OECD members - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

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 OECD members was 37.61 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 37.61 in 2021, while its lowest value was 26.12 in 1960.

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 26.12
1961 26.47
1962 26.80
1963 27.15
1964 27.52
1965 27.92
1966 28.26
1967 28.63
1968 29.02
1969 29.42
1970 29.82
1971 30.00
1972 30.15
1973 30.31
1974 30.49
1975 30.68
1976 30.83
1977 30.96
1978 31.11
1979 31.26
1980 31.43
1981 31.56
1982 31.71
1983 31.87
1984 32.05
1985 32.24
1986 32.44
1987 32.68
1988 32.89
1989 33.12
1990 33.34
1991 33.46
1992 33.56
1993 33.68
1994 33.83
1995 33.99
1996 34.13
1997 34.26
1998 34.40
1999 34.55
2000 34.68
2001 34.77
2002 34.89
2003 35.02
2004 35.15
2005 35.30
2006 35.42
2007 35.55
2008 35.68
2009 35.84
2010 36.01
2011 36.24
2012 36.40
2013 36.54
2014 36.69
2015 36.83
2016 36.96
2017 37.12
2018 37.29
2019 37.39
2020 37.46
2021 37.61

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization