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People > Population in urban agglomerations > More than 1 million: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2000 had a population of more than one million people.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 China 230.31 million 2005
2 United States 128.33 million 2005
3 India 127.14 million 2005
4 Brazil 68.86 million 2005
5 Japan 61.05 million 2005
South Asia average (profile) 43.97 million 2005
6 Mexico 36.09 million 2005
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 35.67 million 2005
Emerging markets average (profile) 30.11 million 2005
Non-religious countries average (profile) 29.04 million 2005
7 Pakistan 27.68 million 2005
8 Russia 27.54 million 2005
9 Indonesia 25.64 million 2005
10 South Korea 24.45 million 2005
11 Nigeria 18.75 million 2005
12 Turkey 18.43 million 2005
13 Bangladesh 18.04 million 2005
14 Colombia 16.2 million 2005
15 Iran 15.85 million 2005
16 United Kingdom 15.69 million 2005
17 Argentina 15.16 million 2005
18 Egypt 14.9 million 2005
19 Canada 14.37 million 2005
20 South Africa 14.08 million 2005
21 France 13.63 million 2005
High income OECD countries average (profile) 13.14 million 2005
22 Australia 12.32 million 2005
23 Philippines 12.01 million 2005
24 Vietnam 11.1 million 2005
25 Spain 10.4 million 2005
26 Italy 10.21 million 2005
27 Venezuela 9.82 million 2005
28 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9.52 million 2005
29 Saudi Arabia 8.37 million 2005
OPEC countries average (profile) 7.22 million 2005
30 Peru 7.19 million 2005
31 Iraq 7.14 million 2005
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 7.14 million 2005
32 Hong Kong 7.04 million 2005
33 Thailand 6.59 million 2005
34 Germany 6.39 million 2005
35 Ukraine 6.15 million 2005
36 Chile 5.68 million 2005
37 Syria 4.79 million 2005
38 Morocco 4.79 million 2005
39 Sudan 4.52 million 2005
40 North Korea 4.45 million 2005
41 Singapore 4.33 million 2005
42 Burma 4.11 million 2005
43 Portugal 4.07 million 2005
44 Ecuador 3.9 million 2005
45 Cote d'Ivoire 3.58 million 2005
46 Ghana 3.5 million 2005
47 Cameroon 3.25 million 2005
48 Greece 3.23 million 2005
49 Libya 3.21 million 2005
50 Algeria 3.2 million 2005
51 Israel 3.01 million 2005
52 Afghanistan 2.99 million 2005
53 Ethiopia 2.89 million 2005
54 Bolivia 2.85 million 2005
55 Kenya 2.77 million 2005
56 Angola 2.77 million 2005
57 Tanzania 2.68 million 2005
58 Puerto Rico 2.6 million 2005
59 Austria 2.26 million 2005
60 Netherlands 2.25 million 2005
61 Cuba 2.19 million 2005
62 Uzbekistan 2.18 million 2005
63 Senegal 2.16 million 2005
64 Haiti 2.13 million 2005
65 Dominican Republic 2.02 million 2005
66 Romania 1.93 million 2005
67 Paraguay 1.86 million 2005
68 Azerbaijan 1.86 million 2005
69 Kuwait 1.81 million 2005
70 Yemen 1.8 million 2005
71 Belarus 1.78 million 2005
72 Lebanon 1.78 million 2005
73 Sweden 1.71 million 2005
74 Hungary 1.69 million 2005
75 Poland 1.68 million 2005
76 Madagascar 1.59 million 2005
77 El Salvador 1.52 million 2005
78 Zimbabwe 1.51 million 2005
79 Guinea 1.42 million 2005
80 Malaysia 1.41 million 2005
81 Mali 1.37 million 2005
82 Cambodia 1.36 million 2005
83 Togo 1.34 million 2005
84 United Arab Emirates 1.33 million 2005
85 Mozambique 1.32 million 2005
86 Somalia 1.32 million 2005
87 Uganda 1.32 million 2005
88 Jordan 1.29 million 2005
89 Uruguay 1.26 million 2005
90 Zambia 1.26 million 2005
91 Costa Rica 1.22 million 2005
92 Panama 1.22 million 2005
93 Congo, Republic of the 1.17 million 2005
94 Czech Republic 1.17 million 2005
95 Nicaragua 1.17 million 2005
96 Kazakhstan 1.16 million 2005
97 New Zealand 1.15 million 2005
98 Switzerland 1.14 million 2005
99 Serbia and Montenegro 1.11 million 2005
100 Armenia 1.1 million 2005
101 Bulgaria 1.09 million 2005
102 Finland 1.09 million 2005
103 Denmark 1.09 million 2005
104 Georgia 1.05 million 2005
105 Ireland 1.04 million 2005
106 Belgium 1.01 million 2005

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People > Population in urban agglomerations > More than 1 million: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about People > Population in urban agglomerations > More than 1 million

  • China has had the highest population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million since 1960.
  • United States has ranked in the top 2 for population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million since 1960.
  • India ranked first for population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million amongst Hot countries in 2005.
  • Germany ranked last for population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2005.
  • Pakistan ranked first for population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million amongst Muslim countries in 2005.
  • United Kingdom ranked first for population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million amongst European Union in 2005.
  • Russia ranked first for population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million amongst Europe in 2005.
  • Mexico ranked first for population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2005.
  • Brazil ranked first for population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million amongst Catholic countries in 2005.
  • Japan ranked second for population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million amongst High income OECD countries in 2005.
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