India vs Kyrgyzstan: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
India
35.7%
in 2025
Kyrgyzstan
34.7%
in 2025
India rank
199th
Kyrgyzstan rank
201st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- India
- Kyrgyzstan
How they compare
India currently reports 35.7% against 34.7% in Kyrgyzstan, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was India ahead.
India ranks 199th and Kyrgyzstan ranks 201st of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, India averaged higher in 29 and Kyrgyzstan in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Kyrgyzstan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 10.7% | 0.0% | 10.7% | India |
| 1100s | 11.2% | 0.0% | 11.2% | India |
| 1200s | 11.7% | 0.0% | 11.7% | India |
| 1300s | 12.1% | 0.0% | 12.1% | India |
| 1400s | 12.6% | 0.0% | 12.6% | India |
| 1500s | 13.1% | 0.1% | 13.0% | India |
| 1600s | 15.0% | 0.3% | 14.7% | India |
| 1700s | 14.0% | 1.0% | 13.0% | India |
| 1710s | 13.9% | 1.0% | 12.9% | India |
| 1720s | 13.8% | 1.0% | 12.8% | India |
| 1730s | 13.7% | 1.0% | 12.7% | India |
| 1740s | 13.6% | 1.0% | 12.6% | India |
| 1750s | 13.5% | 1.0% | 12.5% | India |
| 1760s | 13.4% | 1.0% | 12.4% | India |
| 1770s | 13.3% | 1.0% | 12.3% | India |
| 1780s | 13.2% | 1.0% | 12.2% | India |
| 1790s | 13.1% | 1.0% | 12.1% | India |
| 1800s | 13.0% | 0.9% | 12.1% | India |
| 1810s | 13.0% | 1.2% | 11.8% | India |
| 1820s | 12.0% | 1.5% | 10.5% | India |
| 1830s | 12.0% | 1.8% | 10.2% | India |
| 1840s | 11.0% | 2.3% | 8.7% | India |
| 1850s | 11.0% | 2.8% | 8.2% | India |
| 1860s | 10.0% | 3.6% | 6.4% | India |
| 1870s | 8.7% | 4.4% | 4.3% | India |
| 1880s | 9.0% | 5.6% | 3.4% | India |
| 1890s | 10.0% | 6.9% | 3.1% | India |
| 1900s | 10.9% | 8.7% | 2.2% | India |
| 1910s | 10.3% | 10.8% | 0.5% | Kyrgyzstan |
| 1920s | 11.2% | 13.6% | 2.4% | Kyrgyzstan |
| 1930s | 12.0% | 16.9% | 4.9% | Kyrgyzstan |
| 1940s | 13.9% | 21.2% | 7.3% | Kyrgyzstan |
| 1950s | 17.6% | 31.1% | 13.6% | Kyrgyzstan |
| 1960s | 18.6% | 36.0% | 17.4% | Kyrgyzstan |
| 1970s | 21.3% | 38.0% | 16.7% | Kyrgyzstan |
| 1980s | 24.5% | 38.2% | 13.7% | Kyrgyzstan |
| 1990s | 26.5% | 36.5% | 10.0% | Kyrgyzstan |
| 2000s | 29.0% | 35.3% | 6.3% | Kyrgyzstan |
| 2010s | 32.4% | 35.1% | 2.7% | Kyrgyzstan |
| 2020s | 34.9% | 34.7% | 0.2% | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, India or Kyrgyzstan?
- India, at 35.7% against 34.7% in Kyrgyzstan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between India and Kyrgyzstan?
- 1.0%, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Kyrgyzstan?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do India and Kyrgyzstan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- India ranks 199th 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
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.