Countries with the highest
Urban population growth (annual %)

In 2020, Burundi leads Urban population growth (annual %) with 9. Rwanda follows at 9, and the gap between the top two positions is 0. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.02.24.46.68.8BurundiBurundi: 98.8RwandaRwanda: 98.7St. LuciaSt. Lucia: 66.4UgandaUganda: 65.8QatarQatar: 65.8KiribatiKiribati: 55.5MaliMali: 55.3Yemen, Rep.Yemen, Rep.: 55.1ChadChad: 55.1Somalia, Fed. Rep.Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 55.0Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 55.0Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 55.0

Full table

#CountryValue
101 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2
102 Nicaragua 2
103 China 2
104 Seychelles 2
105 Morocco 1
106 Panama 1
107 Sri Lanka 1
108 Timor-Leste 1
109 Libya 1
110 Canada 1
111 Costa Rica 1
112 Iran, Islamic Rep. 1
113 Turkiye 1
114 Liechtenstein 1
115 Tunisia 1
116 Andorra 1
117 Mexico 1
118 Eritrea 1
119 Ecuador 1
120 Australia 1
121 Cyprus 1
122 Chile 1
123 El Salvador 1
124 Brunei Darussalam 1
125 Suriname 1
126 Jamaica 1
127 Sweden 1
128 Myanmar 1
129 Azerbaijan 1
130 Netherlands 1
131 Brazil 1
132 Fiji 1
133 Norway 1
134 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 1
135 Austria 1
136 Georgia 1
137 Belize 1
138 Dominican Republic 1
139 Belgium 1
140 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 1
141 Estonia 1
142 Finland 1
143 Spain 1
144 Argentina 1
145 Greenland 1
146 Slovenia 1
147 Grenada 1
148 Naoero 0
149 United Kingdom 0
150 Bermuda 0

Analytical takeaways

  • Burundi leads the global ranking for Urban population growth (annual %) in 2020, with a lead of 0 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Solomon Islands at 5.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.