Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Turks and Caicos Islands

Urban population share in the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2025 — 94.4%. Ranked 20 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 46.8 pp.

2025 94.4% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 20of 217
Period maximum 94.4%2025
Period minimum 47.6%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Turks and Caicos Islands, 1960–202540608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 47.6%1962: 48%1964: 48.6%1966: 49.4%1968: 50.3%1970: 51.1%1972: 51.8%1974: 52.4%1976: 53.1%1978: 53.9%1980: 55.1%1982: 57.6%1984: 61.7%1986: 66.4%1988: 70.9%1990: 74.4%1992: 76.9%1994: 79.1%1996: 81.2%1998: 83%2000: 84.6%2002: 86%2004: 87.3%2006: 88.5%2008: 89.5%2010: 90.4%2012: 91%2014: 91.6%2016: 92.1%2018: 92.7%2020: 93.2%2022: 93.7%2024: 94.2%2025: 94.4%
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 94.4%
World 57.8%
Caribbean computed 69%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Turks and Caicos Islands, by year Turks and Caicos Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 94.4 +0.2 pp
2024 94.2 +0.2 pp
2023 93.9 +0.2 pp
2022 93.7 +0.2 pp
2021 93.4 +0.3 pp
2020 93.2 +0.3 pp
2019 92.9 +0.3 pp
2018 92.7 +0.3 pp
2017 92.4 +0.3 pp
2016 92.1 +0.3 pp
2015 91.9 +0.3 pp
2014 91.6 +0.3 pp
2013 91.3 +0.3 pp
2012 91 +0.3 pp
2011 90.7 +0.4 pp
2010 90.4 +0.4 pp
2009 90 +0.5 pp
2008 89.5 +0.5 pp
2007 89 +0.5 pp
2006 88.5 +0.6 pp
2005 87.9 +0.6 pp
2004 87.3 +0.6 pp
2003 86.7 +0.7 pp
2002 86 +0.7 pp
2001 85.3 +0.7 pp
2000 84.6 +0.8 pp
1999 83.8 +0.8 pp
1998 83 +0.9 pp
1997 82.1 +0.9 pp
1996 81.2 +1 pp
1995 80.2 +1.1 pp
1994 79.1 +1.1 pp
1993 78 +1.2 pp
1992 76.9 +1.2 pp
1991 75.6 +1.3 pp
1990 74.4 +1.5 pp
1989 72.8 +1.9 pp
1988 70.9 +2.2 pp
1987 68.8 +2.3 pp
1986 66.4 +2.4 pp
1985 64 +2.3 pp
1984 61.7 +2.2 pp
1983 59.5 +1.9 pp
1982 57.6 +1.5 pp
1981 56.1 +1 pp
1980 55.1 +0.6 pp
1979 54.4 +0.5 pp
1978 53.9 +0.5 pp
1977 53.5 +0.4 pp
1976 53.1 +0.4 pp
1975 52.7 +0.3 pp
1974 52.4 +0.3 pp
1973 52.1 +0.3 pp
1972 51.8 +0.3 pp
1971 51.4 +0.4 pp
1970 51.1 +0.4 pp
1969 50.7 +0.4 pp
1968 50.3 +0.4 pp
1967 49.8 +0.4 pp
1966 49.4 +0.4 pp
1965 49 +0.4 pp
1964 48.6 +0.3 pp
1963 48.3 +0.3 pp
1962 48 +0.2 pp
1961 47.8 +0.1 pp
1960 47.6

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.