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Share of population in cities over 1 million

What share of a country's population lives in agglomerations larger than a million.

Unit: % of population Period: 1960–2025 Source: World Population Prospects (UN)
Source: UN DESA · About the indicator
Average: 26.78% Countries: 121

The ranking uses the latest available value for each country. For all of them that is 2025.

Share of population in cities over 1 million, 2025

Top-20 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million, 20250255075100Hong KongHong Kong: 100%100SingaporeSingapore: 100%100Puerto RicoPuerto Rico: 76.41%76.41KuwaitKuwait: 69.99%69.99JapanJapan: 65.61%65.61Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo: 65.34%65.34AustraliaAustralia: 60.73%60.73United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 57.53%57.53IsraelIsrael: 56.99%56.99UruguayUruguay: 52.83%52.83ParaguayParaguay: 51.72%51.72South KoreaSouth Korea: 51.1%51.1Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 49.21%49.21MongoliaMongolia: 48.33%48.33United StatesUnited States: 47.04%47.04PanamaPanama: 44.95%44.95ColombiaColombia: 44.54%44.54BrazilBrazil: 44.31%44.31ArgentinaArgentina: 44.23%44.23CanadaCanada: 43.98%43.98
Share of population in cities over 1 million — 2025 Current breakdown Full series CSV XLSX JSON
# Year Subregion World rank
1 HK Hong Kong 100 2025 1
2 SG Singapore 100 2025 1
3 PR Puerto Rico 76.41 2025 3
4 KW Kuwait 69.99 2025 4
5 JP Japan 65.61 2025 5
6 CG Republic of the Congo 65.34 2025 6
7 AU Australia 60.73 2025 7
8 AE United Arab Emirates 57.53 2025 8
9 IL Israel 56.99 2025 9
10 UY Uruguay 52.83 2025 10
11 PY Paraguay 51.72 2025 11
12 KR South Korea 51.1 2025 12
13 SA Saudi Arabia 49.21 2025 13
14 MN Mongolia 48.33 2025 14
15 US United States 47.04 2025 15
16 PA Panama 44.95 2025 16
17 CO Colombia 44.54 2025 17
18 BR Brazil 44.31 2025 18
19 AR Argentina 44.23 2025 19
20 CA Canada 43.98 2025 20
21 MX Mexico 42.66 2025 21
22 BO Bolivia 42.51 2025 22
23 LB Lebanon 40.68 2025 23
24 PT Portugal 40.37 2025 24
25 TR Türkiye 39.2 2025 25
26 ZA South Africa 36.07 2025 26
27 AM Armenia 35.64 2025 27
28 CL Chile 35.24 2025 28
29 VE Venezuela 35.17 2025 29
30 PE Peru 33.31 2025 30
31 CN China 32.71 2025 31
32 NZ New Zealand 32.14 2025 32
33 DO Dominican Republic 31.67 2025 33
34 LR Liberia 31.31 2025 34
35 OM Oman 30.98 2025 35
36 CM Cameroon 30.79 2025 36
37 MR Mauritania 30.35 2025 37
38 GR Greece 30.3 2025 38
39 CR Costa Rica 29.16 2025 39
40 EC Ecuador 28.77 2025 40
41 GE Georgia 27.62 2025 41
42 GB United Kingdom 27.42 2025 42
43 BE Belgium 26.85 2025 43
44 SY Syria 26.55 2025 44
45 HT Haiti 26.31 2025 45
46 AO Angola 25.69 2025 46
47 ES Spain 25.42 2025 47
48 IR Iran 25.22 2025 48
49 MY Malaysia 25.02 2025 49
50 IQ Iraq 24.61 2025 50
51 TG Togo 24.54 2025 51
52 EG Egypt 24.4 2025 52
53 AZ Azerbaijan 24.36 2025 53
54 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 24.25 2025 54
55 FI Finland 24 2025 55
56 RU Russia 23.93 2025 56
57 IE Ireland 23.69 2025 57
58 DK Denmark 23.31 2025 58
59 FR France 23.09 2025 59
60 BY Belarus 22.79 2025 60
61 MA Morocco 22.77 2025 61
62 AT Austria 21.78 2025 62
63 TH Thailand 21.67 2025 63
64 RS Serbia 21.57 2025 64
65 TN Tunisia 20.61 2025 65
66 PK Pakistan 20.08 2025 66
67 BG Bulgaria 20 2025 67
68 VN Vietnam 19.9 2025 68
69 NO Norway 19.88 2025 69
70 JO Jordan 19.73 2025 70
71 CU Cuba 19.72 2025 71
72 IT Italy 19.53 2025 72
73 GH Ghana 19.46 2025 73
74 SN Senegal 19.33 2025 74
75 HU Hungary 18.73 2025 75
76 CI Côte d'Ivoire 18.52 2025 76
77 SV El Salvador 17.79 2025 77
78 NG Nigeria 17.58 2025 78
79 GT Guatemala 17.28 2025 79
80 BD Bangladesh 17.25 2025 80
81 IN India 16.96 2025 81
82 SE Sweden 16.4 2025 82
83 KZ Kazakhstan 16.29 2025 83
84 LY Libya 16.13 2025 84
85 CH Switzerland 16 2025 85
86 NI Nicaragua 16 2025 86
87 ZM Zambia 15.84 2025 87
88 SL Sierra Leone 15.73 2025 88
89 HN Honduras 14.99 2025 89
90 GN Guinea 14.91 2025 90
91 PH Philippines 14.78 2025 91
92 BF Burkina Faso 14.62 2025 92
93 SO Somalia 14.48 2025 93
94 ID Indonesia 14.42 2025 94
95 TZ Tanzania 14.19 2025 95
96 UA Ukraine 13.96 2025 96
97 KH Cambodia 13.59 2025 97
98 MM Myanmar 13.5 2025 98
99 SD Sudan 13.07 2025 99
100 MG Madagascar 12.92 2025 100
101 KE Kenya 12.72 2025 101
102 ML Mali 12.62 2025 102
103 NL Netherlands 12.25 2025 103
104 CZ Czechia 12.23 2025 104
105 KP North Korea 12.08 2025 105
106 AF Afghanistan 11.12 2025 106
107 DE Germany 9.72 2025 107
108 ZW Zimbabwe 9.63 2025 108
109 RO Romania 9.25 2025 109
110 RW Rwanda 9.13 2025 110
111 MZ Mozambique 9.02 2025 111
112 YE Yemen 8.44 2025 112
113 UG Uganda 8.3 2025 113
114 TD Chad 8.2 2025 114
115 UZ Uzbekistan 7.19 2025 115
116 DZ Algeria 6.33 2025 116
117 MW Malawi 6.27 2025 117
118 NP Nepal 5.65 2025 118
119 NE Niger 5.59 2025 119
120 PL Poland 4.94 2025 120
121 ET Ethiopia 4.4 2025 121
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Maximum 100%
Median 22.77%
Minimum 4.4%
World 25.29%

About the indicator

The share of a country's population living in urban agglomerations larger than one million people. The indicator separates countries with the same level of urbanization: in some the urban population is spread across many mid-sized cities, in others it is concentrated in one or two agglomerations. The highest values come from small countries with a single dominant city, where the capital agglomeration holds more than half of the country.

Important: Countries without agglomerations of this size are absent from the series rather than entered as zero. The aggregate for a group of countries is therefore calculated only where coverage is sufficient: averaging the countries that do have million-plus cities would overstate the share.

Updates
biennially
Unit of measurement
% of population
Observation period
1960–2025
License
CC BY 3.0 IGO
Dataset
World Population Prospects

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