Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Kyrgyzstan

Urban population share in Kyrgyzstan in 2025 — 34.7%. Ranked 184 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 0.4 pp.

2025 34.7% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 184of 217
Period maximum 38.3%1979
Period minimum 34.4%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Kyrgyzstan, 1960–202534353637383919601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 34.4%1962: 35.2%1964: 36%1966: 36.6%1968: 37.1%1970: 37.5%1972: 37.8%1974: 38%1976: 38.2%1978: 38.3%1980: 38.3%1982: 38.3%1984: 38.2%1986: 38.2%1988: 38.2%1990: 38%1992: 37.4%1994: 36.6%1996: 35.8%1998: 35.4%2000: 35.3%2002: 35.3%2004: 35.3%2006: 35.3%2008: 35.3%2010: 35.3%2012: 35.2%2014: 35.1%2016: 35.1%2018: 34.9%2020: 34.8%2022: 34.7%2024: 34.7%2025: 34.7%
Change over the period: +0.4 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Kyrgyzstan 34.7%
World 57.8%
Central Asia computed 48.9%
Urban population share — Kyrgyzstan, by year Kyrgyzstan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 34.7 +0 pp
2024 34.7 +0 pp
2023 34.7 +0 pp
2022 34.7 −0.1 pp
2021 34.8 −0.1 pp
2020 34.8 −0.1 pp
2019 34.9 −0.1 pp
2018 34.9 −0.1 pp
2017 35 −0.1 pp
2016 35.1 −0 pp
2015 35.1 −0 pp
2014 35.1 −0 pp
2013 35.2 −0 pp
2012 35.2 −0 pp
2011 35.2 −0 pp
2010 35.3 −0 pp
2009 35.3 −0 pp
2008 35.3 −0 pp
2007 35.3 −0 pp
2006 35.3 −0 pp
2005 35.3 −0 pp
2004 35.3 −0 pp
2003 35.3 −0 pp
2002 35.3 −0 pp
2001 35.3 −0 pp
2000 35.3 −0 pp
1999 35.3 −0 pp
1998 35.4 −0.2 pp
1997 35.6 −0.3 pp
1996 35.8 −0.4 pp
1995 36.2 −0.4 pp
1994 36.6 −0.4 pp
1993 37 −0.4 pp
1992 37.4 −0.3 pp
1991 37.7 −0.3 pp
1990 38 −0.1 pp
1989 38.1 −0 pp
1988 38.2 −0 pp
1987 38.2 −0 pp
1986 38.2 −0 pp
1985 38.2 −0 pp
1984 38.2 −0 pp
1983 38.3 −0 pp
1982 38.3 −0 pp
1981 38.3 −0 pp
1980 38.3 −0 pp
1979 38.3 +0 pp
1978 38.3 +0 pp
1977 38.3 +0.1 pp
1976 38.2 +0.1 pp
1975 38.1 +0.1 pp
1974 38 +0.1 pp
1973 37.9 +0.1 pp
1972 37.8 +0.1 pp
1971 37.6 +0.1 pp
1970 37.5 +0.2 pp
1969 37.3 +0.2 pp
1968 37.1 +0.2 pp
1967 36.9 +0.3 pp
1966 36.6 +0.3 pp
1965 36.3 +0.3 pp
1964 36 +0.4 pp
1963 35.6 +0.4 pp
1962 35.2 +0.4 pp
1961 34.8 +0.4 pp
1960 34.4

Central Asia, 2025

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

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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