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Countries with the highest
Urban population growth (annual %)

In 2023, Burundi leads Urban population growth (annual %) with 8. Chad follows at 7, and the gap between the top two positions is 1. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

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Ranking leaders

0.02.04.16.18.1BurundiBurundi: 88.1ChadChad: 76.8RwandaRwanda: 66.0OmanOman: 66.0KuwaitKuwait: 65.6South SudanSouth Sudan: 65.5UgandaUganda: 55.1MaliMali: 54.9SingaporeSingapore: 54.9NigerNiger: 54.8Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 54.8MozambiqueMozambique: 54.8

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Equatorial Guinea 3
52 Bangladesh 3
53 Pakistan 3
54 West Bank and Gaza 3
55 Gabon 3
56 Bhutan 3
57 Kenya 3
58 Australia 3
59 Eswatini 3
60 Hong Kong SAR, China 3
61 Honduras 3
62 Congo, Rep. 2
63 Afghanistan 2
64 Vanuatu 2
65 New Zealand 2
66 Sao Tome and Principe 2
67 Mongolia 2
68 Botswana 2
69 Gibraltar 2
70 Haiti 2
71 Paraguay 2
72 Iraq 2
73 Algeria 2
74 Ireland 2
75 Viet Nam 2
76 Guatemala 2
77 Luxembourg 2
78 Uzbekistan 2
79 Central African Republic 2
80 Cayman Islands 2
81 Tajikistan 2
82 Kazakhstan 2
83 Thailand 2
84 Indonesia 2
85 Jordan 2
86 Cambodia 2
87 Egypt, Arab Rep. 2
88 Turkmenistan 2
89 Malaysia 2
90 Estonia 2
91 Czechia 2
92 Lithuania 2
93 Kyrgyz Republic 2
94 India 2
95 Bolivia 2
96 Djibouti 2
97 Cabo Verde 2
98 Iran, Islamic Rep. 2
99 Belize 2
100 Nicaragua 2

Analytical takeaways

  • Burundi leads the global ranking for Urban population growth (annual %) in 2023, with a lead of 1 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Mozambique at 5.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.