United Kingdom - 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 United Kingdom was 18,384,730 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18,384,730 in 2021 and a minimum value of 14,598,550 in 1981.

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 16,461,920
1961 16,446,970
1962 16,364,880
1963 16,283,530
1964 16,202,820
1965 16,123,070
1966 16,043,930
1967 15,965,520
1968 15,887,710
1969 15,810,830
1970 15,734,540
1971 15,651,790
1972 15,538,070
1973 15,425,950
1974 15,314,940
1975 15,205,180
1976 15,096,510
1977 14,989,360
1978 14,883,270
1979 14,778,370
1980 14,674,510
1981 14,598,550
1982 14,600,730
1983 14,603,080
1984 14,605,610
1985 14,608,300
1986 14,611,180
1987 14,614,240
1988 14,617,470
1989 14,620,880
1990 14,624,470
1991 14,666,450
1992 14,717,110
1993 14,768,030
1994 14,819,420
1995 14,871,200
1996 14,923,460
1997 14,975,970
1998 15,028,960
1999 15,082,360
2000 15,136,240
2001 15,198,540
2002 15,294,190
2003 15,390,470
2004 15,487,530
2005 15,584,970
2006 15,683,190
2007 15,857,910
2008 16,035,200
2009 16,214,380
2010 16,396,210
2011 16,579,940
2012 16,752,460
2013 16,926,600
2014 17,103,100
2015 17,281,740
2016 17,462,810
2017 17,646,090
2018 17,831,620
2019 18,018,200
2020 18,203,960
2021 18,384,730

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 United Kingdom was 27.24 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 31.42 in 1960, while its lowest value was 25.54 in 1991.

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 31.42
1961 31.15
1962 30.73
1963 30.35
1964 30.01
1965 29.67
1966 29.36
1967 29.06
1968 28.78
1969 28.52
1970 28.27
1971 28.00
1972 27.70
1973 27.45
1974 27.24
1975 27.04
1976 26.86
1977 26.67
1978 26.48
1979 26.27
1980 26.06
1981 25.91
1982 25.93
1983 25.92
1984 25.89
1985 25.83
1986 25.78
1987 25.73
1988 25.68
1989 25.62
1990 25.55
1991 25.54
1992 25.56
1993 25.59
1994 25.61
1995 25.63
1996 25.66
1997 25.68
1998 25.70
1999 25.70
2000 25.70
2001 25.71
2002 25.76
2003 25.80
2004 25.82
2005 25.80
2006 25.77
2007 25.86
2008 25.94
2009 26.04
2010 26.12
2011 26.21
2012 26.30
2013 26.39
2014 26.47
2015 26.54
2016 26.62
2017 26.71
2018 26.83
2019 26.96
2020 27.08
2021 27.24

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization