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

Jersey
34.5%
in 2025
Kyrgyzstan
34.7%
in 2025
Jersey rank
203rd
Kyrgyzstan rank
201st

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

  • Jersey
  • Kyrgyzstan
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Jersey ahead.

Jersey ranks 203rd and Kyrgyzstan ranks 201st of 238 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Jersey averaged higher in 2 and Kyrgyzstan in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Jersey Kyrgyzstan Difference Ahead
1950s 43.7% 31.1% 12.6% Jersey
1960s 41.0% 36.0% 4.9% Jersey
1970s 35.7% 38.0% 2.3% Kyrgyzstan
1980s 33.7% 38.2% 4.5% Kyrgyzstan
1990s 32.7% 36.5% 3.8% Kyrgyzstan
2000s 33.1% 35.3% 2.2% Kyrgyzstan
2010s 34.5% 35.1% 0.6% Kyrgyzstan
2020s 34.6% 34.7% 0.1% 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?, Jersey or Kyrgyzstan?
Kyrgyzstan, at 34.7% against 34.5% in Jersey as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Jersey and Kyrgyzstan?
0.2%, with Kyrgyzstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jersey and Kyrgyzstan?
76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
How do Jersey and Kyrgyzstan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Jersey ranks 203rd 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.