What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Middle income and United States?

22.9%, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Middle income and United States?

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.

Middle income vs United States: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Middle income

24.1%

in 2025

United States

47.0%

in 2025

Middle income rank

12th

United States rank

15th

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million over time

Middle income
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 47.0% against 24.1% in Middle income, a difference of 22.9%.

That makes United States's figure about 1.9 times Middle income's.

Across all 66 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

Middle income ranks 12th and United States ranks 15th of 37 groups.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Middle income	United States	Difference	Ahead
1960s	10.6%	39.8%	29.2%	United States
1970s	11.9%	41.3%	29.4%	United States
1980s	13.4%	41.6%	28.1%	United States
1990s	15.5%	42.8%	27.3%	United States
2000s	18.4%	44.0%	25.7%	United States
2010s	21.0%	45.3%	24.3%	United States
2020s	23.4%	46.8%	23.4%	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, Middle income or United States?: United States, at 47.0% against 24.1% in Middle income as of 2025.
What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Middle income and United States?: 22.9%, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle income and United States?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Middle income and United States rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million?: Middle income ranks 12th and United States ranks 15th of 37 groups.
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.