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

Sierra Leone
45.9%
in 2025
Turkmenistan
47.1%
in 2025
Sierra Leone rank
173rd
Turkmenistan rank
171st

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

  • Sierra Leone
  • Turkmenistan
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How they compare

Turkmenistan currently reports 47.1% against 45.9% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 1.2%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 173rd and Turkmenistan ranks 171st of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 23 and Turkmenistan in 17.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sierra Leone Turkmenistan Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Sierra Leone
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Sierra Leone
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Sierra Leone
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Sierra Leone
1400s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Sierra Leone
1500s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Sierra Leone
1600s 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% Sierra Leone
1700s 1.2% 1.0% 0.2% Sierra Leone
1710s 1.4% 1.0% 0.4% Sierra Leone
1720s 1.5% 1.0% 0.5% Sierra Leone
1730s 1.6% 1.0% 0.6% Sierra Leone
1740s 1.8% 1.0% 0.8% Sierra Leone
1750s 2.0% 1.0% 1.0% Sierra Leone
1760s 2.1% 1.0% 1.1% Sierra Leone
1770s 2.3% 1.0% 1.3% Sierra Leone
1780s 2.6% 1.0% 1.6% Sierra Leone
1790s 2.8% 1.3% 1.5% Sierra Leone
1800s 3.1% 1.6% 1.5% Sierra Leone
1810s 3.4% 2.0% 1.4% Sierra Leone
1820s 3.7% 2.5% 1.2% Sierra Leone
1830s 4.0% 3.1% 1.0% Sierra Leone
1840s 4.4% 3.9% 0.6% Sierra Leone
1850s 4.8% 4.8% 0.0% Sierra Leone
1860s 5.3% 6.0% 0.7% Turkmenistan
1870s 5.8% 7.5% 1.7% Turkmenistan
1880s 6.4% 9.4% 3.1% Turkmenistan
1890s 7.0% 11.8% 4.8% Turkmenistan
1900s 7.6% 14.7% 7.1% Turkmenistan
1910s 8.4% 18.4% 10.0% Turkmenistan
1920s 9.2% 23.0% 13.9% Turkmenistan
1930s 10.0% 28.8% 18.7% Turkmenistan
1940s 11.0% 36.0% 25.0% Turkmenistan
1950s 14.6% 44.7% 30.1% Turkmenistan
1960s 20.2% 47.4% 27.1% Turkmenistan
1970s 27.3% 47.7% 20.3% Turkmenistan
1980s 31.8% 46.1% 14.2% Turkmenistan
1990s 34.4% 45.0% 10.6% Turkmenistan
2000s 36.8% 46.7% 9.9% Turkmenistan
2010s 40.6% 47.0% 6.4% Turkmenistan
2020s 44.6% 47.1% 2.5% Turkmenistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Sierra Leone or Turkmenistan?
Turkmenistan, at 47.1% against 45.9% in Sierra Leone as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Sierra Leone and Turkmenistan?
1.2%, with Turkmenistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Turkmenistan?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Sierra Leone and Turkmenistan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Sierra Leone ranks 173rd 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 modelled historical data.