Afghanistan vs Tajikistan: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Afghanistan
25.9%
in 2025
Tajikistan
26.2%
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
222nd
Tajikistan rank
221st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Afghanistan
- Tajikistan
How they compare
Tajikistan currently reports 26.2% against 25.9% in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Tajikistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 222nd and Tajikistan ranks 221st of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 1 and Tajikistan in 39.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Tajikistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Tajikistan |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Tajikistan |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Tajikistan |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Tajikistan |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Tajikistan |
| 1500s | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Tajikistan |
| 1600s | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Tajikistan |
| 1700s | 0.2% | 1.0% | 0.8% | Tajikistan |
| 1710s | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.6% | Tajikistan |
| 1720s | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.6% | Tajikistan |
| 1730s | 0.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | Tajikistan |
| 1740s | 0.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | Tajikistan |
| 1750s | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | Tajikistan |
| 1760s | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.3% | Tajikistan |
| 1770s | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.3% | Tajikistan |
| 1780s | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.2% | Tajikistan |
| 1790s | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.1% | Tajikistan |
| 1800s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | Afghanistan |
| 1810s | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.1% | Tajikistan |
| 1820s | 1.3% | 1.6% | 0.3% | Tajikistan |
| 1830s | 1.5% | 2.0% | 0.5% | Tajikistan |
| 1840s | 1.7% | 2.5% | 0.9% | Tajikistan |
| 1850s | 1.9% | 3.2% | 1.3% | Tajikistan |
| 1860s | 2.1% | 3.9% | 1.8% | Tajikistan |
| 1870s | 2.4% | 4.9% | 2.6% | Tajikistan |
| 1880s | 2.7% | 6.2% | 3.5% | Tajikistan |
| 1890s | 3.0% | 7.7% | 4.7% | Tajikistan |
| 1900s | 3.4% | 9.6% | 6.2% | Tajikistan |
| 1910s | 3.8% | 12.0% | 8.2% | Tajikistan |
| 1920s | 4.3% | 15.0% | 10.8% | Tajikistan |
| 1930s | 4.8% | 18.8% | 14.0% | Tajikistan |
| 1940s | 5.4% | 23.5% | 18.1% | Tajikistan |
| 1950s | 6.7% | 29.8% | 23.1% | Tajikistan |
| 1960s | 9.4% | 35.6% | 26.2% | Tajikistan |
| 1970s | 13.4% | 35.9% | 22.5% | Tajikistan |
| 1980s | 16.5% | 33.4% | 16.9% | Tajikistan |
| 1990s | 17.8% | 29.0% | 11.2% | Tajikistan |
| 2000s | 19.8% | 26.5% | 6.7% | Tajikistan |
| 2010s | 24.1% | 26.4% | 2.3% | Tajikistan |
| 2020s | 25.5% | 26.2% | 0.7% | Tajikistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Afghanistan or Tajikistan?
- Tajikistan, at 26.2% against 25.9% in Afghanistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Afghanistan and Tajikistan?
- 0.3%, with Tajikistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Tajikistan?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Afghanistan and Tajikistan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Afghanistan ranks 222nd and Tajikistan ranks 221st of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Do more people live in urban or rural areas?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.