Turkey - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Turkey was 20,152,820 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24,723,290 in 1980 and a minimum value of 18,814,430 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 18,814,430
1961 19,121,880
1962 19,433,900
1963 19,745,560
1964 20,057,990
1965 20,371,870
1966 20,632,550
1967 20,864,190
1968 21,092,250
1969 21,318,330
1970 21,541,690
1971 21,809,210
1972 22,098,710
1973 22,386,720
1974 22,669,160
1975 22,943,410
1976 23,274,980
1977 23,633,980
1978 23,991,800
1979 24,353,980
1980 24,723,290
1981 24,658,600
1982 24,394,850
1983 24,095,970
1984 23,752,040
1985 23,364,160
1986 23,094,220
1987 22,862,040
1988 22,598,100
1989 22,310,360
1990 21,998,460
1991 21,949,400
1992 22,010,800
1993 22,063,830
1994 22,110,410
1995 22,152,910
1996 22,192,810
1997 22,229,780
1998 22,260,830
1999 22,284,560
2000 22,297,860
2001 22,249,030
2002 22,166,360
2003 22,072,540
2004 21,962,830
2005 21,837,750
2006 21,692,770
2007 21,533,500
2008 21,371,340
2009 21,224,540
2010 21,101,400
2011 21,003,300
2012 20,921,700
2013 20,855,960
2014 20,792,430
2015 20,723,130
2016 20,648,280
2017 20,567,890
2018 20,467,280
2019 20,331,800
2020 20,152,820

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Turkey was 23.90 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 68.49 in 1960, while its lowest value was 23.90 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 68.49
1961 67.94
1962 67.40
1963 66.86
1964 66.32
1965 65.77
1966 65.05
1967 64.24
1968 63.42
1969 62.60
1970 61.77
1971 61.06
1972 60.40
1973 59.74
1974 59.08
1975 58.41
1976 57.91
1977 57.49
1978 57.07
1979 56.65
1980 56.22
1981 54.81
1982 53.00
1983 51.19
1984 49.37
1985 47.55
1986 46.07
1987 44.74
1988 43.41
1989 42.10
1990 40.80
1991 40.02
1992 39.48
1993 38.95
1994 38.41
1995 37.88
1996 37.35
1997 36.82
1998 36.30
1999 35.78
2000 35.26
2001 34.66
2002 34.03
2003 33.40
2004 32.78
2005 32.16
2006 31.55
2007 30.95
2008 30.35
2009 29.76
2010 29.18
2011 28.60
2012 28.03
2013 27.47
2014 26.92
2015 26.39
2016 25.87
2017 25.36
2018 24.86
2019 24.37
2020 23.90

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization