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Rural population share — Turkmenistan

Rural population share in Turkmenistan in 2025 — 52.9%. Ranked 62 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 0.6 pp.

2025 52.9% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 62of 217
Period maximum 55.3%1994
Period minimum 52.1%1970

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Turkmenistan, 1960–2025525354555619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 53.4%1962: 53%1964: 52.6%1966: 52.3%1968: 52.1%1970: 52.1%1972: 52.1%1974: 52.3%1976: 52.4%1978: 52.6%1980: 52.8%1982: 53.3%1984: 53.8%1986: 54.4%1988: 54.8%1990: 55%1992: 55.2%1994: 55.3%1996: 55.2%1998: 54.6%2000: 53.9%2002: 53.4%2004: 53.3%2006: 53.2%2008: 53.1%2010: 53.1%2012: 53%2014: 53%2016: 53%2018: 53%2020: 52.9%2022: 52.9%2024: 52.9%2025: 52.9%
Change over the period: −0.6 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Turkmenistan 52.9%
World 42.2%
Europe & Central Asia 25.9%
Central Asia computed 51.1%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 30.2%
Rural population share — Turkmenistan, by year Turkmenistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 52.9 −0 pp
2024 52.9 −0 pp
2023 52.9 −0 pp
2022 52.9 −0 pp
2021 52.9 −0 pp
2020 52.9 −0 pp
2019 53 −0 pp
2018 53 −0 pp
2017 53 −0 pp
2016 53 −0 pp
2015 53 −0 pp
2014 53 −0 pp
2013 53 −0 pp
2012 53 −0 pp
2011 53.1 −0 pp
2010 53.1 −0 pp
2009 53.1 −0 pp
2008 53.1 −0 pp
2007 53.2 −0 pp
2006 53.2 −0 pp
2005 53.2 −0 pp
2004 53.3 −0 pp
2003 53.3 −0.1 pp
2002 53.4 −0.2 pp
2001 53.6 −0.3 pp
2000 53.9 −0.3 pp
1999 54.3 −0.3 pp
1998 54.6 −0.3 pp
1997 54.9 −0.2 pp
1996 55.2 −0.1 pp
1995 55.3 −0 pp
1994 55.3 +0 pp
1993 55.3 +0.1 pp
1992 55.2 +0.1 pp
1991 55.1 +0.1 pp
1990 55 +0.1 pp
1989 54.9 +0.1 pp
1988 54.8 +0.2 pp
1987 54.6 +0.2 pp
1986 54.4 +0.3 pp
1985 54.1 +0.3 pp
1984 53.8 +0.3 pp
1983 53.6 +0.3 pp
1982 53.3 +0.2 pp
1981 53 +0.2 pp
1980 52.8 +0.2 pp
1979 52.7 +0.1 pp
1978 52.6 +0.1 pp
1977 52.5 +0.1 pp
1976 52.4 +0.1 pp
1975 52.3 +0.1 pp
1974 52.3 +0.1 pp
1973 52.2 +0 pp
1972 52.1 +0 pp
1971 52.1 +0 pp
1970 52.1 −0 pp
1969 52.1 −0 pp
1968 52.1 −0.1 pp
1967 52.2 −0.1 pp
1966 52.3 −0.1 pp
1965 52.5 −0.2 pp
1964 52.6 −0.2 pp
1963 52.8 −0.2 pp
1962 53 −0.2 pp
1961 53.2 −0.2 pp
1960 53.4 —

Central Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TJ Tajikistan 73.8 KG Kyrgyzstan 65.3 TM Turkmenistan 52.9 UZ Uzbekistan 49 KZ Kazakhstan 37.6
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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.

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