Turkey Urban Population 1960-2024

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Turkey urban population for 2022 was 65,453,229, a 1.59% increase from 2021.
  • Turkey urban population for 2021 was 64,430,760, a 1.53% increase from 2020.
  • Turkey urban population for 2020 was 63,459,911, a 1.61% increase from 2019.
  • Turkey urban population for 2019 was 62,454,830, a 2.1% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Turkey 65,453,229
Colombia 42,562,637
South Africa 40,928,486
Thailand 37,919,842
Algeria 33,575,039
Iraq 31,749,763
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Dominican Republic 9,415,142
Guatemala 9,141,704
Cuba 8,678,348
Belarus 7,412,540
Azerbaijan 5,798,042
Libya 5,538,569
Bulgaria 4,936,942
Lebanon 4,900,251
Paraguay 4,259,528
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Serbia 3,790,272
Turkmenistan 3,440,076
Gabon 2,167,652
Botswana 1,899,705
Albania 1,772,138
Armenia 1,767,628
Jamaica 1,611,831
Bosnia 1,611,622
Namibia 1,385,057
Equatorial Guinea 1,239,599
North Macedonia 1,216,459
Fiji 541,393
Mauritius 515,236
Montenegro 420,717
Suriname 409,804
Guyana 218,534
Maldives 217,560
Belize 188,030
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 56,002
Dominica 52,152
Grenada 46,246
Samoa 39,175
American Samoa 38,604
St. Lucia 34,263
Marshall Islands 32,640
Tonga 24,711
Nauru 12,668
Tuvalu 7,412
Turkey Urban Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2022 65,453,229 77.02 1.57%
2021 64,430,760 76.57 1.52%
2020 63,459,911 76.11 1.60%
2019 62,454,830 75.63 2.08%
2018 61,171,815 75.14 2.02%
2017 59,948,610 74.64 1.98%
2016 58,771,924 74.13 2.05%
2015 57,577,405 73.61 2.06%
2014 56,402,205 73.08 2.10%
2013 55,230,633 72.53 2.06%
2012 54,107,050 71.97 2.07%
2011 52,997,156 71.40 2.28%
2010 51,802,928 70.83 2.35%
2009 50,601,059 70.24 2.22%
2008 49,488,204 69.65 2.13%
2007 48,446,281 69.05 1.67%
2006 47,642,112 68.45 2.19%
2005 46,609,279 67.84 2.26%
2004 45,568,517 67.23 2.29%
2003 44,534,977 66.60 2.27%
2002 43,535,361 65.97 2.36%
2001 42,518,057 65.34 2.40%
2000 41,507,751 64.74 2.26%
1999 40,579,698 64.22 2.32%
1998 39,650,151 63.70 2.39%
1997 38,714,465 63.18 2.45%
1996 37,775,866 62.65 2.50%
1995 36,842,350 62.12 2.55%
1994 35,913,280 61.59 2.63%
1993 34,982,078 61.06 2.63%
1992 34,072,867 60.52 2.66%
1991 33,179,426 59.98 3.12%
1990 32,161,522 59.20 4.12%
1989 30,863,197 57.90 4.24%
1988 29,581,358 56.59 4.35%
1987 28,321,346 55.26 4.46%
1986 27,085,741 53.93 4.90%
1985 25,791,657 52.45 5.72%
1984 24,358,379 50.63 5.94%
1983 22,954,539 48.81 6.10%
1982 21,595,117 47.00 6.05%
1981 20,326,860 45.19 5.17%
1980 19,302,194 43.78 3.04%
1979 18,723,930 43.36 3.08%
1978 18,156,467 42.93 3.16%
1977 17,592,215 42.51 3.16%
1976 17,045,655 42.09 3.26%
1975 16,498,659 41.59 3.68%
1974 15,902,911 40.92 3.80%
1973 15,309,407 40.26 3.88%
1972 14,726,462 39.60 3.92%
1971 14,160,385 38.95 4.12%
1970 13,588,742 38.23 4.53%
1969 12,986,371 37.40 4.67%
1968 12,393,778 36.58 4.83%
1967 11,809,943 35.76 4.91%
1966 11,244,067 34.95 4.60%
1965 10,738,562 34.23 4.07%
1964 10,310,398 33.68 4.22%
1963 9,884,064 33.14 4.34%
1962 9,464,388 32.60 4.37%
1961 9,059,684 32.06 4.40%
1960 8,670,085 31.52 0.00%