Geographical distribution of the size of the rural population in the districts of Wasit Governorate for the period 1997-2025

Abstract

      The   study   aimed  to  identify  the  geographical  distribution  of  the  rural population in the districts of Wasit Governorate, and to determine the amount of increase and  change  occurring in  their numbers. The official data issued by the Ministry of Planning, the Central Bureau of Statistics, and the population data of Wasit  Governorate  for  the  years 1997, 2007, 2017 and 2025 were relied upon. The  study  followed  the  descriptive  analytical  approach  and  used  statistical methods in order to show  the  general  increase  and change that occurred in the size of the rural population in Districts of Wasit Governorate, the study found an increase  in  the  number  of  rural  residents  over  the four years. The study also showed  the  change  in  the  size  of the rural population in the districts of Wasit Governorate between the years of the study.