Venezuela - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Venezuela was 3,332,977 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,563,493 in 2015 and a minimum value of 2,994,546 in 2001.

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 3,125,408
1961 3,133,076
1962 3,153,258
1963 3,170,503
1964 3,184,651
1965 3,196,320
1966 3,205,024
1967 3,211,002
1968 3,213,574
1969 3,212,833
1970 3,207,858
1971 3,199,127
1972 3,196,816
1973 3,197,490
1974 3,196,164
1975 3,193,708
1976 3,190,012
1977 3,185,414
1978 3,179,201
1979 3,170,949
1980 3,160,262
1981 3,147,652
1982 3,142,327
1983 3,139,486
1984 3,135,354
1985 3,130,502
1986 3,124,673
1987 3,117,797
1988 3,109,245
1989 3,098,644
1990 3,085,470
1991 3,081,971
1992 3,081,187
1993 3,078,556
1994 3,073,868
1995 3,067,282
1996 3,058,775
1997 3,048,839
1998 3,037,062
1999 3,023,980
2000 3,009,783
2001 2,994,546
2002 3,043,173
2003 3,091,235
2004 3,138,309
2005 3,184,052
2006 3,227,393
2007 3,268,077
2008 3,307,732
2009 3,347,744
2010 3,389,188
2011 3,435,346
2012 3,487,185
2013 3,534,117
2014 3,561,895
2015 3,563,493
2016 3,532,895
2017 3,474,491
2018 3,406,369
2019 3,353,461
2020 3,332,977

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Venezuela was 11.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 38.39 in 1960, while its lowest value was 11.72 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 38.39
1961 37.13
1962 36.07
1963 35.02
1964 33.99
1965 32.98
1966 31.98
1967 31.00
1968 30.03
1969 29.08
1970 28.15
1971 27.24
1972 26.43
1973 25.68
1974 24.94
1975 24.21
1976 23.50
1977 22.81
1978 22.13
1979 21.47
1980 20.82
1981 20.18
1982 19.62
1983 19.09
1984 18.58
1985 18.08
1986 17.58
1987 17.10
1988 16.63
1989 16.17
1990 15.72
1991 15.34
1992 14.99
1993 14.65
1994 14.31
1995 13.99
1996 13.66
1997 13.35
1998 13.04
1999 12.74
2000 12.44
2001 12.15
2002 12.12
2003 12.10
2004 12.07
2005 12.05
2006 12.02
2007 11.99
2008 11.97
2009 11.94
2010 11.92
2011 11.89
2012 11.88
2013 11.87
2014 11.86
2015 11.85
2016 11.84
2017 11.82
2018 11.79
2019 11.76
2020 11.72

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization