All🏙️ Fastest-Growing Urban Populations
Annual percentage change in urban population.
1
🇧🇮Burundi
5.8%
2
🇹🇩Chad
5.7%
3
🇷🇼Rwanda
5.6%
4
🇳🇪Niger
5.0%
5
🇲🇿Mozambique
5.0%
6
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
4.9%
7
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
4.8%
8
🇹🇿Tanzania
4.8%
9
🇺🇬Uganda
4.8%
10
🇲🇱Mali
4.8%
11
🇪🇹Ethiopia
4.6%
12
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
4.4%
13
🇲🇼Malawi
4.4%
14
🇨🇫Central African Republic
4.3%
15
🇸🇴Somalia
4.3%
16
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
4.3%
17
🇲🇷Mauritania
4.2%
18
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea
4.1%
19
🇦🇴Angola
4.1%
20
🇨🇩DR Congo
4.0%
21
🇴🇲Oman
4.0%
22
🇶🇦Qatar
4.0%
23
🇧🇯Benin
3.9%
24
🇲🇬Madagascar
3.8%
25
🇸🇾Syria
3.8%
26
🇿🇲Zambia
3.7%
27
🇦🇫Afghanistan
3.7%
28
🇾🇪Yemen
3.5%
29
🇹🇬Togo
3.5%
30
🇬🇳Guinea
3.5%
31
🇨🇮Ivory Coast
3.5%
32
🇸🇸South Sudan
3.5%
33
🇿🇼Zimbabwe
3.4%
34
🇱🇸Lesotho
3.3%
35
🇬🇪Georgia
3.3%
36
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau
3.3%
37
🇳🇬Nigeria
3.3%
38
🇬🇲Gambia
3.3%
39
🇸🇱Sierra Leone
3.3%
40
🇸🇳Senegal
3.3%
41
🇱🇦Laos
3.2%
42
🇱🇷Liberia
3.1%
43
🇰🇲Comoros
3.0%
44
🇨🇲Cameroon
3.0%
45
🇺🇦Ukraine
3.0%
46
🇳🇦Namibia
3.0%
47
🇰🇪Kenya
2.9%
48
🇧🇩Bangladesh
2.9%
49
🇰🇮Kiribati
2.9%
50
🇸🇿Eswatini
2.8%
Highlights
As of 2025, Burundi ranks first with 5.8%, followed by Chad (5.7%) and Rwanda (5.6%).
Across 215 countries and territories, values run from 5.8% (Burundi) to -4.7% (Saint Martin), with a median of 1.3%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 8 from Africa and 2 from Asia.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Urban population growth (annual %), 2025. Unit: %.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Urban population growth (annual %) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026