Timor-Leste - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Timor-Leste was 905,506 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 905,506 in 2020 and a minimum value of 426,650 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 426,650
1961 433,393
1962 439,906
1963 446,657
1964 453,595
1965 460,677
1966 467,682
1967 474,528
1968 481,570
1969 489,298
1970 497,913
1971 507,921
1972 518,872
1973 528,949
1974 535,642
1975 537,404
1976 533,443
1977 524,824
1978 514,246
1979 505,449
1980 501,024
1981 501,891
1982 507,199
1983 515,705
1984 525,466
1985 535,091
1986 544,095
1987 552,949
1988 562,102
1989 572,329
1990 584,039
1991 598,393
1992 614,502
1993 630,429
1994 644,058
1995 654,071
1996 659,712
1997 661,787
1998 662,362
1999 664,371
2000 669,792
2001 679,344
2002 692,218
2003 707,084
2004 722,016
2005 735,988
2006 748,362
2007 759,579
2008 769,956
2009 780,050
2010 790,263
2011 800,591
2012 810,912
2013 821,383
2014 832,215
2015 843,507
2016 855,331
2017 867,646
2018 880,254
2019 892,938
2020 905,506

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Timor-Leste was 68.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 89.91 in 1960, while its lowest value was 68.68 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 89.91
1961 89.76
1962 89.49
1963 89.22
1964 88.93
1965 88.65
1966 88.35
1967 88.05
1968 87.75
1969 87.43
1970 87.11
1971 86.79
1972 86.45
1973 86.11
1974 85.76
1975 85.41
1976 85.04
1977 84.67
1978 84.30
1979 83.91
1980 83.52
1981 83.12
1982 82.71
1983 82.29
1984 81.87
1985 81.44
1986 81.00
1987 80.55
1988 80.09
1989 79.63
1990 79.16
1991 78.79
1992 78.46
1993 78.13
1994 77.80
1995 77.47
1996 77.13
1997 76.79
1998 76.44
1999 76.09
2000 75.74
2001 75.38
2002 75.02
2003 74.66
2004 74.29
2005 73.96
2006 73.63
2007 73.29
2008 72.95
2009 72.61
2010 72.27
2011 71.92
2012 71.57
2013 71.22
2014 70.87
2015 70.51
2016 70.15
2017 69.79
2018 69.42
2019 69.05
2020 68.68

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization