Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Tajikistan

Rural population share in Tajikistan in 2025 — 73.8%. Ranked 15 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 7.2 pp.

2025 73.8% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 15of 217
Period maximum 73.9%2019
Period minimum 62.9%1970

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Tajikistan, 1960–20256065707519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 66.6%1962: 65.5%1964: 64.4%1966: 63.6%1968: 63%1970: 62.9%1972: 63.2%1974: 63.9%1976: 64.6%1978: 65.3%1980: 65.7%1982: 66.1%1984: 66.5%1986: 66.9%1988: 67.3%1990: 68.1%1992: 69.4%1994: 70.9%1996: 72.2%1998: 73.2%2000: 73.5%2002: 73.5%2004: 73.5%2006: 73.5%2008: 73.5%2010: 73.5%2012: 73.6%2014: 73.4%2016: 73.6%2018: 73.8%2020: 73.8%2022: 73.8%2024: 73.8%2025: 73.8%
Change over the period: +7.2 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Tajikistan 73.8%
World 42.2%
Central Asia computed 51.1%
Rural population share — Tajikistan, by year Tajikistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 73.8 +0 pp
2024 73.8 +0 pp
2023 73.8 +0 pp
2022 73.8 +0 pp
2021 73.8 −0 pp
2020 73.8 −0.1 pp
2019 73.9 +0.1 pp
2018 73.8 +0 pp
2017 73.7 +0.1 pp
2016 73.6 +0.1 pp
2015 73.5 +0.1 pp
2014 73.4 −0.1 pp
2013 73.5 −0.1 pp
2012 73.6 +0.1 pp
2011 73.5 +0 pp
2010 73.5 +0 pp
2009 73.5 +0 pp
2008 73.5 +0 pp
2007 73.5 +0 pp
2006 73.5 +0 pp
2005 73.5 +0 pp
2004 73.5 +0 pp
2003 73.5 +0 pp
2002 73.5 +0 pp
2001 73.5 +0 pp
2000 73.5 +0 pp
1999 73.4 +0.2 pp
1998 73.2 +0.4 pp
1997 72.8 +0.6 pp
1996 72.2 +0.7 pp
1995 71.6 +0.7 pp
1994 70.9 +0.7 pp
1993 70.1 +0.7 pp
1992 69.4 +0.7 pp
1991 68.7 +0.6 pp
1990 68.1 +0.4 pp
1989 67.7 +0.3 pp
1988 67.3 +0.3 pp
1987 67.1 +0.2 pp
1986 66.9 +0.2 pp
1985 66.7 +0.2 pp
1984 66.5 +0.2 pp
1983 66.3 +0.2 pp
1982 66.1 +0.2 pp
1981 65.9 +0.2 pp
1980 65.7 +0.2 pp
1979 65.5 +0.2 pp
1978 65.3 +0.3 pp
1977 65 +0.4 pp
1976 64.6 +0.4 pp
1975 64.2 +0.4 pp
1974 63.9 +0.3 pp
1973 63.5 +0.3 pp
1972 63.2 +0.2 pp
1971 63 +0.1 pp
1970 62.9 −0 pp
1969 62.9 −0.1 pp
1968 63 −0.2 pp
1967 63.2 −0.3 pp
1966 63.6 −0.4 pp
1965 64 −0.5 pp
1964 64.4 −0.5 pp
1963 64.9 −0.5 pp
1962 65.5 −0.6 pp
1961 66 −0.6 pp
1960 66.6

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.