Urban population growth in Haiti

The urban population of Haiti changed by 2.17% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1982.

Measure: Urban population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Haiti, 2025 2.17% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.06percentage points 2024: 2.23%
World, 2025 1.36% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 65th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population growth in Haiti over time

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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 HaitiWorld
2025 2.17% 1.36%
2024 2.23% 1.40%
2023 2.26% 1.35%
2022 2.26% 1.33%
2021 2.32% 1.48%
2020 2.43% 1.52%
2019 2.52% 1.74%
2018 2.58% 1.85%
2017 2.65% 1.90%
2016 2.71% 2.02%
2015 2.78% 2.14%
2014 2.84% 2.09%
2013 2.91% 2.20%
2012 2.99% 2.13%
2011 2.61% 2.56%
2010 2.67% 1.97%
2009 3.19% 2.22%
2008 3.24% 2.19%
2007 3.30% 2.34%
2006 3.34% 2.31%
2005 3.36% 2.27%
2004 3.31% 2.32%
2003 4.78% 2.41%
2002 5.82% 2.41%
2001 5.93% 2.33%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.06 percentage points from 2.23% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.78%, the figure has changed by −0.61 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Haiti has the 65th 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 Haiti
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