Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Eastern Europe

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Eastern Europe in 2025 — 18.19%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 7.03 pp.

2025 18.19% −0.02 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 18.21%2024
Period minimum 11.15%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Eastern Europe, 1960–202510121416182019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 11.15%1962: 11.4%1964: 11.65%1966: 11.96%1968: 12.31%1970: 12.68%1972: 12.99%1974: 13.3%1976: 13.62%1978: 13.92%1980: 14.08%1982: 14.18%1984: 14.29%1986: 14.39%1988: 14.5%1990: 14.52%1992: 14.49%1994: 14.44%1996: 14.5%1998: 14.64%2000: 14.81%2002: 15.07%2004: 15.36%2006: 15.65%2008: 15.92%2010: 16.14%2012: 16.38%2014: 16.62%2016: 16.87%2018: 17.16%2020: 17.39%2022: 17.88%2024: 18.21%2025: 18.19%
Change over the period: +7.03 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Eastern Europe 18.19%
World 25.29%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 18.19 −0.02 pp
2024 18.21 +0.05 pp
2023 18.16 +0.29 pp
2022 17.88 +0.3 pp
2021 17.57 +0.18 pp
2020 17.39 +0.14 pp
2019 17.26 +0.1 pp
2018 17.16 +0.15 pp
2017 17.01 +0.14 pp
2016 16.87 +0.13 pp
2015 16.74 +0.13 pp
2014 16.62 +0.12 pp
2013 16.5 +0.12 pp
2012 16.38 +0.12 pp
2011 16.26 +0.12 pp
2010 16.14 +0.11 pp
2009 16.02 +0.11 pp
2008 15.92 +0.13 pp
2007 15.79 +0.14 pp
2006 15.65 +0.14 pp
2005 15.51 +0.15 pp
2004 15.36 +0.14 pp
2003 15.21 +0.14 pp
2002 15.07 +0.14 pp
2001 14.93 +0.11 pp
2000 14.81 +0.11 pp
1999 14.71 +0.07 pp
1998 14.64 +0.06 pp
1997 14.57 +0.07 pp
1996 14.5 +0.05 pp
1995 14.45 +0.02 pp
1994 14.44 −0.01 pp
1993 14.45 −0.04 pp
1992 14.49 −0.02 pp
1991 14.51 −0.01 pp
1990 14.52 −0 pp
1989 14.53 +0.02 pp
1988 14.5 +0.06 pp
1987 14.44 +0.05 pp
1986 14.39 +0.05 pp
1985 14.34 +0.05 pp
1984 14.29 +0.05 pp
1983 14.24 +0.06 pp
1982 14.18 +0.05 pp
1981 14.13 +0.05 pp
1980 14.08 +0.05 pp
1979 14.03 +0.11 pp
1978 13.92 +0.15 pp
1977 13.77 +0.15 pp
1976 13.62 +0.15 pp
1975 13.46 +0.16 pp
1974 13.3 +0.16 pp
1973 13.15 +0.16 pp
1972 12.99 +0.15 pp
1971 12.84 +0.16 pp
1970 12.68 +0.18 pp
1969 12.5 +0.19 pp
1968 12.31 +0.18 pp
1967 12.13 +0.17 pp
1966 11.96 +0.17 pp
1965 11.78 +0.14 pp
1964 11.65 +0.13 pp
1963 11.52 +0.12 pp
1962 11.4 +0.12 pp
1961 11.28 +0.12 pp
1960 11.15

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.