Countries with the highest
Urban population growth (annual %)

In 2024, Burundi leads Urban population growth (annual %) with 8. Qatar 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

0.02.03.95.97.9BurundiBurundi: 87.9QatarQatar: 77.4ChadChad: 77.2RwandaRwanda: 65.6South SudanSouth Sudan: 55.4EthiopiaEthiopia: 55.0NigerNiger: 55.0UgandaUganda: 54.9MozambiqueMozambique: 54.9MaliMali: 54.9United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 54.9Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 54.8

Full table

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

Analytical takeaways

  • Burundi leads the global ranking for Urban population growth (annual %) in 2024, 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 Saudi Arabia at 5.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.