How many people live in urban agglomerations larger than a million.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country. For all of them that is 2025.
Top-20 · people
The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
China
|
460M | 2025 | 1 | |
| 2 |
India
|
248M | 2025 | 2 | |
| 3 |
United States
|
161M | 2025 | 3 | |
| 4 |
Brazil
|
94.31M | 2025 | 4 | |
| 5 |
Japan
|
80.94M | 2025 | 5 | |
| 6 |
Mexico
|
56.29M | 2025 | 6 | |
| 7 |
Pakistan
|
51.25M | 2025 | 7 | |
| 8 |
Nigeria
|
41.75M | 2025 | 8 | |
| 9 |
Indonesia
|
41.21M | 2025 | 9 | |
| 10 |
Russia
|
34.34M | 2025 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Türkiye
|
33.66M | 2025 | 11 | |
| 12 |
Bangladesh
|
30.31M | 2025 | 12 | |
| 13 |
Egypt
|
28.88M | 2025 | 13 | |
| 14 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
27.36M | 2025 | 14 | |
| 15 |
South Korea
|
26.41M | 2025 | 15 | |
| 16 |
Colombia
|
23.8M | 2025 | 16 | |
| 17 |
South Africa
|
23.36M | 2025 | 17 | |
| 18 |
Iran
|
23.31M | 2025 | 18 | |
| 19 |
Argentina
|
20.28M | 2025 | 19 | |
| 20 |
Vietnam
|
20.22M | 2025 | 20 | |
| 21 |
United Kingdom
|
19.05M | 2025 | 21 | |
| 22 |
Canada
|
18.32M | 2025 | 22 | |
| 23 |
Saudi Arabia
|
18.19M | 2025 | 23 | |
| 24 |
Philippines
|
17.26M | 2025 | 24 | |
| 25 |
Australia
|
16.77M | 2025 | 25 | |
| 26 |
France
|
15.87M | 2025 | 26 | |
| 27 |
Thailand
|
15.52M | 2025 | 27 | |
| 28 |
Spain
|
12.54M | 2025 | 28 | |
| 29 |
Iraq
|
11.57M | 2025 | 29 | |
| 30 |
Peru
|
11.52M | 2025 | 30 | |
| 31 |
Italy
|
11.51M | 2025 | 31 | |
| 32 |
Venezuela
|
10.03M | 2025 | 32 | |
| 33 |
Angola
|
10.03M | 2025 | 33 | |
| 34 |
Tanzania
|
10.01M | 2025 | 34 | |
| 35 |
Cameroon
|
9.2M | 2025 | 35 | |
| 36 |
Malaysia
|
9M | 2025 | 36 | |
| 37 |
Morocco
|
8.75M | 2025 | 37 | |
| 38 |
Germany
|
8.11M | 2025 | 38 | |
| 39 |
Hong Kong
|
7.77M | 2025 | 39 | |
| 40 |
Myanmar
|
7.41M | 2025 | 40 | |
| 41 |
Kenya
|
7.32M | 2025 | 41 | |
| 42 |
Chile
|
7M | 2025 | 42 | |
| 43 |
Ghana
|
6.82M | 2025 | 43 | |
| 44 |
Syria
|
6.8M | 2025 | 44 | |
| 45 |
Sudan
|
6.75M | 2025 | 45 | |
| 46 |
United Arab Emirates
|
6.62M | 2025 | 46 | |
| 47 |
Singapore
|
6.16M | 2025 | 47 | |
| 48 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
6.06M | 2025 | 48 | |
| 49 |
Ethiopia
|
5.96M | 2025 | 49 | |
| 50 |
Israel
|
5.77M | 2025 | 50 | |
| 51 |
Ukraine
|
5.44M | 2025 | 51 | |
| 52 |
Bolivia
|
5.35M | 2025 | 52 | |
| 53 |
Ecuador
|
5.26M | 2025 | 53 | |
| 54 |
Afghanistan
|
4.88M | 2025 | 54 | |
| 55 |
Portugal
|
4.36M | 2025 | 55 | |
| 56 |
Uganda
|
4.27M | 2025 | 56 | |
| 57 |
Republic of the Congo
|
4.24M | 2025 | 57 | |
| 58 |
Madagascar
|
4.23M | 2025 | 58 | |
| 59 |
Senegal
|
3.66M | 2025 | 59 | |
| 60 |
Dominican Republic
|
3.65M | 2025 | 60 | |
| 61 |
Paraguay
|
3.63M | 2025 | 61 | |
| 62 |
Yemen
|
3.53M | 2025 | 62 | |
| 63 |
Burkina Faso
|
3.52M | 2025 | 63 | |
| 64 |
Zambia
|
3.47M | 2025 | 64 | |
| 65 |
Kuwait
|
3.4M | 2025 | 65 | |
| 66 |
Kazakhstan
|
3.39M | 2025 | 66 | |
| 67 |
Guatemala
|
3.23M | 2025 | 67 | |
| 68 |
Mozambique
|
3.21M | 2025 | 68 | |
| 69 |
North Korea
|
3.21M | 2025 | 69 | |
| 70 |
Belgium
|
3.21M | 2025 | 70 | |
| 71 |
Mali
|
3.18M | 2025 | 71 | |
| 72 |
Greece
|
3.16M | 2025 | 72 | |
| 73 |
Haiti
|
3.13M | 2025 | 73 | |
| 74 |
Algeria
|
3M | 2025 | 74 | |
| 75 |
Somalia
|
2.85M | 2025 | 75 | |
| 76 |
Uzbekistan
|
2.67M | 2025 | 76 | |
| 77 |
Tunisia
|
2.55M | 2025 | 77 | |
| 78 |
Azerbaijan
|
2.5M | 2025 | 78 | |
| 79 |
Puerto Rico
|
2.43M | 2025 | 79 | |
| 80 |
Cambodia
|
2.43M | 2025 | 80 | |
| 81 |
Lebanon
|
2.38M | 2025 | 81 | |
| 82 |
Jordan
|
2.27M | 2025 | 82 | |
| 83 |
Guinea
|
2.25M | 2025 | 83 | |
| 84 |
Netherlands
|
2.22M | 2025 | 84 | |
| 85 |
Cuba
|
2.16M | 2025 | 85 | |
| 86 |
Togo
|
2.11M | 2025 | 86 | |
| 87 |
Belarus
|
2.07M | 2025 | 87 | |
| 88 |
Panama
|
2.05M | 2025 | 88 | |
| 89 |
Austria
|
2.01M | 2025 | 89 | |
| 90 |
Poland
|
1.8M | 2025 | 90 | |
| 91 |
Liberia
|
1.79M | 2025 | 91 | |
| 92 |
Uruguay
|
1.79M | 2025 | 92 | |
| 93 |
Hungary
|
1.78M | 2025 | 93 | |
| 94 |
Romania
|
1.76M | 2025 | 94 | |
| 95 |
Sweden
|
1.74M | 2025 | 95 | |
| 96 |
Mongolia
|
1.72M | 2025 | 96 | |
| 97 |
Chad
|
1.72M | 2025 | 97 | |
| 98 |
New Zealand
|
1.71M | 2025 | 98 | |
| 99 |
Oman
|
1.7M | 2025 | 99 | |
| 100 |
Nepal
|
1.67M | 2025 | 100 | |
| 101 |
Honduras
|
1.65M | 2025 | 101 | |
| 102 |
Zimbabwe
|
1.63M | 2025 | 102 | |
| 103 |
Mauritania
|
1.61M | 2025 | 103 | |
| 104 |
Niger
|
1.56M | 2025 | 104 | |
| 105 |
Costa Rica
|
1.5M | 2025 | 105 | |
| 106 |
Switzerland
|
1.46M | 2025 | 106 | |
| 107 |
Serbia
|
1.41M | 2025 | 107 | |
| 108 |
Denmark
|
1.4M | 2025 | 108 | |
| 109 |
Malawi
|
1.39M | 2025 | 109 | |
| 110 |
Sierra Leone
|
1.39M | 2025 | 110 | |
| 111 |
Finland
|
1.35M | 2025 | 111 | |
| 112 |
Czechia
|
1.33M | 2025 | 112 | |
| 113 |
Rwanda
|
1.33M | 2025 | 113 | |
| 114 |
Ireland
|
1.3M | 2025 | 114 | |
| 115 |
Bulgaria
|
1.29M | 2025 | 115 | |
| 116 |
Libya
|
1.2M | 2025 | 116 | |
| 117 |
El Salvador
|
1.13M | 2025 | 117 | |
| 118 |
Nicaragua
|
1.12M | 2025 | 118 | |
| 119 |
Norway
|
1.12M | 2025 | 119 | |
| 120 |
Armenia
|
1.1M | 2025 | 120 | |
| 121 |
Georgia
|
1.09M | 2025 | 121 |
The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.
Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.
What share of a country's population lives in agglomerations larger than a million.
Demography 1960–2025 Urban populationThe absolute number of city dwellers by country.
Demography 1960–2025 Urban population shareWhat part of a country's residents lives in cities — the level of urbanization.
Environment 1990–2023 Forest coverWhat share of a country's territory is covered by forest.
Environment 1990–2023 Forest areaThe absolute area of forest in square kilometers.
Environment 2013–2025 Protected areasThe share of land and sea under protection — nature reserves, national parks, sanctuaries.