Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — CIS

Population in cities over 1 million in the CIS in 2025 — 46,066,661 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 107.8%.

2025 46.07M people +0.42% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 46.07M people2025
Period minimum 22.16M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — CIS, 1960–202520M30M40M50M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 22,164,748 people1962: 23,217,640 people1964: 24,331,122 people1966: 25,506,007 people1968: 26,749,702 people1970: 27,998,384 people1972: 29,086,364 people1974: 30,219,482 people1976: 31,403,098 people1978: 32,636,302 people1980: 33,489,600 people1982: 34,201,573 people1984: 34,931,540 people1986: 35,677,955 people1988: 36,443,352 people1990: 36,746,874 people1992: 36,791,800 people1994: 36,723,032 people1996: 36,874,668 people1998: 37,174,492 people2000: 37,521,040 people2002: 37,935,914 people2004: 38,495,636 people2006: 39,053,910 people2008: 39,656,420 people2010: 40,411,339 people2012: 41,307,570 people2014: 42,248,474 people2016: 43,225,665 people2018: 44,238,194 people2020: 44,865,309 people2022: 45,419,195 people2024: 45,874,173 people2025: 46,066,661 people
Change over the period: +23.9M (+107.84%) Average annual rate: 1.13 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: CIS

CIS 46.07M people
World computed 2.01B people
Population in cities over 1 million — CIS, by year CIS All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 46.07M +192,488 +0.42%
2024 45.87M +215,081 +0.47%
2023 45.66M +239,897 +0.53%
2022 45.42M +265,118 +0.59%
2021 45.15M +288,768 +0.64%
2020 44.87M +307,376 +0.69%
2019 44.56M +319,739 +0.72%
2018 44.24M +511,062 +1.17%
2017 43.73M +501,467 +1.16%
2016 43.23M +493,450 +1.15%
2015 42.73M +483,741 +1.14%
2014 42.25M +475,007 +1.14%
2013 41.77M +465,897 +1.13%
2012 41.31M +456,921 +1.12%
2011 40.85M +439,310 +1.09%
2010 40.41M +393,295 +0.98%
2009 40.02M +361,624 +0.91%
2008 39.66M +311,574 +0.79%
2007 39.34M +290,936 +0.74%
2006 39.05M +283,345 +0.73%
2005 38.77M +274,929 +0.71%
2004 38.5M +285,987 +0.75%
2003 38.21M +273,735 +0.72%
2002 37.94M +214,334 +0.57%
2001 37.72M +200,540 +0.53%
2000 37.52M +195,676 +0.52%
1999 37.33M +150,872 +0.41%
1998 37.17M +144,839 +0.39%
1997 37.03M +154,985 +0.42%
1996 36.87M +100,811 +0.27%
1995 36.77M +50,825 +0.14%
1994 36.72M −6,443 −0.02%
1993 36.73M −62,325 −0.17%
1992 36.79M −9,848 −0.03%
1991 36.8M +54,774 +0.15%
1990 36.75M +66,182 +0.18%
1989 36.68M +237,340 +0.65%
1988 36.44M +385,238 +1.07%
1987 36.06M +380,159 +1.07%
1986 35.68M +375,675 +1.06%
1985 35.3M +370,740 +1.06%
1984 34.93M +367,392 +1.06%
1983 34.56M +362,575 +1.06%
1982 34.2M +358,327 +1.06%
1981 33.84M +353,646 +1.06%
1980 33.49M +350,477 +1.06%
1979 33.14M +502,821 +1.54%
1978 32.64M +623,574 +1.95%
1977 32.01M +609,630 +1.94%
1976 31.4M +598,479 +1.94%
1975 30.8M +585,137 +1.94%
1974 30.22M +572,914 +1.93%
1973 29.65M +560,204 +1.93%
1972 29.09M +550,075 +1.93%
1971 28.54M +537,905 +1.92%
1970 28M +601,587 +2.2%
1969 27.4M +647,095 +2.42%
1968 26.75M +630,954 +2.42%
1967 26.12M +612,741 +2.4%
1966 25.51M +595,962 +2.39%
1965 24.91M +578,923 +2.38%
1964 24.33M +564,758 +2.38%
1963 23.77M +548,724 +2.36%
1962 23.22M +533,957 +2.35%
1961 22.68M +518,935 +2.34%
1960 22.16M

About the indicator

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.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.