Turkey Urban Population

Current and historical urban population data for Turkey, including latest value (89.34), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Turkey
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-07 00:10:48
Economy Data Rating
Turkey · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
69 / 100
Stable economy
Fiscal stability 21.8 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 9.9 / 20
External stability 14.3 / 15
Financial robustness 5.1 / 15
Structural stability 10 / 10
Future capacity 7.7 / 10
Demographic capacity 3.6 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 86% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1960–2024 19602024
1960 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

Turkey · urban population as a percentage of total population.

1960–2024
89.34 percent
89.02 percent
88.57 percent
12 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1960 1973 1986 1999 2012 2024
urban population rate reference line

Countries by urban population

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Singapore 100
Hong Kong 100
Kuwait 100
Bahrain 100
Qatar 99.32
Netherlands 95.64
Luxembourg 94.84
Iceland 94.18

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Russia 75.11
China 65.89
Germany 82.02
France 78.8

Related indicators

internal links
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-07 00:10:48

Turkey Snapshot

country profile
Population 85.52 m
GDP 1359.12 bn
Debt/GDP 26.62%
Inflation 58.51%
Unemployment 8.52%
Currency n/a
Region Europe / Asia
Income group Upper middle income

Turkey Urban Population: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Urban Population for Turkey. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: turkey urban population rate, urban population data turkey, turkey urban population statistics, turkey percent.