Urban Population Growth by Country

Urban Population Growth by country, shown on a world map with full country rankings. Data covers 217 countries for 2024, sourced from World Bank Open Data.

HighestBurundi7.9

LowestSt. Martin (French part)-5.2

Average1.6217 countries

Year2024latest available

💡 Burundi tops the list, while St. Martin (French part) sits at the lower end, showing wide variation.

Top 10 countries

Burundi7.9

Qatar7.4

Chad7.2

Rwanda5.6

South Sudan5.4

Ethiopia5

Niger5

Uganda4.9

Mozambique4.9

Mali4.9

Urban Population Growth: full country ranking (2024)

#	Country	Urban Population Growth
1	Burundi	7.9
2	Qatar	7.4
3	Chad	7.2
4	Rwanda	5.6
5	South Sudan	5.4
6	Ethiopia	5
7	Niger	5
8	Uganda	4.9
9	Mozambique	4.9
10	Mali	4.9
11	United Arab Emirates	4.9
12	Saudi Arabia	4.8
13	Tanzania	4.8
14	Solomon Islands	4.5
15	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	4.5
16	Central African Republic	4.4
17	Mauritania	4.4
18	Syrian Arab Republic	4.3
19	Oman	4.3
20	Malawi	4.3
21	Burkina Faso	4.2
22	Angola	4.2
23	Congo, Dem. Rep.	4.1
24	Papua New Guinea	4.1
25	Benin	4
26	Madagascar	3.8
27	Zambia	3.8
28	Afghanistan	3.7
29	Yemen, Rep.	3.6
30	Togo	3.5
31	Guinea	3.5
32	Cote d'Ivoire	3.5
33	Lesotho	3.4
34	Nigeria	3.4
35	Sierra Leone	3.4
36	Guinea-Bissau	3.3
37	Zimbabwe	3.3
38	Senegal	3.3
39	Lao PDR	3.3
40	Canada	3.2
41	Namibia	3.1
42	Liberia	3.1
43	Cameroon	3.1
44	Comoros	3.1
45	Gambia, The	3.1
46	Kiribati	3
47	Malta	2.9
48	Ghana	2.8
49	Bangladesh	2.8
50	British Virgin Islands	2.8
51	Kenya	2.8
52	Congo, Rep.	2.7
53	Equatorial Guinea	2.7
54	Eswatini	2.7
55	West Bank and Gaza	2.7
56	Bhutan	2.6
57	Honduras	2.5
58	Armenia	2.5
59	Pakistan	2.4
60	Gabon	2.4
61	Sao Tome and Principe	2.4
62	Vanuatu	2.4
63	Botswana	2.3
64	Haiti	2.2
65	Gibraltar	2.2
66	Guatemala	2.2
67	Iraq	2.2
68	Algeria	2.1
69	Australia	2.1
70	Singapore	2
71	Paraguay	2
72	Uzbekistan	2
73	Mongolia	2
74	Egypt, Arab Rep.	1.9
75	Ireland	1.9
76	Cayman Islands	1.9
77	Indonesia	1.9
78	Tajikistan	1.9
79	Malaysia	1.8
80	Cambodia	1.8
81	Bolivia	1.8
82	Kazakhstan	1.8
83	Turkmenistan	1.8
84	India	1.8
85	Kyrgyz Republic	1.8
86	Seychelles	1.7
87	New Zealand	1.7
88	Switzerland	1.6
89	Cabo Verde	1.6
90	Luxembourg	1.6
91	Nicaragua	1.6
92	Peru	1.6
93	Viet Nam	1.6
94	Maldives	1.5
95	Iran, Islamic Rep.	1.5
96	Thailand	1.5
97	Panama	1.5
98	Djibouti	1.4
99	South Africa	1.4
100	Philippines	1.4
101	Timor-Leste	1.4
102	Andorra	1.4
103	Eritrea	1.4
104	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.4
105	Colombia	1.4
106	Liechtenstein	1.4
107	Fiji	1.3
108	Portugal	1.3
109	Israel	1.3
110	Jordan	1.3
111	Norway	1.3
112	Spain	1.3
113	New Caledonia	1.2
114	Mexico	1.2
115	Macao SAR, China	1.2
116	Morocco	1.2
117	United Kingdom	1.2
118	Tunisia	1.1
119	El Salvador	1.1
120	Libya	1
121	United States	1
122	Faroe Islands	1
123	Ecuador	1
124	Costa Rica	1
125	Sudan	1
126	Cyprus	1
127	Finland	0.99
128	Netherlands	0.98
129	Belize	0.98
130	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.98
131	Lithuania	0.95
132	Brunei Darussalam	0.92
133	Dominican Republic	0.92
134	Kuwait	0.9
135	Myanmar	0.9
136	Suriname	0.89
137	Curacao	0.87
138	Austria	0.85
139	Lebanon	0.84
140	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0.81
141	Guam	0.8
142	Jamaica	0.79
143	Chile	0.74
144	Belgium	0.74
145	Bahrain	0.73
146	Brazil	0.72
147	Slovenia	0.72
148	Denmark	0.67
149	Croatia	0.64
150	Samoa	0.63
151	Guyana	0.62
152	Nauru	0.6
153	Azerbaijan	0.59
154	Turkiye	0.59
155	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0.57
156	Sweden	0.57
157	Aruba	0.52
158	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.48
159	Bahamas, The	0.46
160	Czechia	0.46
161	Argentina	0.43
162	China	0.43
163	Germany	0.42
164	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.42
165	Ukraine	0.42
166	Venezuela, RB	0.41
167	Grenada	0.38
168	San Marino	0.37
169	North Macedonia	0.31
170	France	0.29
171	French Polynesia	0.28
172	Greece	0.26
173	St. Lucia	0.25
174	Iceland	0.25
175	Antigua and Barbuda	0.25
176	Barbados	0.24
177	Greenland	0.24
178	Bulgaria	0.21
179	Sri Lanka	0.21
180	Nepal	0.2
181	Estonia	0.18
182	Dominica	0.13
183	Channel Islands	0.11
184	Georgia	0.11
185	Montenegro	0.1
186	Korea, Rep.	0.08
187	Trinidad and Tobago	0.07
188	Puerto Rico (US)	0.07
189	Italy	0.04
190	Uruguay	0.01
191	Russian Federation	-0.03
192	Hungary	-0.03
193	Romania	-0.04
194	Isle of Man	-0.04
195	Belarus	-0.07
196	Slovak Republic	-0.08
197	Bermuda	-0.1
198	Palau	-0.11
199	Hong Kong SAR, China	-0.16
200	Serbia	-0.17
201	Mauritius	-0.2
202	Poland	-0.21
203	Cuba	-0.31
204	Japan	-0.32
205	Tonga	-0.39
206	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.42
207	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	-0.46
208	Tuvalu	-0.64
209	Latvia	-0.75
210	Monaco	-0.84
211	Albania	-0.97
212	Moldova	-1.1
213	Northern Mariana Islands	-1.8
214	American Samoa	-2.1
215	Marshall Islands	-2.9
216	Kosovo	-3
217	St. Martin (French part)	-5.2

Source: World Bank Open Data. Latest available year: 2024. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.

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