Urban population growth by country, 2025
The annual growth rate of the population living in urban areas as defined nationally.
217 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Burundi (5.80%). Lowest: Saint Martin (French part) (-4.65%). The median is 1.26%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
- 217. Saint Martin (French part) -4.65%
- 216. Marshall Islands -2.96%
- 215. American Samoa -2.12%
- 214. Northern Mariana Islands -1.57%
- 213. Moldova -1.26%
- 212. Latvia -0.77%
- 211. Monaco -0.75%
- 210. Kuwait -0.65%
- 209. Albania -0.61%
- 208. US Virgin Islands -0.50%
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 217. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
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).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 5.80% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Chad | 5.74% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Rwanda | 5.55% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Niger | 5.00% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Mozambique | 4.95% | 2025 | |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 4.85% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 4.82% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Tanzania | 4.81% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Uganda | 4.80% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Mali | 4.80% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 4.59% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Solomon Islands | 4.44% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Malawi | 4.43% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Central African Republic | 4.34% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 4.29% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 4.26% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Mauritania | 4.22% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Papua New Guinea | 4.14% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Angola | 4.14% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.02% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Oman | 4.00% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Qatar | 3.96% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Benin | 3.94% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Madagascar | 3.83% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Syria | 3.78% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Zambia | 3.75% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 3.69% | 2025 | |
| 28 | Yemen | 3.50% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Togo | 3.49% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Guinea | 3.47% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.47% | 2025 | |
| 32 | South Sudan | 3.46% | 2025 | |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 3.38% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Lesotho | 3.35% | 2025 | |
| 35 | Georgia | 3.34% | 2025 | |
| 36 | Nigeria | 3.32% | 2025 | |
| 37 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.32% | 2025 | |
| 38 | Gambia | 3.29% | 2025 | |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 3.27% | 2025 | |
| 40 | Senegal | 3.25% | 2025 | |
| 41 | Laos | 3.22% | 2025 | |
| 42 | Liberia | 3.06% | 2025 | |
| 43 | Comoros | 3.05% | 2025 | |
| 44 | Cameroon | 3.04% | 2025 | |
| 45 | Ukraine | 3.01% | 2025 | |
| 46 | Namibia | 2.95% | 2025 | |
| 47 | Kenya | 2.92% | 2025 | |
| 48 | Kiribati | 2.92% | 2025 | |
| 49 | Bangladesh | 2.92% | 2025 | |
| 50 | Eswatini | 2.85% | 2025 | |
| 51 | Ghana | 2.79% | 2025 | |
| 52 | Republic of the Congo | 2.73% | 2025 | |
| 53 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.70% | 2025 | |
| 54 | Bhutan | 2.66% | 2025 | |
| 55 | West Bank and Gaza | 2.63% | 2025 | |
| 56 | Sudan | 2.57% | 2025 | |
| 57 | Pakistan | 2.45% | 2025 | |
| 58 | Honduras | 2.44% | 2025 | |
| 59 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 2.42% | 2025 | |
| 60 | Vanuatu | 2.39% | 2025 | |
| 61 | Gabon | 2.36% | 2025 | |
| 62 | Botswana | 2.34% | 2025 | |
| 63 | British Virgin Islands | 2.22% | 2025 | |
| 64 | Iraq | 2.18% | 2025 | |
| 65 | Haiti | 2.17% | 2025 | |
| 66 | Guatemala | 2.13% | 2025 | |
| 67 | Algeria | 2.03% | 2025 | |
| 68 | Eritrea | 2.01% | 2025 | |
| 69 | Gibraltar | 2.01% | 2025 | |
| 70 | Ireland | 2.00% | 2025 | |
| 71 | Paraguay | 1.96% | 2025 | |
| 72 | Uzbekistan | 1.92% | 2025 | |
| 73 | Malta | 1.92% | 2025 | |
| 74 | Armenia | 1.92% | 2025 | |
| 75 | Indonesia | 1.87% | 2025 | |
| 76 | Cayman Islands | 1.85% | 2025 | |
| 77 | Bolivia | 1.81% | 2025 | |
| 78 | Egypt | 1.80% | 2025 | |
| 79 | Malaysia | 1.79% | 2025 | |
| 80 | Tajikistan | 1.78% | 2025 | |
| 81 | India | 1.76% | 2025 | |
| 82 | Cambodia | 1.75% | 2025 | |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.73% | 2025 | |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 1.72% | 2025 | |
| 85 | Timor-Leste | 1.69% | 2025 | |
| 86 | Turkmenistan | 1.68% | 2025 | |
| 87 | Australia | 1.67% | 2025 | |
| 88 | Nicaragua | 1.62% | 2025 | |
| 89 | Cabo Verde | 1.58% | 2025 | |
| 90 | Maldives | 1.56% | 2025 | |
| 91 | Iceland | 1.55% | 2025 | |
| 92 | Seychelles | 1.55% | 2025 | |
| 93 | Peru | 1.52% | 2025 | |
| 94 | Mongolia | 1.51% | 2025 | |
| 95 | Luxembourg | 1.50% | 2025 | |
| 96 | Viet Nam | 1.48% | 2025 | |
| 97 | Panama | 1.46% | 2025 | |
| 98 | Morocco | 1.43% | 2025 | |
| 99 | Thailand | 1.43% | 2025 | |
| 100 | Djibouti | 1.40% | 2025 | |
| 101 | Philippines | 1.39% | 2025 | |
| 102 | Iran | 1.39% | 2025 | |
| 103 | Colombia | 1.35% | 2025 | |
| 104 | South Africa | 1.34% | 2025 | |
| 105 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.31% | 2025 | |
| 106 | Portugal | 1.30% | 2025 | |
| 107 | Spain | 1.28% | 2025 | |
| 108 | Switzerland | 1.27% | 2025 | |
| 109 | Fiji | 1.26% | 2025 | |
| 110 | Israel | 1.24% | 2025 | |
| 111 | Andorra | 1.24% | 2025 | |
| 112 | New Caledonia | 1.24% | 2025 | |
| 113 | Liechtenstein | 1.22% | 2025 | |
| 114 | Singapore | 1.22% | 2025 | |
| 115 | Mexico | 1.19% | 2025 | |
| 116 | Canada | 1.15% | 2025 | |
| 117 | Ecuador | 1.09% | 2025 | |
| 118 | Myanmar | 1.08% | 2025 | |
| 119 | Libya | 1.07% | 2025 | |
| 120 | Tunisia | 1.07% | 2025 | |
| 121 | Faroe Islands | 1.06% | 2025 | |
| 122 | El Salvador | 1.04% | 2025 | |
| 123 | Lebanon | 1.03% | 2025 | |
| 124 | Norway | 0.98% | 2025 | |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 0.97% | 2025 | |
| 126 | Dominican Republic | 0.96% | 2025 | |
| 127 | Belize | 0.93% | 2025 | |
| 128 | Cyprus | 0.93% | 2025 | |
| 129 | Brunei | 0.93% | 2025 | |
| 130 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.93% | 2025 | |
| 131 | Suriname | 0.89% | 2025 | |
| 132 | Netherlands | 0.83% | 2025 | |
| 133 | Finland | 0.82% | 2025 | |
| 134 | North Korea | 0.79% | 2025 | |
| 135 | Croatia | 0.78% | 2025 | |
| 136 | Guam | 0.78% | 2025 | |
| 137 | Belgium | 0.77% | 2025 | |
| 138 | Jamaica | 0.76% | 2025 | |
| 139 | Bahrain | 0.73% | 2025 | |
| 140 | New Zealand | 0.73% | 2025 | |
| 141 | Denmark | 0.71% | 2025 | |
| 142 | Brazil | 0.70% | 2025 | |
| 143 | Austria | 0.69% | 2025 | |
| 144 | Chile | 0.68% | 2025 | |
| 145 | Aruba | 0.66% | 2025 | |
| 146 | Naoero | 0.65% | 2025 | |
| 147 | Guyana | 0.64% | 2025 | |
| 148 | Samoa | 0.61% | 2025 | |
| 149 | United States | 0.61% | 2025 | |
| 150 | Türkiye | 0.59% | 2025 | |
| 151 | Slovenia | 0.59% | 2025 | |
| 152 | Micronesia | 0.57% | 2025 | |
| 153 | Azerbaijan | 0.54% | 2025 | |
| 154 | China | 0.51% | 2025 | |
| 155 | Sweden | 0.50% | 2025 | |
| 156 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.50% | 2025 | |
| 157 | Bahamas | 0.44% | 2025 | |
| 158 | Venezuela | 0.43% | 2025 | |
| 159 | Argentina | 0.42% | 2025 | |
| 160 | San Marino | 0.42% | 2025 | |
| 161 | United Kingdom | 0.39% | 2025 | |
| 162 | Lithuania | 0.38% | 2025 | |
| 163 | Grenada | 0.38% | 2025 | |
| 164 | Greece | 0.37% | 2025 | |
| 165 | North Macedonia | 0.33% | 2025 | |
| 166 | Barbados | 0.32% | 2025 | |
| 167 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.32% | 2025 | |
| 168 | France | 0.30% | 2025 | |
| 169 | French Polynesia | 0.30% | 2025 | |
| 170 | Greenland | 0.28% | 2025 | |
| 171 | Curaçao | 0.23% | 2025 | |
| 172 | Nepal | 0.23% | 2025 | |
| 173 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.23% | 2025 | |
| 174 | Saint Lucia | 0.22% | 2025 | |
| 175 | Bulgaria | 0.17% | 2025 | |
| 176 | Germany | 0.11% | 2025 | |
| 177 | Dominica | 0.09% | 2025 | |
| 178 | Kosovo | 0.09% | 2025 | |
| 179 | Russia | 0.08% | 2025 | |
| 180 | Italy | 0.05% | 2025 | |
| 181 | Montenegro | 0.04% | 2025 | |
| 182 | Channel Islands | 0.01% | 2025 | |
| 183 | Sri Lanka | 0.01% | 2025 | |
| 184 | Uruguay | 0.00% | 2025 | |
| 185 | Jordan | 0.00% | 2025 | |
| 186 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.03% | 2025 | |
| 187 | Czechia | -0.06% | 2025 | |
| 188 | Belarus | -0.08% | 2025 | |
| 189 | Palau | -0.09% | 2025 | |
| 190 | Isle of Man | -0.10% | 2025 | |
| 191 | Mauritius | -0.11% | 2025 | |
| 192 | South Korea | -0.12% | 2025 | |
| 193 | Bermuda | -0.13% | 2025 | |
| 194 | Poland | -0.15% | 2025 | |
| 195 | Slovakia | -0.15% | 2025 | |
| 196 | Romania | -0.16% | 2025 | |
| 197 | Macao SAR, China | -0.16% | 2025 | |
| 198 | Serbia | -0.16% | 2025 | |
| 199 | Hungary | -0.22% | 2025 | |
| 200 | Cuba | -0.31% | 2025 | |
| 201 | Hong Kong SAR, China | -0.34% | 2025 | |
| 202 | Japan | -0.37% | 2025 | |
| 203 | Tonga | -0.39% | 2025 | |
| 204 | Estonia | -0.40% | 2025 | |
| 205 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.41% | 2025 | |
| 206 | Puerto Rico (US) | -0.46% | 2025 | |
| 207 | Tuvalu | -0.50% | 2025 | |
| 208 | US Virgin Islands | -0.50% | 2025 | |
| 209 | Albania | -0.61% | 2025 | |
| 210 | Kuwait | -0.65% | 2025 | |
| 211 | Monaco | -0.75% | 2025 | |
| 212 | Latvia | -0.77% | 2025 | |
| 213 | Moldova | -1.26% | 2025 | |
| 214 | Northern Mariana Islands | -1.57% | 2025 | |
| 215 | American Samoa | -2.12% | 2025 | |
| 216 | Marshall Islands | -2.96% | 2025 | |
| 217 | Saint Martin (French part) | -4.65% | 2025 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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