Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Euro area

Share of population in cities over 1 million in the Euro area in 2025 — 19.77%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 3.85 pp.

2025 19.77% +0.02 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 19.77%2025
Period minimum 15.92%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Euro area, 1960–202515161718192019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 15.92%1962: 16.23%1964: 16.47%1966: 16.72%1968: 17.02%1970: 17.34%1972: 17.51%1974: 17.59%1976: 17.71%1978: 17.83%1980: 17.96%1982: 18.01%1984: 18.05%1986: 18.12%1988: 18.2%1990: 18.26%1992: 18.26%1994: 18.27%1996: 18.29%1998: 18.31%2000: 18.34%2002: 18.39%2004: 18.42%2006: 18.48%2008: 18.55%2010: 18.69%2012: 18.94%2014: 19.14%2016: 19.3%2018: 19.49%2020: 19.62%2022: 19.74%2024: 19.75%2025: 19.77%
Change over the period: +3.85 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Euro area 19.77%
World 25.29%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 19.77 +0.02 pp
2024 19.75 +0 pp
2023 19.75 +0 pp
2022 19.74 +0.04 pp
2021 19.7 +0.08 pp
2020 19.62 +0.08 pp
2019 19.54 +0.06 pp
2018 19.49 +0.09 pp
2017 19.39 +0.1 pp
2016 19.3 +0.08 pp
2015 19.22 +0.08 pp
2014 19.14 +0.1 pp
2013 19.04 +0.1 pp
2012 18.94 +0.09 pp
2011 18.85 +0.16 pp
2010 18.69 +0.08 pp
2009 18.61 +0.07 pp
2008 18.55 +0.04 pp
2007 18.51 +0.03 pp
2006 18.48 +0.04 pp
2005 18.44 +0.02 pp
2004 18.42 +0.01 pp
2003 18.4 +0.02 pp
2002 18.39 +0.03 pp
2001 18.36 +0.02 pp
2000 18.34 +0.02 pp
1999 18.32 +0.01 pp
1998 18.31 +0.01 pp
1997 18.3 +0.01 pp
1996 18.29 +0.01 pp
1995 18.28 +0.01 pp
1994 18.27 +0.01 pp
1993 18.26 +0 pp
1992 18.26 −0 pp
1991 18.26 +0 pp
1990 18.26 +0.02 pp
1989 18.24 +0.04 pp
1988 18.2 −0.01 pp
1987 18.21 +0.1 pp
1986 18.12 +0.04 pp
1985 18.08 +0.03 pp
1984 18.05 +0.02 pp
1983 18.03 +0.01 pp
1982 18.01 +0.01 pp
1981 18 +0.05 pp
1980 17.96 +0.06 pp
1979 17.9 +0.06 pp
1978 17.83 +0.06 pp
1977 17.77 +0.06 pp
1976 17.71 +0.06 pp
1975 17.65 +0.06 pp
1974 17.59 +0.05 pp
1973 17.55 +0.03 pp
1972 17.51 +0.04 pp
1971 17.47 +0.13 pp
1970 17.34 +0.17 pp
1969 17.17 +0.14 pp
1968 17.02 +0.15 pp
1967 16.87 +0.15 pp
1966 16.72 +0.13 pp
1965 16.59 +0.12 pp
1964 16.47 +0.12 pp
1963 16.35 +0.12 pp
1962 16.23 +0.14 pp
1961 16.09 +0.17 pp
1960 15.92

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.