Lebanon vs Turkey: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Lebanon
91.0%
in 2025
Turkey
89.5%
in 2025
Lebanon rank
38th
Turkey rank
40th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Lebanon
- Turkey
How they compare
Lebanon currently reports 91.0% against 89.5% in Turkey, a difference of 1.5%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Turkey ahead.
Lebanon ranks 38th and Turkey ranks 40th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Lebanon averaged higher in 13 and Turkey in 27.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lebanon | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.9% | 1.9% | 1.0% | Turkey |
| 1100s | 0.9% | 2.0% | 1.1% | Turkey |
| 1200s | 0.9% | 2.0% | 1.2% | Turkey |
| 1300s | 0.8% | 2.1% | 1.3% | Turkey |
| 1400s | 0.8% | 2.2% | 1.4% | Turkey |
| 1500s | 0.8% | 2.3% | 1.5% | Turkey |
| 1600s | 0.8% | 2.4% | 1.6% | Turkey |
| 1700s | 0.8% | 2.5% | 1.7% | Turkey |
| 1710s | 0.9% | 2.8% | 1.9% | Turkey |
| 1720s | 1.0% | 3.1% | 2.1% | Turkey |
| 1730s | 1.2% | 3.4% | 2.2% | Turkey |
| 1740s | 1.4% | 3.7% | 2.3% | Turkey |
| 1750s | 1.6% | 4.0% | 2.4% | Turkey |
| 1760s | 1.8% | 4.4% | 2.6% | Turkey |
| 1770s | 2.2% | 4.8% | 2.7% | Turkey |
| 1780s | 2.5% | 5.3% | 2.8% | Turkey |
| 1790s | 2.9% | 5.8% | 2.9% | Turkey |
| 1800s | 3.4% | 6.4% | 2.9% | Turkey |
| 1810s | 4.0% | 7.0% | 3.0% | Turkey |
| 1820s | 4.7% | 7.6% | 3.0% | Turkey |
| 1830s | 5.4% | 8.3% | 2.9% | Turkey |
| 1840s | 6.3% | 9.1% | 2.8% | Turkey |
| 1850s | 7.4% | 10.0% | 2.6% | Turkey |
| 1860s | 8.6% | 11.0% | 2.3% | Turkey |
| 1870s | 10.1% | 12.0% | 1.9% | Turkey |
| 1880s | 11.8% | 13.2% | 1.4% | Turkey |
| 1890s | 13.7% | 14.4% | 0.7% | Turkey |
| 1900s | 16.0% | 15.8% | 0.2% | Lebanon |
| 1910s | 18.7% | 17.3% | 1.4% | Lebanon |
| 1920s | 21.8% | 18.9% | 2.9% | Lebanon |
| 1930s | 25.4% | 20.7% | 4.7% | Lebanon |
| 1940s | 29.7% | 22.7% | 7.0% | Lebanon |
| 1950s | 35.7% | 20.0% | 15.7% | Lebanon |
| 1960s | 49.7% | 25.6% | 24.1% | Lebanon |
| 1970s | 66.3% | 34.8% | 31.6% | Lebanon |
| 1980s | 79.3% | 45.0% | 34.4% | Lebanon |
| 1990s | 84.8% | 54.6% | 30.2% | Lebanon |
| 2000s | 86.7% | 63.1% | 23.6% | Lebanon |
| 2010s | 88.5% | 81.6% | 6.9% | Lebanon |
| 2020s | 90.3% | 89.2% | 1.2% | Lebanon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Lebanon or Turkey?
- Lebanon, at 91.0% against 89.5% in Turkey as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Lebanon and Turkey?
- 1.5%, with Lebanon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and Turkey?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Lebanon and Turkey rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Lebanon ranks 38th and Turkey ranks 40th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Do more people live in urban or rural areas?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.