Syria vs Türkiye: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 72.1% in Syria and 89.5% in Türkiye, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 17.4 percentage points, or 1.24 times that in Syria.

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% of people · UN

SyriaTürkiyeUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Türkiye has been higher since 1988, when it overtook Syria.
In 2025, Syria ranked 88 and Türkiye ranked 35 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Syria at 80.9% and Türkiye at 91.4% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Syria	Türkiye
2025	72.1	89.5
2024	72.1	89.3
2023	72.2	89
2022	72.6	89
2021	73	89.2
2020	73.4	88.9
2019	73.8	88.7
2018	74.1	88.2
2017	74.5	88
2016	75.2	88.1
2015	75.8	87.2
2014	76	83.6
2013	73.1	78.5
2012	65.1	73.8
2011	58.5	71
2010	55.7	69.4
2009	55	67.8
2008	54.6	66.5
2007	54.3	65.3
2006	54.1	64.3
2005	53.8	63.3
2004	53.5	62.4
2003	53.1	61.6
2002	52.7	60.7
2001	52.3	59.9
2000	51.9	59
1999	51.5	58.1
1998	51.1	57.3
1997	50.7	56.5
1996	50.4	55.8
1995	50.1	55.1
1994	49.8	54.3
1993	49.5	53.6
1992	49.3	52.8
1991	49.1	52
1990	48.8	51
1989	48.7	50
1988	48.5	49
1987	48.3	47.8
1986	48.1	46.7
1985	47.9	45.6
1984	47.7	44.4
1983	47.5	43.2
1982	47.3	42
1981	47	40.9
1980	46.7	39.9
1979	46.4	39
1978	46.1	38.1
1977	45.8	37.2
1976	45.5	36.4
1975	45.2	35.4
1974	44.8	34.4
1973	44.5	33.4
1972	44.1	32.3
1971	43.8	31.3
1970	43.4	30.3
1969	43.1	29.2
1968	42.7	28.1
1967	42.4	27
1966	42	26.1
1965	41.7	25.4
1964	41.4	24.9
1963	41.1	24.5
1962	40.7	24.1
1961	40.4	23.8
1960	40	23.4
1959	39.6	23.1
1958	39.2	22.7
1957	38.8	22.3
1956	38.4	21.8
1955	38	21.2
1954	37.5	20.2
1953	37	18.9
1952	36.5	17.6
1951	35.9	16.5
1950	35.3	15.6

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Syria	Türkiye
2026	72.1	89.6
2027	72.1	89.8
2028	72.2	89.9
2029	72.2	90.1
2030	72.3	90.2
2031	72.4	90.3
2032	72.5	90.4
2033	72.7	90.5
2034	72.9	90.6
2035	73.1	90.7
2036	73.3	90.8
2037	73.5	90.9
2038	73.8	90.9
2039	74.2	91
2040	74.6	91.1
2041	75	91.1
2042	75.4	91.2
2043	75.9	91.2
2044	76.5	91.2
2045	77.1	91.3
2046	77.7	91.3
2047	78.4	91.3
2048	79.2	91.3
2049	80	91.4
2050	80.9	91.4

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The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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