Rural population in Türkiye in 2025 — 9,022,350 people. Ranked 63 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 58.4%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Türkiye
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.02M | −90,251 | −0.99% |
| 2024 | 9.11M | −254,616 | −2.72% |
| 2023 | 9.37M | +51,818 | +0.56% |
| 2022 | 9.32M | +207,466 | +2.28% |
| 2021 | 9.11M | −122,491 | −1.33% |
| 2020 | 9.23M | −132,585 | −1.42% |
| 2019 | 9.36M | −271,066 | −2.81% |
| 2018 | 9.63M | +22,289 | +0.23% |
| 2017 | 9.61M | +179,370 | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 9.43M | −566,478 | −5.67% |
| 2015 | 10M | −2.66M | −20.99% |
| 2014 | 12.66M | −3.7M | −22.62% |
| 2013 | 16.36M | −3.36M | −17.03% |
| 2012 | 19.71M | −1.81M | −8.41% |
| 2011 | 21.52M | −897,452 | −4% |
| 2010 | 22.42M | −747,533 | −3.23% |
| 2009 | 23.17M | −624,908 | −2.63% |
| 2008 | 23.79M | −524,917 | −2.16% |
| 2007 | 24.32M | −697,493 | −2.79% |
| 2006 | 25.02M | −407,954 | −1.6% |
| 2005 | 25.42M | −341,200 | −1.32% |
| 2004 | 25.76M | −293,717 | −1.13% |
| 2003 | 26.06M | −266,446 | −1.01% |
| 2002 | 26.32M | −258,342 | −0.97% |
| 2001 | 26.58M | −261,189 | −0.97% |
| 2000 | 26.84M | −221,904 | −0.82% |
| 1999 | 27.07M | −155,062 | −0.57% |
| 1998 | 27.22M | −103,442 | −0.38% |
| 1997 | 27.32M | −64,042 | −0.23% |
| 1996 | 27.39M | −32,893 | −0.12% |
| 1995 | 27.42M | +6,630 | +0.02% |
| 1994 | 27.41M | +28,813 | +0.11% |
| 1993 | 27.39M | +10,364 | +0.04% |
| 1992 | 27.38M | −18,364 | −0.07% |
| 1991 | 27.39M | −36,300 | −0.13% |
| 1990 | 27.43M | −41,930 | −0.15% |
| 1989 | 27.47M | −45,625 | −0.17% |
| 1988 | 27.52M | −45,489 | −0.17% |
| 1987 | 27.56M | −29,175 | −0.11% |
| 1986 | 27.59M | +9,799 | +0.04% |
| 1985 | 27.58M | +30,292 | +0.11% |
| 1984 | 27.55M | +46,854 | +0.17% |
| 1983 | 27.51M | +78,877 | +0.29% |
| 1982 | 27.43M | +57,340 | +0.21% |
| 1981 | 27.37M | +71,220 | +0.26% |
| 1980 | 27.3M | +124,434 | +0.46% |
| 1979 | 27.17M | +147,544 | +0.55% |
| 1978 | 27.03M | +174,774 | +0.65% |
| 1977 | 26.85M | +180,695 | +0.68% |
| 1976 | 26.67M | +152,944 | +0.58% |
| 1975 | 26.52M | +142,439 | +0.54% |
| 1974 | 26.38M | +170,596 | +0.65% |
| 1973 | 26.2M | +195,881 | +0.75% |
| 1972 | 26.01M | +225,556 | +0.87% |
| 1971 | 25.78M | +226,546 | +0.89% |
| 1970 | 25.56M | +206,198 | +0.81% |
| 1969 | 25.35M | +224,681 | +0.89% |
| 1968 | 25.13M | +268,955 | +1.08% |
| 1967 | 24.86M | +337,604 | +1.38% |
| 1966 | 24.52M | +395,783 | +1.64% |
| 1965 | 24.12M | +432,103 | +1.82% |
| 1964 | 23.69M | +478,678 | +2.06% |
| 1963 | 23.21M | +501,149 | +2.21% |
| 1962 | 22.71M | +508,353 | +2.29% |
| 1961 | 22.2M | +512,083 | +2.36% |
| 1960 | 21.69M | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.
Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
The part of residents living outside cities — the other side of urbanization.
Demography Urban populationThe absolute number of city dwellers by country.
Demography PopulationResident population of every country as of mid-year — series from 1960 onward.
Labor Employment in agricultureThe share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
