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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
151 Slovenia 1
152 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 1
153 Azerbaijan 1
154 China 1
155 Sweden 1
156 St. Kitts and Nevis 0
157 Bahamas, The 0
158 Venezuela, RB 0
159 Argentina 0
160 San Marino 0
161 United Kingdom 0
162 Lithuania 0
163 Grenada 0
164 Greece 0
165 North Macedonia 0
166 Barbados 0
167 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
168 France 0
169 French Polynesia 0
170 Greenland 0
171 Curacao 0
172 Nepal 0
173 Antigua and Barbuda 0
174 St. Lucia 0
175 Bulgaria 0
176 Germany 0
177 Dominica 0
178 Kosovo 0
179 Russian Federation 0
180 Italy 0
181 Montenegro 0
182 Channel Islands 0
183 Sri Lanka 0
184 Uruguay 0
185 Jordan 0
186 Trinidad and Tobago 0
187 Czechia 0
188 Belarus 0
189 Palau 0
190 Isle of Man 0
191 Mauritius 0
192 Korea, Rep. 0
193 Bermuda 0
194 Poland 0
195 Slovak Republic 0
196 Romania 0
197 Macao SAR, China 0
198 Serbia 0
199 Hungary 0
200 Cuba 0
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.