Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Ukraine

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Ukraine in 2025 — 13.96%. Ranked 96 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 7.36 pp.

2025 13.96% −0.43 pp vs 2024
World rank 96of 121
Period maximum 14.43%2023
Period minimum 6.6%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Ukraine, 1960–2025681012141619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.6%1962: 6.82%1964: 7.07%1966: 7.36%1968: 7.68%1970: 8.01%1972: 8.28%1974: 8.57%1976: 8.88%1978: 9.24%1980: 9.45%1982: 9.61%1984: 9.77%1986: 9.94%1988: 10.12%1990: 10.09%1992: 9.99%1994: 9.99%1996: 10.1%1998: 10.22%2000: 10.35%2002: 10.51%2004: 10.69%2006: 10.93%2008: 11.14%2010: 11.32%2012: 11.45%2014: 11.59%2016: 11.76%2018: 11.95%2020: 12.15%2022: 13.26%2024: 14.39%2025: 13.96%
Change over the period: +7.36 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Ukraine 13.96%
World 25.29%
Eastern Europe computed 18.19%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Ukraine, by year Ukraine All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 13.96 −0.43 pp
2024 14.39 −0.05 pp
2023 14.43 +1.18 pp
2022 13.26 +0.99 pp
2021 12.27 +0.12 pp
2020 12.15 +0.1 pp
2019 12.05 +0.09 pp
2018 11.95 +0.1 pp
2017 11.85 +0.09 pp
2016 11.76 +0.08 pp
2015 11.68 +0.09 pp
2014 11.59 +0.08 pp
2013 11.51 +0.06 pp
2012 11.45 +0.06 pp
2011 11.39 +0.07 pp
2010 11.32 +0.08 pp
2009 11.24 +0.09 pp
2008 11.14 +0.11 pp
2007 11.03 +0.1 pp
2006 10.93 +0.12 pp
2005 10.81 +0.12 pp
2004 10.69 +0.09 pp
2003 10.6 +0.09 pp
2002 10.51 +0.09 pp
2001 10.42 +0.07 pp
2000 10.35 +0.06 pp
1999 10.28 +0.06 pp
1998 10.22 +0.06 pp
1997 10.17 +0.06 pp
1996 10.1 +0.06 pp
1995 10.04 +0.06 pp
1994 9.99 +0.03 pp
1993 9.96 −0.03 pp
1992 9.99 −0.05 pp
1991 10.04 −0.05 pp
1990 10.09 −0.05 pp
1989 10.14 +0.02 pp
1988 10.12 +0.09 pp
1987 10.03 +0.09 pp
1986 9.94 +0.09 pp
1985 9.85 +0.08 pp
1984 9.77 +0.08 pp
1983 9.69 +0.08 pp
1982 9.61 +0.08 pp
1981 9.53 +0.08 pp
1980 9.45 +0.08 pp
1979 9.37 +0.14 pp
1978 9.24 +0.18 pp
1977 9.05 +0.17 pp
1976 8.88 +0.16 pp
1975 8.72 +0.15 pp
1974 8.57 +0.15 pp
1973 8.42 +0.14 pp
1972 8.28 +0.13 pp
1971 8.15 +0.14 pp
1970 8.01 +0.17 pp
1969 7.85 +0.17 pp
1968 7.68 +0.16 pp
1967 7.52 +0.15 pp
1966 7.36 +0.15 pp
1965 7.21 +0.14 pp
1964 7.07 +0.13 pp
1963 6.94 +0.12 pp
1962 6.82 +0.12 pp
1961 6.7 +0.11 pp
1960 6.6

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.