Tonga vs Turkmenistan: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Tonga
0.0%
in 2025
Turkmenistan
0.0%
in 2025
Tonga rank
189th
Turkmenistan rank
187th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Tonga
- Turkmenistan
How they compare
Turkmenistan currently reports 0.0% against 0.0% in Tonga, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Turkmenistan's figure about 1.1 times Tonga's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tonga ahead.
Tonga ranks 189th and Turkmenistan ranks 187th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Tonga averaged higher in 5 and Turkmenistan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tonga | Turkmenistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.2% | 1.0% | 2.2% | Tonga |
| 1960s | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.8% | Tonga |
| 1970s | 0.2% | -0.1% | 0.3% | Tonga |
| 1980s | 0.7% | -0.5% | 1.2% | Tonga |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Tonga |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Turkmenistan |
| 2010s | -0.6% | 0.0% | 0.6% | Turkmenistan |
| 2020s | -0.7% | 0.0% | 0.8% | Turkmenistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Tonga or Turkmenistan?
- Turkmenistan, at 0.0% against 0.0% in Tonga as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Tonga and Turkmenistan?
- 0.0%, with Turkmenistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Turkmenistan?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Tonga and Turkmenistan rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Tonga ranks 189th and Turkmenistan ranks 187th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.