Kazakhstan vs North Macedonia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Kazakhstan
62.4%
in 2025
North Macedonia
62.9%
in 2025
Kazakhstan rank
135th
North Macedonia rank
132nd
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Kazakhstan
- North Macedonia
How they compare
North Macedonia currently reports 62.9% against 62.4% in Kazakhstan, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was North Macedonia ahead.
Kazakhstan ranks 135th and North Macedonia ranks 132nd of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Kazakhstan averaged higher in 20 and North Macedonia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kazakhstan | North Macedonia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | — |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | — |
| 1700s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1710s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1720s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1730s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1740s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1750s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1760s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1770s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1780s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1790s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | Kazakhstan |
| 1800s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.3% | Kazakhstan |
| 1810s | 1.6% | 1.0% | 0.6% | Kazakhstan |
| 1820s | 2.0% | 1.3% | 0.7% | Kazakhstan |
| 1830s | 2.5% | 1.6% | 0.9% | Kazakhstan |
| 1840s | 3.1% | 2.0% | 1.2% | Kazakhstan |
| 1850s | 3.9% | 2.5% | 1.4% | Kazakhstan |
| 1860s | 4.9% | 3.1% | 1.8% | Kazakhstan |
| 1870s | 6.1% | 3.9% | 2.2% | Kazakhstan |
| 1880s | 7.6% | 4.8% | 2.8% | Kazakhstan |
| 1890s | 9.5% | 6.0% | 3.5% | Kazakhstan |
| 1900s | 11.9% | 7.5% | 4.4% | Kazakhstan |
| 1910s | 14.9% | 9.4% | 5.5% | Kazakhstan |
| 1920s | 18.6% | 11.8% | 6.9% | Kazakhstan |
| 1930s | 23.3% | 14.7% | 8.6% | Kazakhstan |
| 1940s | 29.1% | 18.4% | 10.7% | Kazakhstan |
| 1950s | 41.0% | 28.0% | 13.0% | Kazakhstan |
| 1960s | 47.5% | 40.2% | 7.4% | Kazakhstan |
| 1970s | 52.1% | 50.5% | 1.6% | Kazakhstan |
| 1980s | 56.0% | 55.4% | 0.7% | Kazakhstan |
| 1990s | 56.8% | 59.0% | 2.3% | North Macedonia |
| 2000s | 54.9% | 58.0% | 3.1% | North Macedonia |
| 2010s | 56.2% | 59.1% | 3.0% | North Macedonia |
| 2020s | 61.4% | 62.1% | 0.6% | North Macedonia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Kazakhstan or North Macedonia?
- North Macedonia, at 62.9% against 62.4% in Kazakhstan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Kazakhstan and North Macedonia?
- 0.5%, with North Macedonia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and North Macedonia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Kazakhstan and North Macedonia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Kazakhstan ranks 135th and North Macedonia ranks 132nd 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.