Arab World - 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 Arab World was 23.74 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 23.74 in 2021, while its lowest value was 14.37 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 14.37
1961 14.70
1962 15.04
1963 15.41
1964 15.82
1965 16.26
1966 16.64
1967 16.90
1968 17.17
1969 17.47
1970 17.79
1971 18.13
1972 18.49
1973 18.87
1974 19.21
1975 19.51
1976 19.68
1977 19.80
1978 19.87
1979 19.93
1980 20.01
1981 20.09
1982 20.15
1983 20.19
1984 20.26
1985 20.35
1986 20.46
1987 20.62
1988 20.83
1989 21.01
1990 21.22
1991 21.42
1992 21.26
1993 21.43
1994 21.54
1995 21.91
1996 22.01
1997 22.09
1998 22.16
1999 22.24
2000 22.32
2001 22.41
2002 22.53
2003 22.62
2004 22.60
2005 22.62
2006 22.64
2007 22.54
2008 22.67
2009 22.80
2010 22.91
2011 22.66
2012 22.53
2013 22.49
2014 22.52
2015 22.78
2016 23.12
2017 23.33
2018 23.55
2019 23.62
2020 23.68
2021 23.74

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization