Turkmenistan - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Turkmenistan was 2,863,849 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,863,849 in 2020 and a minimum value of 859,152 in 1960.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 859,152
1961 886,279
1962 914,278
1963 942,839
1964 971,653
1965 1,000,445
1966 1,029,092
1967 1,057,583
1968 1,086,137
1969 1,115,007
1970 1,146,315
1971 1,180,648
1972 1,215,671
1973 1,251,372
1974 1,287,617
1975 1,324,382
1976 1,361,678
1977 1,399,563
1978 1,437,900
1979 1,478,694
1980 1,522,465
1981 1,566,511
1982 1,611,063
1983 1,656,524
1984 1,703,550
1985 1,752,552
1986 1,803,288
1987 1,855,723
1988 1,910,565
1989 1,966,489
1990 2,023,425
1991 2,084,432
1992 2,148,657
1993 2,213,193
1994 2,274,254
1995 2,322,981
1996 2,357,264
1997 2,384,823
1998 2,406,890
1999 2,425,601
2000 2,442,638
2001 2,458,354
2002 2,472,721
2003 2,486,777
2004 2,501,642
2005 2,517,493
2006 2,534,545
2007 2,552,880
2008 2,573,113
2009 2,595,522
2010 2,620,372
2011 2,647,833
2012 2,677,413
2013 2,707,820
2014 2,737,480
2015 2,765,000
2016 2,789,963
2017 2,812,448
2018 2,832,246
2019 2,849,353
2020 2,863,849

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Turkmenistan was 47.48 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 55.27 in 1994, while its lowest value was 47.48 in 2020.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 53.59
1961 53.44
1962 53.30
1963 53.15
1964 53.01
1965 52.86
1966 52.72
1967 52.57
1968 52.43
1969 52.28
1970 52.22
1971 52.27
1972 52.31
1973 52.35
1974 52.40
1975 52.44
1976 52.49
1977 52.53
1978 52.58
1979 52.70
1980 52.92
1981 53.14
1982 53.36
1983 53.58
1984 53.80
1985 54.02
1986 54.24
1987 54.46
1988 54.68
1989 54.84
1990 54.93
1991 55.01
1992 55.10
1993 55.18
1994 55.27
1995 55.21
1996 54.98
1997 54.76
1998 54.54
1999 54.31
2000 54.09
2001 53.86
2002 53.64
2003 53.41
2004 53.19
2005 52.95
2006 52.69
2007 52.42
2008 52.13
2009 51.83
2010 51.51
2011 51.18
2012 50.83
2013 50.46
2014 50.08
2015 49.68
2016 49.27
2017 48.85
2018 48.41
2019 47.95
2020 47.48

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization