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
151 Samoa 1
152 Guyana 1
153 Naoero 1
154 Azerbaijan 1
155 Turkiye 1
156 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 1
157 Sweden 1
158 Aruba 1
159 St. Kitts and Nevis 0
160 Bahamas, The 0
161 Czechia 0
162 Argentina 0
163 China 0
164 Germany 0
165 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
166 Ukraine 0
167 Venezuela, RB 0
168 Grenada 0
169 San Marino 0
170 North Macedonia 0
171 France 0
172 French Polynesia 0
173 Greece 0
174 St. Lucia 0
175 Iceland 0
176 Antigua and Barbuda 0
177 Barbados 0
178 Greenland 0
179 Bulgaria 0
180 Sri Lanka 0
181 Nepal 0
182 Estonia 0
183 Dominica 0
184 Channel Islands 0
185 Montenegro 0
186 Korea, Rep. 0
187 Trinidad and Tobago 0
188 Russian Federation 0
189 Italy 0
190 Puerto Rico (US) 0
191 Uruguay 0
192 Hungary 0
193 Romania 0
194 Isle of Man 0
195 Belarus 0
196 Slovak Republic 0
197 Bermuda 0
198 Palau 0
199 Hong Kong SAR, China 0
200 Serbia 0

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.