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Kazakhstan – Urban Population 1996

Share of total population living in areas classified as urban by national statistical offices. Urbanization tends to rise with economic development. · World Bank
56.62% −0.13% from 1995 Global rank: 116th

Kazakhstan's urban population was 56.62% in 1996, decreased +0.13% from 56.75% in 1995. This was the 116th highest globally.

Global Ranking – 1996▾
Urban Population by Country – 1996
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Burundi 7.34% 2.3%
2nd Rwanda 10.30% 16.8%
3rd Uganda 10.88% 1.5%
4th Malawi 13.96% 2.4%
5th Papua New Guinea 14.04% -2.2%
6th Solomon Islands 14.81% 1.3%
7th South Sudan 15.03% 1.9%
8th Burkina Faso 15.32% 2.9%
9th Sri Lanka 15.51% -2.3%
10th Niger 15.81% 0.1%
11th Liechtenstein 16.21% -1.4%
12th Lesotho 17.09% 3.8%
13th Mali 17.85% 1.3%
14th Cambodia 17.88% 2.2%
15th Afghanistan 17.96% 0.7%
16th Lao PDR 17.96% 4.0%
17th Kenya 18.66% 0.4%
18th Vanuatu 20.52% 1.4%
19th Tanzania 20.82% 1.5%
20th Chad 21.53% 0.2%
21st Samoa 21.66% 0.5%
22nd Bangladesh 21.98% 1.5%
23rd Viet Nam 22.07% 2.9%
24th Timor-Leste 22.86% 1.3%
25th Tonga 22.89% 0.3%
26th Eswatini 23.06% 0.0%
27th Madagascar 23.79% 1.3%
28th Yemen, Republic of 24.40% 2.5%
29th Micronesia, Federated States of 24.65% -2.5%
30th Bhutan 24.73% 3.1%
31st Nepal 25.29% 4.9%
32nd Thailand 25.64% 6.4%
33rd Maldives 25.70% 0.6%
34th India 26.76% 0.7%
35th Myanmar 26.82% 0.7%
36th Tajikistan 27.77% -2.3%
37th Mozambique 28.17% 2.0%
38th Comoros 28.29% -0.2%
39th St. Lucia 28.96% -0.7%
40th Eritrea 29.17% 7.1%
41st Guyana 29.27% -0.3%
42nd Namibia 29.28% 2.1%
43rd Guinea 29.77% 0.9%
44th Channel Islands 30.39% -0.1%
45th China 30.48% 5.0%
46th Haiti 31.12% 4.3%
47th Togo 31.30% 1.4%
48th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 31.43% 1.2%
49th Zimbabwe 31.68% 0.8%
50th Pakistan 32.14% 0.7%
51st Sudan 32.17% 0.2%
52nd Congo, Democratic Republic of 32.93% 1.4%
53rd St. Kitts and Nevis 33.54% -0.6%
54th Antigua and Barbuda 34.19% -1.2%
55th Sierra Leone 34.70% 0.6%
56th Grenada 34.84% 1.0%
57th Faroe Islands 34.89% 1.5%
58th Guinea-Bissau 35.37% 1.2%
59th Kyrgyz Republic 35.83% -1.0%
60th Guatemala 36.88% 3.2%
61st Kiribati 37.05% 2.0%
62nd Benin 37.13% 0.8%
63rd Kosovo 37.36% 0.1%
64th Central African Republic 37.52% 0.1%
65th Indonesia 37.54% 3.4%
66th Philippines 37.71% 0.8%
67th Zambia 37.98% -1.1%
68th Mauritania 38.48% -0.5%
69th Equatorial Guinea 38.81% 0.0%
70th Albania 38.90% 1.6%
71st Nigeria 39.95% 2.1%
72nd Senegal 39.97% 0.4%
73rd Ghana 40.81% 2.1%
74th Gambia, The 40.95% 3.5%
75th British Virgin Islands 41.24% 0.8%
76th Bosnia and Herzegovina 41.26% 0.8%
77th Côte d'Ivoire 41.64% 0.8%
78th Egypt, Arab Republic of 42.64% -0.1%
79th Liberia 42.96% -3.5%
80th Mauritius 42.97% -0.6%
81st Honduras 43.33% 1.1%
82nd Tuvalu 43.55% 1.1%
83rd Cameroon 43.98% 1.4%
84th Uzbekistan 44.27% 1.8%
85th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 44.39% 0.3%
86th Turkmenistan 44.84% 0.3%
87th Moldova 45.09% -1.4%
88th Seychelles 45.45% -3.0%
89th Angola 45.46% 2.8%
90th Fiji 46.30% 1.4%
91st Belize 47.53% 0.1%
92nd São Tomé and Principe 49.36% 1.8%
93rd Slovenia 50.27% 0.1%
94th Botswana 50.35% 1.5%
95th Syrian Arab Republic 50.37% 0.6%
96th Cabo Verde 50.50% 1.8%
97th Jamaica 50.80% 0.5%
98th Portugal 51.69% 1.3%
99th Isle of Man 51.79% 0.0%
100th Azerbaijan 52.12% -0.4%
101st Morocco 52.21% 0.9%
102nd El Salvador 53.18% 1.5%
103rd Georgia 53.39% -0.6%
104th Serbia 53.47% 1.1%
105th South Africa 53.57% 0.5%
106th Romania 53.68% -0.4%
107th Montenegro 54.09% 2.4%
108th Nicaragua 54.62% 0.3%
109th Costa Rica 54.68% 2.0%
110th Paraguay 54.90% 1.4%
111th Croatia 55.32% 0.3%
112th Trinidad and Tobago 55.78% 0.2%
113th Türkiye 55.79% 1.3%
114th French Polynesia 56.37% -0.3%
115th Slovak Republic 56.53% -0.2%
116th Kazakhstan 56.62% -0.2%
117th Mongolia 56.74% -0.1%
118th Algeria 56.78% 1.4%
119th Congo, Republic of 56.83% 0.7%
120th Malaysia 57.23% 2.3%
121st Dominican Republic 57.83% 1.2%
122nd Ireland 58.17% 0.4%
123rd Ecuador 58.80% 1.0%
124th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 59.15% 0.1%
125th Panama 59.24% 1.7%
126th North Macedonia 59.66% -0.1%
127th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 59.92% 0.9%
128th New Caledonia 60.44% 0.3%
129th Iran, Islamic Republic of 61.06% 1.1%
130th Poland 61.64% 0.1%
131st Tunisia 62.08% 0.7%
132nd Hungary 62.95% 0.5%
133rd Barbados 63.12% -0.2%
134th Dominica 64.95% 0.1%
135th Finland 65.21% 0.6%
136th Aruba 65.37% 0.0%
137th Armenia 66.06% -0.5%
138th Austria 66.11% 0.4%
139th Suriname 66.60% 0.0%
140th Italy 66.88% 0.1%
141st Lithuania 67.27% -0.1%
142nd Iraq 67.61% -0.4%
143rd Marshall Islands 67.63% 0.1%
144th Bulgaria 67.70% -0.2%
145th Ukraine 67.72% -0.2%
146th West Bank and Gaza 68.11% 0.9%
147th Belarus 68.27% 0.4%
148th Cyprus 68.33% 0.2%
149th Estonia 68.45% -0.7%
150th Latvia 68.85% -0.5%
151st Brunei Darussalam 69.33% 0.8%
152nd European Union 70.85% 0.2%
153rd Palau 71.25% -0.2%
154th Peru 71.27% 0.5%
155th Oman 71.64% 0.0%
156th Switzerland 72.04% 0.7%
157th Greece 72.18% 0.1%
158th Colombia 72.33% 0.7%
159th Netherlands 72.42% 2.4%
160th Russian Federation 73.06% 0.2%
161st Mexico 73.63% 0.5%
162nd Norway 74.20% 0.4%
163rd Czechia 74.56% -0.2%
164th Cuba 74.78% 0.3%
165th Djibouti 75.06% -0.5%
166th France 75.36% 0.3%
167th Spain 75.70% 0.1%
168th Gabon 75.94% 1.3%
169th United States 77.65% 0.6%
170th Canada 77.89% 0.3%
171st Japan 78.14% 0.2%
172nd Jordan 78.26% 0.0%
173rd United Arab Emirates 78.27% 0.0%
174th Brazil 78.30% 0.8%
175th Korea 78.75% 0.4%
176th United Kingdom 78.90% 0.3%
177th Saudi Arabia 79.16% 0.3%
178th Germany 80.05% 0.0%
179th Belgium 80.68% 0.4%
180th Bahamas, The 80.79% 0.1%
181st Greenland 81.07% 0.0%
182nd Turks and Caicos Islands 81.18% 1.2%
183rd Luxembourg 82.62% 0.5%
184th Sweden 83.94% 0.0%
185th Chile 84.81% 0.5%
186th Libya 84.92% 0.7%
187th Denmark 85.04% 0.0%
188th Australia 85.24% -0.1%
189th Lebanon 85.38% 0.3%
190th New Zealand 85.47% 0.1%
191st American Samoa 85.54% 1.8%
192nd Virgin Islands (US) 87.79% 2.6%
193rd Curaçao 88.11% 1.0%
194th Bahrain 88.14% -0.1%
195th Argentina 88.40% 0.2%
196th Northern Mariana Islands 89.59% 0.0%
197th Uruguay 90.80% 0.2%
198th Israel 90.93% 0.1%
199th Iceland 91.84% 0.2%
200th Guam 92.31% 0.3%
201st San Marino 92.48% 0.4%
202nd Puerto Rico (US) 92.52% 1.1%
203rd Malta 92.85% 0.2%
204th Andorra 93.17% -0.2%
205th Qatar 95.39% 0.3%
206th Kuwait 98.15% 0.1%
207th Macao SAR, China 99.93% 0.0%
208th Bermuda 100.00% 0.0%
209th Cayman Islands 100.00% 0.0%
210th Gibraltar 100.00% 0.0%
211th Hong Kong SAR, China 100.00% 0.0%
212th St. Martin (French part) 100.00% 0.0%
213th Monaco 100.00% 0.0%
214th Nauru 100.00% 0.0%
215th Singapore 100.00% 0.0%
216th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 100.00% 0.0%
Source: World Bank (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
HistorySaid – pattern alert

Kazakhstan matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 1996. Historically: 204 occurrences, 77 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 7.1%. View full analysis →

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