Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Mercosur

Population in cities over 1 million in Mercosur in 2025 — 125,353,232 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 379.8%.

2025 125M people +0.93% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 125M people2025
Period minimum 26.12M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Mercosur, 1960–2025050M100M150M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 26,124,003 people1962: 28,342,849 people1964: 30,790,708 people1966: 33,497,627 people1968: 36,505,374 people1970: 39,844,623 people1972: 42,820,105 people1974: 45,992,320 people1976: 49,473,643 people1978: 53,287,710 people1980: 57,482,843 people1982: 60,309,790 people1984: 63,146,100 people1986: 66,151,835 people1988: 69,346,452 people1990: 72,739,282 people1992: 76,090,010 people1994: 79,246,925 people1996: 82,577,949 people1998: 86,069,607 people2000: 89,757,706 people2002: 92,568,727 people2004: 95,427,762 people2006: 98,406,567 people2008: 101,504,187 people2010: 104,620,284 people2012: 107,517,371 people2014: 110,463,229 people2016: 113,510,240 people2018: 116,652,731 people2020: 119,242,743 people2022: 121,772,121 people2024: 124,192,237 people2025: 125,353,232 people
Change over the period: +99.23M (+379.84%) Average annual rate: 2.44 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Mercosur 125M people
World computed 2.01B people
Population in cities over 1 million — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 125M +1.16M +0.93%
2024 124M +1.19M +0.97%
2023 123M +1.23M +1.01%
2022 122M +1.25M +1.04%
2021 121M +1.28M +1.07%
2020 119M +1.29M +1.1%
2019 118M +1.3M +1.11%
2018 117M +1.58M +1.38%
2017 115M +1.56M +1.37%
2016 114M +1.54M +1.37%
2015 112M +1.51M +1.37%
2014 110M +1.49M +1.36%
2013 109M +1.46M +1.36%
2012 108M +1.44M +1.36%
2011 106M +1.46M +1.39%
2010 105M +1.57M +1.53%
2009 103M +1.54M +1.52%
2008 102M +1.57M +1.57%
2007 99.94M +1.53M +1.56%
2006 98.41M +1.5M +1.55%
2005 96.9M +1.47M +1.55%
2004 95.43M +1.44M +1.54%
2003 93.98M +1.42M +1.53%
2002 92.57M +1.39M +1.52%
2001 91.18M +1.43M +1.59%
2000 89.76M +1.87M +2.13%
1999 87.89M +1.82M +2.11%
1998 86.07M +1.77M +2.1%
1997 84.3M +1.72M +2.08%
1996 82.58M +1.69M +2.09%
1995 80.89M +1.64M +2.07%
1994 79.25M +1.6M +2.06%
1993 77.65M +1.56M +2.05%
1992 76.09M +1.58M +2.11%
1991 74.51M +1.78M +2.44%
1990 72.74M +1.72M +2.43%
1989 71.02M +1.67M +2.41%
1988 69.35M +1.62M +2.4%
1987 67.72M +1.57M +2.38%
1986 66.15M +1.53M +2.36%
1985 64.63M +1.48M +2.34%
1984 63.15M +1.44M +2.33%
1983 61.71M +1.4M +2.31%
1982 60.31M +1.35M +2.29%
1981 58.96M +1.47M +2.56%
1980 57.48M +2.15M +3.88%
1979 55.33M +2.05M +3.84%
1978 53.29M +1.95M +3.8%
1977 51.34M +1.86M +3.76%
1976 49.47M +1.78M +3.74%
1975 47.69M +1.7M +3.69%
1974 45.99M +1.62M +3.66%
1973 44.37M +1.55M +3.62%
1972 42.82M +1.49M +3.6%
1971 41.33M +1.49M +3.74%
1970 39.84M +1.72M +4.5%
1969 38.13M +1.62M +4.45%
1968 36.51M +1.54M +4.42%
1967 34.96M +1.46M +4.37%
1966 33.5M +1.39M +4.33%
1965 32.11M +1.32M +4.28%
1964 30.79M +1.26M +4.25%
1963 29.54M +1.19M +4.21%
1962 28.34M +1.14M +4.17%
1961 27.21M +1.08M +4.15%
1960 26.12M

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.