Urban population growth
% per year · no best or worst — largest to smallest
216 of 216 countries report a figure for urban population growth
World average: 1.5%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Burundi | 5.8% | 2025 | |
| #2 | Chad | 5.7% | 2025 | |
| #3 | Rwanda | 5.6% | 2025 | |
| #4 | Niger | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| #5 | Mozambique | 4.9% | 2025 | |
| #6 | United Arab Emirates | 4.9% | 2025 | |
| #7 | Saudi Arabia | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| #8 | Tanzania | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| #9 | Uganda | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| #10 | Mali | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| #11 | Ethiopia | 4.6% | 2025 | |
| #12 | Solomon Islands | 4.4% | 2025 | |
| #13 | Malawi | 4.4% | 2025 | |
| #14 | Central African Republic | 4.3% | 2025 | |
| #15 | Somalia | 4.3% | 2025 | |
| #16 | Burkina Faso | 4.3% | 2025 | |
| #17 | Mauritania | 4.2% | 2025 | |
| #18 | Papua New Guinea | 4.1% | 2025 | |
| #19 | Angola | 4.1% | 2025 | |
| #20 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.0% | 2025 | |
| #21 | Oman | 4.0% | 2025 | |
| #22 | Qatar | 4.0% | 2025 | |
| #23 | Benin | 3.9% | 2025 | |
| #24 | Madagascar | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| #25 | Syria | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| #26 | Zambia | 3.7% | 2025 | |
| #27 | Afghanistan | 3.7% | 2025 | |
| #28 | Yemen | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| #29 | Togo | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| #30 | Guinea | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| #31 | Ivory Coast | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| #32 | South Sudan | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| #33 | Zimbabwe | 3.4% | 2025 | |
| #34 | Lesotho | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| #35 | Georgia | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| #36 | Nigeria | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| #37 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| #38 | The Gambia | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| #39 | Sierra Leone | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| #40 | Senegal | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| #41 | Laos | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| #42 | Liberia | 3.1% | 2025 | |
| #43 | Comoros | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| #44 | Cameroon | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| #45 | Ukraine | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| #46 | Namibia | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| #47 | Kenya | 2.9% | 2025 | |
| #48 | Kiribati | 2.9% | 2025 | |
| #49 | Bangladesh | 2.9% | 2025 | |
| #50 | Eswatini | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| #51 | Ghana | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| #52 | Republic of the Congo | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| #53 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| #54 | Bhutan | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| #55 | Palestine | 2.6% | 2025 | |
| #56 | Sudan | 2.6% | 2025 | |
| #57 | Pakistan | 2.5% | 2025 | |
| #58 | Honduras | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| #59 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| #60 | Vanuatu | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| #61 | Gabon | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| #62 | Botswana | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| #63 | British Virgin Islands | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| #64 | Iraq | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| #65 | Haiti | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| #66 | Guatemala | 2.1% | 2025 | |
| #67 | Algeria | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| #68 | Eritrea | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| #69 | Gibraltar | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| #70 | Ireland | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| #71 | Paraguay | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| #72 | Uzbekistan | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| #73 | Malta | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| #74 | Armenia | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| #75 | Indonesia | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| #76 | Cayman Islands | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| #77 | Bolivia | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| #78 | Egypt | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| #79 | Malaysia | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| #80 | Tajikistan | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| #81 | India | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| #82 | Cambodia | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| #83 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| #84 | Kazakhstan | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| #85 | Timor-Leste | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| #86 | Turkmenistan | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| #87 | Australia | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| #88 | Nicaragua | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| #89 | Cape Verde | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| #90 | Maldives | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| #91 | Iceland | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| #92 | Seychelles | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| #93 | Peru | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| #94 | Mongolia | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| #95 | Luxembourg | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| #96 | Vietnam | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| #97 | Panama | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| #98 | Morocco | 1.4% | 2025 | |
| #99 | Thailand | 1.4% | 2025 | |
| #100 | Djibouti | 1.4% | 2025 | |
| #101 | Philippines | 1.4% | 2025 | |
| #102 | Iran | 1.4% | 2025 | |
| #103 | Colombia | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| #104 | South Africa | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| #105 | Sint Maarten | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| #106 | Portugal | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| #107 | Spain | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| #108 | Switzerland | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| #109 | Fiji | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| #110 | Israel | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #111 | Andorra | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #112 | New Caledonia | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #113 | Liechtenstein | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #114 | Singapore | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #115 | Mexico | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #116 | Canada | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #117 | Ecuador | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| #118 | Myanmar | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| #119 | Libya | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| #120 | Tunisia | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| #121 | Faroe Islands | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| #122 | El Salvador | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| #123 | Lebanon | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| #124 | Norway | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| #125 | Costa Rica | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| #126 | Dominican Republic | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| #127 | Belize | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #128 | Cyprus | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #129 | Brunei | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #130 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #131 | Suriname | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #132 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #133 | Finland | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #134 | North Korea | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #135 | Croatia | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #136 | Guam | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #137 | Belgium | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #138 | Jamaica | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #139 | Bahrain | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #140 | New Zealand | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #141 | Denmark | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #142 | Brazil | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #143 | Austria | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #144 | Chile | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #145 | Aruba | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #146 | Nauru | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #147 | Guyana | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #148 | Samoa | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #149 | United States | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #150 | Turkey | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #151 | Slovenia | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #152 | Federated States of Micronesia | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #153 | Azerbaijan | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| #154 | People's Republic of China | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| #155 | Sweden | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| #156 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| #157 | The Bahamas | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #158 | Venezuela | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #159 | Argentina | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #160 | San Marino | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #161 | United Kingdom | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #162 | Lithuania | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #163 | Grenada | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #164 | Greece | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #165 | North Macedonia | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #166 | Barbados | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #167 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #168 | France | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #169 | French Polynesia | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #170 | Greenland | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #171 | Curaçao | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #172 | Nepal | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #173 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #174 | Saint Lucia | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #175 | Bulgaria | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #176 | Germany | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| #177 | Dominica | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| #178 | Kosovo | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| #179 | Russia | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| #180 | Italy | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #181 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #182 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #183 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #184 | Jordan | -0.0% | 2025 | |
| #185 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.0% | 2025 | |
| #186 | Czech Republic | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #187 | Belarus | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #188 | Palau | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #189 | Isle of Man | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #190 | Mauritius | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #191 | South Korea | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #192 | Bermuda | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #193 | Poland | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #194 | Slovakia | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #195 | Romania | -0.2% | 2025 | |
| #196 | Macau | -0.2% | 2025 | |
| #197 | Serbia | -0.2% | 2025 | |
| #198 | Hungary | -0.2% | 2025 | |
| #199 | Cuba | -0.3% | 2025 | |
| #200 | Hong Kong | -0.3% | 2025 | |
| #201 | Japan | -0.4% | 2025 | |
| #202 | Tonga | -0.4% | 2025 | |
| #203 | Estonia | -0.4% | 2025 | |
| #204 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.4% | 2025 | |
| #205 | Puerto Rico | -0.5% | 2025 | |
| #206 | Tuvalu | -0.5% | 2025 | |
| #207 | United States Virgin Islands | -0.5% | 2025 | |
| #208 | Albania | -0.6% | 2025 | |
| #209 | Kuwait | -0.7% | 2025 | |
| #210 | Monaco | -0.8% | 2025 | |
| #211 | Latvia | -0.8% | 2025 | |
| #212 | Moldova | -1.3% | 2025 | |
| #213 | Northern Mariana Islands | -1.6% | 2025 | |
| #214 | American Samoa | -2.1% | 2025 | |
| #215 | Marshall Islands | -3.0% | 2025 | |
| #216 | Saint-Martin | -4.7% | 2025 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)