Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — CIS

Share of population in cities over 1 million in the CIS in 2025 — 20.58%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 5.95 pp.

2025 20.58% +0.01 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 20.58%2025
Period minimum 14.63%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — CIS, 1960–2025141618202219601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 14.63%1962: 14.88%1964: 15.14%1966: 15.49%1968: 15.92%1970: 16.35%1972: 16.67%1974: 17.01%1976: 17.33%1978: 17.63%1980: 17.75%1982: 17.81%1984: 17.85%1986: 17.87%1988: 17.9%1990: 17.79%1992: 17.64%1994: 17.56%1996: 17.63%1998: 17.82%2000: 18.03%2002: 18.27%2004: 18.58%2006: 18.86%2008: 19.06%2010: 19.28%2012: 19.51%2014: 19.72%2016: 19.93%2018: 20.2%2020: 20.32%2022: 20.5%2024: 20.57%2025: 20.58%
Change over the period: +5.95 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

CIS 20.58%
World 25.29%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — CIS, by year CIS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 20.58 +0.01 pp
2024 20.57 +0.01 pp
2023 20.56 +0.06 pp
2022 20.5 +0.08 pp
2021 20.42 +0.09 pp
2020 20.32 +0.07 pp
2019 20.25 +0.06 pp
2018 20.2 +0.14 pp
2017 20.05 +0.12 pp
2016 19.93 +0.11 pp
2015 19.82 +0.1 pp
2014 19.72 +0.1 pp
2013 19.61 +0.1 pp
2012 19.51 +0.11 pp
2011 19.4 +0.12 pp
2010 19.28 +0.12 pp
2009 19.16 +0.1 pp
2008 19.06 +0.09 pp
2007 18.97 +0.11 pp
2006 18.86 +0.13 pp
2005 18.73 +0.14 pp
2004 18.58 +0.15 pp
2003 18.43 +0.16 pp
2002 18.27 +0.13 pp
2001 18.14 +0.12 pp
2000 18.03 +0.11 pp
1999 17.92 +0.1 pp
1998 17.82 +0.09 pp
1997 17.72 +0.09 pp
1996 17.63 +0.05 pp
1995 17.58 +0.02 pp
1994 17.56 −0.02 pp
1993 17.58 −0.06 pp
1992 17.64 −0.07 pp
1991 17.72 −0.08 pp
1990 17.79 −0.06 pp
1989 17.86 −0.04 pp
1988 17.9 +0.02 pp
1987 17.88 +0.01 pp
1986 17.87 +0.01 pp
1985 17.86 +0.01 pp
1984 17.85 +0.01 pp
1983 17.84 +0.03 pp
1982 17.81 +0.03 pp
1981 17.77 +0.03 pp
1980 17.75 +0.02 pp
1979 17.73 +0.09 pp
1978 17.63 +0.15 pp
1977 17.48 +0.15 pp
1976 17.33 +0.15 pp
1975 17.18 +0.17 pp
1974 17.01 +0.17 pp
1973 16.84 +0.17 pp
1972 16.67 +0.16 pp
1971 16.51 +0.16 pp
1970 16.35 +0.2 pp
1969 16.15 +0.23 pp
1968 15.92 +0.22 pp
1967 15.7 +0.21 pp
1966 15.49 +0.21 pp
1965 15.28 +0.14 pp
1964 15.14 +0.13 pp
1963 15.01 +0.13 pp
1962 14.88 +0.13 pp
1961 14.75 +0.12 pp
1960 14.63

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.