Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Ireland

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Ireland in 2025 — 23.69%. Ranked 57 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 0.31 pp.

2025 23.69% −0.12 pp vs 2024
World rank 57of 121
Period maximum 26.51%1981
Period minimum 23.38%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Ireland, 1960–2025232425262719601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 23.38%1962: 23.98%1964: 24.72%1966: 25.5%1968: 25.85%1970: 26.07%1972: 26.13%1974: 26.12%1976: 26.15%1978: 26.27%1980: 26.47%1982: 26.29%1984: 26.01%1986: 26.01%1988: 26.06%1990: 26.08%1992: 25.97%1994: 26.15%1996: 26.23%1998: 26.16%2000: 25.98%2002: 25.6%2004: 25.23%2006: 24.53%2008: 23.92%2010: 24.13%2012: 24.47%2014: 24.7%2016: 24.68%2018: 24.53%2020: 24.37%2022: 24.09%2024: 23.81%2025: 23.69%
Change over the period: +0.31 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Ireland 23.69%
World 25.29%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 23.69 −0.12 pp
2024 23.81 −0.11 pp
2023 23.91 −0.18 pp
2022 24.09 −0.21 pp
2021 24.3 −0.07 pp
2020 24.37 −0.04 pp
2019 24.41 −0.12 pp
2018 24.53 −0.09 pp
2017 24.62 −0.06 pp
2016 24.68 −0.05 pp
2015 24.73 +0.04 pp
2014 24.7 +0.09 pp
2013 24.61 +0.14 pp
2012 24.47 +0.16 pp
2011 24.31 +0.18 pp
2010 24.13 +0.16 pp
2009 23.97 +0.05 pp
2008 23.92 −0.2 pp
2007 24.12 −0.41 pp
2006 24.53 −0.41 pp
2005 24.93 −0.29 pp
2004 25.23 −0.21 pp
2003 25.44 −0.16 pp
2002 25.6 −0.2 pp
2001 25.8 −0.18 pp
2000 25.98 −0.12 pp
1999 26.1 −0.06 pp
1998 26.16 −0.04 pp
1997 26.2 −0.03 pp
1996 26.23 +0 pp
1995 26.23 +0.07 pp
1994 26.15 +0.1 pp
1993 26.05 +0.08 pp
1992 25.97 +0.03 pp
1991 25.94 −0.13 pp
1990 26.08 −0.05 pp
1989 26.13 +0.07 pp
1988 26.06 +0.08 pp
1987 25.98 −0.03 pp
1986 26.01 +0.01 pp
1985 26 −0.01 pp
1984 26.01 −0.13 pp
1983 26.14 −0.15 pp
1982 26.29 −0.22 pp
1981 26.51 +0.04 pp
1980 26.47 +0.13 pp
1979 26.35 +0.08 pp
1978 26.27 +0.05 pp
1977 26.22 +0.07 pp
1976 26.15 +0.03 pp
1975 26.12 −0.01 pp
1974 26.12 −0.01 pp
1973 26.13 +0 pp
1972 26.13 +0.04 pp
1971 26.09 +0.02 pp
1970 26.07 +0.08 pp
1969 25.99 +0.14 pp
1968 25.85 +0.18 pp
1967 25.67 +0.17 pp
1966 25.5 +0.37 pp
1965 25.13 +0.41 pp
1964 24.72 +0.38 pp
1963 24.34 +0.35 pp
1962 23.98 +0.39 pp
1961 23.6 +0.22 pp
1960 23.38

Northern 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.