Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita by country
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
121
Highest
1.04 units per person
Hong Kong, China
Lowest
0.044 units per person
Ethiopia
Median
0.2277 units per person
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
7,986
What the numbers show
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita is currently reported for 121 countries. The highest value is 1.04 units per person in Hong Kong, China; the lowest is 0.044 units per person in Ethiopia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2277 units per person, and the mean is 0.2681 units per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 33.3%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 7.5%).
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong, China | 1.04 units per person | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 2 | Singapore | 1.01 units per person | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 0.7641 units per person | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 4 | Kuwait | 0.6999 units per person | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 5 | Japan | 0.6561 units per person | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 6 | Congo | 0.6534 units per person | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 7 | Australia | 0.6073 units per person | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 0.5753 units per person | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 9 | Israel | 0.5699 units per person | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 10 | Uruguay | 0.5283 units per person | 2025 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 11 | Paraguay | 0.5172 units per person | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Korea | 0.511 units per person | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4921 units per person | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 14 | Mongolia | 0.4833 units per person | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 15 | United States of America | 0.4704 units per person | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 16 | Panama | 0.4495 units per person | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 17 | Colombia | 0.4454 units per person | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 18 | Brazil | 0.4432 units per person | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 19 | Argentina | 0.4423 units per person | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 20 | Canada | 0.4398 units per person | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 21 | Mexico | 0.4266 units per person | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 22 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.4251 units per person | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 23 | Lebanon | 0.4068 units per person | 2025 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 24 | Portugal | 0.4037 units per person | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 25 | Türkiye | 0.392 units per person | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 26 | South Africa | 0.3607 units per person | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 27 | Armenia | 0.3564 units per person | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 28 | Chile | 0.3524 units per person | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 29 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.3517 units per person | 2025 | up 19.1% | flat |
| 30 | Peru | 0.3331 units per person | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 31 | China | 0.3272 units per person | 2025 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 32 | New Zealand | 0.3214 units per person | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 0.3167 units per person | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 34 | Liberia | 0.3131 units per person | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 35 | Oman | 0.3098 units per person | 2025 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Cameroon | 0.3079 units per person | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 37 | Mauritania | 0.3035 units per person | 2025 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Greece | 0.303 units per person | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 39 | Costa Rica | 0.2916 units per person | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 40 | Ecuador | 0.2877 units per person | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 41 | Georgia | 0.2762 units per person | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 42 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.2742 units per person | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 43 | Belgium | 0.2685 units per person | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 44 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.2655 units per person | 2025 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 45 | Haiti | 0.2631 units per person | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 46 | Angola | 0.2569 units per person | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 47 | Spain | 0.2542 units per person | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 48 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.2522 units per person | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 49 | Malaysia | 0.2502 units per person | 2025 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Iraq | 0.2461 units per person | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 51 | Togo | 0.2454 units per person | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 52 | Egypt | 0.244 units per person | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 53 | Azerbaijan | 0.2436 units per person | 2025 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 54 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.2425 units per person | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 55 | Finland | 0.24 units per person | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 56 | Russian Federation | 0.2393 units per person | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 57 | Ireland | 0.2369 units per person | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 58 | Denmark | 0.2331 units per person | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 59 | France | 0.2309 units per person | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 60 | Belarus | 0.2279 units per person | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 61 | Morocco | 0.2277 units per person | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 62 | Austria | 0.2178 units per person | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 63 | Thailand | 0.2167 units per person | 2025 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 64 | Serbia | 0.2157 units per person | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 65 | Tunisia | 0.2061 units per person | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 66 | Pakistan | 0.2008 units per person | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 67 | Bulgaria | 0.2 units per person | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 68 | Viet Nam | 0.199 units per person | 2025 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 69 | Norway | 0.1988 units per person | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 70 | Jordan | 0.1973 units per person | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 71 | Cuba | 0.1972 units per person | 2025 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 72 | Italy | 0.1953 units per person | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 73 | Ghana | 0.1946 units per person | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 74 | Senegal | 0.1933 units per person | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 75 | Hungary | 0.1873 units per person | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 76 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.1852 units per person | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 77 | El Salvador | 0.1779 units per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 78 | Nigeria | 0.1758 units per person | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 79 | Guatemala | 0.1728 units per person | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 80 | Bangladesh | 0.1725 units per person | 2025 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 81 | India | 0.1696 units per person | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 82 | Sweden | 0.164 units per person | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 83 | Kazakhstan | 0.1629 units per person | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 84 | Libya | 0.1613 units per person | 2025 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 85 | Switzerland | 0.16 units per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 86 | Nicaragua | 0.16 units per person | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 87 | Zambia | 0.1584 units per person | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 88 | Sierra Leone | 0.1573 units per person | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 89 | Honduras | 0.1499 units per person | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 90 | Guinea | 0.1491 units per person | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 91 | Philippines | 0.1478 units per person | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 92 | Burkina Faso | 0.1462 units per person | 2025 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Somalia | 0.1448 units per person | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 94 | Indonesia | 0.1442 units per person | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 95 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.1419 units per person | 2025 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 96 | Ukraine | 0.1396 units per person | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 97 | Cambodia | 0.1359 units per person | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 98 | Myanmar | 0.135 units per person | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 99 | Sudan | 0.1307 units per person | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 100 | Madagascar | 0.1292 units per person | 2025 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 101 | Kenya | 0.1272 units per person | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 102 | Mali | 0.1262 units per person | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 103 | Netherlands | 0.1225 units per person | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 104 | Czechia | 0.1223 units per person | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 105 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.1208 units per person | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 106 | Afghanistan | 0.1112 units per person | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 107 | Germany | 0.0972 units per person | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 108 | Zimbabwe | 0.0963 units per person | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 109 | Romania | 0.0925 units per person | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 110 | Rwanda | 0.0913 units per person | 2025 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Mozambique | 0.0902 units per person | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 112 | Yemen | 0.0844 units per person | 2025 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Uganda | 0.083 units per person | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 114 | Chad | 0.082 units per person | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 115 | Uzbekistan | 0.0719 units per person | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 116 | Algeria | 0.0633 units per person | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 117 | Malawi | 0.0627 units per person | 2025 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Nepal | 0.0565 units per person | 2025 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Niger | 0.0559 units per person | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 120 | Poland | 0.0494 units per person | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 121 | Ethiopia | 0.044 units per person | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
How this figure is calculated
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.