Kazakhstan vs Portugal: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Kazakhstan
62.4%
in 2025
Portugal
61.5%
in 2025
Kazakhstan rank
135th
Portugal rank
138th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Kazakhstan
- Portugal
How they compare
Kazakhstan currently reports 62.4% against 61.5% in Portugal, a difference of 0.9%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Portugal ahead.
Kazakhstan ranks 135th and Portugal ranks 138th of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Kazakhstan averaged higher in 7 and Portugal in 33.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kazakhstan | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 13.5% | 13.5% | Portugal |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 16.4% | 16.4% | Portugal |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 13.2% | 13.2% | Portugal |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 36.2% | 36.2% | Portugal |
| 1400s | 0.0% | 23.3% | 23.3% | Portugal |
| 1500s | 0.1% | 13.8% | 13.7% | Portugal |
| 1600s | 0.3% | 12.7% | 12.3% | Portugal |
| 1700s | 1.0% | 11.5% | 10.5% | Portugal |
| 1710s | 1.0% | 11.5% | 10.5% | Portugal |
| 1720s | 1.0% | 11.5% | 10.5% | Portugal |
| 1730s | 1.0% | 11.5% | 10.5% | Portugal |
| 1740s | 1.0% | 11.5% | 10.5% | Portugal |
| 1750s | 1.0% | 11.5% | 10.5% | Portugal |
| 1760s | 1.0% | 11.5% | 10.5% | Portugal |
| 1770s | 1.0% | 11.5% | 10.5% | Portugal |
| 1780s | 1.0% | 11.5% | 10.5% | Portugal |
| 1790s | 1.0% | 11.5% | 10.5% | Portugal |
| 1800s | 1.3% | 11.5% | 10.2% | Portugal |
| 1810s | 1.6% | 11.5% | 9.9% | Portugal |
| 1820s | 2.0% | 11.5% | 9.5% | Portugal |
| 1830s | 2.5% | 11.5% | 9.0% | Portugal |
| 1840s | 3.1% | 11.5% | 8.4% | Portugal |
| 1850s | 3.9% | 11.5% | 7.6% | Portugal |
| 1860s | 4.9% | 11.5% | 6.6% | Portugal |
| 1870s | 6.1% | 11.5% | 5.4% | Portugal |
| 1880s | 7.6% | 11.5% | 3.9% | Portugal |
| 1890s | 9.5% | 12.0% | 2.5% | Portugal |
| 1900s | 11.9% | 14.0% | 2.1% | Portugal |
| 1910s | 14.9% | 17.0% | 2.1% | Portugal |
| 1920s | 18.6% | 21.0% | 2.4% | Portugal |
| 1930s | 23.3% | 24.0% | 0.7% | Portugal |
| 1940s | 29.1% | 27.0% | 2.1% | Kazakhstan |
| 1950s | 41.0% | 29.3% | 11.7% | Kazakhstan |
| 1960s | 47.5% | 32.6% | 14.9% | Kazakhstan |
| 1970s | 52.1% | 37.8% | 14.2% | Kazakhstan |
| 1980s | 56.0% | 44.2% | 11.8% | Kazakhstan |
| 1990s | 56.8% | 50.7% | 6.1% | Kazakhstan |
| 2000s | 54.9% | 57.7% | 2.8% | Portugal |
| 2010s | 56.2% | 61.1% | 5.0% | Portugal |
| 2020s | 61.4% | 61.2% | 0.2% | Kazakhstan |
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 Portugal?
- Kazakhstan, at 62.4% against 61.5% in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Kazakhstan and Portugal?
- 0.9%, with Kazakhstan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Portugal?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Kazakhstan and Portugal rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Kazakhstan ranks 135th and Portugal ranks 138th 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.