Trinidad and Tobago - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Trinidad and Tobago was 654,766 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 654,766 in 2020 and a minimum value of 517,596 in 1980.

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 558,348
1961 562,095
1962 564,035
1963 564,300
1964 563,118
1965 560,740
1966 557,120
1967 552,420
1968 547,278
1969 542,489
1970 538,523
1971 535,614
1972 533,559
1973 532,061
1974 530,585
1975 528,809
1976 526,586
1977 524,074
1978 521,407
1979 518,837
1980 517,596
1981 523,795
1982 530,295
1983 536,748
1984 542,646
1985 547,640
1986 551,586
1987 554,585
1988 556,835
1989 558,630
1990 560,201
1991 561,604
1992 562,803
1993 563,676
1994 564,074
1995 563,888
1996 563,079
1997 561,812
1998 560,333
1999 559,022
2000 558,754
2001 563,102
2002 567,975
2003 573,201
2004 578,552
2005 583,851
2006 589,027
2007 594,167
2008 599,362
2009 604,810
2010 610,614
2011 616,834
2012 623,039
2013 629,068
2014 634,672
2015 639,685
2016 644,011
2017 647,671
2018 650,668
2019 653,027
2020 654,766

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Trinidad and Tobago was 46.79 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 65.85 in 1960, while its lowest value was 44.10 in 2000.

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 65.85
1961 65.00
1962 64.14
1963 63.27
1964 62.39
1965 61.50
1966 60.61
1967 59.71
1968 58.80
1969 57.89
1970 56.97
1971 56.04
1972 55.11
1973 54.18
1974 53.25
1975 52.31
1976 51.37
1977 50.43
1978 49.49
1979 48.55
1980 47.72
1981 47.53
1982 47.35
1983 47.16
1984 46.98
1985 46.80
1986 46.61
1987 46.43
1988 46.24
1989 46.06
1990 45.88
1991 45.69
1992 45.51
1993 45.33
1994 45.14
1995 44.96
1996 44.78
1997 44.59
1998 44.41
1999 44.23
2000 44.10
2001 44.28
2002 44.47
2003 44.66
2004 44.85
2005 45.03
2006 45.22
2007 45.41
2008 45.60
2009 45.79
2010 45.98
2011 46.16
2012 46.33
2013 46.47
2014 46.59
2015 46.68
2016 46.75
2017 46.80
2018 46.82
2019 46.81
2020 46.79

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization