Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Paraguay

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Paraguay in 2025 — 51.72%. Ranked 11 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 31.28 pp.

2025 51.72% +0.22 pp vs 2024
World rank 11of 121
Period maximum 51.72%2025
Period minimum 20.44%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Paraguay, 1960–2025203040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 20.44%1962: 21.11%1964: 21.59%1966: 22.06%1968: 22.58%1970: 23.16%1972: 23.74%1974: 24.16%1976: 24.57%1978: 24.98%1980: 25.35%1982: 25.63%1984: 26.03%1986: 26.43%1988: 26.85%1990: 27.31%1992: 27.85%1994: 28.96%1996: 30.25%1998: 31.68%2000: 33.32%2002: 35.37%2004: 37.85%2006: 40.59%2008: 43.62%2010: 45.08%2012: 46.34%2014: 47.56%2016: 48.81%2018: 50.13%2020: 50.53%2022: 51.07%2024: 51.5%2025: 51.72%
Change over the period: +31.28 pp Annual average: 0.48 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Paraguay 51.72%
World 25.29%
South America computed 41.93%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 51.72 +0.22 pp
2024 51.5 +0.21 pp
2023 51.29 +0.23 pp
2022 51.07 +0.29 pp
2021 50.78 +0.26 pp
2020 50.53 +0.19 pp
2019 50.33 +0.2 pp
2018 50.13 +0.67 pp
2017 49.46 +0.65 pp
2016 48.81 +0.63 pp
2015 48.18 +0.62 pp
2014 47.56 +0.61 pp
2013 46.95 +0.61 pp
2012 46.34 +0.62 pp
2011 45.73 +0.64 pp
2010 45.08 +0.7 pp
2009 44.38 +0.76 pp
2008 43.62 +1.55 pp
2007 42.07 +1.49 pp
2006 40.59 +1.41 pp
2005 39.18 +1.33 pp
2004 37.85 +1.28 pp
2003 36.57 +1.2 pp
2002 35.37 +1.09 pp
2001 34.28 +0.96 pp
2000 33.32 +0.86 pp
1999 32.47 +0.79 pp
1998 31.68 +0.74 pp
1997 30.94 +0.7 pp
1996 30.25 +0.66 pp
1995 29.59 +0.63 pp
1994 28.96 +0.59 pp
1993 28.37 +0.52 pp
1992 27.85 +0.28 pp
1991 27.57 +0.26 pp
1990 27.31 +0.24 pp
1989 27.07 +0.22 pp
1988 26.85 +0.21 pp
1987 26.64 +0.2 pp
1986 26.43 +0.2 pp
1985 26.23 +0.2 pp
1984 26.03 +0.2 pp
1983 25.83 +0.2 pp
1982 25.63 +0.14 pp
1981 25.49 +0.15 pp
1980 25.35 +0.17 pp
1979 25.17 +0.19 pp
1978 24.98 +0.2 pp
1977 24.77 +0.21 pp
1976 24.57 +0.21 pp
1975 24.36 +0.2 pp
1974 24.16 +0.2 pp
1973 23.96 +0.21 pp
1972 23.74 +0.29 pp
1971 23.46 +0.3 pp
1970 23.16 +0.3 pp
1969 22.87 +0.28 pp
1968 22.58 +0.27 pp
1967 22.31 +0.26 pp
1966 22.06 +0.24 pp
1965 21.82 +0.23 pp
1964 21.59 +0.22 pp
1963 21.37 +0.26 pp
1962 21.11 +0.33 pp
1961 20.78 +0.34 pp
1960 20.44

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.