Zambia - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Zambia was 10,179,380 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,179,380 in 2020 and a minimum value of 2,513,587 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 2,513,587
1961 2,564,658
1962 2,615,526
1963 2,664,155
1964 2,700,785
1965 2,735,977
1966 2,769,234
1967 2,800,517
1968 2,829,778
1969 2,857,506
1970 2,910,675
1971 2,969,857
1972 3,030,475
1973 3,092,280
1974 3,154,335
1975 3,216,394
1976 3,277,831
1977 3,338,820
1978 3,399,507
1979 3,460,543
1980 3,521,917
1981 3,642,057
1982 3,771,740
1983 3,905,025
1984 4,040,698
1985 4,177,774
1986 4,316,338
1987 4,456,436
1988 4,596,497
1989 4,734,661
1990 4,869,768
1991 5,031,371
1992 5,196,395
1993 5,363,384
1994 5,537,204
1995 5,721,403
1996 5,917,846
1997 6,125,579
1998 6,342,564
1999 6,565,204
2000 6,790,986
2001 6,949,714
2002 7,079,492
2003 7,209,829
2004 7,342,742
2005 7,479,986
2006 7,621,231
2007 7,766,712
2008 7,918,421
2009 8,079,606
2010 8,251,350
2011 8,434,814
2012 8,627,882
2013 8,826,816
2014 9,027,051
2015 9,224,802
2016 9,419,129
2017 9,610,601
2018 9,800,075
2019 9,989,319
2020 10,179,380

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Zambia was 55.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 81.86 in 1960, while its lowest value was 55.37 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 81.86
1961 81.05
1962 80.22
1963 79.29
1964 77.99
1965 76.63
1966 75.21
1967 73.74
1968 72.21
1969 70.63
1970 69.65
1971 68.76
1972 67.85
1973 66.94
1974 66.01
1975 65.07
1976 64.11
1977 63.15
1978 62.17
1979 61.18
1980 60.19
1981 60.15
1982 60.20
1983 60.25
1984 60.30
1985 60.35
1986 60.39
1987 60.44
1988 60.49
1989 60.54
1990 60.59
1991 61.01
1992 61.49
1993 61.96
1994 62.43
1995 62.90
1996 63.36
1997 63.82
1998 64.28
1999 64.74
2000 65.20
2001 65.00
2002 64.53
2003 64.05
2004 63.57
2005 63.09
2006 62.61
2007 62.12
2008 61.63
2009 61.14
2010 60.65
2011 60.15
2012 59.65
2013 59.14
2014 58.62
2015 58.09
2016 57.56
2017 57.02
2018 56.48
2019 55.93
2020 55.37

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization