Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Mozambique

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Mozambique in 2025 — 9.02%. Ranked 111 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 6.04 pp.

2025 9.02% +0.05 pp vs 2024
World rank 111of 121
Period maximum 9.6%2017
Period minimum 2.98%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Mozambique, 1960–202502.557.51019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.98%1962: 3.34%1964: 3.74%1966: 4.19%1968: 4.69%1970: 5.25%1972: 5.58%1974: 5.82%1976: 6.07%1978: 6.3%1980: 6.63%1982: 6.86%1984: 7.1%1986: 7.38%1988: 7.94%1990: 8.36%1992: 8.67%1994: 8.47%1996: 8.32%1998: 8.4%2000: 8.37%2002: 8.34%2004: 8.32%2006: 8.29%2008: 8.36%2010: 8.54%2012: 8.76%2014: 9.04%2016: 9.4%2018: 9.43%2020: 9.15%2022: 8.99%2024: 8.98%2025: 9.02%
Change over the period: +6.04 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mozambique 9.02%
World 25.29%
Low-income countries computed 12.6%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 9.02 +0.05 pp
2024 8.98 +0.01 pp
2023 8.96 −0.03 pp
2022 8.99 −0.06 pp
2021 9.05 −0.1 pp
2020 9.15 −0.13 pp
2019 9.28 −0.15 pp
2018 9.43 −0.17 pp
2017 9.6 +0.2 pp
2016 9.4 +0.19 pp
2015 9.21 +0.17 pp
2014 9.04 +0.15 pp
2013 8.89 +0.13 pp
2012 8.76 +0.12 pp
2011 8.64 +0.1 pp
2010 8.54 +0.1 pp
2009 8.44 +0.09 pp
2008 8.36 +0.07 pp
2007 8.28 −0.01 pp
2006 8.29 −0.01 pp
2005 8.31 −0.01 pp
2004 8.32 −0.01 pp
2003 8.33 −0.01 pp
2002 8.34 −0.01 pp
2001 8.36 −0.01 pp
2000 8.37 −0.01 pp
1999 8.38 −0.02 pp
1998 8.4 −0.01 pp
1997 8.41 +0.09 pp
1996 8.32 +0.04 pp
1995 8.28 −0.19 pp
1994 8.47 −0.26 pp
1993 8.73 +0.05 pp
1992 8.67 +0.16 pp
1991 8.52 +0.15 pp
1990 8.36 +0.19 pp
1989 8.17 +0.24 pp
1988 7.94 +0.31 pp
1987 7.63 +0.25 pp
1986 7.38 +0.15 pp
1985 7.23 +0.13 pp
1984 7.1 +0.12 pp
1983 6.98 +0.11 pp
1982 6.86 +0.11 pp
1981 6.76 +0.13 pp
1980 6.63 +0.2 pp
1979 6.43 +0.12 pp
1978 6.3 +0.12 pp
1977 6.19 +0.12 pp
1976 6.07 +0.12 pp
1975 5.94 +0.12 pp
1974 5.82 +0.12 pp
1973 5.7 +0.12 pp
1972 5.58 +0.13 pp
1971 5.45 +0.2 pp
1970 5.25 +0.28 pp
1969 4.96 +0.27 pp
1968 4.69 +0.26 pp
1967 4.44 +0.24 pp
1966 4.19 +0.23 pp
1965 3.96 +0.22 pp
1964 3.74 +0.21 pp
1963 3.54 +0.2 pp
1962 3.34 +0.19 pp
1961 3.16 +0.18 pp
1960 2.98

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.