Kazakhstan vs Serbia: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Kazakhstan
62.4%
in 2025
Serbia
62.6%
in 2025
Kazakhstan rank
135th
Serbia rank
134th
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Kazakhstan
- Serbia
How they compare
Serbia currently reports 62.6% against 62.4% in Kazakhstan, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kazakhstan ahead.
Kazakhstan ranks 135th and Serbia ranks 134th of 238 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kazakhstan averaged higher in 5 and Serbia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kazakhstan | Serbia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 41.0% | 24.1% | 16.9% | Kazakhstan |
| 1960s | 47.5% | 34.0% | 13.5% | Kazakhstan |
| 1970s | 52.1% | 43.1% | 9.0% | Kazakhstan |
| 1980s | 56.0% | 48.2% | 7.9% | Kazakhstan |
| 1990s | 56.8% | 52.7% | 4.1% | Kazakhstan |
| 2000s | 54.9% | 57.5% | 2.6% | Serbia |
| 2010s | 56.2% | 60.1% | 3.9% | Serbia |
| 2020s | 61.4% | 61.9% | 0.5% | Serbia |
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 Serbia?
- Serbia, at 62.6% 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 Serbia?
- 0.2%, with Serbia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Serbia?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Kazakhstan and Serbia rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Kazakhstan ranks 135th and Serbia ranks 134th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β 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 modeled historical data.