The Bahamas - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in The Bahamas was 65,889 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 65,889 in 2020 and a minimum value of 44,128 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 44,128
1961 45,525
1962 46,992
1963 48,483
1964 49,950
1965 51,342
1966 52,639
1967 53,829
1968 54,867
1969 55,697
1970 56,294
1971 56,639
1972 56,760
1973 56,746
1974 56,677
1975 56,636
1976 56,623
1977 56,635
1978 56,659
1979 56,680
1980 56,644
1981 56,322
1982 55,990
1983 55,632
1984 55,209
1985 54,718
1986 54,145
1987 53,501
1988 52,821
1989 52,150
1990 51,660
1991 52,027
1992 52,426
1993 52,809
1994 53,129
1995 53,343
1996 53,445
1997 53,461
1998 53,438
1999 53,449
2000 53,627
2001 54,323
2002 55,095
2003 55,943
2004 56,839
2005 57,764
2006 58,725
2007 59,711
2008 60,684
2009 61,582
2010 62,373
2011 63,013
2012 63,510
2013 63,901
2014 64,237
2015 64,564
2016 64,882
2017 65,184
2018 65,462
2019 65,698
2020 65,889

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in The Bahamas was 16.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 40.29 in 1960, while its lowest value was 16.76 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 40.29
1961 39.55
1962 38.81
1963 38.07
1964 37.36
1965 36.66
1966 35.96
1967 35.27
1968 34.58
1969 33.91
1970 33.24
1971 32.57
1972 31.91
1973 31.26
1974 30.62
1975 29.98
1976 29.35
1977 28.73
1978 28.12
1979 27.52
1980 26.90
1981 26.16
1982 25.43
1983 24.72
1984 24.01
1985 23.33
1986 22.65
1987 21.99
1988 21.35
1989 20.72
1990 20.16
1991 19.93
1992 19.71
1993 19.48
1994 19.26
1995 19.04
1996 18.82
1997 18.60
1998 18.39
1999 18.18
2000 17.99
2001 17.95
2002 17.91
2003 17.87
2004 17.82
2005 17.78
2006 17.74
2007 17.70
2008 17.66
2009 17.62
2010 17.57
2011 17.52
2012 17.47
2013 17.40
2014 17.33
2015 17.25
2016 17.17
2017 17.08
2018 16.98
2019 16.87
2020 16.76

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization