Somalia - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Somalia was 8,559,929 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,559,929 in 2020 and a minimum value of 2,278,854 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 2,278,854
1961 2,312,226
1962 2,346,164
1963 2,380,896
1964 2,417,344
1965 2,455,877
1966 2,499,614
1967 2,549,344
1968 2,598,410
1969 2,637,759
1970 2,663,410
1971 2,664,999
1972 2,650,384
1973 2,654,597
1974 2,723,650
1975 2,890,890
1976 3,177,224
1977 3,553,627
1978 3,963,968
1979 4,330,768
1980 4,600,117
1981 4,751,747
1982 4,805,367
1983 4,795,767
1984 4,775,558
1985 4,782,558
1986 4,828,027
1987 4,897,806
1988 4,975,882
1989 5,042,361
1990 5,082,272
1991 5,091,309
1992 5,080,576
1993 5,069,089
1994 5,082,149
1995 5,137,397
1996 5,240,742
1997 5,384,897
1998 5,557,762
1999 5,741,344
2000 5,922,493
2001 6,098,420
2002 6,271,831
2003 6,403,967
2004 6,530,872
2005 6,653,498
2006 6,770,496
2007 7,268,117
2008 7,292,947
2009 7,306,566
2010 7,309,434
2011 7,302,020
2012 7,431,185
2013 7,561,668
2014 7,694,525
2015 7,830,603
2016 7,970,057
2017 8,112,889
2018 8,258,876
2019 8,408,045
2020 8,559,929

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Somalia was 53.86 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 82.69 in 1960, while its lowest value was 53.86 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 82.69
1961 82.17
1962 81.63
1963 81.08
1964 80.55
1965 80.04
1966 79.51
1967 78.98
1968 78.44
1969 77.89
1970 77.32
1971 76.75
1972 76.17
1973 75.57
1974 74.97
1975 74.50
1976 74.25
1977 74.00
1978 73.75
1979 73.49
1980 73.24
1981 72.98
1982 72.72
1983 72.46
1984 72.20
1985 71.93
1986 71.67
1987 71.37
1988 71.03
1989 70.69
1990 70.34
1991 69.99
1992 69.64
1993 69.29
1994 68.93
1995 68.58
1996 68.22
1997 67.85
1998 67.49
1999 67.12
2000 66.75
2001 66.38
2002 66.01
2003 65.24
2004 64.47
2005 63.69
2006 62.90
2007 65.60
2008 63.99
2009 62.36
2010 60.69
2011 59.00
2012 58.44
2013 57.88
2014 57.32
2015 56.76
2016 56.18
2017 55.61
2018 55.03
2019 54.45
2020 53.86

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization