South Asia - 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 South Asia was 16.40 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 16.40 in 2021, while its lowest value was 7.19 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 7.19
1961 7.30
1962 7.42
1963 7.53
1964 7.65
1965 7.77
1966 7.89
1967 8.02
1968 8.14
1969 8.27
1970 8.41
1971 8.55
1972 8.69
1973 8.84
1974 8.99
1975 9.13
1976 9.28
1977 9.42
1978 9.58
1979 9.74
1980 9.90
1981 10.04
1982 10.15
1983 10.26
1984 10.37
1985 10.50
1986 10.63
1987 10.76
1988 10.90
1989 11.05
1990 11.20
1991 11.34
1992 11.46
1993 11.57
1994 11.70
1995 11.83
1996 11.97
1997 12.12
1998 12.27
1999 12.43
2000 12.59
2001 12.74
2002 12.84
2003 12.95
2004 13.06
2005 13.18
2006 13.32
2007 13.46
2008 13.61
2009 13.77
2010 13.95
2011 14.13
2012 14.33
2013 14.53
2014 14.75
2015 14.97
2016 15.20
2017 15.44
2018 15.69
2019 15.92
2020 16.16
2021 16.40

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization