Uganda - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Uganda was 34,326,790 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34,326,790 in 2020 and a minimum value of 6,468,190 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 6,468,190
1961 6,661,381
1962 6,867,565
1963 7,085,196
1964 7,312,079
1965 7,546,110
1966 7,787,708
1967 8,036,220
1968 8,285,666
1969 8,528,885
1970 8,778,816
1971 9,020,263
1972 9,253,237
1973 9,484,911
1974 9,725,185
1975 9,981,490
1976 10,256,940
1977 10,550,420
1978 10,860,340
1979 11,183,190
1980 11,504,930
1981 11,820,370
1982 12,144,800
1983 12,483,530
1984 12,842,870
1985 13,226,890
1986 13,636,980
1987 14,069,900
1988 14,518,920
1989 14,975,260
1990 15,432,220
1991 15,897,140
1992 16,373,250
1993 16,849,360
1994 17,322,320
1995 17,790,880
1996 18,253,120
1997 18,711,560
1998 19,174,090
1999 19,652,080
2000 20,153,250
2001 20,681,610
2002 21,234,620
2003 21,807,810
2004 22,393,910
2005 22,989,280
2006 23,592,900
2007 24,208,580
2008 24,837,160
2009 25,481,310
2010 26,142,610
2011 26,815,560
2012 27,500,430
2013 28,213,660
2014 28,974,080
2015 29,792,910
2016 30,678,940
2017 31,617,590
2018 32,570,630
2019 33,485,070
2020 34,326,790

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Uganda was 75.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 95.58 in 1960, while its lowest value was 75.05 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 95.58
1961 95.38
1962 95.17
1963 94.96
1964 94.73
1965 94.49
1966 94.24
1967 93.99
1968 93.72
1969 93.44
1970 93.34
1971 93.26
1972 93.19
1973 93.11
1974 93.04
1975 92.96
1976 92.88
1977 92.80
1978 92.72
1979 92.64
1980 92.47
1981 92.17
1982 91.85
1983 91.53
1984 91.20
1985 90.85
1986 90.49
1987 90.12
1988 89.73
1989 89.34
1990 88.92
1991 88.55
1992 88.21
1993 87.87
1994 87.52
1995 87.15
1996 86.78
1997 86.41
1998 86.02
1999 85.62
2000 85.21
2001 84.80
2002 84.37
2003 83.94
2004 83.49
2005 83.04
2006 82.58
2007 82.10
2008 81.62
2009 81.12
2010 80.62
2011 80.10
2012 79.58
2013 79.04
2014 78.50
2015 77.94
2016 77.38
2017 76.80
2018 76.23
2019 75.64
2020 75.05

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization