Urban population share in Kyrgyzstan

34.7% of people in Kyrgyzstan lived in urban areas in 2025.

Measure: Urban population share Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Kyrgyzstan, 2025 34.7% % of total population
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 34.7%
World, 2025 57.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 184th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population share in Kyrgyzstan over time

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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Urban population share (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period KyrgyzstanWorld
2025 34.7% 57.8%
2024 34.7% 57.6%
2023 34.7% 57.3%
2022 34.7% 57.1%
2021 34.8% 56.8%
2020 34.8% 56.4%
2019 34.9% 56.1%
2018 34.9% 55.8%
2017 35.0% 55.3%
2016 35.1% 54.9%
2015 35.1% 54.4%
2014 35.1% 53.9%
2013 35.2% 53.4%
2012 35.2% 52.9%
2011 35.2% 52.5%
2010 35.3% 51.8%
2009 35.3% 51.4%
2008 35.3% 50.9%
2007 35.3% 50.4%
2006 35.3% 49.9%
2005 35.3% 49.4%
2004 35.3% 48.9%
2003 35.3% 48.4%
2002 35.3% 47.8%
2001 35.3% 47.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 34.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 35.1%, the figure has changed by −0.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Kyrgyzstan has the 184th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Kyrgyzstan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects