Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Uzbekistan

Rural population share in Uzbekistan in 2025 — 49%. Ranked 66 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 16.7 pp.

2025 49% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 66of 217
Period maximum 65.7%1960
Period minimum 48.2%2008

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Uzbekistan, 1960–202545505560657019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 65.7%1962: 64.9%1964: 64.6%1966: 64.3%1968: 63.6%1970: 63.4%1972: 62.9%1974: 61.8%1976: 60.7%1978: 59.4%1980: 58.9%1982: 58.8%1984: 59%1986: 59.5%1988: 59.2%1990: 59.2%1992: 58.5%1994: 57.3%1996: 55.7%1998: 54%2000: 52.3%2002: 50.7%2004: 49.4%2006: 48.5%2008: 48.2%2010: 48.7%2012: 48.7%2014: 49.1%2016: 49.3%2018: 49.4%2020: 49.2%2022: 49%2024: 49%2025: 49%
Change over the period: −16.7 pp Annual average: -0.26 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Uzbekistan 49%
World 42.2%
Central Asia computed 51.1%
Rural population share — Uzbekistan, by year Uzbekistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 49 −0 pp
2024 49 −0 pp
2023 49 −0 pp
2022 49 −0.1 pp
2021 49.1 −0.2 pp
2020 49.2 −0.2 pp
2019 49.4 −0 pp
2018 49.4 +0.1 pp
2017 49.3 −0 pp
2016 49.3 +0 pp
2015 49.3 +0.2 pp
2014 49.1 +0.2 pp
2013 48.9 +0.2 pp
2012 48.7 +0 pp
2011 48.7 −0 pp
2010 48.7 +0.3 pp
2009 48.4 +0.2 pp
2008 48.2 −0.1 pp
2007 48.3 −0.2 pp
2006 48.5 −0.4 pp
2005 48.9 −0.5 pp
2004 49.4 −0.6 pp
2003 50 −0.7 pp
2002 50.7 −0.8 pp
2001 51.5 −0.8 pp
2000 52.3 −0.8 pp
1999 53.2 −0.9 pp
1998 54 −0.9 pp
1997 54.9 −0.8 pp
1996 55.7 −0.8 pp
1995 56.5 −0.7 pp
1994 57.3 −0.7 pp
1993 57.9 −0.6 pp
1992 58.5 −0.4 pp
1991 58.9 −0.3 pp
1990 59.2 −0.2 pp
1989 59.4 +0.2 pp
1988 59.2 −0.2 pp
1987 59.4 −0.1 pp
1986 59.5 +0.1 pp
1985 59.4 +0.4 pp
1984 59 +0.2 pp
1983 58.8 −0 pp
1982 58.8 −0 pp
1981 58.8 −0.1 pp
1980 58.9 −0.2 pp
1979 59.1 −0.3 pp
1978 59.4 −0.9 pp
1977 60.3 −0.5 pp
1976 60.7 −0.5 pp
1975 61.3 −0.6 pp
1974 61.8 −0.5 pp
1973 62.3 −0.6 pp
1972 62.9 −0.4 pp
1971 63.3 −0 pp
1970 63.4 −0.1 pp
1969 63.4 −0.1 pp
1968 63.6 −0.4 pp
1967 64 −0.3 pp
1966 64.3 −0.2 pp
1965 64.5 −0.2 pp
1964 64.6 −0.1 pp
1963 64.7 −0.1 pp
1962 64.9 −0.2 pp
1961 65.1 −0.6 pp
1960 65.7

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.