Countries with the highest
Urban population growth (annual %)

In 2021, Rwanda leads Urban population growth (annual %) with 9. Burundi follows at 8, 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

0.02.14.36.48.5RwandaRwanda: 98.5BurundiBurundi: 88.5St. LuciaSt. Lucia: 76.5UgandaUganda: 65.6ChadChad: 55.4MaliMali: 55.4EthiopiaEthiopia: 54.9Somalia, Fed. Rep.Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 54.8SenegalSenegal: 54.8Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 54.7MozambiqueMozambique: 54.6NigerNiger: 54.5

Full table

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

Analytical takeaways

  • Rwanda leads the global ranking for Urban population growth (annual %) in 2021, 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 Niger at 5.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.