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

Eritrea
34.5%
in 2025
Kyrgyzstan
34.7%
in 2025
Eritrea rank
202nd
Kyrgyzstan rank
201st

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

  • Eritrea
  • Kyrgyzstan
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How they compare

Kyrgyzstan currently reports 34.7% against 34.5% in Eritrea, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Kyrgyzstan ahead.

Eritrea ranks 202nd and Kyrgyzstan ranks 201st of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 14 and Kyrgyzstan in 26.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea 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 0.7% 1.0% 0.3% Kyrgyzstan
1710s 0.8% 1.0% 0.2% Kyrgyzstan
1720s 0.9% 1.0% 0.1% Kyrgyzstan
1730s 1.0% 1.0% 0.0% Kyrgyzstan
1740s 1.1% 1.0% 0.1% Eritrea
1750s 1.2% 1.0% 0.2% Eritrea
1760s 1.3% 1.0% 0.3% Eritrea
1770s 1.4% 1.0% 0.4% Eritrea
1780s 1.5% 1.0% 0.5% Eritrea
1790s 1.7% 1.0% 0.7% Eritrea
1800s 1.8% 0.9% 0.9% Eritrea
1810s 2.0% 1.2% 0.8% Eritrea
1820s 2.2% 1.5% 0.7% Eritrea
1830s 2.4% 1.8% 0.6% Eritrea
1840s 2.6% 2.3% 0.3% Eritrea
1850s 2.9% 2.8% 0.0% Eritrea
1860s 3.1% 3.6% 0.4% Kyrgyzstan
1870s 3.4% 4.4% 1.0% Kyrgyzstan
1880s 3.8% 5.6% 1.8% Kyrgyzstan
1890s 4.1% 6.9% 2.8% Kyrgyzstan
1900s 4.5% 8.7% 4.2% Kyrgyzstan
1910s 4.9% 10.8% 5.9% Kyrgyzstan
1920s 5.4% 13.6% 8.2% Kyrgyzstan
1930s 5.9% 16.9% 11.0% Kyrgyzstan
1940s 6.5% 21.2% 14.7% Kyrgyzstan
1950s 8.6% 31.1% 22.5% Kyrgyzstan
1960s 11.6% 36.0% 24.4% Kyrgyzstan
1970s 13.5% 38.0% 24.5% Kyrgyzstan
1980s 15.6% 38.2% 22.7% Kyrgyzstan
1990s 26.2% 36.5% 10.3% Kyrgyzstan
2000s 34.9% 35.3% 0.4% Kyrgyzstan
2010s 35.5% 35.1% 0.4% Eritrea
2020s 34.8% 34.7% 0.0% Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Eritrea or Kyrgyzstan?
Kyrgyzstan, at 34.7% against 34.5% in Eritrea as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Eritrea and Kyrgyzstan?
0.2%, with Kyrgyzstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Kyrgyzstan?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Eritrea and Kyrgyzstan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Eritrea ranks 202nd 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.