Namibia vs Turkmenistan: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Namibia
50.9%
in 2025
Turkmenistan
47.1%
in 2025
Namibia rank
169th
Turkmenistan rank
171st

Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time

  • Namibia
  • Turkmenistan
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 50.9% against 47.1% in Turkmenistan, a difference of 3.8%.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Turkmenistan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 169th and Turkmenistan ranks 171st of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 24 and Turkmenistan in 16.

Head to head by decade

Decade Namibia Turkmenistan Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Namibia
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Namibia
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Namibia
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Namibia
1400s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Namibia
1500s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Namibia
1600s 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% Namibia
1700s 1.3% 1.0% 0.3% Namibia
1710s 1.5% 1.0% 0.5% Namibia
1720s 1.7% 1.0% 0.7% Namibia
1730s 1.8% 1.0% 0.8% Namibia
1740s 2.0% 1.0% 1.0% Namibia
1750s 2.2% 1.0% 1.2% Namibia
1760s 2.4% 1.0% 1.4% Namibia
1770s 2.6% 1.0% 1.6% Namibia
1780s 2.9% 1.0% 1.8% Namibia
1790s 3.1% 1.3% 1.9% Namibia
1800s 3.4% 1.6% 1.8% Namibia
1810s 3.8% 2.0% 1.8% Namibia
1820s 4.1% 2.5% 1.6% Namibia
1830s 4.5% 3.1% 1.4% Namibia
1840s 4.9% 3.9% 1.1% Namibia
1850s 5.4% 4.8% 0.6% Namibia
1860s 5.9% 6.0% 0.1% Turkmenistan
1870s 6.5% 7.5% 1.1% Turkmenistan
1880s 7.1% 9.4% 2.3% Turkmenistan
1890s 7.8% 11.8% 4.0% Turkmenistan
1900s 8.5% 14.7% 6.2% Turkmenistan
1910s 9.3% 18.4% 9.1% Turkmenistan
1920s 10.2% 23.0% 12.8% Turkmenistan
1930s 11.2% 28.8% 17.6% Turkmenistan
1940s 12.2% 36.0% 23.7% Turkmenistan
1950s 19.1% 44.7% 25.5% Turkmenistan
1960s 24.2% 47.4% 23.1% Turkmenistan
1970s 25.3% 47.7% 22.4% Turkmenistan
1980s 26.1% 46.1% 20.0% Turkmenistan
1990s 28.7% 45.0% 16.3% Turkmenistan
2000s 36.2% 46.7% 10.4% Turkmenistan
2010s 45.1% 47.0% 1.9% Turkmenistan
2020s 49.7% 47.1% 2.7% Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Namibia or Turkmenistan?
Namibia, at 50.9% against 47.1% in Turkmenistan as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Namibia and Turkmenistan?
3.8%, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Turkmenistan?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Namibia and Turkmenistan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Namibia ranks 169th and Turkmenistan ranks 171st 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

Indicator
Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Unit
%
Source
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 24,444 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed

Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.