China - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in China was 420,459,400 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 420,459,400 in 2021 and a minimum value of 54,184,360 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 54,184,360
1961 55,737,040
1962 56,782,180
1963 57,823,100
1964 59,006,680
1965 60,404,480
1966 61,485,500
1967 62,246,820
1968 62,999,050
1969 63,737,160
1970 64,481,680
1971 65,519,130
1972 66,845,140
1973 68,214,140
1974 69,633,780
1975 71,104,390
1976 72,602,530
1977 74,297,540
1978 76,202,380
1979 78,305,400
1980 80,490,700
1981 82,860,040
1982 85,350,660
1983 88,600,570
1984 92,028,760
1985 95,642,550
1986 99,473,510
1987 103,522,800
1988 107,818,200
1989 112,377,300
1990 117,251,900
1991 123,983,000
1992 131,242,700
1993 139,053,400
1994 147,507,400
1995 156,664,000
1996 166,617,200
1997 177,415,700
1998 189,207,400
1999 202,099,400
2000 216,252,500
2001 226,290,300
2002 234,270,300
2003 242,580,200
2004 251,247,600
2005 260,252,300
2006 269,647,600
2007 279,417,200
2008 289,614,400
2009 300,215,900
2010 311,285,300
2011 320,885,500
2012 329,831,300
2013 339,050,300
2014 348,525,700
2015 358,248,000
2016 368,117,700
2017 378,089,400
2018 388,398,400
2019 398,976,100
2020 409,712,900
2021 420,459,400

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in China was 29.71 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 29.71 in 2021, while its lowest value was 7.73 in 1974.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 8.12
1961 8.44
1962 8.53
1963 8.47
1964 8.45
1965 8.45
1966 8.36
1967 8.25
1968 8.13
1969 8.01
1970 7.88
1971 7.79
1972 7.75
1973 7.73
1974 7.73
1975 7.76
1976 7.80
1977 7.88
1978 7.97
1979 8.08
1980 8.20
1981 8.34
1982 8.46
1983 8.66
1984 8.88
1985 9.10
1986 9.32
1987 9.55
1988 9.79
1989 10.05
1990 10.33
1991 10.77
1992 11.27
1993 11.80
1994 12.38
1995 13.00
1996 13.68
1997 14.42
1998 15.23
1999 16.13
2000 17.13
2001 17.79
2002 18.30
2003 18.83
2004 19.39
2005 19.96
2006 20.57
2007 21.20
2008 21.86
2009 22.55
2010 23.27
2011 23.86
2012 24.36
2013 24.87
2014 25.41
2015 25.96
2016 26.53
2017 27.08
2018 27.69
2019 28.34
2020 29.04
2021 29.71

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization