Türkiye vs United States: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 89.5% in Türkiye and 80.2% in United States, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 9.3 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in United States.

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% of people · UN

TürkiyeUnited StatesUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Türkiye has been higher since 2014, when it overtook United States.
In 2025, Türkiye ranked 35 and United States ranked 62 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Türkiye at 91.4% and United States at 86.5% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Türkiye	United States
2025	89.5	80.2
2024	89.3	80.1
2023	89	80.1
2022	89	80
2021	89.2	80
2020	88.9	80
2019	88.7	80.1
2018	88.2	80.3
2017	88	80.4
2016	88.1	80.5
2015	87.2	80.6
2014	83.6	80.6
2013	78.5	80.7
2012	73.8	80.7
2011	71	80.7
2010	69.4	80.7
2009	67.8	80.7
2008	66.5	80.6
2007	65.3	80.5
2006	64.3	80.4
2005	63.3	80.2
2004	62.4	80
2003	61.6	79.8
2002	60.7	79.6
2001	59.9	79.3
2000	59	79.1
1999	58.1	78.8
1998	57.3	78.5
1997	56.5	78.1
1996	55.8	77.7
1995	55.1	77.2
1994	54.3	76.7
1993	53.6	76.3
1992	52.8	75.9
1991	52	75.5
1990	51	75.3
1989	50	75.1
1988	49	74.9
1987	47.8	74.7
1986	46.7	74.5
1985	45.6	74.3
1984	44.4	74.2
1983	43.2	74
1982	42	73.9
1981	40.9	73.8
1980	39.9	73.8
1979	39	73.7
1978	38.1	73.7
1977	37.2	73.7
1976	36.4	73.6
1975	35.4	73.6
1974	34.4	73.6
1973	33.4	73.6
1972	32.3	73.6
1971	31.3	73.5
1970	30.3	73.5
1969	29.2	73.4
1968	28.1	73.3
1967	27	73
1966	26.1	72.7
1965	25.4	72.3
1964	24.9	71.9
1963	24.5	71.4
1962	24.1	70.9
1961	23.8	70.5
1960	23.4	70
1959	23.1	69.5
1958	22.7	69
1957	22.3	68.5
1956	21.8	67.9
1955	21.2	67.3
1954	20.2	66.6
1953	18.9	66
1952	17.6	65.3
1951	16.5	64.7
1950	15.6	64

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

Year	Türkiye	United States
2026	89.6	80.3
2027	89.8	80.4
2028	89.9	80.5
2029	90.1	80.6
2030	90.2	80.7
2031	90.3	80.9
2032	90.4	81.1
2033	90.5	81.2
2034	90.6	81.4
2035	90.7	81.7
2036	90.8	81.9
2037	90.9	82.1
2038	90.9	82.4
2039	91	82.6
2040	91.1	82.9
2041	91.1	83.2
2042	91.2	83.5
2043	91.2	83.8
2044	91.2	84.2
2045	91.3	84.5
2046	91.3	84.9
2047	91.3	85.3
2048	91.3	85.7
2049	91.4	86.1
2050	91.4	86.5

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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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