Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Euro area

Population in cities over 1 million in the Euro area in 2025 — 66,918,166 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 61.1%.

2025 66.92M people +0.41% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 66.92M people2025
Period minimum 41.54M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Euro area, 1960–202540M50M60M70M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 41,536,568 people1962: 43,055,792 people1964: 44,444,773 people1966: 45,867,281 people1968: 47,324,585 people1970: 48,798,279 people1972: 49,911,337 people1974: 50,731,780 people1976: 51,502,201 people1978: 52,266,289 people1980: 53,065,289 people1982: 53,562,254 people1984: 53,834,686 people1986: 54,223,709 people1988: 54,776,274 people1990: 55,378,079 people1992: 55,873,909 people1994: 56,312,374 people1996: 56,669,832 people1998: 56,976,667 people2000: 57,423,155 people2002: 58,051,821 people2004: 58,805,346 people2006: 59,619,172 people2008: 60,472,809 people2010: 61,325,818 people2012: 62,163,139 people2014: 63,008,881 people2016: 63,878,881 people2018: 64,770,553 people2020: 65,445,604 people2022: 66,077,141 people2024: 66,648,083 people2025: 66,918,166 people
Change over the period: +25.38M (+61.11%) Average annual rate: 0.74 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Euro area 66.92M people
World computed 2.01B people
Population in cities over 1 million — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 66.92M +270,083 +0.41%
2024 66.65M +277,660 +0.42%
2023 66.37M +293,282 +0.44%
2022 66.08M +309,004 +0.47%
2021 65.77M +322,533 +0.49%
2020 65.45M +335,614 +0.52%
2019 65.11M +339,437 +0.52%
2018 64.77M +448,142 +0.7%
2017 64.32M +443,530 +0.69%
2016 63.88M +439,102 +0.69%
2015 63.44M +430,898 +0.68%
2014 63.01M +423,118 +0.68%
2013 62.59M +422,624 +0.68%
2012 62.16M +421,463 +0.68%
2011 61.74M +415,858 +0.68%
2010 61.33M +428,813 +0.7%
2009 60.9M +424,196 +0.7%
2008 60.47M +428,729 +0.71%
2007 60.04M +424,908 +0.71%
2006 59.62M +419,511 +0.71%
2005 59.2M +394,315 +0.67%
2004 58.81M +376,046 +0.64%
2003 58.43M +377,479 +0.65%
2002 58.05M +353,374 +0.61%
2001 57.7M +275,292 +0.48%
2000 57.42M +256,884 +0.45%
1999 57.17M +189,604 +0.33%
1998 56.98M +147,032 +0.26%
1997 56.83M +159,803 +0.28%
1996 56.67M +178,016 +0.32%
1995 56.49M +179,442 +0.32%
1994 56.31M +198,280 +0.35%
1993 56.11M +240,185 +0.43%
1992 55.87M +256,603 +0.46%
1991 55.62M +239,227 +0.43%
1990 55.38M +274,997 +0.5%
1989 55.1M +326,808 +0.6%
1988 54.78M +138,930 +0.25%
1987 54.64M +413,635 +0.76%
1986 54.22M +218,836 +0.41%
1985 54M +170,187 +0.32%
1984 53.83M +135,651 +0.25%
1983 53.7M +136,781 +0.26%
1982 53.56M +154,096 +0.29%
1981 53.41M +342,869 +0.65%
1980 53.07M +405,242 +0.77%
1979 52.66M +393,758 +0.75%
1978 52.27M +386,067 +0.74%
1977 51.88M +378,021 +0.73%
1976 51.5M +371,669 +0.73%
1975 51.13M +398,752 +0.79%
1974 50.73M +414,185 +0.82%
1973 50.32M +406,258 +0.81%
1972 49.91M +454,782 +0.92%
1971 49.46M +658,276 +1.35%
1970 48.8M +746,620 +1.55%
1969 48.05M +727,074 +1.54%
1968 47.32M +733,013 +1.57%
1967 46.59M +724,291 +1.58%
1966 45.87M +713,267 +1.58%
1965 45.15M +709,241 +1.6%
1964 44.44M +703,750 +1.61%
1963 43.74M +685,231 +1.59%
1962 43.06M +731,361 +1.73%
1961 42.32M +787,863 +1.9%
1960 41.54M

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.