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People Statistics > Urban population growth > annual % (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Rwanda: 7.6 annual %   2005 Time series
# 2   East Timor: 6.88 annual %   2005 Time series
# 3   Burundi: 6.42 annual %   2005 Time series
# 4   Bhutan: 6.03 annual %   2005 Time series
# 5   Afghanistan: 5.82 annual %   2005 Time series
# 6   Eritrea: 5.6 annual %   2005 Time series
# 7   Sierra Leone: 5.32 annual %   2005 Time series
# 8   Burkina Faso: 5.11 annual %   2005 Time series
# 9   Nepal: 5.1 annual %   2005 Time series
# 10   Cambodia: 4.84 annual %   2005 Time series
# 11   Mali: 4.68 annual %   2005 Time series
# 12   Chad: 4.65 annual %   2005 Time series
= 13   Malawi: 4.63 annual %   2005 Time series
= 13   United Arab Emirates: 4.63 annual %   2005 Time series
# 15   Qatar: 4.62 annual %   2005 Time series
# 16   Yemen: 4.53 annual %   2005 Time series
= 17   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 4.43 annual %   2005 Time series
= 17   Gambia, The: 4.43 annual %   2005 Time series
= 19   Togo: 4.34 annual %   2005 Time series
= 19   Somalia: 4.34 annual %   2005 Time series
= 21   Uganda: 4.31 annual %   2005 Time series
= 21   Sudan: 4.31 annual %   2005 Time series
# 23   Angola: 4.12 annual %   2005 Time series
# 24   Mozambique: 4.11 annual %   2005 Time series
# 25   Solomon Islands: 4.07 annual %   2005 Time series
# 26   Niger: 4.05 annual %   2005 Time series
# 27   Benin: 4 annual %   2005 Time series
# 28   Nigeria: 3.97 annual %   2005 Time series
= 29   Indonesia: 3.93 annual %   2005 Time series
= 29   Laos: 3.93 annual %   2005 Time series
# 31   São Tomé and Príncipe: 3.9 annual %   2005 Time series
# 32   Maldives: 3.89 annual %   2005 Time series
# 33   Comoros: 3.86 annual %   2005 Time series
# 34   Cape Verde: 3.69 annual %   2005 Time series
# 35   Ghana: 3.65 annual %   2005 Time series
# 36   Congo, Republic of the: 3.58 annual %   2005 Time series
# 37   Marshall Islands: 3.56 annual %   2005 Time series
# 38   Vanuatu: 3.47 annual %   2005 Time series
# 39   Cameroon: 3.46 annual %   2005 Time series
= 40   Belize: 3.45 annual %   2005 Time series
= 40   Malaysia: 3.45 annual %   2005 Time series
= 40   Pakistan: 3.45 annual %   2005 Time series
# 43   Tanzania: 3.43 annual %   2005 Time series
# 44   Bangladesh: 3.38 annual %   2005 Time series
# 45   Guinea: 3.37 annual %   2005 Time series
# 46   Guatemala: 3.34 annual %   2005 Time series
# 47   Kenya: 3.3 annual %   2005 Time series
# 48   Madagascar: 3.29 annual %   2005 Time series
# 49   Ethiopia: 3.22 annual %   2005 Time series
# 50   Panama: 3.18 annual %   2005 Time series
# 51   Mauritania: 3.12 annual %   2005 Time series
# 52   Honduras: 3.1 annual %   2005 Time series
= 53   Haiti: 3.09 annual %   2005 Time series
= 53   Philippines: 3.09 annual %   2005 Time series
# 55   Kiribati: 3.08 annual %   2005 Time series
# 56   Kuwait: 3.06 annual %   2005 Time series
# 57   Paraguay: 2.99 annual %   2005 Time series
# 58   China: 2.95 annual %   2005 Time series
# 59   Guinea-Bissau: 2.92 annual %   2005 Time series
# 60   Saudi Arabia: 2.88 annual %   2005 Time series
# 61   Brunei: 2.85 annual %   2005 Time series
# 62   Senegal: 2.84 annual %   2005 Time series
= 63   Dominican Republic: 2.76 annual %   2005 Time series
= 63   Vietnam: 2.76 annual %   2005 Time series
= 65   Burma: 2.74 annual %   2005 Time series
= 65   Jordan: 2.74 annual %   2005 Time series
# 67   Ireland: 2.67 annual %   2005 Time series
= 68   Bolivia: 2.65 annual %   2005 Time series
= 68   Syria: 2.65 annual %   2005 Time series
# 70   Namibia: 2.64 annual %   2005 Time series
= 71   Algeria: 2.63 annual %   2005 Time series
= 71   Liberia: 2.63 annual %   2005 Time series
# 73   Trinidad and Tobago: 2.62 annual %   2005 Time series
= 74   Antigua and Barbuda: 2.61 annual %   2005 Time series
= 74   Costa Rica: 2.61 annual %   2005 Time series
= 74   Cyprus: 2.61 annual %   2005 Time series
# 77   New Caledonia: 2.47 annual %   2005 Time series
# 78   Côte d'Ivoire: 2.46 annual %   2005 Time series
# 79   Djibouti: 2.43 annual %   2005 Time series
# 80   Gabon: 2.41 annual %   2005 Time series
# 81   Morocco: 2.38 annual %   2005 Time series
= 82   Singapore: 2.37 annual %   2005 Time series
= 82   Iraq: 2.37 annual %   2005 Time series
# 84   Libya: 2.36 annual %   2005 Time series
# 85   Equatorial Guinea: 2.32 annual %   2005 Time series
# 86   Papua New Guinea: 2.28 annual %   2005 Time series
# 87   Ecuador: 2.23 annual %   2005 Time series
# 88   El Salvador: 2.21 annual %   2005 Time series
# 89   Venezuela: 2.2 annual %   2005 Time series
# 90   Iran: 2.19 annual %   2005 Time series
# 91   Albania: 2.17 annual %   2005 Time series
# 92   India: 2.07 annual %   2005 Time series
# 93   Brazil: 2.06 annual %   2005 Time series
# 94   Turkey: 2.05 annual %   2005 Time series
# 95   Egypt: 2.04 annual %   2005 Time series
# 96   South Africa: 1.94 annual %   2005 Time series
# 97   Colombia: 1.93 annual %   2005 Time series
# 98   Bahrain: 1.89 annual %   2005 Time series
# 99   Turkmenistan: 1.88 annual %   2005 Time series
# 100   Guam: 1.87 annual %   2005 Time series
# 101   Fiji: 1.81 annual %   2005 Time series
# 102   Israel: 1.79 annual %   2005 Time series
# 103   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 1.77 annual %   2005 Time series
= 104   Zambia: 1.75 annual %   2005 Time series
= 104   Spain: 1.75 annual %   2005 Time series
= 106   Peru: 1.74 annual %   2005 Time series
= 106   Zimbabwe: 1.74 annual %   2005 Time series
# 108   Seychelles: 1.73 annual %   2005 Time series
= 109   Bahamas, The: 1.69 annual %   2005 Time series
= 109   Iceland: 1.69 annual %   2005 Time series
# 111   Swaziland: 1.66 annual %   2005 Time series
= 112   Mongolia: 1.59 annual %   2005 Time series
= 112   Thailand: 1.59 annual %   2005 Time series
# 114   Portugal: 1.57 annual %   2005 Time series
# 115   Tunisia: 1.55 annual %   2005 Time series
# 116   Central African Republic: 1.5 annual %   2005 Time series
# 117   Chile: 1.45 annual %   2005 Time series
# 118   Australia: 1.4 annual %   2005 Time series
= 119   United States: 1.36 annual %   2005 Time series
= 119   Mexico: 1.36 annual %   2005 Time series
# 121   Macedonia, Republic of: 1.34 annual %   2005 Time series
# 122   Barbados: 1.32 annual %   2005 Time series
# 123   Netherlands Antilles: 1.3 annual %   2005 Time series
= 124   French Polynesia: 1.27 annual %   2005 Time series
= 124   Oman: 1.27 annual %   2005 Time series
# 126   Botswana: 1.24 annual %   2005 Time series
= 127   Dominica: 1.23 annual %   2005 Time series
= 127   Kazakhstan: 1.23 annual %   2005 Time series
= 129   Azerbaijan: 1.21 annual %   2005 Time series
= 129   Kyrgyzstan: 1.21 annual %   2005 Time series
# 131   Switzerland: 1.2 annual %   2005 Time series
# 132   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 1.18 annual %   2005 Time series
= 133   Argentina: 1.17 annual %   2005 Time series
= 133   Lebanon: 1.17 annual %   2005 Time series
# 135   Saint Lucia: 1.15 annual %   2005 Time series
# 136   Canada: 1.14 annual %   2005 Time series
# 137   Nicaragua: 1.13 annual %   2005 Time series
# 138   Samoa: 1.12 annual %   2005 Time series
# 139   Suriname: 1.11 annual %   2005 Time series
# 140   Netherlands: 1.09 annual %   2005 Time series
# 141   Puerto Rico: 1.05 annual %   2005 Time series
= 142   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1.04 annual %   2005 Time series
= 142   New Zealand: 1.04 annual %   2005 Time series
# 144   Norway: 1.02 annual %   2005 Time series
# 145   Tonga: 0.99 annual %   2005 Time series
# 146   Jamaica: 0.96 annual %   2005 Time series
# 147   Malta: 0.95 annual %   2005 Time series
# 148   Korea, North: 0.92 annual %   2005 Time series
# 149   Hong Kong: 0.88 annual %   2005 Time series
# 150   Italy: 0.86 annual %   2005 Time series
= 151   Uruguay: 0.84 annual %   2005 Time series
= 151   Uzbekistan: 0.84 annual %   2005 Time series
# 153   France: 0.81 annual %   2005 Time series
# 154   Lesotho: 0.79 annual %   2005 Time series
# 155   Austria: 0.77 annual %   2005 Time series
# 156   Korea, South: 0.74 annual %   2005 Time series
= 157   Micronesia, Federated States of: 0.72 annual %   2005 Time series
= 157   United Kingdom: 0.72 annual %   2005 Time series
# 159   Mauritius: 0.66 annual %   2005 Time series
# 160   Macau: 0.64 annual %   2005 Time series
# 161   Belgium: 0.57 annual %   2005 Time series
# 162   Luxembourg: 0.51 annual %   2005 Time series
= 163   Grenada: 0.45 annual %   2005 Time series
= 163   Greece: 0.45 annual %   2005 Time series
# 165   Sweden: 0.4 annual %   2005 Time series
# 166   Denmark: 0.39 annual %   2005 Time series
# 167   Bermuda: 0.36 annual %   2005 Time series
# 168   Greenland: 0.35 annual %   2005 Time series
= 169   Finland: 0.34 annual %   2005 Time series
= 169   Man, Isle of: 0.34 annual %   2005 Time series
# 171   Croatia: 0.33 annual %   2005 Time series
# 172   Hungary: 0.32 annual %   2005 Time series
# 173   Virgin Islands: 0.28 annual %   2005 Time series
# 174   Slovenia: 0.25 annual %   2005 Time series
# 175   Tajikistan: 0.22 annual %   2005 Time series
= 176   Cuba: 0.19 annual %   2005 Time series
= 176   Japan: 0.19 annual %   2005 Time series
# 178   Czech Republic: 0.13 annual %   2005 Time series
# 179   Belarus: 0.11 annual %   2005 Time series
# 180   Poland: 0.09 annual %   2005 Time series
# 181   Slovakia: 0.05 annual %   2005 Time series
# 182   Sri Lanka: 0.04 annual %   2005 Time series
= 183   Serbia and Montenegro: -0.03 annual %   2005 Time series
= 183   Moldova: -0.03 annual %   2005 Time series
= 183   Germany: -0.03 annual %   2005 Time series
# 186   Guyana: -0.15 annual %   2005 Time series
# 187   Bulgaria: -0.21 annual %   2005 Time series
# 188   Estonia: -0.3 annual %   2005 Time series
= 189   Romania: -0.57 annual %   2005 Time series
= 189   Ukraine: -0.57 annual %   2005 Time series
= 191   Latvia: -0.62 annual %   2005 Time series
= 191   Russia: -0.62 annual %   2005 Time series
# 193   Armenia: -0.64 annual %   2005 Time series
# 194   Lithuania: -0.74 annual %   2005 Time series
# 195   Georgia: -1.16 annual %   2005 Time series
Weighted average: 2.1 annual %   



DEFINITION: Urban population is the midyear population of areas defined as urban in each country and reported to the United Nations.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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