Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Central Asia

Rural population share in Central Asia in 2025 — 51.1%. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 9.6 pp.

2025 51.1% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 60.7%1960
Period minimum 51.1%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Central Asia, 1960–20255052.55557.56062.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 60.7%1962: 59.7%1964: 59%1966: 58.3%1968: 57.6%1970: 57.2%1972: 56.7%1974: 56.2%1976: 55.6%1978: 55%1980: 54.6%1982: 54.4%1984: 54.3%1986: 54.4%1988: 54.3%1990: 54.6%1992: 54.7%1994: 54.6%1996: 54.5%1998: 54.2%2000: 53.6%2002: 53.1%2004: 52.7%2006: 52.5%2008: 52.4%2010: 52.6%2012: 52.6%2014: 52.6%2016: 52.5%2018: 52.2%2020: 51.8%2022: 51.3%2024: 51.2%2025: 51.1%
Change over the period: −9.6 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Central Asia 51.1%
World 42.2%
Rural population share — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 51.1 −0.1 pp
2024 51.2 −0.1 pp
2023 51.3 −0.1 pp
2022 51.3 −0.1 pp
2021 51.5 −0.3 pp
2020 51.8 −0.3 pp
2019 52 −0.2 pp
2018 52.2 −0.1 pp
2017 52.3 −0.1 pp
2016 52.5 −0.1 pp
2015 52.6 +0 pp
2014 52.6 +0 pp
2013 52.6 +0 pp
2012 52.6 −0 pp
2011 52.6 −0 pp
2010 52.6 +0.1 pp
2009 52.5 +0.1 pp
2008 52.4 +0 pp
2007 52.4 −0 pp
2006 52.5 −0.1 pp
2005 52.6 −0.1 pp
2004 52.7 −0.2 pp
2003 52.9 −0.2 pp
2002 53.1 −0.3 pp
2001 53.3 −0.3 pp
2000 53.6 −0.3 pp
1999 53.9 −0.3 pp
1998 54.2 −0.2 pp
1997 54.4 −0.1 pp
1996 54.5 −0.1 pp
1995 54.6 −0 pp
1994 54.6 −0 pp
1993 54.6 −0 pp
1992 54.7 +0 pp
1991 54.6 +0 pp
1990 54.6 +0.1 pp
1989 54.5 +0.2 pp
1988 54.3 −0 pp
1987 54.4 −0 pp
1986 54.4 +0 pp
1985 54.4 +0.1 pp
1984 54.3 +0 pp
1983 54.3 −0.1 pp
1982 54.4 −0.1 pp
1981 54.5 −0.1 pp
1980 54.6 −0.1 pp
1979 54.8 −0.2 pp
1978 55 −0.4 pp
1977 55.4 −0.3 pp
1976 55.6 −0.3 pp
1975 55.9 −0.3 pp
1974 56.2 −0.3 pp
1973 56.4 −0.3 pp
1972 56.7 −0.3 pp
1971 57 −0.2 pp
1970 57.2 −0.2 pp
1969 57.3 −0.2 pp
1968 57.6 −0.4 pp
1967 58 −0.4 pp
1966 58.3 −0.3 pp
1965 58.7 −0.4 pp
1964 59 −0.3 pp
1963 59.4 −0.4 pp
1962 59.7 −0.4 pp
1961 60.2 −0.6 pp
1960 60.7

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.