The Gambia - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in The Gambia was 904,267 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 904,267 in 2020 and a minimum value of 320,772 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 320,772
1961 326,511
1962 332,267
1963 337,777
1964 341,849
1965 346,362
1966 351,357
1967 356,746
1968 362,394
1969 368,157
1970 373,864
1971 379,473
1972 385,007
1973 391,019
1974 399,371
1975 408,088
1976 417,281
1977 426,949
1978 436,834
1979 446,634
1980 456,183
1981 465,199
1982 473,911
1983 483,081
1984 493,417
1985 506,236
1986 521,765
1987 539,376
1988 557,648
1989 574,778
1990 589,487
1991 601,459
1992 611,143
1993 619,691
1994 629,482
1995 639,203
1996 648,888
1997 658,426
1998 667,881
1999 677,371
2000 686,948
2001 696,696
2002 706,583
2003 716,915
2004 728,987
2005 740,689
2006 751,941
2007 762,840
2008 773,508
2009 784,221
2010 795,069
2011 806,086
2012 817,158
2013 828,292
2014 839,409
2015 850,447
2016 861,416
2017 872,299
2018 883,080
2019 893,744
2020 904,267

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in The Gambia was 37.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 87.87 in 1960, while its lowest value was 37.42 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 87.87
1961 87.67
1962 87.47
1963 87.14
1964 86.32
1965 85.47
1966 84.57
1967 83.62
1968 82.63
1969 81.59
1970 80.50
1971 79.37
1972 78.19
1973 77.06
1974 76.33
1975 75.57
1976 74.81
1977 74.03
1978 73.23
1979 72.42
1980 71.59
1981 70.74
1982 69.89
1983 68.99
1984 67.99
1985 66.98
1986 65.95
1987 64.91
1988 63.85
1989 62.77
1990 61.69
1991 60.59
1992 59.48
1993 58.41
1994 57.53
1995 56.64
1996 55.74
1997 54.85
1998 53.94
1999 53.04
2000 52.13
2001 51.23
2002 50.32
2003 49.45
2004 48.71
2005 47.98
2006 47.25
2007 46.52
2008 45.79
2009 45.06
2010 44.34
2011 43.62
2012 42.90
2013 42.18
2014 41.47
2015 40.77
2016 40.08
2017 39.40
2018 38.73
2019 38.07
2020 37.42

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization