Tajikistan vs Türkiye: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 26.2% in Tajikistan and 89.5% in Türkiye, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 63.3 percentage points, or 3.42 times that in Tajikistan.

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% of people · UN

TajikistanTürkiyeUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Türkiye has been higher since 1976, when it overtook Tajikistan.
In 2025, Tajikistan ranked 213 and Türkiye ranked 35 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Tajikistan at 23.6% and Türkiye at 91.4% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Tajikistan	Türkiye
2025	26.2	89.5
2024	26.2	89.3
2023	26.2	89
2022	26.2	89
2021	26.2	89.2
2020	26.2	88.9
2019	26.1	88.7
2018	26.2	88.2
2017	26.3	88
2016	26.4	88.1
2015	26.5	87.2
2014	26.6	83.6
2013	26.5	78.5
2012	26.4	73.8
2011	26.5	71
2010	26.5	69.4
2009	26.5	67.8
2008	26.5	66.5
2007	26.5	65.3
2006	26.5	64.3
2005	26.5	63.3
2004	26.5	62.4
2003	26.5	61.6
2002	26.5	60.7
2001	26.5	59.9
2000	26.5	59
1999	26.6	58.1
1998	26.8	57.3
1997	27.2	56.5
1996	27.8	55.8
1995	28.4	55.1
1994	29.1	54.3
1993	29.9	53.6
1992	30.6	52.8
1991	31.3	52
1990	31.9	51
1989	32.3	50
1988	32.7	49
1987	32.9	47.8
1986	33.1	46.7
1985	33.3	45.6
1984	33.5	44.4
1983	33.7	43.2
1982	33.9	42
1981	34.1	40.9
1980	34.3	39.9
1979	34.5	39
1978	34.7	38.1
1977	35	37.2
1976	35.4	36.4
1975	35.8	35.4
1974	36.1	34.4
1973	36.5	33.4
1972	36.8	32.3
1971	37	31.3
1970	37.1	30.3
1969	37.1	29.2
1968	37	28.1
1967	36.8	27
1966	36.4	26.1
1965	36	25.4
1964	35.6	24.9
1963	35.1	24.5
1962	34.5	24.1
1961	34	23.8
1960	33.4	23.4
1959	32.9	23.1
1958	32.3	22.7
1957	31.7	22.3
1956	31.1	21.8
1955	30.4	21.2
1954	29.6	20.2
1953	28.8	18.9
1952	28	17.6
1951	27.1	16.5
1950	26.3	15.6

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

Year	Tajikistan	Türkiye
2026	26.2	89.6
2027	26.1	89.8
2028	26.1	89.9
2029	26.1	90.1
2030	26	90.2
2031	26	90.3
2032	25.9	90.4
2033	25.9	90.5
2034	25.8	90.6
2035	25.7	90.7
2036	25.7	90.8
2037	25.6	90.9
2038	25.5	90.9
2039	25.4	91
2040	25.3	91.1
2041	25.2	91.1
2042	25	91.2
2043	24.9	91.2
2044	24.7	91.2
2045	24.6	91.3
2046	24.4	91.3
2047	24.2	91.3
2048	24	91.3
2049	23.8	91.4
2050	23.6	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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