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

Kyrgyzstan
34.7%
in 2025
Sudan
34.9%
in 2025
Kyrgyzstan rank
201st
Sudan rank
200th

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

  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Sudan
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How they compare

Sudan currently reports 34.9% against 34.7% in Kyrgyzstan, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Kyrgyzstan ahead.

Kyrgyzstan ranks 201st and Sudan ranks 200th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Kyrgyzstan averaged higher in 26 and Sudan in 14.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kyrgyzstan Sudan Difference Ahead
1000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Kyrgyzstan
1100s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Kyrgyzstan
1200s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Kyrgyzstan
1300s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Kyrgyzstan
1400s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Kyrgyzstan
1500s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Kyrgyzstan
1600s 0.3% 0.3% 0.1% Kyrgyzstan
1700s 1.0% 0.8% 0.2% Kyrgyzstan
1710s 1.0% 0.8% 0.2% Kyrgyzstan
1720s 1.0% 0.9% 0.1% Kyrgyzstan
1730s 1.0% 1.0% 0.0% Sudan
1740s 1.0% 1.1% 0.1% Sudan
1750s 1.0% 1.2% 0.2% Sudan
1760s 1.0% 1.3% 0.3% Sudan
1770s 1.0% 1.5% 0.5% Sudan
1780s 1.0% 1.6% 0.6% Sudan
1790s 1.0% 1.8% 0.8% Sudan
1800s 0.9% 1.9% 1.0% Sudan
1810s 1.2% 2.1% 0.9% Sudan
1820s 1.5% 2.3% 0.9% Sudan
1830s 1.8% 2.5% 0.7% Sudan
1840s 2.3% 2.8% 0.5% Sudan
1850s 2.8% 3.0% 0.2% Sudan
1860s 3.6% 3.3% 0.2% Kyrgyzstan
1870s 4.4% 3.6% 0.8% Kyrgyzstan
1880s 5.6% 4.0% 1.6% Kyrgyzstan
1890s 6.9% 4.4% 2.6% Kyrgyzstan
1900s 8.7% 4.8% 3.9% Kyrgyzstan
1910s 10.8% 5.2% 5.6% Kyrgyzstan
1920s 13.6% 5.7% 7.8% Kyrgyzstan
1930s 16.9% 6.3% 10.7% Kyrgyzstan
1940s 21.2% 6.9% 14.3% Kyrgyzstan
1950s 31.1% 8.6% 22.6% Kyrgyzstan
1960s 36.0% 14.5% 21.5% Kyrgyzstan
1970s 38.0% 18.8% 19.2% Kyrgyzstan
1980s 38.2% 23.0% 15.2% Kyrgyzstan
1990s 36.5% 31.8% 4.7% Kyrgyzstan
2000s 35.3% 32.4% 2.9% Kyrgyzstan
2010s 35.1% 33.7% 1.4% Kyrgyzstan
2020s 34.7% 34.8% 0.0% Sudan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Kyrgyzstan or Sudan?
Sudan, at 34.9% against 34.7% in Kyrgyzstan as of 2025.
What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Kyrgyzstan and Sudan?
0.2%, with Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kyrgyzstan and Sudan?
108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Kyrgyzstan and Sudan rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
Kyrgyzstan ranks 201st and Sudan ranks 200th 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.