Kyrgyzstan vs Uzbekistan: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 34.8% in Kyrgyzstan and 51% in Uzbekistan, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uzbekistan, by 16.3 percentage points, or 1.47 times that in Kyrgyzstan.

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% of people · UN

KyrgyzstanUzbekistanUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Uzbekistan has been higher since 1974, when it overtook Kyrgyzstan.
In 2025, Kyrgyzstan ranked 193 and Uzbekistan ranked 159 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Kyrgyzstan at 38.1% and Uzbekistan at 60.7% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Kyrgyzstan	Uzbekistan
2025	34.8	51
2024	34.7	51
2023	34.7	51
2022	34.7	51
2021	34.8	50.9
2020	34.8	50.8
2019	34.9	50.6
2018	34.9	50.6
2017	35	50.7
2016	35.1	50.7
2015	35.1	50.7
2014	35.2	50.9
2013	35.2	51.1
2012	35.2	51.3
2011	35.3	51.3
2010	35.3	51.3
2009	35.3	51.6
2008	35.3	51.8
2007	35.3	51.7
2006	35.3	51.5
2005	35.3	51.1
2004	35.3	50.6
2003	35.3	50
2002	35.3	49.3
2001	35.3	48.5
2000	35.3	47.7
1999	35.3	46.8
1998	35.4	46
1997	35.6	45.1
1996	35.8	44.3
1995	36.2	43.5
1994	36.6	42.7
1993	37	42.1
1992	37.4	41.5
1991	37.7	41.1
1990	38	40.8
1989	38.1	40.6
1988	38.2	40.8
1987	38.2	40.6
1986	38.2	40.5
1985	38.2	40.6
1984	38.3	41
1983	38.3	41.2
1982	38.3	41.2
1981	38.3	41.2
1980	38.3	41.1
1979	38.3	40.9
1978	38.3	40.7
1977	38.3	39.7
1976	38.2	39.3
1975	38.1	38.7
1974	38	38.2
1973	37.9	37.7
1972	37.8	37.1
1971	37.6	36.7
1970	37.5	36.7
1969	37.3	36.6
1968	37.1	36.4
1967	36.9	36
1966	36.6	35.7
1965	36.3	35.5
1964	36	35.4
1963	35.6	35.3
1962	35.2	35.1
1961	34.8	34.9
1960	34.4	34.3
1959	33.9	33.8
1958	33.5	33.3
1957	32.9	32.8
1956	32.3	32.2
1955	31.7	31.6
1954	31	31
1953	30.2	30.4
1952	29.4	29.7
1951	28.6	29.1
1950	27.8	28.4

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Kyrgyzstan	Uzbekistan
2026	34.8	51.1
2027	34.8	51.1
2028	34.9	51.3
2029	34.9	51.4
2030	35	51.6
2031	35.1	51.7
2032	35.2	52
2033	35.3	52.2
2034	35.4	52.5
2035	35.5	52.8
2036	35.6	53.1
2037	35.7	53.5
2038	35.9	53.9
2039	36	54.3
2040	36.1	54.8
2041	36.3	55.2
2042	36.5	55.7
2043	36.6	56.2
2044	36.8	56.8
2045	37	57.4
2046	37.2	58
2047	37.4	58.6
2048	37.6	59.3
2049	37.9	59.9
2050	38.1	60.7

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The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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