Population in cities over 1 million in Northern America in 2025 — 179,105,692 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 137.6%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Northern America
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 179M | +1.64M | +0.92% |
| 2024 | 177M | +1.61M | +0.91% |
| 2023 | 176M | +1.57M | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 174M | +1.53M | +0.89% |
| 2021 | 173M | +1.49M | +0.87% |
| 2020 | 171M | +1.46M | +0.86% |
| 2019 | 170M | +1.44M | +0.85% |
| 2018 | 168M | +2.08M | +1.25% |
| 2017 | 166M | +2.04M | +1.24% |
| 2016 | 164M | +1.99M | +1.23% |
| 2015 | 162M | +1.95M | +1.21% |
| 2014 | 160M | +1.91M | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 158M | +1.86M | +1.19% |
| 2012 | 157M | +1.83M | +1.18% |
| 2011 | 155M | +1.83M | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 153M | +1.8M | +1.19% |
| 2009 | 151M | +1.76M | +1.18% |
| 2008 | 149M | +1.73M | +1.17% |
| 2007 | 148M | +1.69M | +1.16% |
| 2006 | 146M | +1.65M | +1.15% |
| 2005 | 144M | +1.62M | +1.13% |
| 2004 | 143M | +1.59M | +1.13% |
| 2003 | 141M | +1.56M | +1.12% |
| 2002 | 139M | +1.53M | +1.11% |
| 2001 | 138M | +1.48M | +1.09% |
| 2000 | 136M | +2.06M | +1.53% |
| 1999 | 134M | +2.21M | +1.67% |
| 1998 | 132M | +2.15M | +1.66% |
| 1997 | 130M | +2.1M | +1.64% |
| 1996 | 128M | +2.05M | +1.63% |
| 1995 | 126M | +2M | +1.62% |
| 1994 | 124M | +1.96M | +1.61% |
| 1993 | 122M | +1.91M | +1.59% |
| 1992 | 120M | +1.87M | +1.59% |
| 1991 | 118M | +1.92M | +1.65% |
| 1990 | 116M | +1.63M | +1.42% |
| 1989 | 115M | +1.51M | +1.33% |
| 1988 | 113M | +1.48M | +1.32% |
| 1987 | 112M | +1.44M | +1.31% |
| 1986 | 110M | +1.37M | +1.26% |
| 1985 | 109M | +1.33M | +1.24% |
| 1984 | 107M | +1.3M | +1.23% |
| 1983 | 106M | +1.27M | +1.21% |
| 1982 | 105M | +1.24M | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 104M | +1.18M | +1.16% |
| 1980 | 102M | +1.09M | +1.08% |
| 1979 | 101M | +1.03M | +1.03% |
| 1978 | 100M | +1M | +1.01% |
| 1977 | 99.34M | +970,724 | +0.99% |
| 1976 | 98.37M | +937,442 | +0.96% |
| 1975 | 97.43M | +907,571 | +0.94% |
| 1974 | 96.52M | +880,539 | +0.92% |
| 1973 | 95.64M | +853,251 | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 94.79M | +830,300 | +0.88% |
| 1971 | 93.96M | +956,487 | +1.03% |
| 1970 | 93M | +1.74M | +1.91% |
| 1969 | 91.26M | +1.95M | +2.18% |
| 1968 | 89.31M | +1.9M | +2.18% |
| 1967 | 87.41M | +1.85M | +2.16% |
| 1966 | 85.56M | +1.81M | +2.16% |
| 1965 | 83.75M | +1.76M | +2.15% |
| 1964 | 81.99M | +1.72M | +2.14% |
| 1963 | 80.27M | +1.67M | +2.12% |
| 1962 | 78.6M | +1.62M | +2.11% |
| 1961 | 76.98M | +1.61M | +2.14% |
| 1960 | 75.37M | — | — |
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.
The absolute number of city dwellers by country.
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