Urban population growth
The annual growth rate of the population living in urban areas as defined nationally.
Highest in 2025
5.80%
Burundi
Lowest in 2025
-4.65%
Saint Martin (French part)
Euro area, 2025
0.47%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025
217
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
217 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend 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.
| Period | World | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.36% | 0.61% | 0.51% | 1.76% |
| 2024 | 1.40% | 1.03% | 0.43% | 1.77% |
| 2023 | 1.35% | 0.87% | 0.37% | 1.78% |
| 2022 | 1.33% | 0.60% | 0.75% | 1.69% |
| 2021 | 1.48% | 0.17% | 1.96% | 1.74% |
| 2020 | 1.52% | 0.24% | 1.53% | 1.90% |
| 2019 | 1.74% | 0.33% | 2.30% | 1.98% |
| 2018 | 1.85% | 0.44% | 2.54% | 2.05% |
| 2017 | 1.90% | 0.57% | 2.96% | 2.12% |
| 2016 | 2.02% | 0.69% | 3.17% | 2.16% |
| 2015 | 2.14% | 0.73% | 3.38% | 2.18% |
| 2014 | 2.09% | 0.75% | 2.92% | 2.26% |
| 2013 | 2.20% | 0.73% | 3.25% | 2.34% |
| 2012 | 2.13% | 0.78% | 3.10% | 2.38% |
| 2011 | 2.56% | 0.79% | 5.68% | 2.61% |
| 2010 | 1.97% | 0.86% | 2.31% | 2.71% |
| 2009 | 2.22% | 0.95% | 3.33% | 2.68% |
| 2008 | 2.19% | 1.08% | 2.88% | 2.65% |
| 2007 | 2.34% | 1.13% | 3.95% | 2.69% |
| 2006 | 2.31% | 1.18% | 3.66% | 2.71% |
| 2005 | 2.27% | 1.17% | 3.49% | 2.74% |
| 2004 | 2.32% | 1.20% | 3.58% | 2.77% |
| 2003 | 2.41% | 1.15% | 4.24% | 2.76% |
| 2002 | 2.41% | 1.23% | 4.40% | 2.78% |
| 2001 | 2.33% | 1.29% | 4.04% | 2.79% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 217 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Burundi (5.80%) and the lowest Saint Martin (French part) (-4.65%).
- Half of the countries are above 1.26% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 69 countries and fell in 148.
- The figure for the world was 1.36% in 2025, against 1.52% in 2020 (−0.16 percentage points).
About this measure
Source and dates
All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Burundi 5.80%
- 2 Chad 5.74%
- 3 Rwanda 5.55%
- 4 Niger 5.00%
- 5 Mozambique 4.95%
- 6 United Arab Emirates 4.85%
- 7 Saudi Arabia 4.82%
- 8 Tanzania 4.81%
- 9 Uganda 4.80%
- 10 Mali 4.80%
- 11 Ethiopia 4.59%
- 12 Solomon Islands 4.44%
- 13 Malawi 4.43%
- 14 Central African Republic 4.34%
- 15 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 4.29%
- 16 Burkina Faso 4.26%
- 17 Mauritania 4.22%
- 18 Papua New Guinea 4.14%
- 19 Angola 4.14%
- 20 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.02%
- 21 Oman 4.00%
- 22 Qatar 3.96%
- 23 Benin 3.94%
- 24 Madagascar 3.83%
- 25 Syria 3.78%
- 26 Zambia 3.75%
- 27 Afghanistan 3.69%
- 28 Yemen 3.50%
- 29 Togo 3.49%
- 30 Guinea 3.47%
- 31 Côte d'Ivoire 3.47%
- 32 South Sudan 3.46%
- 33 Zimbabwe 3.38%
- 34 Lesotho 3.35%
- 35 Georgia 3.34%
- 36 Nigeria 3.32%
- 37 Guinea-Bissau 3.32%
- 38 Gambia 3.29%
- 39 Sierra Leone 3.27%
- 40 Senegal 3.25%
- 41 Laos 3.22%
- 42 Liberia 3.06%
- 43 Comoros 3.05%
- 44 Cameroon 3.04%
- 45 Ukraine 3.01%
- 46 Namibia 2.95%
- 47 Kenya 2.92%
- 48 Kiribati 2.92%
- 49 Bangladesh 2.92%
- 50 Eswatini 2.85%
- 51 Ghana 2.79%
- 52 Republic of the Congo 2.73%
- 53 Equatorial Guinea 2.70%
- 54 Bhutan 2.66%
- 55 West Bank and Gaza 2.63%
- 56 Sudan 2.57%
- 57 Pakistan 2.45%
- 58 Honduras 2.44%
- 59 São Tomé and Príncipe 2.42%
- 60 Vanuatu 2.39%
- 61 Gabon 2.36%
- 62 Botswana 2.34%
- 63 British Virgin Islands 2.22%
- 64 Iraq 2.18%
- 65 Haiti 2.17%
- 66 Guatemala 2.13%
- 67 Algeria 2.03%
- 68 Eritrea 2.01%
- 69 Gibraltar 2.01%
- 70 Ireland 2.00%
- 71 Paraguay 1.96%
- 72 Uzbekistan 1.92%
- 73 Malta 1.92%
- 74 Armenia 1.92%
- 75 Indonesia 1.87%
- 76 Cayman Islands 1.85%
- 77 Bolivia 1.81%
- 78 Egypt 1.80%
- 79 Malaysia 1.79%
- 80 Tajikistan 1.78%
- 81 India 1.76%
- 82 Cambodia 1.75%
- 83 Kyrgyzstan 1.73%
- 84 Kazakhstan 1.72%
- 85 Timor-Leste 1.69%
- 86 Turkmenistan 1.68%
- 87 Australia 1.67%
- 88 Nicaragua 1.62%
- 89 Cabo Verde 1.58%
- 90 Maldives 1.56%
- 91 Iceland 1.55%
- 92 Seychelles 1.55%
- 93 Peru 1.52%
- 94 Mongolia 1.51%
- 95 Luxembourg 1.50%
- 96 Viet Nam 1.48%
- 97 Panama 1.46%
- 98 Morocco 1.43%
- 99 Thailand 1.43%
- 100 Djibouti 1.40%
- 101 Philippines 1.39%
- 102 Iran 1.39%
- 103 Colombia 1.35%
- 104 South Africa 1.34%
- 105 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.31%
- 106 Portugal 1.30%
- 107 Spain 1.28%
- 108 Switzerland 1.27%
- 109 Fiji 1.26%
- 110 Israel 1.24%
- 111 Andorra 1.24%
- 112 New Caledonia 1.24%
- 113 Liechtenstein 1.22%
- 114 Singapore 1.22%
- 115 Mexico 1.19%
- 116 Canada 1.15%
- 117 Ecuador 1.09%
- 118 Myanmar 1.08%
- 119 Libya 1.07%
- 120 Tunisia 1.07%
- 121 Faroe Islands 1.06%
- 122 El Salvador 1.04%
- 123 Lebanon 1.03%
- 124 Norway 0.98%
- 125 Costa Rica 0.97%
- 126 Dominican Republic 0.96%
- 127 Belize 0.93%
- 128 Cyprus 0.93%
- 129 Brunei 0.93%
- 130 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.93%
- 131 Suriname 0.89%
- 132 Netherlands 0.83%
- 133 Finland 0.82%
- 134 North Korea 0.79%
- 135 Croatia 0.78%
- 136 Guam 0.78%
- 137 Belgium 0.77%
- 138 Jamaica 0.76%
- 139 Bahrain 0.73%
- 140 New Zealand 0.73%
- 141 Denmark 0.71%
- 142 Brazil 0.70%
- 143 Austria 0.69%
- 144 Chile 0.68%
- 145 Aruba 0.66%
- 146 Naoero 0.65%
- 147 Guyana 0.64%
- 148 Samoa 0.61%
- 149 United States 0.61%
- 150 Türkiye 0.59%
- 151 Slovenia 0.59%
- 152 Micronesia 0.57%
- 153 Azerbaijan 0.54%
- 154 China 0.51%
- 155 Sweden 0.50%
- 156 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.50%
- 157 Bahamas 0.44%
- 158 Venezuela 0.43%
- 159 Argentina 0.42%
- 160 San Marino 0.42%
- 161 United Kingdom 0.39%
- 162 Lithuania 0.38%
- 163 Grenada 0.38%
- 164 Greece 0.37%
- 165 North Macedonia 0.33%
- 166 Barbados 0.32%
- 167 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.32%
- 168 France 0.30%
- 169 French Polynesia 0.30%
- 170 Greenland 0.28%
- 171 Curaçao 0.23%
- 172 Nepal 0.23%
- 173 Antigua and Barbuda 0.23%
- 174 Saint Lucia 0.22%
- 175 Bulgaria 0.17%
- 176 Germany 0.11%
- 177 Dominica 0.09%
- 178 Kosovo 0.09%
- 179 Russia 0.08%
- 180 Italy 0.05%
- 181 Montenegro 0.04%
- 182 Channel Islands 0.01%
- 183 Sri Lanka 0.01%
- 184 Uruguay 0.00%
- 185 Jordan 0.00%
- 186 Trinidad and Tobago -0.03%
- 187 Czechia -0.06%
- 188 Belarus -0.08%
- 189 Palau -0.09%
- 190 Isle of Man -0.10%
- 191 Mauritius -0.11%
- 192 South Korea -0.12%
- 193 Bermuda -0.13%
- 194 Poland -0.15%
- 195 Slovakia -0.15%
- 196 Romania -0.16%
- 197 Macao SAR, China -0.16%
- 198 Serbia -0.16%
- 199 Hungary -0.22%
- 200 Cuba -0.31%
- 201 Hong Kong SAR, China -0.34%
- 202 Japan -0.37%
- 203 Tonga -0.39%
- 204 Estonia -0.40%
- 205 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.41%
- 206 Puerto Rico (US) -0.46%
- 207 Tuvalu -0.50%
- 208 US Virgin Islands -0.50%
- 209 Albania -0.61%
- 210 Kuwait -0.65%
- 211 Monaco -0.75%
- 212 Latvia -0.77%
- 213 Moldova -1.26%
- 214 Northern Mariana Islands -1.57%
- 215 American Samoa -2.12%
- 216 Marshall Islands -2.96%
- 217 Saint Martin (French part) -4.65%
- East Asia and Pacific 0.72%
- Euro area 0.47%
- Europe and Central Asia 0.56%
- European Union 0.39%
- Latin America and Caribbean 0.95%
- Middle East and North Africa 2.28%
- North America 0.67%
- OECD members 0.55%
- South Asia 1.81%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.58%
- World 1.36%
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