Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
121
Highest
5.29 % change on previous year
Uganda
Lowest
-0.9636 % change on previous year
Lebanon
Median
1.53 % change on previous year
Years covered
65
1961–2025
Data points
7,865
What the numbers show
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, annual growth rate is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 5.29 % change on previous year in Uganda; the lowest is -0.9636 % change on previous year in Lebanon.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.53 % change on previous year, and the mean is 1.84 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 1,039.2%), and the largest decrease in Japan (down 208.0%).
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, annual: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda | 5.29 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 2 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 4.92 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 4.82 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 4 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.6 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Malawi | 4.49 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Madagascar | 4.45 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 4.44 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 8 | Zambia | 4.41 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 9 | Somalia | 4.39 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 4.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 11 | Niger | 4.36 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 42.6% | falling |
| 12 | Mali | 4.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 28.5% | falling |
| 13 | Chad | 4.06 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 14 | Kenya | 4.04 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 15 | Mauritania | 3.92 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Angola | 3.9 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 17 | Nigeria | 3.85 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 18 | Cameroon | 3.55 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 19 | Yemen | 3.51 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 20 | Mozambique | 3.42 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 21 | Liberia | 3.42 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Guinea | 3.35 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Senegal | 3.34 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 28.7% | falling |
| 24 | Rwanda | 3.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 25 | Congo | 3.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 26 | Sudan | 3.24 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.24 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Togo | 3.23 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 46.6% | falling |
| 29 | Nepal | 3.16 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 30 | Afghanistan | 3.14 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 31 | Cambodia | 3.11 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Ghana | 3.02 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | 2.95 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 34 | Bangladesh | 2.91 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 35 | Viet Nam | 2.85 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 36 | Iraq | 2.81 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Pakistan | 2.59 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 38 | Honduras | 2.55 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 39 | India | 2.41 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 40 | Haiti | 2.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Guatemala | 2.22 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 63.7% | falling |
| 42 | Malaysia | 2.09 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 43 | China | 2.03 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 44 | Indonesia | 2 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 45 | Egypt | 1.98 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 46 | Philippines | 1.96 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Panama | 1.92 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 1.86 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 449.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Myanmar | 1.85 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 50 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.84 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 51 | Algeria | 1.76 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 52 | South Africa | 1.74 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 53 | Morocco | 1.74 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 28.0% | falling |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 1.69 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Kazakhstan | 1.66 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 60.5% | flat |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 1.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 71.6% | falling |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 1.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Paraguay | 1.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 59 | Ecuador | 1.58 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 60 | Oman | 1.57 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 85.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Kuwait | 1.53 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Israel | 1.52 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 63 | Mongolia | 1.5 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 64 | Tunisia | 1.37 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 65 | Peru | 1.37 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 66 | Thailand | 1.36 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 1.36 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 68 | Mexico | 1.35 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 69 | Norway | 1.34 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 1.31 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Australia | 1.28 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 1.24 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 81.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Türkiye | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 74 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.2 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Uzbekistan | 1.19 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Ireland | 1.13 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 77 | New Zealand | 1.08 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 78 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.07 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Sweden | 1.06 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Colombia | 1.04 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 81 | Canada | 0.9868 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 82 | Libya | 0.9183 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 83 | United States of America | 0.9145 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 84 | Jordan | 0.9122 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Argentina | 0.903 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 86 | Brazil | 0.8742 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 87 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.8373 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.8218 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Switzerland | 0.8141 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 90 | El Salvador | 0.8047 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 247.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Austria | 0.7541 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Chile | 0.6979 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Denmark | 0.6857 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 94 | France | 0.6226 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 95 | Singapore | 0.6221 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 96 | Finland | 0.5999 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Hong Kong, China | 0.552 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Netherlands | 0.5314 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Portugal | 0.427 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Belgium | 0.4106 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 39.7% | rising |
| 101 | Spain | 0.3889 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 72.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Uruguay | 0.3823 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 103 | Czechia | 0.3005 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Belarus | 0.3003 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 70.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Republic of Korea | 0.2996 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Armenia | 0.246 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Italy | 0.2457 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Georgia | 0.2351 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,039.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Russian Federation | 0.1882 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Cuba | 0.1779 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Germany | 0.1772 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Serbia | 0.1595 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Hungary | 0.1039 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Poland | 0.0433 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Greece | 0.0231 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 139.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Bulgaria | -0.0839 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 119.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Ukraine | -0.1124 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 132.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Puerto Rico | -0.1207 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Japan | -0.222 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 208.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Romania | -0.499 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Lebanon | -0.9636 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 142.1% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.