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Countries with the highest
Urban population growth (annual %)

In 2025, Burundi leads Urban population growth (annual %) with 6. Chad follows at 6, and the gap between the top two positions is 0. 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

0.01.42.94.35.8BurundiBurundi: 65.8ChadChad: 65.7RwandaRwanda: 65.6NigerNiger: 55.0MozambiqueMozambique: 54.9United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 54.9Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 54.8TanzaniaTanzania: 54.8UgandaUganda: 54.8MaliMali: 54.8EthiopiaEthiopia: 54.6Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 44.4

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Ghana 3
52 Congo, Rep. 3
53 Equatorial Guinea 3
54 Bhutan 3
55 West Bank and Gaza 3
56 Sudan 3
57 Pakistan 2
58 Honduras 2
59 Sao Tome and Principe 2
60 Vanuatu 2
61 Gabon 2
62 Botswana 2
63 British Virgin Islands 2
64 Iraq 2
65 Haiti 2
66 Guatemala 2
67 Algeria 2
68 Eritrea 2
69 Gibraltar 2
70 Ireland 2
71 Paraguay 2
72 Uzbekistan 2
73 Malta 2
74 Armenia 2
75 Indonesia 2
76 Cayman Islands 2
77 Bolivia 2
78 Egypt, Arab Rep. 2
79 Malaysia 2
80 Tajikistan 2
81 India 2
82 Cambodia 2
83 Kyrgyz Republic 2
84 Kazakhstan 2
85 Timor-Leste 2
86 Turkmenistan 2
87 Australia 2
88 Nicaragua 2
89 Cabo Verde 2
90 Maldives 2
91 Iceland 2
92 Seychelles 2
93 Peru 2
94 Mongolia 2
95 Luxembourg 2
96 Viet Nam 1
97 Panama 1
98 Morocco 1
99 Thailand 1
100 Djibouti 1

Analytical takeaways

  • Burundi leads the global ranking for Urban population growth (annual %) in 2025, with a lead of 0 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Solomon Islands at 4.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.