Urban population share in Türkiye
89.5% of people in Türkiye lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Türkiye, 2025
89.5%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
57.8%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
80.4%
Position in 2025
32nd of 217
Urban population share in Türkiye over time
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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89.5% | 57.8% |
| 2024 | 89.3% | 57.6% |
| 2023 | 89.0% | 57.3% |
| 2022 | 89.0% | 57.1% |
| 2021 | 89.2% | 56.8% |
| 2020 | 88.9% | 56.4% |
| 2019 | 88.7% | 56.1% |
| 2018 | 88.2% | 55.8% |
| 2017 | 88.0% | 55.3% |
| 2016 | 88.1% | 54.9% |
| 2015 | 87.2% | 54.4% |
| 2014 | 83.6% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | 78.5% | 53.4% |
| 2012 | 73.8% | 52.9% |
| 2011 | 71.0% | 52.5% |
| 2010 | 69.3% | 51.8% |
| 2009 | 67.8% | 51.4% |
| 2008 | 66.5% | 50.9% |
| 2007 | 65.3% | 50.4% |
| 2006 | 64.3% | 49.9% |
| 2005 | 63.3% | 49.4% |
| 2004 | 62.4% | 48.9% |
| 2003 | 61.6% | 48.4% |
| 2002 | 60.7% | 47.8% |
| 2001 | 59.9% | 47.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 89.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 87.2%, the figure has changed by +2.3 percentage points.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Türkiye has the 32nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.
More for Türkiye
All statistics for Türkiye
Population on 1 January
85,664,944 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
85,664,944 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
10.4 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
5.7 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Total fertility rate
1.48 births per woman
2024 · Eurostat
Population aged 65 and over
10.6%
2025 · Eurostat