Namibia vs Turkmenistan: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Namibia
50.9%
in 2025
Turkmenistan
47.1%
in 2025
Namibia rank
169th
Turkmenistan rank
171st
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Namibia
- Turkmenistan
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 share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050, Namibia or Turkmenistan?
- Namibia, at 50.9% against 47.1% in Turkmenistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 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 share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- 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 Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050. 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.