How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and India?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bangladesh vs India: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Bangladesh

17.3%

in 2025

India

17.0%

in 2025

Bangladesh rank

80th

India rank

81st

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million over time

Bangladesh
India

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 17.3% against 17.0% in India, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was India ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 80th and India ranks 81st of 121 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 1 and India in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	India	Difference	Ahead
1960s	2.2%	8.2%	6.0%	India
1970s	4.0%	9.3%	5.3%	India
1980s	6.2%	10.5%	4.3%	India
1990s	8.8%	11.7%	2.9%	India
2000s	11.0%	12.9%	1.8%	India
2010s	13.8%	14.4%	0.7%	India
2020s	16.5%	16.3%	0.2%	Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, Bangladesh or India?: Bangladesh, at 17.3% against 17.0% in India as of 2025.
What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Bangladesh and India?: 0.3%, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and India?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Bangladesh and India rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million?: Bangladesh ranks 80th and India ranks 81st of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)
Unit: % of total population
Source: World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 158 places, 10,428 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

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.