Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Turkmenistan

Urban population share in Turkmenistan in 2025 — 47.1%. Ranked 156 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 0.6 pp.

2025 47.1% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 156of 217
Period maximum 47.9%1970
Period minimum 44.7%1994

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Turkmenistan, 1960–2025444546474819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 46.6%1962: 47%1964: 47.4%1966: 47.7%1968: 47.9%1970: 47.9%1972: 47.9%1974: 47.7%1976: 47.6%1978: 47.4%1980: 47.2%1982: 46.7%1984: 46.2%1986: 45.6%1988: 45.2%1990: 45%1992: 44.8%1994: 44.7%1996: 44.8%1998: 45.4%2000: 46.1%2002: 46.6%2004: 46.7%2006: 46.8%2008: 46.9%2010: 46.9%2012: 47%2014: 47%2016: 47%2018: 47%2020: 47.1%2022: 47.1%2024: 47.1%2025: 47.1%
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 47.1%
World 57.8%
Central Asia computed 48.9%
Urban population share — Turkmenistan, by year Turkmenistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 47.1 +0 pp
2024 47.1 +0 pp
2023 47.1 +0 pp
2022 47.1 +0 pp
2021 47.1 +0 pp
2020 47.1 +0 pp
2019 47 +0 pp
2018 47 +0 pp
2017 47 +0 pp
2016 47 +0 pp
2015 47 +0 pp
2014 47 +0 pp
2013 47 +0 pp
2012 47 +0 pp
2011 46.9 +0 pp
2010 46.9 +0 pp
2009 46.9 +0 pp
2008 46.9 +0 pp
2007 46.8 +0 pp
2006 46.8 +0 pp
2005 46.8 +0 pp
2004 46.7 +0 pp
2003 46.7 +0.1 pp
2002 46.6 +0.2 pp
2001 46.4 +0.3 pp
2000 46.1 +0.3 pp
1999 45.7 +0.3 pp
1998 45.4 +0.3 pp
1997 45.1 +0.2 pp
1996 44.8 +0.1 pp
1995 44.7 +0 pp
1994 44.7 −0 pp
1993 44.7 −0.1 pp
1992 44.8 −0.1 pp
1991 44.9 −0.1 pp
1990 45 −0.1 pp
1989 45.1 −0.1 pp
1988 45.2 −0.2 pp
1987 45.4 −0.2 pp
1986 45.6 −0.3 pp
1985 45.9 −0.3 pp
1984 46.2 −0.3 pp
1983 46.4 −0.3 pp
1982 46.7 −0.2 pp
1981 47 −0.2 pp
1980 47.2 −0.2 pp
1979 47.3 −0.1 pp
1978 47.4 −0.1 pp
1977 47.5 −0.1 pp
1976 47.6 −0.1 pp
1975 47.7 −0.1 pp
1974 47.7 −0.1 pp
1973 47.8 −0 pp
1972 47.9 −0 pp
1971 47.9 −0 pp
1970 47.9 +0 pp
1969 47.9 +0 pp
1968 47.9 +0.1 pp
1967 47.8 +0.1 pp
1966 47.7 +0.1 pp
1965 47.5 +0.2 pp
1964 47.4 +0.2 pp
1963 47.2 +0.2 pp
1962 47 +0.2 pp
1961 46.8 +0.2 pp
1960 46.6

Central Asia, 2025

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

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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