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Urban population growth (annual %)

For 2025, Urban population growth (annual %) is led by Burundi at 6. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Annual urban population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear urban population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank total population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects.

Countries ranked 217
Snapshot year 2025
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0.01.42.94.35.8BurundiBurundi: 65.8ChadChad: 65.7RwandaRwanda: 65.6NigerNiger: 55.0MozambiqueMozambique: 54.9United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 54.9Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 54.8TanzaniaTanzania: 54.8UgandaUganda: 54.8MaliMali: 54.8EthiopiaEthiopia: 54.6Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 44.4
Rank Country Value
51 Ghana 3
52 Congo, Rep. 3
53 Equatorial Guinea 3
54 Bhutan 3
55 West Bank and Gaza 3
56 Sudan 3
57 Pakistan 2
58 Honduras 2
59 Sao Tome and Principe 2
60 Vanuatu 2
61 Gabon 2
62 Botswana 2
63 British Virgin Islands 2
64 Iraq 2
65 Haiti 2
66 Guatemala 2
67 Algeria 2
68 Eritrea 2
69 Gibraltar 2
70 Ireland 2
71 Paraguay 2
72 Uzbekistan 2
73 Malta 2
74 Armenia 2
75 Indonesia 2
76 Cayman Islands 2
77 Bolivia 2
78 Egypt, Arab Rep. 2
79 Malaysia 2
80 Tajikistan 2
81 India 2
82 Cambodia 2
83 Kyrgyz Republic 2
84 Kazakhstan 2
85 Timor-Leste 2
86 Turkmenistan 2
87 Australia 2
88 Nicaragua 2
89 Cabo Verde 2
90 Maldives 2
91 Iceland 2
92 Seychelles 2
93 Peru 2
94 Mongolia 2
95 Luxembourg 2
96 Viet Nam 1
97 Panama 1
98 Morocco 1
99 Thailand 1
100 Djibouti 1
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Burundi sits at the top of the Urban population growth (annual %) distribution in 2025 at 6, with a lead of 0 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Fiji at 1, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits St. Martin (French part) (-5), and the page currently covers 217 countries.