Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Czechia

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Czechia in 2025 — 12.23%. Ranked 104 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1.81 pp.

2025 12.23% +0.06 pp vs 2024
World rank 104of 121
Period maximum 12.49%2021
Period minimum 10.42%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Czechia, 1960–20251011121319601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 10.42%1962: 10.55%1964: 10.59%1966: 10.64%1968: 10.74%1970: 10.92%1972: 11.1%1974: 11.17%1976: 11.22%1978: 11.3%1980: 11.44%1982: 11.51%1984: 11.55%1986: 11.6%1988: 11.64%1990: 11.73%1992: 11.71%1994: 11.6%1996: 11.54%1998: 11.47%2000: 11.43%2002: 11.55%2004: 11.69%2006: 11.77%2008: 11.74%2010: 11.78%2012: 11.87%2014: 11.99%2016: 12.08%2018: 12.15%2020: 12.21%2022: 12.35%2024: 12.18%2025: 12.23%
Change over the period: +1.81 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Czechia 12.23%
World 25.29%
Eastern Europe computed 18.19%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Czechia, by year Czechia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.23 +0.06 pp
2024 12.18 −0 pp
2023 12.18 −0.17 pp
2022 12.35 −0.14 pp
2021 12.49 +0.28 pp
2020 12.21 +0.04 pp
2019 12.17 +0.02 pp
2018 12.15 +0.03 pp
2017 12.12 +0.04 pp
2016 12.08 +0.05 pp
2015 12.04 +0.05 pp
2014 11.99 +0.06 pp
2013 11.94 +0.06 pp
2012 11.87 +0.05 pp
2011 11.82 +0.04 pp
2010 11.78 +0.03 pp
2009 11.74 +0 pp
2008 11.74 −0.03 pp
2007 11.77 −0 pp
2006 11.77 +0.04 pp
2005 11.74 +0.05 pp
2004 11.69 +0.06 pp
2003 11.62 +0.07 pp
2002 11.55 +0.09 pp
2001 11.47 +0.04 pp
2000 11.43 −0.01 pp
1999 11.44 −0.03 pp
1998 11.47 −0.03 pp
1997 11.5 −0.03 pp
1996 11.54 −0.03 pp
1995 11.57 −0.04 pp
1994 11.6 −0.05 pp
1993 11.65 −0.06 pp
1992 11.71 −0.06 pp
1991 11.76 +0.03 pp
1990 11.73 +0.06 pp
1989 11.67 +0.02 pp
1988 11.64 +0.02 pp
1987 11.62 +0.02 pp
1986 11.6 +0.02 pp
1985 11.57 +0.02 pp
1984 11.55 +0.02 pp
1983 11.53 +0.02 pp
1982 11.51 +0.01 pp
1981 11.5 +0.06 pp
1980 11.44 +0.09 pp
1979 11.35 +0.05 pp
1978 11.3 +0.04 pp
1977 11.26 +0.04 pp
1976 11.22 +0.03 pp
1975 11.19 +0.02 pp
1974 11.17 +0.03 pp
1973 11.14 +0.04 pp
1972 11.1 +0.06 pp
1971 11.04 +0.13 pp
1970 10.92 +0.12 pp
1969 10.8 +0.06 pp
1968 10.74 +0.05 pp
1967 10.69 +0.04 pp
1966 10.64 +0.03 pp
1965 10.61 +0.02 pp
1964 10.59 +0.01 pp
1963 10.57 +0.03 pp
1962 10.55 +0.04 pp
1961 10.51 +0.09 pp
1960 10.42

Eastern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.