West Bank and Gaza - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in West Bank and Gaza was 1,118,249 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,118,249 in 2020 and a minimum value of 638,796 in 1990.

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
1990 638,796
1991 657,500
1992 676,641
1993 696,293
1994 716,420
1995 737,055
1996 758,154
1997 779,829
1998 790,656
1999 804,767
2000 819,109
2001 833,714
2002 848,526
2003 863,610
2004 878,906
2005 894,481
2006 910,309
2007 926,356
2008 944,546
2009 962,006
2010 978,760
2011 994,782
2012 1,010,163
2013 1,024,762
2014 1,038,634
2015 1,051,809
2016 1,064,347
2017 1,073,875
2018 1,089,088
2019 1,103,858
2020 1,118,249

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in West Bank and Gaza was 23.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 55.96 in 1960, while its lowest value was 23.28 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 55.96
1961 55.27
1962 54.34
1963 53.26
1964 52.18
1965 51.10
1966 50.02
1967 48.94
1968 47.86
1969 46.78
1970 45.70
1971 44.63
1972 43.56
1973 42.50
1974 41.45
1975 40.40
1976 39.84
1977 39.28
1978 38.72
1979 38.16
1980 37.61
1981 37.06
1982 36.52
1983 35.98
1984 35.44
1985 34.91
1986 34.37
1987 33.85
1988 33.32
1989 32.81
1990 32.29
1991 31.78
1992 31.27
1993 30.77
1994 30.28
1995 29.78
1996 29.30
1997 28.81
1998 28.48
1999 28.25
2000 28.03
2001 27.81
2002 27.59
2003 27.37
2004 27.16
2005 26.94
2006 26.72
2007 26.51
2008 26.30
2009 26.08
2010 25.85
2011 25.62
2012 25.38
2013 25.14
2014 24.89
2015 24.63
2016 24.37
2017 24.11
2018 23.84
2019 23.56
2020 23.28

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization