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Urban population growth (annual %) by country 2026 | worldgovdata
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Urban population growth (annual %)
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191 countries
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2026
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2026
All regions
East Asia & Pacific
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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
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Value
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1
Marshall Islands
-3
2
Moldova
-1.3
3
Latvia
-0.77
4
Kuwait
-0.65
5
Albania
-0.61
6
Tuvalu
-0.5
7
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
-0.41
8
Estonia
-0.4
9
Tonga
-0.39
10
Japan
-0.37
11
Cuba
-0.31
12
Hungary
-0.22
13
Serbia
-0.16
14
Romania
-0.16
15
Slovak Republic
-0.15
16
Poland
-0.15
17
Korea, Rep.
-0.12
18
Mauritius
-0.11
19
Palau
-0.09
20
Belarus
-0.08
21
Czechia
-0.06
22
Trinidad and Tobago
-0.03
23
Jordan
-0
24
Uruguay
0
25
Sri Lanka
0.01
26
Montenegro
0.04
27
Italy
0.05
28
Russian Federation
0.08
29
Dominica
0.09
30
Germany
0.11
31
Bulgaria
0.17
32
St. Lucia
0.22
33
Antigua and Barbuda
0.23
34
Nepal
0.23
35
France
0.3
36
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.32
37
Barbados
0.32
38
North Macedonia
0.33
39
Greece
0.37
40
Grenada
0.38
41
Lithuania
0.38
42
United Kingdom
0.39
43
Argentina
0.42
44
Venezuela, RB
0.43
45
Bahamas, The
0.44
46
St. Kitts and Nevis
0.5
47
Sweden
0.5
48
China
0.51
49
Azerbaijan
0.54
50
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0.57
51
Slovenia
0.59
52
Turkiye
0.59
53
United States
0.61
54
Samoa
0.61
55
Guyana
0.64
56
Naoero
0.65
57
Chile
0.68
58
Austria
0.69
59
Brazil
0.7
60
Denmark
0.71
61
New Zealand
0.73
62
Bahrain
0.73
63
Jamaica
0.76
64
Belgium
0.77
65
Croatia
0.78
66
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.79
67
Finland
0.82
68
Netherlands
0.83
69
Suriname
0.89
70
Brunei Darussalam
0.93
71
Cyprus
0.93
72
Belize
0.93
73
Dominican Republic
0.96
74
Costa Rica
0.97
75
Norway
0.98
76
Lebanon
1
77
El Salvador
1
78
Tunisia
1.1
79
Libya
1.1
80
Myanmar
1.1
81
Ecuador
1.1
82
Canada
1.2
83
Mexico
1.2
84
Singapore
1.2
85
Liechtenstein
1.2
86
Israel
1.2
87
Fiji
1.3
88
Switzerland
1.3
89
Spain
1.3
90
Portugal
1.3
91
South Africa
1.3
92
Colombia
1.3
93
Iran, Islamic Rep.
1.4
94
Philippines
1.4
95
Djibouti
1.4
96
Thailand
1.4
97
Morocco
1.4
98
Panama
1.5
99
Viet Nam
1.5
100
Luxembourg
1.5
101
Mongolia
1.5
102
Peru
1.5
103
Seychelles
1.6
104
Iceland
1.6
105
Maldives
1.6
106
Cabo Verde
1.6
107
Nicaragua
1.6
108
Australia
1.7
109
Turkmenistan
1.7
110
Timor-Leste
1.7
111
Kazakhstan
1.7
112
Kyrgyz Republic
1.7
113
Cambodia
1.7
114
India
1.8
115
Tajikistan
1.8
116
Malaysia
1.8
117
Egypt, Arab Rep.
1.8
118
Bolivia
1.8
119
Indonesia
1.9
120
Armenia
1.9
121
Malta
1.9
122
Uzbekistan
1.9
123
Paraguay
2
124
Ireland
2
125
Eritrea
2
126
Algeria
2
127
Guatemala
2.1
128
Haiti
2.2
129
Iraq
2.2
130
Botswana
2.3
131
Gabon
2.4
132
Vanuatu
2.4
133
Sao Tome and Principe
2.4
134
Honduras
2.4
135
Pakistan
2.5
136
Sudan
2.6
137
West Bank and Gaza
2.6
138
Bhutan
2.7
139
Equatorial Guinea
2.7
140
Congo, Rep.
2.7
141
Ghana
2.8
142
Eswatini
2.8
143
Bangladesh
2.9
144
Kiribati
2.9
145
Kenya
2.9
146
Namibia
3
147
Ukraine
3
148
Cameroon
3
149
Comoros
3
150
Liberia
3.1
151
Lao PDR
3.2
152
Senegal
3.3
153
Sierra Leone
3.3
154
Gambia, The
3.3
155
Guinea-Bissau
3.3
156
Nigeria
3.3
157
Georgia
3.3
158
Lesotho
3.3
159
Zimbabwe
3.4
160
South Sudan
3.5
161
Cote d'Ivoire
3.5
162
Guinea
3.5
163
Togo
3.5
164
Yemen, Rep.
3.5
165
Afghanistan
3.7
166
Zambia
3.7
167
Syrian Arab Republic
3.8
168
Madagascar
3.8
169
Benin
3.9
170
Qatar
4
171
Oman
4
172
Congo, Dem. Rep.
4
173
Angola
4.1
174
Papua New Guinea
4.1
175
Mauritania
4.2
176
Burkina Faso
4.3
177
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
4.3
178
Central African Republic
4.3
179
Malawi
4.4
180
Solomon Islands
4.4
181
Ethiopia
4.6
182
Mali
4.8
183
Uganda
4.8
184
Tanzania
4.8
185
Saudi Arabia
4.8
186
United Arab Emirates
4.9
187
Mozambique
4.9
188
Niger
5
189
Rwanda
5.6
190
Chad
5.7
191
Burundi
5.8
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