Urban population growth in Angola

The urban population of Angola changed by 4.14% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1967.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Angola, 2025 4.14% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.05percentage points 2024: 4.19%
World, 2025 1.36% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 19th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population growth in Angola over time

View
Places
2 selected
Angola World ×

Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Urban population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period AngolaWorld
2025 4.14% 1.36%
2024 4.19% 1.40%
2023 4.23% 1.35%
2022 4.31% 1.33%
2021 4.35% 1.48%
2020 4.45% 1.52%
2019 4.58% 1.74%
2018 4.66% 1.85%
2017 4.76% 1.90%
2016 4.80% 2.02%
2015 4.86% 2.14%
2014 4.68% 2.09%
2013 4.86% 2.20%
2012 4.98% 2.13%
2011 5.07% 2.56%
2010 5.11% 1.97%
2009 5.14% 2.22%
2008 5.20% 2.19%
2007 5.25% 2.34%
2006 5.27% 2.31%
2005 5.37% 2.27%
2004 5.50% 2.32%
2003 5.57% 2.41%
2002 5.64% 2.41%
2001 5.73% 2.33%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.05 percentage points from 4.19% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 4.86%, the figure has changed by −0.72 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Angola has the 19th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.36%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Angola
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects