Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Türkiye

Rural population share in Türkiye in 2025 — 10.5%. Ranked 186 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 66.1 pp.

2025 10.5% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 186of 217
Period maximum 76.6%1960
Period minimum 10.5%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Türkiye, 1960–202502040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 76.6%1962: 75.9%1964: 75.1%1966: 73.9%1968: 71.9%1970: 69.8%1972: 67.7%1974: 65.6%1976: 63.7%1978: 61.9%1980: 60.1%1982: 58%1984: 55.6%1986: 53.3%1988: 51%1990: 49%1992: 47.2%1994: 45.7%1996: 44.2%1998: 42.7%2000: 41%2002: 39.3%2004: 37.6%2006: 35.7%2008: 33.5%2010: 30.7%2012: 26.2%2014: 16.4%2016: 11.9%2018: 11.8%2020: 11.1%2022: 11%2024: 10.7%2025: 10.5%
Change over the period: −66.1 pp Annual average: -1.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Türkiye

Türkiye 10.5%
World 42.2%
Western Asia computed 23.8%
Rural population share — Türkiye, by year Türkiye All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 10.5 −0.1 pp
2024 10.7 −0.3 pp
2023 11 +0 pp
2022 11 +0.1 pp
2021 10.8 −0.2 pp
2020 11.1 −0.3 pp
2019 11.3 −0.5 pp
2018 11.8 −0.1 pp
2017 12 +0.1 pp
2016 11.9 −0.9 pp
2015 12.8 −3.6 pp
2014 16.4 −5.1 pp
2013 21.5 −4.7 pp
2012 26.2 −2.8 pp
2011 29 −1.7 pp
2010 30.7 −1.5 pp
2009 32.2 −1.3 pp
2008 33.5 −1.2 pp
2007 34.7 −1.1 pp
2006 35.7 −1 pp
2005 36.7 −0.9 pp
2004 37.6 −0.9 pp
2003 38.4 −0.8 pp
2002 39.3 −0.9 pp
2001 40.1 −0.9 pp
2000 41 −0.9 pp
1999 41.9 −0.8 pp
1998 42.7 −0.8 pp
1997 43.5 −0.7 pp
1996 44.2 −0.7 pp
1995 44.9 −0.7 pp
1994 45.7 −0.8 pp
1993 46.4 −0.8 pp
1992 47.2 −0.8 pp
1991 48.1 −0.9 pp
1990 49 −1 pp
1989 50 −1.1 pp
1988 51 −1.1 pp
1987 52.2 −1.1 pp
1986 53.3 −1.1 pp
1985 54.4 −1.2 pp
1984 55.6 −1.2 pp
1983 56.8 −1.2 pp
1982 58 −1.1 pp
1981 59.1 −1 pp
1980 60.1 −0.9 pp
1979 61 −0.9 pp
1978 61.9 −0.9 pp
1977 62.8 −0.9 pp
1976 63.7 −0.9 pp
1975 64.6 −1 pp
1974 65.6 −1 pp
1973 66.6 −1 pp
1972 67.7 −1 pp
1971 68.7 −1 pp
1970 69.8 −1.1 pp
1969 70.8 −1.1 pp
1968 71.9 −1.1 pp
1967 73 −0.9 pp
1966 73.9 −0.7 pp
1965 74.6 −0.5 pp
1964 75.1 −0.4 pp
1963 75.5 −0.4 pp
1962 75.9 −0.3 pp
1961 76.2 −0.3 pp
1960 76.6

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.