Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Rwanda

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Rwanda in 2025 — 9.13%. Ranked 110 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 7.99 pp.

2025 9.13% +0.09 pp vs 2024
World rank 110of 121
Period maximum 9.13%2025
Period minimum 1.14%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Rwanda, 1960–202502.557.51019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1.14%1962: 1.2%1964: 1.28%1966: 1.35%1968: 1.42%1970: 1.49%1972: 1.66%1974: 1.84%1976: 2.05%1978: 2.28%1980: 2.4%1982: 2.5%1984: 2.6%1986: 2.71%1988: 2.83%1990: 2.97%1992: 3.26%1994: 4.34%1996: 5.18%1998: 5.14%2000: 6.06%2002: 7.1%2004: 7.31%2006: 7.44%2008: 7.57%2010: 7.73%2012: 7.9%2014: 8.08%2016: 8.27%2018: 8.47%2020: 8.66%2022: 8.85%2024: 9.03%2025: 9.13%
Change over the period: +7.99 pp Annual average: 0.12 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Rwanda 9.13%
World 25.29%
Low-income countries computed 12.6%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 9.13 +0.09 pp
2024 9.03 +0.09 pp
2023 8.94 +0.09 pp
2022 8.85 +0.09 pp
2021 8.76 +0.1 pp
2020 8.66 +0.1 pp
2019 8.57 +0.1 pp
2018 8.47 +0.1 pp
2017 8.37 +0.1 pp
2016 8.27 +0.1 pp
2015 8.17 +0.09 pp
2014 8.08 +0.09 pp
2013 7.99 +0.09 pp
2012 7.9 +0.09 pp
2011 7.81 +0.08 pp
2010 7.73 +0.08 pp
2009 7.65 +0.07 pp
2008 7.57 +0.07 pp
2007 7.51 +0.07 pp
2006 7.44 +0.06 pp
2005 7.37 +0.06 pp
2004 7.31 +0.07 pp
2003 7.24 +0.15 pp
2002 7.1 +0.53 pp
2001 6.57 +0.52 pp
2000 6.06 +0.48 pp
1999 5.58 +0.44 pp
1998 5.14 +0.25 pp
1997 4.89 −0.29 pp
1996 5.18 −0.46 pp
1995 5.64 +1.3 pp
1994 4.34 +0.94 pp
1993 3.4 +0.15 pp
1992 3.26 +0.18 pp
1991 3.07 +0.1 pp
1990 2.97 +0.08 pp
1989 2.89 +0.07 pp
1988 2.83 +0.06 pp
1987 2.76 +0.06 pp
1986 2.71 +0.05 pp
1985 2.65 +0.05 pp
1984 2.6 +0.05 pp
1983 2.55 +0.05 pp
1982 2.5 +0.05 pp
1981 2.45 +0.05 pp
1980 2.4 +0.05 pp
1979 2.34 +0.06 pp
1978 2.28 +0.12 pp
1977 2.16 +0.11 pp
1976 2.05 +0.11 pp
1975 1.94 +0.1 pp
1974 1.84 +0.1 pp
1973 1.75 +0.09 pp
1972 1.66 +0.09 pp
1971 1.57 +0.08 pp
1970 1.49 +0.04 pp
1969 1.46 +0.03 pp
1968 1.42 +0.03 pp
1967 1.39 +0.03 pp
1966 1.35 +0.04 pp
1965 1.32 +0.04 pp
1964 1.28 +0.04 pp
1963 1.24 +0.04 pp
1962 1.2 +0.04 pp
1961 1.17 +0.03 pp
1960 1.14

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.