Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — EAEU

Share of population in cities over 1 million in the EAEU in 2025 — 23.17%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 8.68 pp.

2025 23.17% +0.06 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 23.17%2025
Period minimum 14.49%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — EAEU, 1960–202512.51517.52022.52519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 14.49%1962: 14.77%1964: 15.07%1966: 15.46%1968: 15.93%1970: 16.41%1972: 16.77%1974: 17.15%1976: 17.53%1978: 17.86%1980: 18.03%1982: 18.15%1984: 18.26%1986: 18.35%1988: 18.45%1990: 18.4%1992: 18.33%1994: 18.35%1996: 18.53%1998: 18.84%2000: 19.16%2002: 19.51%2004: 19.95%2006: 20.36%2008: 20.68%2010: 20.97%2012: 21.3%2014: 21.61%2016: 21.94%2018: 22.34%2020: 22.59%2022: 22.92%2024: 23.11%2025: 23.17%
Change over the period: +8.68 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

EAEU 23.17%
World 25.29%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — EAEU, by year EAEU All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 23.17 +0.06 pp
2024 23.11 +0.07 pp
2023 23.04 +0.12 pp
2022 22.92 +0.15 pp
2021 22.76 +0.17 pp
2020 22.59 +0.14 pp
2019 22.45 +0.11 pp
2018 22.34 +0.21 pp
2017 22.13 +0.19 pp
2016 21.94 +0.17 pp
2015 21.77 +0.16 pp
2014 21.61 +0.16 pp
2013 21.45 +0.16 pp
2012 21.3 +0.16 pp
2011 21.14 +0.17 pp
2010 20.97 +0.15 pp
2009 20.82 +0.14 pp
2008 20.68 +0.15 pp
2007 20.53 +0.17 pp
2006 20.36 +0.2 pp
2005 20.16 +0.21 pp
2004 19.95 +0.22 pp
2003 19.73 +0.22 pp
2002 19.51 +0.19 pp
2001 19.33 +0.17 pp
2000 19.16 +0.16 pp
1999 18.99 +0.16 pp
1998 18.84 +0.15 pp
1997 18.68 +0.15 pp
1996 18.53 +0.11 pp
1995 18.42 +0.07 pp
1994 18.35 +0.03 pp
1993 18.31 −0.01 pp
1992 18.33 −0.03 pp
1991 18.36 −0.04 pp
1990 18.4 −0.04 pp
1989 18.44 −0.01 pp
1988 18.45 +0.06 pp
1987 18.39 +0.05 pp
1986 18.35 +0.04 pp
1985 18.3 +0.04 pp
1984 18.26 +0.04 pp
1983 18.22 +0.07 pp
1982 18.15 +0.06 pp
1981 18.09 +0.06 pp
1980 18.03 +0.05 pp
1979 17.98 +0.12 pp
1978 17.86 +0.17 pp
1977 17.69 +0.17 pp
1976 17.53 +0.18 pp
1975 17.35 +0.2 pp
1974 17.15 +0.19 pp
1973 16.96 +0.19 pp
1972 16.77 +0.18 pp
1971 16.59 +0.18 pp
1970 16.41 +0.22 pp
1969 16.18 +0.25 pp
1968 15.93 +0.24 pp
1967 15.69 +0.24 pp
1966 15.46 +0.23 pp
1965 15.22 +0.15 pp
1964 15.07 +0.15 pp
1963 14.92 +0.15 pp
1962 14.77 +0.14 pp
1961 14.63 +0.14 pp
1960 14.49

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.