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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

Latest available year 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

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
201 Mauritius 0
202 Poland 0
203 Cuba 0
204 Japan 0
205 Tonga 0
206 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0
207 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 0
208 Tuvalu -1
209 Latvia -1
210 Monaco -1
211 Albania -1
212 Moldova -1
213 Northern Mariana Islands -2
214 American Samoa -2
215 Marshall Islands -3
216 Kosovo -3
217 St. Martin (French part) -5

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.