Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Turks and Caicos Islands

Rural population share in the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2025 — 5.6%. Ranked 198 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 46.8 pp.

2025 5.6% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 198of 217
Period maximum 52.4%1960
Period minimum 5.6%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Turks and Caicos Islands, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 52.4%1962: 52%1964: 51.4%1966: 50.6%1968: 49.7%1970: 48.9%1972: 48.2%1974: 47.6%1976: 46.9%1978: 46.1%1980: 44.9%1982: 42.4%1984: 38.3%1986: 33.6%1988: 29.1%1990: 25.6%1992: 23.1%1994: 20.9%1996: 18.8%1998: 17%2000: 15.4%2002: 14%2004: 12.7%2006: 11.5%2008: 10.5%2010: 9.6%2012: 9%2014: 8.4%2016: 7.9%2018: 7.3%2020: 6.8%2022: 6.3%2024: 5.8%2025: 5.6%
Change over the period: −46.8 pp Annual average: -0.72 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Turks and Caicos Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands 5.6%
World 42.2%
Caribbean computed 31%
High-income countries computed 19.7%
Rural population share — Turks and Caicos Islands, by year Turks and Caicos Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 5.6 −0.2 pp
2024 5.8 −0.2 pp
2023 6.1 −0.2 pp
2022 6.3 −0.2 pp
2021 6.6 −0.3 pp
2020 6.8 −0.3 pp
2019 7.1 −0.3 pp
2018 7.3 −0.3 pp
2017 7.6 −0.3 pp
2016 7.9 −0.3 pp
2015 8.1 −0.3 pp
2014 8.4 −0.3 pp
2013 8.7 −0.3 pp
2012 9 −0.3 pp
2011 9.3 −0.4 pp
2010 9.6 −0.4 pp
2009 10 −0.5 pp
2008 10.5 −0.5 pp
2007 11 −0.5 pp
2006 11.5 −0.6 pp
2005 12.1 −0.6 pp
2004 12.7 −0.6 pp
2003 13.3 −0.7 pp
2002 14 −0.7 pp
2001 14.7 −0.7 pp
2000 15.4 −0.8 pp
1999 16.2 −0.8 pp
1998 17 −0.9 pp
1997 17.9 −0.9 pp
1996 18.8 −1 pp
1995 19.8 −1.1 pp
1994 20.9 −1.1 pp
1993 22 −1.2 pp
1992 23.1 −1.2 pp
1991 24.4 −1.3 pp
1990 25.6 −1.5 pp
1989 27.2 −1.9 pp
1988 29.1 −2.2 pp
1987 31.2 −2.3 pp
1986 33.6 −2.4 pp
1985 36 −2.3 pp
1984 38.3 −2.2 pp
1983 40.5 −1.9 pp
1982 42.4 −1.5 pp
1981 43.9 −1 pp
1980 44.9 −0.6 pp
1979 45.6 −0.5 pp
1978 46.1 −0.5 pp
1977 46.5 −0.4 pp
1976 46.9 −0.4 pp
1975 47.3 −0.3 pp
1974 47.6 −0.3 pp
1973 47.9 −0.3 pp
1972 48.2 −0.3 pp
1971 48.6 −0.4 pp
1970 48.9 −0.4 pp
1969 49.3 −0.4 pp
1968 49.7 −0.4 pp
1967 50.2 −0.4 pp
1966 50.6 −0.4 pp
1965 51 −0.4 pp
1964 51.4 −0.3 pp
1963 51.7 −0.3 pp
1962 52 −0.2 pp
1961 52.2 −0.1 pp
1960 52.4

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.