Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — ASEAN

Share of population in cities over 1 million in ASEAN in 2025 — 17.26%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 8.69 pp.

2025 17.26% +0.23 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 17.26%2025
Period minimum 8.57%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — ASEAN, 1960–20257.51012.51517.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 8.57%1962: 8.76%1964: 8.86%1966: 9.01%1968: 9.22%1970: 9.47%1972: 9.89%1974: 10.42%1976: 10.22%1978: 10.55%1980: 10.9%1982: 11.05%1984: 11.16%1986: 11.3%1988: 11.5%1990: 11.77%1992: 11.92%1994: 12.09%1996: 12.27%1998: 12.44%2000: 12.68%2002: 12.94%2004: 13.21%2006: 13.52%2008: 13.89%2010: 14.27%2012: 14.58%2014: 14.92%2016: 15.3%2018: 15.72%2020: 16.11%2022: 16.55%2024: 17.03%2025: 17.26%
Change over the period: +8.69 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

ASEAN 17.26%
World 25.29%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — ASEAN, by year ASEAN All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 17.26 +0.23 pp
2024 17.03 +0.23 pp
2023 16.8 +0.25 pp
2022 16.55 +0.25 pp
2021 16.3 +0.19 pp
2020 16.11 +0.2 pp
2019 15.91 +0.2 pp
2018 15.72 +0.22 pp
2017 15.5 +0.2 pp
2016 15.3 +0.2 pp
2015 15.11 +0.19 pp
2014 14.92 +0.18 pp
2013 14.74 +0.16 pp
2012 14.58 +0.15 pp
2011 14.43 +0.16 pp
2010 14.27 +0.19 pp
2009 14.08 +0.19 pp
2008 13.89 +0.2 pp
2007 13.69 +0.17 pp
2006 13.52 +0.16 pp
2005 13.36 +0.16 pp
2004 13.21 +0.14 pp
2003 13.06 +0.12 pp
2002 12.94 +0.14 pp
2001 12.81 +0.12 pp
2000 12.68 +0.14 pp
1999 12.54 +0.11 pp
1998 12.44 +0.09 pp
1997 12.35 +0.08 pp
1996 12.27 +0.07 pp
1995 12.19 +0.1 pp
1994 12.09 +0.09 pp
1993 12 +0.07 pp
1992 11.92 +0.07 pp
1991 11.86 +0.09 pp
1990 11.77 +0.15 pp
1989 11.62 +0.12 pp
1988 11.5 +0.1 pp
1987 11.39 +0.09 pp
1986 11.3 +0.08 pp
1985 11.22 +0.07 pp
1984 11.16 +0.05 pp
1983 11.1 +0.05 pp
1982 11.05 +0.05 pp
1981 11.01 +0.1 pp
1980 10.9 +0.18 pp
1979 10.72 +0.17 pp
1978 10.55 +0.17 pp
1977 10.38 +0.16 pp
1976 10.22 +0.16 pp
1975 10.06 −0.36 pp
1974 10.42 +0.28 pp
1973 10.14 +0.25 pp
1972 9.89 +0.23 pp
1971 9.66 +0.19 pp
1970 9.47 +0.13 pp
1969 9.33 +0.11 pp
1968 9.22 +0.11 pp
1967 9.11 +0.1 pp
1966 9.01 +0.08 pp
1965 8.93 +0.07 pp
1964 8.86 +0.05 pp
1963 8.81 +0.05 pp
1962 8.76 +0.07 pp
1961 8.68 +0.11 pp
1960 8.57

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.

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