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

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
101 Peru 2
102 Switzerland 2
103 Sudan 2
104 Andorra 2
105 Portugal 1
106 South Africa 1
107 Maldives 1
108 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1
109 Faroe Islands 1
110 Philippines 1
111 Colombia 1
112 United Kingdom 1
113 Spain 1
114 Panama 1
115 Netherlands 1
116 Eritrea 1
117 Fiji 1
118 Austria 1
119 Georgia 1
120 Morocco 1
121 Norway 1
122 Mexico 1
123 New Caledonia 1
124 Libya 1
125 Tunisia 1
126 Timor-Leste 1
127 El Salvador 1
128 Costa Rica 1
129 Cyprus 1
130 Turks and Caicos Islands 1
131 Ecuador 1
132 Myanmar 1
133 Denmark 1
134 Iceland 1
135 Belgium 1
136 Finland 1
137 Curacao 1
138 United States 1
139 Brunei Darussalam 1
140 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 1
141 Guam 1
142 Jamaica 1
143 Liechtenstein 1
144 Dominican Republic 1
145 Lebanon 1
146 Slovenia 1
147 Chile 1
148 Sweden 1
149 Brazil 1
150 Suriname 1

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.