Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

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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.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE202515.1518038864716Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW202518.0892565355249Africa Western and Central
ARB202522.811769411568Arab World
CSS2025Caribbean small states
CEB2025Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR202519.727769927106Early-demographic dividend
EAS2025East Asia & Pacific
EAP2025East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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