Urban population rose 2.54% to 2.49 mil in Kyrgyzstan in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, urban population in Kyrgyzstan reached an all time high of 2.49 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.743 mil in 1960. When compared to Kyrgyzstan's main peers, urban population in China amounted to 883 mil, 11.0 mil in Kazakhstan, 2.70 mil in Tajikistan and 17.6 mil in Uzbekistan in 2021.
Kyrgyzstan has been ranked 126th within the group of 176 countries we follow in terms of urban population.
| Urban Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Afghanistan | mil | 8.37 | 8.67 | 9.00 | 9.35 | 9.73 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 766 | 787 | 809 | 830 | 849 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | mil | 434 | 444 | 455 | 466 | 477 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | mil | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | mil | 2.13 | 2.19 | 2.24 | 2.30 | 2.36 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil | 107 | 107 | 107 | 108 | 108 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tajikistan | mil | 2.28 | 2.34 | 2.41 | 2.48 | 2.55 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 2.90 | 2.98 | 3.05 | 3.13 | 3.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 262 | 264 | 267 | 269 | 271 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | mil | 15.9 | 16.1 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 16.9 |
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