What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Spain and Syrian Arab Republic?

1.1%, with Syrian Arab Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Syrian Arab Republic?

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.

Spain vs Syrian Arab Republic: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Spain

25.4%

in 2025

Syrian Arab Republic

26.5%

in 2025

Spain rank

47th

Syrian Arab Republic rank

44th

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million over time

Spain
Syrian Arab Republic

How they compare

Syrian Arab Republic currently reports 26.5% against 25.4% in Spain, a difference of 1.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Syrian Arab Republic ahead.

Spain ranks 47th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 44th of 121 countries.

Syrian Arab Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Spain	Syrian Arab Republic	Difference	Ahead
1960s	18.0%	27.7%	9.7%	Syrian Arab Republic
1970s	21.1%	30.5%	9.4%	Syrian Arab Republic
1980s	21.7%	31.2%	9.5%	Syrian Arab Republic
1990s	22.4%	30.2%	7.8%	Syrian Arab Republic
2000s	22.9%	30.6%	7.6%	Syrian Arab Republic
2010s	24.5%	24.8%	0.3%	Syrian Arab Republic
2020s	25.7%	26.6%	0.9%	Syrian Arab Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, Spain or Syrian Arab Republic?: Syrian Arab Republic, at 26.5% against 25.4% in Spain as of 2025.
What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Spain and Syrian Arab Republic?: 1.1%, with Syrian Arab Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Syrian Arab Republic?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Spain and Syrian Arab Republic rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million?: Spain ranks 47th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 44th 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: 03 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.