Sub-Saharan Africa
Urban population growth (annual %)

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Burundi leads Urban population growth (annual %) in 2025 at 6, while Mauritius sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.01.42.94.35.8BurundiBurundi: 65.8ChadChad: 65.7RwandaRwanda: 65.6NigerNiger: 55.0MozambiqueMozambique: 54.9TanzaniaTanzania: 54.8UgandaUganda: 54.8MaliMali: 54.8EthiopiaEthiopia: 54.6MalawiMalawi: 44.4Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 44.3Somalia, Fed. Rep.Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 44.3

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Burundi 6
2 Chad 6
3 Rwanda 6
4 Niger 5
5 Mozambique 5
6 Tanzania 5
7 Uganda 5
8 Mali 5
9 Ethiopia 5
10 Malawi 4
11 Central African Republic 4
12 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 4
13 Burkina Faso 4
14 Mauritania 4
15 Angola 4
16 Congo, Dem. Rep. 4
17 Benin 4
18 Madagascar 4
19 Zambia 4
20 Togo 3
21 Guinea 3
22 Cote d'Ivoire 3
23 South Sudan 3
24 Zimbabwe 3
25 Lesotho 3
26 Nigeria 3
27 Guinea-Bissau 3
28 Gambia, The 3
29 Sierra Leone 3
30 Senegal 3
31 Liberia 3
32 Comoros 3
33 Cameroon 3
34 Namibia 3
35 Kenya 3
36 Eswatini 3
37 Ghana 3
38 Congo, Rep. 3
39 Equatorial Guinea 3
40 Sudan 3
41 Sao Tome and Principe 2
42 Gabon 2
43 Botswana 2
44 Eritrea 2
45 Cabo Verde 2
46 Seychelles 2
47 South Africa 1
48 Mauritius 0

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Urban population growth (annual %) in 2025, Burundi leads with a gap of 0 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 48 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Mauritius at 0.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.