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Countries Ranked by Urban population growth (annual %)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: SP.URB.GROW

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported urban population growth (annual %) data for 2024, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 217 countries reporting, the median value is 1.29, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Solomon Islands

4.52

Europe & Central Asia

Armenia

2.48

Latin America & Caribbean

British Virgin Islands

2.78

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Qatar

7.36

North America

Canada

3.17

South Asia

Bangladesh

2.82

Sub-Saharan Africa

Burundi

7.86

Rank Country Urban population growth (annual %)
1 Burundi 7.86
2 Qatar 7.36
3 Chad 7.21
4 Rwanda 5.65
5 South Sudan 5.36
6 Ethiopia 5.00
7 Niger 4.95
8 Uganda 4.93
9 Mozambique 4.91
10 Mali 4.87
11 United Arab Emirates 4.86
12 Saudi Arabia 4.82
13 Tanzania 4.81
14 Solomon Islands 4.52
15 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 4.49
16 Central African Republic 4.37
17 Mauritania 4.37
18 Syrian Arab Republic 4.34
19 Oman 4.34
20 Malawi 4.29
21 Burkina Faso 4.20
22 Angola 4.19
23 Congo, Dem. Rep. 4.07
24 Papua New Guinea 4.07
25 Benin 4.00
26 Madagascar 3.85
27 Zambia 3.79
28 Afghanistan 3.73
29 Yemen, Rep. 3.63
30 Togo 3.54
31 Guinea 3.52
32 Cote d'Ivoire 3.49
33 Lesotho 3.43
34 Nigeria 3.36
35 Sierra Leone 3.35
36 Guinea-Bissau 3.34
37 Zimbabwe 3.30
38 Senegal 3.30
39 Lao PDR 3.27
40 Canada 3.17
41 Namibia 3.14
42 Liberia 3.14
43 Cameroon 3.11
44 Comoros 3.06
45 Gambia, The 3.05
46 Kiribati 3.00
47 Malta 2.90
48 Ghana 2.84
49 Bangladesh 2.82
50 British Virgin Islands 2.78
51 Kenya 2.78
52 Congo, Rep. 2.75
53 Equatorial Guinea 2.73
54 Eswatini 2.69
55 West Bank and Gaza 2.66
56 Bhutan 2.62
57 Honduras 2.49
58 Armenia 2.48
59 Pakistan 2.42
60 Gabon 2.40
61 Sao Tome and Principe 2.39
62 Vanuatu 2.37
63 Botswana 2.29
64 Haiti 2.23
65 Gibraltar 2.21
66 Guatemala 2.16
67 Iraq 2.15
68 Algeria 2.13
69 Australia 2.13
70 Singapore 1.99
71 Paraguay 1.98
72 Uzbekistan 1.97
73 Mongolia 1.97
74 Egypt, Arab Rep. 1.95
75 Ireland 1.93
76 Cayman Islands 1.92
77 Indonesia 1.90
78 Tajikistan 1.88
79 Malaysia 1.84
80 Cambodia 1.82
81 Bolivia 1.82
82 Kazakhstan 1.79
83 Turkmenistan 1.79
84 India 1.77
85 Kyrgyz Republic 1.75
86 Seychelles 1.74
87 New Zealand 1.72
88 Switzerland 1.63
89 Cabo Verde 1.62
90 Luxembourg 1.62
91 Nicaragua 1.58
92 Peru 1.58
93 Viet Nam 1.57
94 Maldives 1.51
95 Iran, Islamic Rep. 1.50
96 Thailand 1.47
97 Panama 1.47
98 Djibouti 1.45
99 South Africa 1.42
100 Philippines 1.42
101 Timor-Leste 1.41
102 Andorra 1.40
103 Eritrea 1.40
104 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.40
105 Colombia 1.39
106 Liechtenstein 1.36
107 Fiji 1.30
108 Portugal 1.30
109 Israel 1.29
110 Jordan 1.28
111 Norway 1.26
112 Spain 1.25
113 New Caledonia 1.25
114 Mexico 1.21
115 Macao SAR, China 1.20
116 Morocco 1.17
117 United Kingdom 1.17
118 Tunisia 1.10
119 El Salvador 1.07
120 Libya 1.05
121 United States 1.04
122 Faroe Islands 1.04
123 Ecuador 1.03
124 Costa Rica 1.02
125 Sudan 1.01
126 Cyprus 1.00
127 Finland 0.99
128 Netherlands 0.98
129 Belize 0.98
130 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.98
131 Lithuania 0.95
132 Brunei Darussalam 0.92
133 Dominican Republic 0.92
134 Kuwait 0.90
135 Myanmar 0.90
136 Suriname 0.89
137 Curacao 0.87
138 Austria 0.85
139 Lebanon 0.84
140 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 0.81
141 Guam 0.80
142 Jamaica 0.79
143 Chile 0.74
144 Belgium 0.74
145 Bahrain 0.73
146 Brazil 0.72
147 Slovenia 0.72
148 Denmark 0.67
149 Croatia 0.64
150 Samoa 0.63
151 Guyana 0.62
152 Nauru 0.60
153 Azerbaijan 0.59
154 Turkiye 0.59
155 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 0.57
156 Sweden 0.57
157 Aruba 0.52
158 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.48
159 Bahamas, The 0.46
160 Czechia 0.46
161 Argentina 0.43
162 China 0.43
163 Germany 0.42
164 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.42
165 Ukraine 0.42
166 Venezuela, RB 0.41
167 Grenada 0.38
168 San Marino 0.37
169 North Macedonia 0.31
170 France 0.29
171 French Polynesia 0.28
172 Greece 0.26
173 St. Lucia 0.25
174 Iceland 0.25
175 Antigua and Barbuda 0.25
176 Barbados 0.24
177 Greenland 0.24
178 Bulgaria 0.21
179 Sri Lanka 0.21
180 Nepal 0.20
181 Estonia 0.18
182 Dominica 0.13
183 Channel Islands 0.11
184 Georgia 0.11
185 Montenegro 0.10
186 Korea, Rep. 0.08
187 Trinidad and Tobago 0.07
188 Puerto Rico (US) 0.07
189 Italy 0.04
190 Uruguay 0.01
191 Russian Federation -0.03
192 Hungary -0.03
193 Romania -0.04
194 Isle of Man -0.04
195 Belarus -0.07
196 Slovak Republic -0.08
197 Bermuda -0.10
198 Palau -0.11
199 Hong Kong SAR, China -0.16
200 Serbia -0.17
201 Mauritius -0.20
202 Poland -0.21
203 Cuba -0.31
204 Japan -0.32
205 Tonga -0.39
206 St. Vincent and the Grenadines -0.42
207 Virgin Islands (U.S.) -0.46
208 Tuvalu -0.64
209 Latvia -0.75
210 Monaco -0.84
211 Albania -0.97
212 Moldova -1.09
213 Northern Mariana Islands -1.83
214 American Samoa -2.13
215 Marshall Islands -2.87
216 Kosovo -2.96
217 St. Martin (French part) -5.17

Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.URB.GROW), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2024; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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