Urban agglomerations more than 1 million by country
Countries reporting
127
Highest
280.94 million
China
Lowest
0
Georgia
Median
4.23 million
Years covered
71
1950–2020
Data points
2,532
What the numbers show
Urban agglomerations more than 1 million is currently reported for 127 countries. The highest value is 280.94 million in China; the lowest is 0 in Georgia.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.23 million, and the mean is 13.72 million.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 213.2%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 25.8%).
Urban agglomerations more than 1 million: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 280.94 million | 2020 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 265.71 million | 2020 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Indonesia | 89.18 million | 2020 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 4 | United States | 69.30 million | 2020 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 5 | Japan | 64.56 million | 2020 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 64.18 million | 2020 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Pakistan | 58.92 million | 2020 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 45.99 million | 2020 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Nigeria | 43.76 million | 2020 | up 61.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Egypt | 42.42 million | 2020 | up 54.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Mexico | 34.17 million | 2020 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 12 | South Korea | 30.90 million | 2020 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Philippines | 29.67 million | 2020 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Turkey | 26.91 million | 2020 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Russia | 24.98 million | 2020 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 16 | Iran | 22.00 million | 2020 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Vietnam | 21.58 million | 2020 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 19.22 million | 2020 | up 64.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Colombia | 17.92 million | 2020 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 20 | South Africa | 17.85 million | 2020 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Argentina | 17.55 million | 2020 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 17.28 million | 2020 | up 20.2% | flat |
| 23 | Thailand | 17.25 million | 2020 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 15.00 million | 2020 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Taiwan | 14.82 million | 2020 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Iraq | 13.05 million | 2020 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Germany | 10.87 million | 2020 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 28 | Angola | 10.81 million | 2020 | up 204.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Spain | 10.73 million | 2020 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 30 | Canada | 10.54 million | 2020 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 31 | France | 10.51 million | 2020 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 32 | Ghana | 10.25 million | 2020 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Peru | 10.04 million | 2020 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Malaysia | 9.47 million | 2020 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Italy | 8.95 million | 2020 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 36 | Morocco | 8.72 million | 2020 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Cameroon | 8.11 million | 2020 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Australia | 7.59 million | 2020 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 39 | Kenya | 6.97 million | 2020 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Myanmar | 6.97 million | 2020 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Tanzania | 6.85 million | 2020 | up 81.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Chile | 6.57 million | 2020 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 43 | Sudan | 6.43 million | 2020 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Afghanistan | 6.41 million | 2020 | up 70.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Jordan | 6.16 million | 2020 | up 65.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Venezuela | 6.09 million | 2020 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.06 million | 2020 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Ethiopia | 5.91 million | 2020 | up 60.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Hong Kong | 5.88 million | 2020 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 50 | Syria | 5.87 million | 2020 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Ecuador | 5.47 million | 2020 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Somalia | 5.26 million | 2020 | up 213.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Yemen | 5.12 million | 2020 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Bolivia | 5.02 million | 2020 | up 61.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 4.96 million | 2020 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 56 | Singapore | 4.76 million | 2020 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Congo | 4.76 million | 2020 | up 142.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Senegal | 4.59 million | 2020 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 4.42 million | 2020 | up 90.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 4.41 million | 2020 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Ukraine | 4.36 million | 2020 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 4.31 million | 2020 | up 174.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Uganda | 4.23 million | 2020 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Algeria | 4.23 million | 2020 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Burkina Faso | 3.98 million | 2020 | up 116.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Kuwait | 3.70 million | 2020 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Mali | 3.65 million | 2020 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Uzbekistan | 3.65 million | 2020 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 69 | Madagascar | 3.52 million | 2020 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Greece | 3.27 million | 2020 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 71 | Nepal | 3.08 million | 2020 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Zambia | 2.99 million | 2020 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Mozambique | 2.93 million | 2020 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 74 | North Korea | 2.87 million | 2020 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Honduras | 2.76 million | 2020 | up 163.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Guatemala | 2.74 million | 2020 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Guinea | 2.55 million | 2020 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Israel | 2.47 million | 2020 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Tunisia | 2.42 million | 2020 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Benin | 2.27 million | 2020 | up 50.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Togo | 2.25 million | 2020 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Cambodia | 2.22 million | 2020 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Macao | 2.11 million | 2020 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 2.10 million | 2020 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Qatar | 1.98 million | 2020 | up 79.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Austria | 1.98 million | 2020 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 87 | Belarus | 1.98 million | 2020 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Azerbaijan | 1.93 million | 2020 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Romania | 1.93 million | 2020 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 90 | Zimbabwe | 1.88 million | 2020 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Portugal | 1.86 million | 2020 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 92 | Poland | 1.86 million | 2020 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 93 | Haiti | 1.85 million | 2020 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Sierra Leone | 1.77 million | 2020 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Liberia | 1.77 million | 2020 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Lebanon | 1.74 million | 2020 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Chad | 1.65 million | 2020 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Hungary | 1.63 million | 2020 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 99 | Cuba | 1.62 million | 2020 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 100 | El Salvador | 1.60 million | 2020 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Mongolia | 1.46 million | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Sweden | 1.44 million | 2020 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Panama | 1.40 million | 2020 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Belgium | 1.38 million | 2020 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Mauritania | 1.36 million | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Bahrain | 1.33 million | 2020 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Niger | 1.33 million | 2020 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Rwanda | 1.32 million | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Paraguay | 1.31 million | 2020 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Tajikistan | 1.31 million | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 1.28 million | 2020 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.25 million | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Uruguay | 1.24 million | 2020 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 114 | Denmark | 1.20 million | 2020 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Czechia | 1.18 million | 2020 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Libya | 1.17 million | 2020 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Netherlands | 1.14 million | 2020 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Burundi | 1.14 million | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Serbia | 1.14 million | 2020 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Turkmenistan | 1.09 million | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 121 | New Zealand | 1.09 million | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Ireland | 1.08 million | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Bulgaria | 1.08 million | 2020 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Gambia | 1.07 million | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Armenia | 1.06 million | 2020 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Central African Republic | 1.02 million | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Georgia | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |