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
101 Turks and Caicos Islands 2
102 Bolivia 2
103 Nicaragua 2
104 Peru 1
105 South Africa 1
106 Australia 1
107 Philippines 1
108 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1
109 Eritrea 1
110 Bahrain 1
111 Colombia 1
112 Netherlands 1
113 Morocco 1
114 Panama 1
115 Austria 1
116 Belize 1
117 Libya 1
118 Fiji 1
119 Mexico 1
120 United Kingdom 1
121 Georgia 1
122 Cyprus 1
123 Nepal 1
124 Monaco 1
125 Tunisia 1
126 El Salvador 1
127 Norway 1
128 Costa Rica 1
129 Lithuania 1
130 Sweden 1
131 Myanmar 1
132 Spain 1
133 Denmark 1
134 Sri Lanka 1
135 New Caledonia 1
136 Guam 1
137 Belgium 1
138 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 1
139 Turkiye 1
140 Jamaica 1
141 Brunei Darussalam 1
142 Ecuador 1
143 Guyana 1
144 Naoero 1
145 China 1
146 Portugal 1
147 Liechtenstein 1
148 Lebanon 1
149 Suriname 1
150 Finland 1

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.