Comoros vs Kyrgyzstan: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Comoros
33.9%
in 2025
Kyrgyzstan
34.7%
in 2025
Comoros rank
204th
Kyrgyzstan rank
201st

Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time

  • Comoros
  • Kyrgyzstan
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How they compare

Kyrgyzstan currently reports 34.7% against 33.9% in Comoros, a difference of 0.8%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Kyrgyzstan ahead.

Comoros ranks 204th and Kyrgyzstan ranks 201st of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 10 and Kyrgyzstan in 30.

Head to head by decade

Decade Comoros Kyrgyzstan Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Kyrgyzstan
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Kyrgyzstan
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Kyrgyzstan
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Kyrgyzstan
1400s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Kyrgyzstan
1500s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Kyrgyzstan
1600s 0.2% 0.3% 0.1% Kyrgyzstan
1700s 0.6% 1.0% 0.4% Kyrgyzstan
1710s 0.7% 1.0% 0.3% Kyrgyzstan
1720s 0.8% 1.0% 0.2% Kyrgyzstan
1730s 0.9% 1.0% 0.1% Kyrgyzstan
1740s 1.0% 1.0% 0.0% Kyrgyzstan
1750s 1.0% 1.0% 0.0% Comoros
1760s 1.1% 1.0% 0.1% Comoros
1770s 1.3% 1.0% 0.3% Comoros
1780s 1.4% 1.0% 0.4% Comoros
1790s 1.5% 1.0% 0.5% Comoros
1800s 1.7% 0.9% 0.7% Comoros
1810s 1.8% 1.2% 0.6% Comoros
1820s 2.0% 1.5% 0.5% Comoros
1830s 2.2% 1.8% 0.4% Comoros
1840s 2.4% 2.3% 0.1% Comoros
1850s 2.6% 2.8% 0.2% Kyrgyzstan
1860s 2.9% 3.6% 0.7% Kyrgyzstan
1870s 3.1% 4.4% 1.3% Kyrgyzstan
1880s 3.4% 5.6% 2.1% Kyrgyzstan
1890s 3.7% 6.9% 3.2% Kyrgyzstan
1900s 4.1% 8.7% 4.6% Kyrgyzstan
1910s 4.5% 10.8% 6.3% Kyrgyzstan
1920s 4.9% 13.6% 8.6% Kyrgyzstan
1930s 5.4% 16.9% 11.6% Kyrgyzstan
1940s 5.9% 21.2% 15.3% Kyrgyzstan
1950s 9.4% 31.1% 21.7% Kyrgyzstan
1960s 16.7% 36.0% 19.3% Kyrgyzstan
1970s 21.3% 38.0% 16.7% Kyrgyzstan
1980s 25.7% 38.2% 12.5% Kyrgyzstan
1990s 28.3% 36.5% 8.2% Kyrgyzstan
2000s 28.1% 35.3% 7.2% Kyrgyzstan
2010s 30.2% 35.1% 4.9% Kyrgyzstan
2020s 33.0% 34.7% 1.8% Kyrgyzstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Comoros or Kyrgyzstan?
Kyrgyzstan, at 34.7% against 33.9% in Comoros as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Comoros and Kyrgyzstan?
0.8%, with Kyrgyzstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Kyrgyzstan?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Comoros and Kyrgyzstan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Comoros ranks 204th and Kyrgyzstan ranks 201st of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – 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

Indicator
Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Unit
%
Source
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 24,444 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed

Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.