Turkey Rural Population 1960-2023

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Turkey rural population for 2021 was 19,863,725, a 1.2% decline from 2020.
  • Turkey rural population for 2020 was 20,104,161, a 1.18% decline from 2019.
  • Turkey rural population for 2019 was 20,344,486, a 1.16% decline from 2018.
  • Turkey rural population for 2018 was 20,583,909, a 1.11% decline from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Rural Population
China 529,465,517
Russia 35,956,998
Thailand 34,251,820
Brazil 27,182,995
Mexico 24,053,703
Iran 20,798,288
Turkey 19,863,725
South Africa 19,096,392
Iraq 12,572,937
Algeria 11,370,967
Colombia 9,406,924
Romania 8,732,240
Guatemala 8,170,759
Kazakhstan 8,014,427
Malaysia 7,488,317
Peru 7,248,826
Ecuador 6,342,935
Azerbaijan 4,381,941
Venezuela 3,292,334
Turkmenistan 2,980,799
Serbia 2,962,612
Cuba 2,556,097
Paraguay 2,514,193
Belarus 1,876,469
Dominican Republic 1,866,357
Bosnia 1,654,279
Bulgaria 1,648,939
Libya 1,280,107
Jamaica 1,225,749
Namibia 1,189,044
Albania 1,041,188
Armenia 1,020,631
Costa Rica 957,348
Jordan 933,557
North Macedonia 851,107
Mauritius 749,824
Botswana 736,148
Lebanon 609,988
Guyana 588,163
Equatorial Guinea 432,136
Fiji 390,740
Maldives 307,128
Gabon 224,215
Belize 215,213
Suriname 207,072
Montenegro 199,225
Samoa 179,951
St. Lucia 145,625
Tonga 81,523
Grenada 78,886
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 48,564
Dominica 20,713
Marshall Islands 9,183
American Samoa 5,778
Tuvalu 3,945
Nauru 0
Turkey Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2021 19,863,725 23.43 -1.20%
2020 20,104,161 23.90 -1.19%
2019 20,344,486 24.37 -1.17%
2018 20,583,909 24.86 -1.12%
2017 20,814,696 25.36 -0.68%
2016 20,956,476 25.87 -0.29%
2015 21,017,830 26.39 -0.06%
2014 21,030,113 26.92 -0.02%
2013 21,034,694 27.47 -0.30%
2012 21,097,255 28.03 -0.54%
2011 21,212,239 28.60 -0.67%
2010 21,354,742 29.18 -0.65%
2009 21,493,628 29.76 -0.70%
2008 21,645,127 30.35 -0.75%
2007 21,808,001 30.95 -0.69%
2006 21,959,221 31.55 -0.62%
2005 22,095,436 32.16 -0.55%
2004 22,216,558 32.78 -0.52%
2003 22,332,350 33.40 -0.54%
2002 22,453,302 34.03 -0.45%
2001 22,553,961 34.66 -0.23%
2000 22,605,796 35.26 -0.00%
1999 22,605,917 35.78 0.06%
1998 22,592,053 36.30 0.13%
1997 22,562,961 36.82 0.20%
1996 22,517,920 37.35 0.24%
1995 22,463,140 37.88 0.30%
1994 22,396,965 38.41 0.37%
1993 22,313,930 38.95 0.38%
1992 22,229,170 39.48 0.39%
1991 22,141,746 40.02 -0.09%
1990 22,162,620 40.80 -1.25%
1989 22,442,037 42.10 -1.12%
1988 22,694,532 43.41 -1.03%
1987 22,928,806 44.74 -0.91%
1986 23,138,144 46.07 -1.06%
1985 23,384,016 47.55 -1.55%
1984 23,748,385 49.37 -1.35%
1983 24,071,886 51.19 -1.17%
1982 24,354,874 53.00 -1.22%
1981 24,655,017 54.81 -0.53%
1980 24,786,875 56.22 1.31%
1979 24,463,546 56.65 1.35%
1978 24,135,739 57.07 1.43%
1977 23,793,441 57.49 1.43%
1976 23,455,342 57.91 1.20%
1975 23,174,931 58.41 0.93%
1974 22,960,509 59.08 1.06%
1973 22,718,829 59.74 1.14%
1972 22,461,573 60.40 1.17%
1971 22,199,572 61.06 1.12%
1970 21,952,248 61.77 0.99%
1969 21,735,619 62.60 1.14%
1968 21,490,297 63.42 1.28%
1967 21,216,547 64.24 1.37%
1966 20,928,718 65.05 1.41%
1965 20,635,974 65.77 1.63%
1964 20,302,423 66.32 1.78%
1963 19,943,813 66.86 1.90%
1962 19,569,259 67.40 1.93%
1961 19,195,318 67.94 1.86%
1960 18,840,895 68.49 %