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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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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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Indicator
Annual growth rate of urban population share
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
237 places, 18,012 data points, 1950–2025
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