Annual growth rate of urban population share by country
Countries reporting
224
Highest
3.32
Rwanda
Lowest
-0.5401
American Samoa
Median
0.3009
Years covered
76
1950–2025
Data points
18,012
What the numbers show
Annual growth rate of urban population share is currently reported for 224 countries. The highest value is 3.32 in Rwanda; the lowest is -0.5401 in American Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3009, and the mean is 0.5272.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 131 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in French Guiana (up 28,650.0%), and the largest decrease in Isle of Man (down 289.6%).
Annual growth rate of urban population share: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rwanda | 3.32 | 2025 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Burundi | 3.12 | 2025 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | 2.45 | 2025 | up 177.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Chad | 2.36 | 2025 | up 84.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Lesotho | 2.21 | 2025 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Mozambique | 2.16 | 2025 | up 186.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 2.1 | 2025 | up 143.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Solomon Islands | 2.06 | 2025 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Uganda | 2.06 | 2025 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Bhutan | 2.04 | 2025 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 2 | 2025 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 12 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.97 | 2025 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Malawi | 1.95 | 2025 | up 362.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.89 | 2025 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Mali | 1.88 | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 16 | Niger | 1.83 | 2025 | up 313.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Eswatini | 1.82 | 2025 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 1.75 | 2025 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 19 | British Virgin Islands | 1.57 | 2025 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Benin | 1.55 | 2025 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 1.49 | 2025 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Thailand | 1.48 | 2025 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Kiribati | 1.44 | 2025 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Madagascar | 1.44 | 2025 | up 66.5% | falling |
| 25 | South Sudan | 1.43 | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Mauritania | 1.43 | 2025 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Togo | 1.33 | 2025 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Nigeria | 1.25 | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.25 | 2025 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 1.24 | 2025 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Maldives | 1.22 | 2025 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Comoros | 1.2 | 2025 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Guinea | 1.18 | 2025 | up 68.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Angola | 1.13 | 2025 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Tuvalu | 1.11 | 2025 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Cape Verde | 1.1 | 2025 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Gambia | 1.09 | 2025 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.09 | 2025 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Indonesia | 1.09 | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 40 | Kenya | 1.08 | 2025 | up 581.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.06 | 2025 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Haiti | 1.03 | 2025 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Afghanistan | 0.9824 | 2025 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Zambia | 0.979 | 2025 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Liberia | 0.9706 | 2025 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Central African Republic | 0.9659 | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Niue | 0.9593 | 2025 | up 130.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Ghana | 0.95 | 2025 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Senegal | 0.9443 | 2025 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Somalia | 0.9257 | 2025 | down 77.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Namibia | 0.895 | 2025 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Pakistan | 0.8883 | 2025 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Viet Nam | 0.8707 | 2025 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 54 | India | 0.868 | 2025 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 55 | Jamaica | 0.8469 | 2025 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.8133 | 2025 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Fiji | 0.7839 | 2025 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Honduras | 0.783 | 2025 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Botswana | 0.7645 | 2025 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Paraguay | 0.7457 | 2025 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 0.7262 | 2025 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Algeria | 0.7067 | 2025 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 63 | China | 0.6929 | 2025 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Malaysia | 0.6202 | 2025 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Guatemala | 0.6046 | 2025 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 66 | El Salvador | 0.6014 | 2025 | down 43.3% | rising |
| 67 | Dominica | 0.6008 | 2025 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Faroe Islands | 0.5987 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 69 | Yemen | 0.5953 | 2025 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Philippines | 0.5697 | 2025 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Morocco | 0.5601 | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 72 | Cambodia | 0.5537 | 2025 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Albania | 0.5431 | 2025 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Croatia | 0.5385 | 2025 | up 120.9% | volatile |
| 75 | North Macedonia | 0.5299 | 2025 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.5232 | 2025 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Timor-Leste | 0.517 | 2025 | up 414.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 0.5137 | 2025 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 0.4986 | 2025 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Tunisia | 0.4961 | 2025 | up 125.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Myanmar | 0.4829 | 2025 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Marshall Islands | 0.4713 | 2025 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Cameroon | 0.4702 | 2025 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Peru | 0.4699 | 2025 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Republic of Moldova | 0.4619 | 2025 | up 305.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.4617 | 2025 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 87 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.4612 | 2025 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.4605 | 2025 | up 137.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Slovenia | 0.4304 | 2025 | up 1,755.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Belarus | 0.4264 | 2025 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Seychelles | 0.4245 | 2025 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Serbia | 0.4226 | 2025 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Congo | 0.3953 | 2025 | up 104.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Ireland | 0.3792 | 2025 | up 186.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Lithuania | 0.366 | 2025 | up 1,757.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Austria | 0.365 | 2025 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Mexico | 0.3627 | 2025 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Finland | 0.3492 | 2025 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Cook Islands | 0.3485 | 2025 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Colombia | 0.3424 | 2025 | up 437.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.3402 | 2025 | up 312.9% | volatile |
| 102 | New Caledonia | 0.3381 | 2025 | up 323.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Nepal | 0.3373 | 2025 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Falkland Islands, Malvinas | 0.3334 | 2025 | up 105.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Brazil | 0.3207 | 2025 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 0.3179 | 2025 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Portugal | 0.3067 | 2025 | up 7,402.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Grenada | 0.3044 | 2025 | up 216.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Barbados | 0.3041 | 2025 | up 3,520.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Switzerland | 0.3038 | 2025 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Netherlands | 0.3021 | 2025 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Bulgaria | 0.3015 | 2025 | up 528.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Palestine, State of | 0.3004 | 2025 | up 71.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2989 | 2025 | down 86.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Norway | 0.2915 | 2025 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Greece | 0.2912 | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Hungary | 0.2886 | 2025 | up 271.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Greenland | 0.2861 | 2025 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Ecuador | 0.2816 | 2025 | up 420.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2765 | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Jordan | 0.2721 | 2025 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Egypt | 0.2575 | 2025 | up 235.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Spain | 0.2561 | 2025 | up 67.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Panama | 0.2553 | 2025 | up 132.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Sweden | 0.2474 | 2025 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Mongolia | 0.2441 | 2025 | up 3,189.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Gabon | 0.24 | 2025 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.2393 | 2025 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Latvia | 0.2333 | 2025 | up 409.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Lebanon | 0.2299 | 2025 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Poland | 0.2159 | 2025 | up 234.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Canada | 0.2119 | 2025 | up 299.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Chile | 0.206 | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 134 | South Africa | 0.2047 | 2025 | up 84.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Vanuatu | 0.1947 | 2025 | up 924.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Russian Federation | 0.1892 | 2025 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Sudan | 0.1885 | 2025 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1841 | 2025 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Dominican Republic | 0.1789 | 2025 | up 288.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Armenia | 0.178 | 2025 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.1731 | 2025 | up 246.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Türkiye | 0.1726 | 2025 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Georgia | 0.1719 | 2025 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Denmark | 0.1685 | 2025 | up 681.0% | volatile |
| 145 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1657 | 2025 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Germany | 0.1421 | 2025 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Australia | 0.133 | 2025 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Czechia | 0.125 | 2025 | up 246.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Japan | 0.1205 | 2025 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Italy | 0.1167 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.1136 | 2025 | up 200.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.1118 | 2025 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Western Sahara | 0.1063 | 2025 | up 138.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Azerbaijan | 0.1055 | 2025 | down 89.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Palau | 0.1052 | 2025 | up 127.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Iraq | 0.1025 | 2025 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Montenegro | 0.0989 | 2025 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Ukraine | 0.0975 | 2025 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Puerto Rico | 0.097 | 2025 | up 336.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Djibouti | 0.0958 | 2025 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 161 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0955 | 2025 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 162 | United States of America | 0.0928 | 2025 | up 218.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Cuba | 0.0915 | 2025 | up 115.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Argentina | 0.083 | 2025 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0827 | 2025 | up 161.7% | volatile |
| 166 | New Zealand | 0.0812 | 2025 | up 116.6% | volatile |
| 167 | French Polynesia | 0.0769 | 2025 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Andorra | 0.0719 | 2025 | up 407.3% | volatile |
| 169 | France | 0.0713 | 2025 | down 93.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Oman | 0.068 | 2025 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Belgium | 0.0677 | 2025 | down 74.9% | falling |
| 172 | Mauritius | 0.0644 | 2025 | up 122.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Uzbekistan | 0.063 | 2025 | up 136.8% | volatile |
| 174 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0602 | 2025 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Uruguay | 0.0587 | 2025 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 176 | French Guiana | 0.0575 | 2025 | up 28,650.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0558 | 2025 | up 1,016.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Guam | 0.0549 | 2025 | up 13,625.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Israel | 0.054 | 2025 | up 488.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Guyana | 0.0537 | 2025 | up 351.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Martinique | 0.0536 | 2025 | up 2,044.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Curaçao | 0.0524 | 2025 | up 251.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Suriname | 0.0506 | 2025 | up 181.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Luxembourg | 0.0414 | 2025 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Iceland | 0.0403 | 2025 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0403 | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Turkmenistan | 0.0378 | 2025 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 188 | Qatar | 0.037 | 2025 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Tonga | 0.0358 | 2025 | up 107.7% | volatile |
| 190 | San Marino | 0.0352 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 191 | Libya | 0.0326 | 2025 | up 131.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Estonia | 0.031 | 2025 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 193 | Mayotte | 0.0277 | 2025 | up 112.5% | volatile |
| 194 | Samoa | 0.0266 | 2025 | up 105.6% | volatile |
| 195 | Malta | 0.0264 | 2025 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 196 | Taiwan, China | 0.0248 | 2025 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 197 | Eritrea | 0.0223 | 2025 | up 113.9% | volatile |
| 198 | Cyprus | 0.0221 | 2025 | up 118.4% | volatile |
| 199 | Guadeloupe | 0.0189 | 2025 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 200 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0173 | 2025 | up 102.1% | volatile |
| 201 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.017 | 2025 | up 962.5% | volatile |
| 202 | Romania | 0.0133 | 2025 | up 105.2% | volatile |
| 203 | Bahamas | 0.009 | 2025 | up 110.6% | volatile |
| 204 | Republic of Korea | 0.0086 | 2025 | up 107.9% | volatile |
| 205 | Réunion | 0.0081 | 2025 | up 109.8% | volatile |
| 206 | Slovakia | 0.0049 | 2025 | up 102.0% | volatile |
| 207 | Bahrain | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 207 | Bermuda | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 207 | Hong Kong, China | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 207 | Kuwait | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 207 | Macau, China | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 207 | Montserrat | 0 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 225 | Saint Lucia | -0.0037 | 2025 | down 100.1% | volatile |
| 226 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | -0.0165 | 2025 | down 102.0% | volatile |
| 227 | Isle of Man | -0.0601 | 2025 | down 289.6% | volatile |
| 228 | Tajikistan | -0.0615 | 2025 | up 84.7% | volatile |
| 229 | Aruba | -0.0672 | 2025 | up 80.3% | volatile |
| 230 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | -0.1663 | 2025 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 231 | Bailiwick of Guernsey | -0.1998 | 2025 | down 225.3% | volatile |
| 232 | Jersey | -0.2097 | 2025 | down 237.9% | volatile |
| 233 | Liechtenstein | -0.2128 | 2025 | down 232.4% | volatile |
| 234 | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.2307 | 2025 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 235 | Belize | -0.4575 | 2025 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 236 | American Samoa | -0.5401 | 2025 | down 22.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- (UN M49) 0.3391