Rural population

This statistics in other country:

Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Arab World Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas, The Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Caribbean small states Cayman Islands Central African Republic Central Europe and the Baltics Chad Channel Islands Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Rep.Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curacao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Early-demographic dividend East Asia & Pacific East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)Ecuador Egypt, Arab Rep.El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Euro area Europe & Central Asia Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)European Union Faroe Islands Fiji Finland Fragile and conflict affected situations France French Polynesia Gabon Gambia, The Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)High income Honduras Hong Kong SAR, China Hungary IBRD only Iceland IDA & IBRD total IDA blend IDA only IDA total India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Rep.Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.Korea, Rep.Kuwait Kyrgyz Republic Lao PDR Late-demographic dividend Latin America & Caribbean Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)Latvia Least developed countries: UN classification Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Low & middle income Low income Lower middle income Luxembourg Macao SAR, China Macedonia, FYR Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Middle East & North Africa Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)Middle income Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North America Northern Mariana Islands Norway OECD members Oman Other small states Pacific island small states Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Post-demographic dividend Pre-demographic dividend Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten (Dutch part)Slovak Republic Slovenia Small states Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Asia South Asia (IDA & IBRD)South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Upper middle income Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela, RB Vietnam Virgin Islands (U.S.)West Bank and Gaza World Yemen, Rep.Zambia Zimbabwe

Timeline:

This timeline shows a graph from 1961 to 2016 of Canada. No data until 1960. Number of actual observations by date: 56.

Source name:

World Development Indicators

Source organization:

The data on urban population shares used to estimate rural population come from the United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects. Total population figures are World Bank estimates.

Categories, topics:

Agriculture & Rural Development

Last updated:

apr 23, 2017

Indicators value changes by year

Meaning:

6.056 mln

Minimum:

5.175 mln

jan 1, 1972

Maximum:

6.592 mln

jan 1, 1993

At the date of observation

Value

Absolute change

Change from the previous value

jan 1, 1961

5.541 mln

+5.541 mln

0.0%

jan 1, 1962

5.542 mln

+1.092K

0.02%

jan 1, 1963

5.492 mln

-49.713K

-0.9%

jan 1, 1964

5.441 mln

-50.906K

-0.93%

jan 1, 1965

5.39 mln

-51.019K

-0.94%

jan 1, 1966

5.334 mln

-56.01K

-1.04%

jan 1, 1967

5.284 mln

-50.06K

-0.94%

jan 1, 1968

5.275 mln

-8.771K

-0.17%

jan 1, 1969

5.256 mln

-19.366K

-0.37%

jan 1, 1970

5.223 mln

-32.97K

-0.63%

jan 1, 1971

5.192 mln

-31.604K

-0.61%

jan 1, 1972

5.175 mln

-16.094K

-0.31%

jan 1, 1973

5.285 mln

+109.403K

2.11%

jan 1, 1974

5.402 mln

+117.138K

2.22%

jan 1, 1975

5.527 mln

+125.055K

2.31%

jan 1, 1976

5.66 mln

+133.4K

2.41%

jan 1, 1977

5.761 mln

+100.761K

1.78%

jan 1, 1978

5.82 mln

+58.584K

1.02%

jan 1, 1979

5.869 mln

+49.082K

0.84%

jan 1, 1980

5.918 mln

+49.134K

0.84%

jan 1, 1981

5.985 mln

+67.194K

1.14%

jan 1, 1982

6.048 mln

+62.514K

1.04%

jan 1, 1983

6.08 mln

+32.523K

0.54%

jan 1, 1984

6.101 mln

+20.295K

0.33%

jan 1, 1985

6.118 mln

+17.831K

0.29%

jan 1, 1986

6.134 mln

+15.884K

0.26%

jan 1, 1987

6.157 mln

+23.171K

0.38%

jan 1, 1988

6.233 mln

+75.993K

1.23%

jan 1, 1989

6.309 mln

+75.62K

1.21%

jan 1, 1990

6.417 mln

+108.061K

1.71%

jan 1, 1991

6.508 mln

+91.006K

1.42%

jan 1, 1992

6.587 mln

+78.443K

1.21%

jan 1, 1993

6.592 mln

+5.195K

0.08%

jan 1, 1994

6.588 mln

-3.876K

-0.06%

jan 1, 1995

6.575 mln

-12.643K

-0.19%

jan 1, 1996

6.553 mln

-21.935K

-0.33%

jan 1, 1997

6.542 mln

-10.923K

-0.17%

jan 1, 1998

6.495 mln

-47.129K

-0.72%

jan 1, 1999

6.436 mln

-59.685K

-0.92%

jan 1, 2000

6.373 mln

-62.125K

-0.97%

jan 1, 2001

6.315 mln

-58.86K

-0.92%

jan 1, 2002

6.275 mln

-39.122K

-0.62%

jan 1, 2003

6.308 mln

+32.089K

0.51%

jan 1, 2004

6.346 mln

+38.128K

0.6%

jan 1, 2005

6.385 mln

+38.949K

0.61%

jan 1, 2006

6.423 mln

+38.377K

0.6%

jan 1, 2007

6.445 mln

+21.747K

0.34%

jan 1, 2008

6.447 mln

+2.623K

0.04%

jan 1, 2009

6.457 mln

+9.645K

0.15%

jan 1, 2010

6.471 mln

+13.816K

0.21%

jan 1, 2011

6.482 mln

+11.615K

0.18%

jan 1, 2012

6.486 mln

+3.209K

0.05%

jan 1, 2013

6.501 mln

+15.325K

0.24%

jan 1, 2014

6.514 mln

+12.652K

0.19%

jan 1, 2015

6.522 mln

+8.65K

0.13%

jan 1, 2016

6.515 mln

-7.277K

-0.11%