Countries with the highest
Urban population growth (annual %)

In 2022, Rwanda leads Urban population growth (annual %) with 8. 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

0.02.14.26.38.4RwandaRwanda: 88.4BurundiBurundi: 88.3St. LuciaSt. Lucia: 66.0QatarQatar: 65.9ChadChad: 65.5EthiopiaEthiopia: 55.4UgandaUganda: 55.3MaliMali: 55.3United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 55.3KuwaitKuwait: 55.1OmanOman: 54.8SenegalSenegal: 54.8

Full table

#CountryValue
1 Rwanda 8
2 Burundi 8
3 St. Lucia 6
4 Qatar 6
5 Chad 6
6 Ethiopia 5
7 Uganda 5
8 Mali 5
9 United Arab Emirates 5
10 Kuwait 5
11 Oman 5
12 Senegal 5
13 Mozambique 5
14 Niger 5
15 Solomon Islands 5
16 Saudi Arabia 5
17 Mauritania 4
18 Tanzania 4
19 Angola 4
20 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 4
21 Congo, Dem. Rep. 4
22 Benin 4
23 Burkina Faso 4
24 Malawi 4
25 Papua New Guinea 4
26 Zimbabwe 4
27 Madagascar 4
28 Namibia 4
29 Zambia 4
30 Yemen, Rep. 4
31 Lesotho 4
32 Guinea 4
33 Cote d'Ivoire 4
34 Sierra Leone 3
35 Nigeria 3
36 Lao PDR 3
37 Singapore 3
38 Syrian Arab Republic 3
39 Guinea-Bissau 3
40 Kiribati 3
41 Gambia, The 3
42 Cameroon 3
43 Viet Nam 3
44 Liberia 3
45 Paraguay 3
46 Comoros 3
47 Sudan 3
48 Pakistan 3
49 Ghana 3
50 Equatorial Guinea 3

Analytical takeaways

  • Rwanda leads the global ranking for Urban population growth (annual %) in 2022, 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 Senegal at 5.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.