Urban population, annual growth rate by country

The year-on-year percentage change in Urban population. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

Countries reporting
218
Highest
5.97 % change on previous year
Burundi
Lowest
-4.55 % change on previous year
Saint Martin (French Part)
Median
1.26 % change on previous year
Years covered
65
1961–2025
Data points
17,260

What the numbers show

Urban population, annual growth rate is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 5.97 % change on previous year in Burundi; the lowest is -4.55 % change on previous year in Saint Martin (French Part).

The median across all reporting countries is 1.26 % change on previous year, and the mean is 1.54 % change on previous year.

Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 150 fell. The largest increase was in Spain (up 1,590.9%), and the largest decrease in Japan (down 43,289.0%).

Urban population, annual growth rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Burundi 5.97 % change on previous year 2025 down 32.7% rising
2 Chad 5.91 % change on previous year 2025 up 31.9% falling
3 Rwanda 5.71 % change on previous year 2025 down 11.9% volatile
4 Niger 5.13 % change on previous year 2025 up 24.0% falling
5 Mozambique 5.07 % change on previous year 2025 up 36.5% falling
6 United Arab Emirates 4.97 % change on previous year 2025 down 13.7% volatile
7 Saudi Arabia 4.93 % change on previous year 2025 down 11.0% falling
8 Tanzania, United Republic of 4.93 % change on previous year 2025 down 5.4% volatile
9 Uganda 4.91 % change on previous year 2025 down 24.0% rising
10 Mali 4.91 % change on previous year 2025 down 11.5% flat
11 Ethiopia 4.7 % change on previous year 2025 down 6.3% rising
12 Solomon Islands 4.54 % change on previous year 2025 down 37.7% falling
13 Malawi 4.53 % change on previous year 2025 up 40.1% falling
14 Central African Republic 4.43 % change on previous year 2025 up 325.1% volatile
15 Somalia 4.38 % change on previous year 2025 down 39.1% volatile
16 Burkina Faso 4.35 % change on previous year 2025 up 9.3% flat
17 Mauritania 4.31 % change on previous year 2025 down 21.5% falling
18 Papua New Guinea 4.23 % change on previous year 2025 up 25.1% volatile
19 Angola 4.22 % change on previous year 2025 down 15.2% falling
20 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.1 % change on previous year 2025 down 5.3% rising
21 Oman 4.08 % change on previous year 2025 down 20.3% volatile
22 Qatar 4.04 % change on previous year 2025 down 55.1% volatile
23 Benin 4.02 % change on previous year 2025 down 10.2% falling
24 Madagascar 3.9 % change on previous year 2025 up 9.1% falling
25 Syrian Arab Republic 3.85 % change on previous year 2025 up 185.6% volatile
26 Zambia 3.82 % change on previous year 2025 down 7.8% volatile
27 Afghanistan 3.76 % change on previous year 2025 down 13.2% volatile
28 Yemen 3.57 % change on previous year 2025 down 25.5% falling
29 Togo 3.55 % change on previous year 2025 up 16.5% falling
30 Guinea 3.53 % change on previous year 2025 up 10.1% falling
31 Côte d'Ivoire 3.53 % change on previous year 2025 down 9.1% falling
32 South Sudan 3.52 % change on previous year 2025 up 1,210.8% volatile
33 Zimbabwe 3.44 % change on previous year 2025 up 34.0% volatile
34 Lesotho 3.4 % change on previous year 2025 down 40.0% volatile
35 Georgia 3.4 % change on previous year 2025 up 333.7% volatile
36 Nigeria 3.38 % change on previous year 2025 down 17.1% falling
37 Guinea-Bissau 3.38 % change on previous year 2025 down 7.7% volatile
38 Gambia 3.35 % change on previous year 2025 down 13.8% falling
39 Sierra Leone 3.33 % change on previous year 2025 down 3.9% falling
40 Senegal 3.31 % change on previous year 2025 down 28.7% falling
41 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.27 % change on previous year 2025 up 12.8% falling
42 Liberia 3.11 % change on previous year 2025 down 1.3% volatile
43 Comoros 3.09 % change on previous year 2025 down 6.3% falling
44 Cameroon 3.09 % change on previous year 2025 down 20.2% falling
45 Ukraine 3.05 % change on previous year 2025 up 1,280.7% volatile
46 Namibia 3 % change on previous year 2025 down 29.8% rising
47 Kenya 2.97 % change on previous year 2025 up 43.9% falling
48 Kiribati 2.96 % change on previous year 2025 up 22.3% falling
49 Bangladesh 2.96 % change on previous year 2025 up 41.7% volatile
50 Eswatini 2.89 % change on previous year 2025 up 78.6% volatile
51 Ghana 2.83 % change on previous year 2025 down 17.1% falling
52 Congo 2.77 % change on previous year 2025 up 4.4% falling
53 Equatorial Guinea 2.74 % change on previous year 2025 down 70.3% volatile
54 Bhutan 2.7 % change on previous year 2025 up 3.7% volatile
55 Palestine, State of 2.66 % change on previous year 2025 up 5.3% falling
56 Sudan 2.6 % change on previous year 2025 down 36.5% falling
57 Pakistan 2.49 % change on previous year 2025 up 18.3% falling
58 Honduras 2.47 % change on previous year 2025 down 14.2% falling
59 Sao Tome and Principe 2.45 % change on previous year 2025 up 23.2% falling
60 Vanuatu 2.42 % change on previous year 2025 up 5.8% falling
61 Gabon 2.38 % change on previous year 2025 down 35.7% volatile
62 Botswana 2.37 % change on previous year 2025 up 22.9% volatile
63 British Virgin Islands 2.24 % change on previous year 2025 down 63.3% volatile
64 Iraq 2.2 % change on previous year 2025 down 29.8% falling
65 Haiti 2.2 % change on previous year 2025 down 22.2% falling
66 Guatemala 2.15 % change on previous year 2025 down 10.9% falling
67 Algeria 2.05 % change on previous year 2025 down 30.5% falling
68 Eritrea 2.03 % change on previous year 2025 up 923.0% volatile
69 Gibraltar 2.03 % change on previous year 2025 up 75.0% volatile
70 Ireland 2.02 % change on previous year 2025 up 81.0% falling
71 Paraguay 1.98 % change on previous year 2025 down 21.2% falling
72 Uzbekistan 1.94 % change on previous year 2025 up 50.6% falling
73 Malta 1.94 % change on previous year 2025 down 22.7% volatile
74 Armenia 1.93 % change on previous year 2025 up 1,155.2% volatile
75 Indonesia 1.89 % change on previous year 2025 down 22.0% falling
76 Cayman Islands 1.86 % change on previous year 2025 down 24.4% falling
77 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.82 % change on previous year 2025 down 11.7% falling
78 Egypt 1.81 % change on previous year 2025 down 6.3% falling
79 Malaysia 1.81 % change on previous year 2025 down 24.2% falling
80 Tajikistan 1.79 % change on previous year 2025 down 20.8% volatile
81 India 1.78 % change on previous year 2025 down 19.3% falling
82 Cambodia 1.76 % change on previous year 2025 down 81.8% volatile
83 Kyrgyzstan 1.75 % change on previous year 2025 down 18.3% volatile
84 Kazakhstan 1.73 % change on previous year 2025 down 31.4% volatile
85 Timor-Leste 1.71 % change on previous year 2025 down 6.1% volatile
86 Turkmenistan 1.7 % change on previous year 2025 down 27.6% falling
87 Australia 1.68 % change on previous year 2025 up 3.0% falling
88 Nicaragua 1.63 % change on previous year 2025 down 4.4% falling
89 Cape Verde 1.59 % change on previous year 2025 down 5.3% volatile
90 Maldives 1.57 % change on previous year 2025 down 65.5% volatile
91 Iceland 1.56 % change on previous year 2025 up 34.4% falling
92 Seychelles 1.56 % change on previous year 2025 down 40.5% volatile
93 Peru 1.53 % change on previous year 2025 down 24.5% falling
94 Mongolia 1.52 % change on previous year 2025 down 29.5% volatile
95 Luxembourg 1.51 % change on previous year 2025 down 49.4% rising
96 Viet Nam 1.49 % change on previous year 2025 down 43.0% falling
97 Panama 1.47 % change on previous year 2025 down 21.2% falling
98 Morocco 1.45 % change on previous year 2025 down 17.2% falling
99 Thailand 1.44 % change on previous year 2025 down 22.2% falling
100 Djibouti 1.41 % change on previous year 2025 down 26.6% volatile
101 Philippines 1.4 % change on previous year 2025 down 58.1% falling
102 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.39 % change on previous year 2025 down 33.6% falling
103 Colombia 1.36 % change on previous year 2025 up 43.7% falling
104 South Africa 1.35 % change on previous year 2025 down 37.1% falling
105 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.32 % change on previous year 2025 down 39.3% volatile
106 Portugal 1.31 % change on previous year 2025 up 413.6% volatile
107 Spain 1.29 % change on previous year 2025 up 1,590.9% volatile
108 Switzerland 1.28 % change on previous year 2025 down 44.8% falling
109 Fiji 1.27 % change on previous year 2025 up 14.3% volatile
110 Israel 1.25 % change on previous year 2025 down 37.0% falling
111 Andorra 1.25 % change on previous year 2025 up 158.3% volatile
112 New Caledonia 1.25 % change on previous year 2025 up 64.9% volatile
113 Liechtenstein 1.23 % change on previous year 2025 up 53.9% volatile
114 Singapore 1.23 % change on previous year 2025 up 3.2% volatile
115 Mexico 1.19 % change on previous year 2025 down 12.3% falling
116 Canada 1.16 % change on previous year 2025 up 43.4% falling
117 Ecuador 1.1 % change on previous year 2025 down 26.8% falling
118 Myanmar 1.09 % change on previous year 2025 down 5.2% volatile
119 Libya 1.08 % change on previous year 2025 down 22.7% volatile
120 Tunisia 1.07 % change on previous year 2025 down 19.0% volatile
121 Faroe Islands 1.06 % change on previous year 2025 down 33.4% volatile
122 El Salvador 1.04 % change on previous year 2025 down 29.4% falling
123 Lebanon 1.03 % change on previous year 2025 down 53.3% volatile
124 Norway 0.9842 % change on previous year 2025 down 44.8% volatile
125 Costa Rica 0.976 % change on previous year 2025 down 45.5% falling
126 Dominican Republic 0.9601 % change on previous year 2025 down 11.1% volatile
127 Belize 0.9389 % change on previous year 2025 down 38.9% falling
128 Cyprus 0.9374 % change on previous year 2025 down 30.4% volatile
129 Brunei Darussalam 0.9317 % change on previous year 2025 down 19.9% volatile
130 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.9311 % change on previous year 2025 down 80.4% volatile
131 Suriname 0.8918 % change on previous year 2025 down 12.8% volatile
132 Netherlands 0.8374 % change on previous year 2025 down 10.8% falling
133 Finland 0.825 % change on previous year 2025 up 5.9% falling
134 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0.7919 % change on previous year 2025 down 8.7% volatile
135 Croatia 0.7789 % change on previous year 2025 up 180.3% volatile
136 Guam 0.7785 % change on previous year 2025 up 322.0% volatile
137 Belgium 0.771 % change on previous year 2025 down 10.1% falling
138 Jamaica 0.7656 % change on previous year 2025 down 17.1% volatile
139 Bahrain 0.7365 % change on previous year 2025 down 82.6% volatile
140 New Zealand 0.7288 % change on previous year 2025 down 55.4% volatile
141 Denmark 0.7081 % change on previous year 2025 down 6.6% volatile
142 Brazil 0.7052 % change on previous year 2025 down 36.0% volatile
143 Austria 0.689 % change on previous year 2025 down 48.6% volatile
144 Chile 0.6868 % change on previous year 2025 down 42.9% falling
145 Aruba 0.6624 % change on previous year 2025 down 4.5% volatile
146 Naoero 0.6529 % change on previous year 2025 down 66.9% volatile
147 Guyana 0.6412 % change on previous year 2025 up 4.5% volatile
148 Samoa 0.6106 % change on previous year 2025 up 31.8% volatile
149 United States of America 0.6086 % change on previous year 2025 down 17.1% falling
150 Türkiye 0.5891 % change on previous year 2025 down 89.7% falling
151 Slovenia 0.5868 % change on previous year 2025 down 89.0% volatile
152 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.5706 % change on previous year 2025 up 72.4% volatile
153 Azerbaijan 0.5415 % change on previous year 2025 down 75.1% volatile
154 China 0.5096 % change on previous year 2025 down 85.2% volatile
155 Sweden 0.5049 % change on previous year 2025 down 66.0% volatile
156 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.4968 % change on previous year 2025 up 630.6% volatile
157 Bahamas 0.4434 % change on previous year 2025 down 38.6% volatile
158 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.4325 % change on previous year 2025 down 60.7% volatile
159 Argentina 0.424 % change on previous year 2025 down 63.4% falling
160 San Marino 0.4211 % change on previous year 2025 down 43.2% volatile
161 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.3945 % change on previous year 2025 down 58.8% volatile
162 Lithuania 0.3848 % change on previous year 2025 up 149.5% volatile
163 Grenada 0.378 % change on previous year 2025 down 32.7% volatile
164 Greece 0.3735 % change on previous year 2025 up 195.4% volatile
165 North Macedonia 0.332 % change on previous year 2025 up 80.0% volatile
166 Barbados 0.3241 % change on previous year 2025 up 36.3% volatile
167 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3195 % change on previous year 2025 up 184.9% volatile
168 France 0.3032 % change on previous year 2025 down 65.8% volatile
169 French Polynesia 0.2972 % change on previous year 2025 down 52.4% volatile
170 Greenland 0.2789 % change on previous year 2025 up 158.7% volatile
171 Curaçao 0.2342 % change on previous year 2025 down 82.6% volatile
172 Nepal 0.2288 % change on previous year 2025 down 80.1% volatile
173 Antigua and Barbuda 0.2274 % change on previous year 2025 down 37.5% volatile
174 Saint Lucia 0.2218 % change on previous year 2025 down 94.0% volatile
175 Bulgaria 0.1749 % change on previous year 2025 up 114.1% volatile
176 Germany 0.1123 % change on previous year 2025 down 89.0% volatile
177 Dominica 0.0924 % change on previous year 2025 down 84.5% volatile
178 Kosovo 0.0922 % change on previous year 2025 down 80.4% volatile
178 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.0922 % change on previous year 2025 down 80.4% volatile
180 Russian Federation 0.076 % change on previous year 2025 down 81.6% volatile
181 Italy 0.0463 % change on previous year 2025 up 142.4% volatile
182 Montenegro 0.0377 % change on previous year 2025 down 87.1% volatile
183 Channel Islands 0.0109 % change on previous year 2025 down 98.3% volatile
184 Sri Lanka 0.0056 % change on previous year 2025 down 99.7% volatile
185 Uruguay 0.0019 % change on previous year 2025 down 99.6% volatile
186 Jordan -0.0009 % change on previous year 2025 down 100.0% falling
187 Trinidad and Tobago -0.0257 % change on previous year 2025 down 108.0% volatile
188 Czechia -0.0558 % change on previous year 2025 down 150.3% volatile
189 Belarus -0.084 % change on previous year 2025 down 116.5% volatile
190 Palau -0.0856 % change on previous year 2025 up 28.0% volatile
191 Isle of Man -0.1025 % change on previous year 2025 up 68.4% volatile
192 Mauritius -0.1105 % change on previous year 2025 up 32.6% volatile
193 Korea -0.1214 % change on previous year 2025 down 129.2% volatile
194 Bermuda -0.1253 % change on previous year 2025 down 22.5% volatile
195 Poland -0.1469 % change on previous year 2025 up 35.6% volatile
196 Slovakia -0.1481 % change on previous year 2025 up 2.2% volatile
197 Romania -0.1552 % change on previous year 2025 up 77.5% volatile
198 Macau, China -0.1601 % change on previous year 2025 down 104.7% volatile
199 Serbia -0.1604 % change on previous year 2025 down 108.2% volatile
200 Hungary -0.2151 % change on previous year 2025 down 101.0% volatile
201 Cuba -0.3096 % change on previous year 2025 down 407.5% volatile
202 Hong Kong, China -0.3349 % change on previous year 2025 down 139.2% volatile
203 Japan -0.3719 % change on previous year 2025 down 43,289.0% volatile
204 Tonga -0.3903 % change on previous year 2025 up 57.0% volatile
205 Estonia -0.3954 % change on previous year 2025 down 204.7% volatile
206 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.4113 % change on previous year 2025 down 56.0% volatile
207 Puerto Rico -0.4608 % change on previous year 2025 up 66.4% volatile
208 Tuvalu -0.4966 % change on previous year 2025 down 157.8% volatile
209 United States Virgin Islands -0.5005 % change on previous year 2025 down 439.2% volatile
210 Albania -0.61 % change on previous year 2025 up 20.4% volatile
211 Kuwait -0.6526 % change on previous year 2025 down 114.2% volatile
212 Monaco -0.7507 % change on previous year 2025 down 143.1% volatile
213 Latvia -0.7684 % change on previous year 2025 up 0.8% volatile
214 Republic of Moldova -1.25 % change on previous year 2025 down 108.1% volatile
215 Northern Mariana Islands -1.56 % change on previous year 2025 down 30.4% volatile
216 American Samoa -2.1 % change on previous year 2025 down 37.6% volatile
217 Marshall Islands -2.92 % change on previous year 2025 down 95.7% volatile
218 Saint Martin (French Part) -4.55 % change on previous year 2025 down 2,002.1% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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The year-on-year percentage change in Urban population. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

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Indicator
Urban population, annual growth rate
Unit
% change on previous year
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
266 places, 17,260 data points, 1961–2025
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The year-on-year percentage change in Urban population. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.