Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Kazakhstan

Rural population share in Kazakhstan in 2025 — 37.6%. Ranked 99 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 17.7 pp.

2025 37.6% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 99of 217
Period maximum 55.3%1960
Period minimum 37.6%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Kazakhstan, 1960–202535404550556019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 55.3%1962: 54%1964: 52.7%1966: 51.5%1968: 50.5%1970: 49.5%1972: 48.7%1974: 48%1976: 47.4%1978: 46.7%1980: 45.9%1982: 44.9%1984: 44%1986: 43.2%1988: 42.8%1990: 42.8%1992: 42.9%1994: 43.1%1996: 43.4%1998: 43.6%2000: 44%2002: 44.5%2004: 45.1%2006: 45.6%2008: 45.9%2010: 45.8%2012: 45.3%2014: 44.4%2016: 43.3%2018: 41.8%2020: 40%2022: 38.6%2024: 37.9%2025: 37.6%
Change over the period: −17.7 pp Annual average: -0.27 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan 37.6%
World 42.2%
Central Asia computed 51.1%
Rural population share — Kazakhstan, by year Kazakhstan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 37.6 −0.3 pp
2024 37.9 −0.3 pp
2023 38.2 −0.3 pp
2022 38.6 −0.4 pp
2021 39 −1 pp
2020 40 −0.9 pp
2019 40.9 −0.8 pp
2018 41.8 −0.8 pp
2017 42.5 −0.7 pp
2016 43.3 −0.6 pp
2015 43.9 −0.6 pp
2014 44.4 −0.5 pp
2013 44.9 −0.4 pp
2012 45.3 −0.3 pp
2011 45.6 −0.2 pp
2010 45.8 −0.1 pp
2009 45.9 +0 pp
2008 45.9 +0.1 pp
2007 45.8 +0.2 pp
2006 45.6 +0.2 pp
2005 45.4 +0.3 pp
2004 45.1 +0.3 pp
2003 44.8 +0.3 pp
2002 44.5 +0.3 pp
2001 44.2 +0.2 pp
2000 44 +0.2 pp
1999 43.8 +0.1 pp
1998 43.6 +0.1 pp
1997 43.5 +0.1 pp
1996 43.4 +0.1 pp
1995 43.2 +0.1 pp
1994 43.1 +0.1 pp
1993 43 +0.1 pp
1992 42.9 +0.1 pp
1991 42.8 +0.1 pp
1990 42.8 +0 pp
1989 42.8 −0 pp
1988 42.8 −0.1 pp
1987 42.9 −0.3 pp
1986 43.2 −0.4 pp
1985 43.5 −0.4 pp
1984 44 −0.5 pp
1983 44.4 −0.5 pp
1982 44.9 −0.5 pp
1981 45.4 −0.5 pp
1980 45.9 −0.4 pp
1979 46.3 −0.4 pp
1978 46.7 −0.3 pp
1977 47.1 −0.3 pp
1976 47.4 −0.3 pp
1975 47.7 −0.3 pp
1974 48 −0.3 pp
1973 48.4 −0.4 pp
1972 48.7 −0.4 pp
1971 49.1 −0.4 pp
1970 49.5 −0.4 pp
1969 50 −0.5 pp
1968 50.5 −0.5 pp
1967 51 −0.5 pp
1966 51.5 −0.6 pp
1965 52.1 −0.6 pp
1964 52.7 −0.6 pp
1963 53.3 −0.6 pp
1962 54 −0.6 pp
1961 54.6 −0.7 pp
1960 55.3

Central Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.