Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Zimbabwe

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Zimbabwe in 2025 — 9.63%. Ranked 108 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 3.12 pp.

2025 9.63% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 108of 121
Period maximum 11.85%2002
Period minimum 6.51%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Zimbabwe, 1960–202568101219601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.51%1962: 6.76%1964: 7.01%1966: 7.28%1968: 7.56%1970: 7.99%1972: 8.56%1974: 8.75%1976: 8.72%1978: 8.88%1980: 8.75%1982: 8.38%1984: 8.74%1986: 9.19%1988: 9.71%1990: 10.33%1992: 11.02%1994: 11.33%1996: 11.46%1998: 11.46%2000: 11.6%2002: 11.85%2004: 11.68%2006: 11.51%2008: 11.3%2010: 11.04%2012: 10.74%2014: 10.52%2016: 10.31%2018: 10.08%2020: 9.85%2022: 9.69%2024: 9.64%2025: 9.63%
Change over the period: +3.12 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Zimbabwe 9.63%
World 25.29%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 9.63 −0 pp
2024 9.64 −0.02 pp
2023 9.66 −0.04 pp
2022 9.69 −0.07 pp
2021 9.76 −0.09 pp
2020 9.85 −0.11 pp
2019 9.96 −0.12 pp
2018 10.08 −0.12 pp
2017 10.19 −0.11 pp
2016 10.31 −0.11 pp
2015 10.42 −0.1 pp
2014 10.52 −0.11 pp
2013 10.63 −0.11 pp
2012 10.74 −0.14 pp
2011 10.88 −0.16 pp
2010 11.04 −0.14 pp
2009 11.18 −0.12 pp
2008 11.3 −0.1 pp
2007 11.4 −0.11 pp
2006 11.51 −0.1 pp
2005 11.61 −0.07 pp
2004 11.68 −0.09 pp
2003 11.77 −0.08 pp
2002 11.85 +0.11 pp
2001 11.74 +0.14 pp
2000 11.6 +0.11 pp
1999 11.49 +0.03 pp
1998 11.46 −0.01 pp
1997 11.46 +0 pp
1996 11.46 +0.03 pp
1995 11.44 +0.11 pp
1994 11.33 +0.2 pp
1993 11.13 +0.11 pp
1992 11.02 +0.34 pp
1991 10.68 +0.35 pp
1990 10.33 +0.33 pp
1989 10.01 +0.3 pp
1988 9.71 +0.27 pp
1987 9.44 +0.25 pp
1986 9.19 +0.24 pp
1985 8.96 +0.22 pp
1984 8.74 +0.21 pp
1983 8.53 +0.15 pp
1982 8.38 −0.08 pp
1981 8.46 −0.29 pp
1980 8.75 −0.25 pp
1979 9 +0.12 pp
1978 8.88 +0.13 pp
1977 8.75 +0.03 pp
1976 8.72 −0.01 pp
1975 8.73 −0.02 pp
1974 8.75 −0.03 pp
1973 8.78 +0.21 pp
1972 8.56 +0.29 pp
1971 8.27 +0.29 pp
1970 7.99 +0.27 pp
1969 7.72 +0.16 pp
1968 7.56 +0.14 pp
1967 7.42 +0.14 pp
1966 7.28 +0.13 pp
1965 7.15 +0.13 pp
1964 7.01 +0.13 pp
1963 6.88 +0.13 pp
1962 6.76 +0.13 pp
1961 6.63 +0.12 pp
1960 6.51

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.