Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Poland

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Poland in 2025 — 4.94%. Ranked 120 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1.16 pp.

2025 4.94% +0.02 pp vs 2024
World rank 120of 121
Period maximum 4.94%2025
Period minimum 3.78%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Poland, 1960–20253.544.5519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.78%1962: 3.83%1964: 3.84%1966: 3.88%1968: 3.91%1970: 3.98%1972: 4.09%1974: 4.2%1976: 4.29%1978: 4.41%1980: 4.4%1982: 4.35%1984: 4.31%1986: 4.28%1988: 4.27%1990: 4.27%1992: 4.28%1994: 4.28%1996: 4.28%1998: 4.29%2000: 4.36%2002: 4.37%2004: 4.4%2006: 4.42%2008: 4.45%2010: 4.48%2012: 4.5%2014: 4.55%2016: 4.61%2018: 4.66%2020: 4.75%2022: 4.87%2024: 4.92%2025: 4.94%
Change over the period: +1.16 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Poland 4.94%
World 25.29%
Eastern Europe computed 18.19%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Poland, by year Poland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 4.94 +0.02 pp
2024 4.92 +0.02 pp
2023 4.9 +0.03 pp
2022 4.87 +0.03 pp
2021 4.84 +0.09 pp
2020 4.75 +0.08 pp
2019 4.68 +0.02 pp
2018 4.66 +0.02 pp
2017 4.63 +0.02 pp
2016 4.61 +0.03 pp
2015 4.58 +0.03 pp
2014 4.55 +0.03 pp
2013 4.53 +0.03 pp
2012 4.5 +0.02 pp
2011 4.48 +0.01 pp
2010 4.48 +0.02 pp
2009 4.45 +0.01 pp
2008 4.45 +0.01 pp
2007 4.44 +0.01 pp
2006 4.42 +0.01 pp
2005 4.41 +0.01 pp
2004 4.4 +0.01 pp
2003 4.39 +0.01 pp
2002 4.37 +0.01 pp
2001 4.36 +0.01 pp
2000 4.36 +0.05 pp
1999 4.3 +0.01 pp
1998 4.29 +0.01 pp
1997 4.29 +0 pp
1996 4.28 +0 pp
1995 4.28 +0 pp
1994 4.28 −0 pp
1993 4.28 +0 pp
1992 4.28 +0 pp
1991 4.27 +0 pp
1990 4.27 +0 pp
1989 4.27 +0 pp
1988 4.27 −0 pp
1987 4.27 −0.01 pp
1986 4.28 −0.01 pp
1985 4.29 −0.02 pp
1984 4.31 −0.02 pp
1983 4.33 −0.02 pp
1982 4.35 −0.02 pp
1981 4.38 −0.02 pp
1980 4.4 −0.02 pp
1979 4.42 +0.02 pp
1978 4.41 +0.06 pp
1977 4.35 +0.05 pp
1976 4.29 +0.05 pp
1975 4.24 +0.05 pp
1974 4.2 +0.05 pp
1973 4.15 +0.05 pp
1972 4.09 +0.05 pp
1971 4.04 +0.06 pp
1970 3.98 +0.04 pp
1969 3.94 +0.02 pp
1968 3.91 +0.02 pp
1967 3.9 +0.02 pp
1966 3.88 +0.03 pp
1965 3.85 +0.02 pp
1964 3.84 +0 pp
1963 3.84 +0 pp
1962 3.83 +0.01 pp
1961 3.82 +0.05 pp
1960 3.78

Eastern 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.