Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Northern Africa

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Northern Africa in 2025 — 18.55%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 4.84 pp.

2025 18.55% +0.09 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 18.55%2025
Period minimum 13.71%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Northern Africa, 1960–2025121416182019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 13.71%1962: 14.25%1964: 14.82%1966: 15.44%1968: 15.72%1970: 16.04%1972: 16.36%1974: 16.57%1976: 16.64%1978: 16.63%1980: 16.57%1982: 16.49%1984: 16.46%1986: 16.51%1988: 16.75%1990: 17.07%1992: 17.48%1994: 17.85%1996: 18.06%1998: 18.09%2000: 18.09%2002: 18.1%2004: 18.15%2006: 18.18%2008: 18.2%2010: 18.2%2012: 18.24%2014: 18.18%2016: 18.14%2018: 18.09%2020: 18.13%2022: 18.24%2024: 18.46%2025: 18.55%
Change over the period: +4.84 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Northern Africa 18.55%
World 25.29%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 18.55 +0.09 pp
2024 18.46 +0.12 pp
2023 18.34 +0.1 pp
2022 18.24 +0.06 pp
2021 18.18 +0.05 pp
2020 18.13 +0.03 pp
2019 18.1 +0 pp
2018 18.09 −0.02 pp
2017 18.11 −0.03 pp
2016 18.14 −0.02 pp
2015 18.16 −0.02 pp
2014 18.18 −0.03 pp
2013 18.21 −0.02 pp
2012 18.24 +0.01 pp
2011 18.23 +0.03 pp
2010 18.2 +0 pp
2009 18.2 −0 pp
2008 18.2 +0.01 pp
2007 18.19 +0.02 pp
2006 18.18 +0.02 pp
2005 18.16 +0.02 pp
2004 18.15 +0.02 pp
2003 18.12 +0.02 pp
2002 18.1 +0.01 pp
2001 18.09 +0 pp
2000 18.09 +0 pp
1999 18.09 −0.01 pp
1998 18.09 −0 pp
1997 18.1 +0.04 pp
1996 18.06 +0.11 pp
1995 17.95 +0.1 pp
1994 17.85 +0.15 pp
1993 17.7 +0.21 pp
1992 17.48 +0.22 pp
1991 17.26 +0.19 pp
1990 17.07 +0.16 pp
1989 16.91 +0.16 pp
1988 16.75 +0.15 pp
1987 16.6 +0.1 pp
1986 16.51 +0.03 pp
1985 16.47 +0.01 pp
1984 16.46 +0 pp
1983 16.46 −0.03 pp
1982 16.49 −0.03 pp
1981 16.52 −0.05 pp
1980 16.57 −0.04 pp
1979 16.61 −0.03 pp
1978 16.63 −0.02 pp
1977 16.65 +0.01 pp
1976 16.64 +0.02 pp
1975 16.62 +0.05 pp
1974 16.57 +0.08 pp
1973 16.49 +0.13 pp
1972 16.36 +0.15 pp
1971 16.21 +0.17 pp
1970 16.04 +0.16 pp
1969 15.87 +0.15 pp
1968 15.72 +0.15 pp
1967 15.58 +0.14 pp
1966 15.44 +0.3 pp
1965 15.14 +0.32 pp
1964 14.82 +0.29 pp
1963 14.53 +0.28 pp
1962 14.25 +0.27 pp
1961 13.98 +0.26 pp
1960 13.71

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.