Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Niger

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Niger in 2025 — 5.59%. Ranked 119 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 3.95 pp.

2025 5.59% +0.06 pp vs 2024
World rank 119of 121
Period maximum 6.1%2001
Period minimum 1.64%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Niger, 1960–20250246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1.64%1962: 1.84%1964: 2.01%1966: 2.2%1968: 2.47%1970: 2.78%1972: 3.13%1974: 3.51%1976: 3.95%1978: 4.32%1980: 4.48%1982: 4.63%1984: 4.79%1986: 4.96%1988: 5.13%1990: 5.29%1992: 5.45%1994: 5.61%1996: 5.76%1998: 5.91%2000: 6.05%2002: 6.07%2004: 6%2006: 5.93%2008: 5.85%2010: 5.76%2012: 5.68%2014: 5.6%2016: 5.53%2018: 5.47%2020: 5.45%2022: 5.47%2024: 5.54%2025: 5.59%
Change over the period: +3.95 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Niger 5.59%
World 25.29%
Western Africa computed 17.01%
Low-income countries computed 12.6%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Niger, by year Niger All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 5.59 +0.06 pp
2024 5.54 +0.04 pp
2023 5.49 +0.03 pp
2022 5.47 +0.02 pp
2021 5.45 +0 pp
2020 5.45 −0.01 pp
2019 5.45 −0.02 pp
2018 5.47 −0.02 pp
2017 5.49 −0.03 pp
2016 5.53 −0.04 pp
2015 5.56 −0.04 pp
2014 5.6 −0.04 pp
2013 5.64 −0.04 pp
2012 5.68 −0.04 pp
2011 5.72 −0.04 pp
2010 5.76 −0.04 pp
2009 5.81 −0.04 pp
2008 5.85 −0.04 pp
2007 5.89 −0.04 pp
2006 5.93 −0.04 pp
2005 5.97 −0.04 pp
2004 6 −0.04 pp
2003 6.04 −0.03 pp
2002 6.07 −0.03 pp
2001 6.1 +0.06 pp
2000 6.05 +0.07 pp
1999 5.98 +0.07 pp
1998 5.91 +0.07 pp
1997 5.83 +0.08 pp
1996 5.76 +0.07 pp
1995 5.68 +0.07 pp
1994 5.61 +0.08 pp
1993 5.53 +0.08 pp
1992 5.45 +0.08 pp
1991 5.37 +0.08 pp
1990 5.29 +0.08 pp
1989 5.21 +0.08 pp
1988 5.13 +0.08 pp
1987 5.04 +0.08 pp
1986 4.96 +0.08 pp
1985 4.88 +0.08 pp
1984 4.79 +0.08 pp
1983 4.71 +0.08 pp
1982 4.63 +0.08 pp
1981 4.55 +0.08 pp
1980 4.48 +0.08 pp
1979 4.4 +0.08 pp
1978 4.32 +0.14 pp
1977 4.18 +0.23 pp
1976 3.95 +0.22 pp
1975 3.73 +0.21 pp
1974 3.51 +0.2 pp
1973 3.31 +0.19 pp
1972 3.13 +0.18 pp
1971 2.95 +0.17 pp
1970 2.78 +0.16 pp
1969 2.62 +0.15 pp
1968 2.47 +0.14 pp
1967 2.33 +0.13 pp
1966 2.2 +0.1 pp
1965 2.11 +0.09 pp
1964 2.01 +0.09 pp
1963 1.92 +0.08 pp
1962 1.84 +0.1 pp
1961 1.74 +0.1 pp
1960 1.64

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.