Turkmenistan - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Turkmenistan was 3,167,338 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,167,338 in 2020 and a minimum value of 744,102 in 1960.

Definition: 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.

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 744,102
1961 772,085
1962 801,130
1963 831,015
1964 861,412
1965 892,151
1966 923,052
1967 954,179
1968 985,656
1969 1,017,793
1970 1,048,850
1971 1,078,317
1972 1,108,348
1973 1,138,840
1974 1,169,762
1975 1,200,992
1976 1,232,637
1977 1,264,699
1978 1,296,999
1979 1,327,123
1980 1,354,344
1981 1,381,272
1982 1,408,001
1983 1,434,986
1984 1,462,665
1985 1,491,472
1986 1,521,174
1987 1,551,587
1988 1,583,327
1989 1,619,378
1990 1,660,553
1991 1,704,756
1992 1,751,186
1993 1,797,596
1994 1,840,851
1995 1,884,860
1996 1,930,073
1997 1,970,302
1998 2,006,587
1999 2,040,532
2000 2,073,490
2001 2,105,733
2002 2,137,297
2003 2,168,975
2004 2,201,754
2005 2,237,159
2006 2,275,569
2007 2,317,262
2008 2,362,652
2009 2,412,431
2010 2,466,839
2011 2,526,243
2012 2,590,493
2013 2,658,556
2014 2,728,844
2015 2,800,283
2016 2,872,408
2017 2,945,219
2018 3,018,656
2019 3,092,741
2020 3,167,338

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Turkmenistan was 52.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 52.52 in 2020, while its lowest value was 44.73 in 1994.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 46.41
1961 46.56
1962 46.70
1963 46.85
1964 46.99
1965 47.14
1966 47.28
1967 47.43
1968 47.58
1969 47.72
1970 47.78
1971 47.74
1972 47.69
1973 47.65
1974 47.60
1975 47.56
1976 47.51
1977 47.47
1978 47.42
1979 47.30
1980 47.08
1981 46.86
1982 46.64
1983 46.42
1984 46.20
1985 45.98
1986 45.76
1987 45.54
1988 45.32
1989 45.16
1990 45.08
1991 44.99
1992 44.90
1993 44.82
1994 44.73
1995 44.79
1996 45.02
1997 45.24
1998 45.47
1999 45.69
2000 45.91
2001 46.14
2002 46.36
2003 46.59
2004 46.81
2005 47.05
2006 47.31
2007 47.58
2008 47.87
2009 48.17
2010 48.49
2011 48.83
2012 49.18
2013 49.54
2014 49.92
2015 50.32
2016 50.73
2017 51.15
2018 51.59
2019 52.05
2020 52.52

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization