Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Tajikistan

Urban population share in Tajikistan in 2025 — 26.2%. Ranked 203 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 7.2 pp.

2025 26.2% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 203of 217
Period maximum 37.1%1970
Period minimum 26.1%2019

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Tajikistan, 1960–20252530354019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 33.4%1962: 34.5%1964: 35.6%1966: 36.4%1968: 37%1970: 37.1%1972: 36.8%1974: 36.1%1976: 35.4%1978: 34.7%1980: 34.3%1982: 33.9%1984: 33.5%1986: 33.1%1988: 32.7%1990: 31.9%1992: 30.6%1994: 29.1%1996: 27.8%1998: 26.8%2000: 26.5%2002: 26.5%2004: 26.5%2006: 26.5%2008: 26.5%2010: 26.5%2012: 26.4%2014: 26.6%2016: 26.4%2018: 26.2%2020: 26.2%2022: 26.2%2024: 26.2%2025: 26.2%
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 26.2%
World 57.8%
Central Asia computed 48.9%
Urban population share — Tajikistan, by year Tajikistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 26.2 −0 pp
2024 26.2 −0 pp
2023 26.2 −0 pp
2022 26.2 −0 pp
2021 26.2 +0 pp
2020 26.2 +0.1 pp
2019 26.1 −0.1 pp
2018 26.2 −0 pp
2017 26.3 −0.1 pp
2016 26.4 −0.1 pp
2015 26.5 −0.1 pp
2014 26.6 +0.1 pp
2013 26.5 +0.1 pp
2012 26.4 −0.1 pp
2011 26.5 −0 pp
2010 26.5 −0 pp
2009 26.5 −0 pp
2008 26.5 −0 pp
2007 26.5 −0 pp
2006 26.5 −0 pp
2005 26.5 −0 pp
2004 26.5 −0 pp
2003 26.5 −0 pp
2002 26.5 −0 pp
2001 26.5 −0 pp
2000 26.5 −0 pp
1999 26.6 −0.2 pp
1998 26.8 −0.4 pp
1997 27.2 −0.6 pp
1996 27.8 −0.7 pp
1995 28.4 −0.7 pp
1994 29.1 −0.7 pp
1993 29.9 −0.7 pp
1992 30.6 −0.7 pp
1991 31.3 −0.6 pp
1990 31.9 −0.4 pp
1989 32.3 −0.3 pp
1988 32.7 −0.3 pp
1987 32.9 −0.2 pp
1986 33.1 −0.2 pp
1985 33.3 −0.2 pp
1984 33.5 −0.2 pp
1983 33.7 −0.2 pp
1982 33.9 −0.2 pp
1981 34.1 −0.2 pp
1980 34.3 −0.2 pp
1979 34.5 −0.2 pp
1978 34.7 −0.3 pp
1977 35 −0.4 pp
1976 35.4 −0.4 pp
1975 35.8 −0.4 pp
1974 36.1 −0.3 pp
1973 36.5 −0.3 pp
1972 36.8 −0.2 pp
1971 37 −0.1 pp
1970 37.1 +0 pp
1969 37.1 +0.1 pp
1968 37 +0.2 pp
1967 36.8 +0.3 pp
1966 36.4 +0.4 pp
1965 36 +0.5 pp
1964 35.6 +0.5 pp
1963 35.1 +0.5 pp
1962 34.5 +0.6 pp
1961 34 +0.6 pp
1960 33.4

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.