961 81.01
1962 80.94
1963 80.86
1964 80.78
1965 80.70
1966 80.62
1967 80.41
1968 80.16
1969 79.90
1970 79.65
1971 79.39
1972 79.25
1973 79.17
1974 79.09
1975 79.01
1976 78.93
1977 78.89
1978 78.87
1979 78.85
1980 78.83
1981 78.81
1982 78.80
1983 78.80
1984 78.80
1985 78.80
1986 78.80
1987 78.80
1988 78.80
1989 78.80
1990 78.80
1991 78.80
1992 78.74
1993 78.65
1994 78.56
1995 78.47
1996 78.38
1997 78.30
1998 78.20
1999 78.11
2000 78.02
2001 77.93
2002 78.06
2003 78.30
2004 78.54
2005 78.78
2006 79.02
2007 79.25
2008 79.48
2009 79.70
2010 79.92
2011 80.14
2012 80.38
2013 80.62
2014 80.85
2015 81.09
2016 81.32
2017 81.55
2018 81.76
2019 81.94
2020 82.11

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization