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Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate by country

The year-on-year percentage change in Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

Countries reporting
244
Highest
5.47 % change on previous year
Ethiopia PDR
Lowest
-0.8316 % change on previous year
United States Virgin Islands
Median
0.6917 % change on previous year
Years covered
100
1951–2050
Data points
25,267

What the numbers show

Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate is currently reported for 244 countries. The highest value is 5.47 % change on previous year in Ethiopia PDR; the lowest is -0.8316 % change on previous year in United States Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6917 % change on previous year, and the mean is 1.09 % change on previous year.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 235 fell. The largest increase was in Netherlands Antilles (former) (up 429.2%), and the largest decrease in China, Taiwan Province of (down 5,302.5%).

Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia PDR 5.47 % change on previous year 1992 up 15.6% falling
1 United Republic of Tanzania 3.42 % change on previous year 2050 down 12.1% falling
2 Niger 5.26 % change on previous year 2050 down 9.5% falling
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.06 % change on previous year 2050 down 15.2% flat
3 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 4.45 % change on previous year 1990 up 5.8% rising
4 Burundi 4.44 % change on previous year 2050 down 9.6% flat
5 Malawi 4.02 % change on previous year 2050 down 11.4% falling
5 Melanesia 2.76 % change on previous year 2050 down 7.6% volatile
5 Côte d'Ivoire 2.76 % change on previous year 2050 down 11.1% volatile
6 Uganda 3.77 % change on previous year 2050 down 13.0% falling
6 Timor-Leste 2.55 % change on previous year 2050 down 12.1% flat
7 Chad 3.72 % change on previous year 2050 down 12.5% falling
7 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.51 % change on previous year 2050 down 13.5% volatile
8 South Sudan 3.59 % change on previous year 2050 down 11.1% falling
8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.48 % change on previous year 2050 down 25.1% falling
9 Papua New Guinea 3.49 % change on previous year 2050 down 10.8% volatile
9 Syrian Arab Republic 1.47 % change on previous year 2050 down 25.8% volatile
10 Burkina Faso 3.33 % change on previous year 2050 down 13.9% falling
10 Viet Nam 1.29 % change on previous year 2050 down 21.7% falling
11 Rwanda 3.32 % change on previous year 2050 down 14.8% volatile
12 Zambia 3.24 % change on previous year 2050 down 10.9% falling
12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.13 % change on previous year 2050 down 21.1% falling
13 Mozambique 3.23 % change on previous year 2050 down 13.2% falling
13 Polynesia 0.7979 % change on previous year 2050 down 15.5% volatile
14 Somalia 3.22 % change on previous year 2050 down 11.2% volatile
15 Guinea 3.08 % change on previous year 2050 down 12.8% falling
16 Mali 3.02 % change on previous year 2050 down 15.4% flat
16 Cabo Verde 0.8634 % change on previous year 2050 down 26.6% volatile
16 Micronesia 0.5818 % change on previous year 2050 down 29.9% volatile
17 Kenya 2.98 % change on previous year 2050 down 14.6% falling
17 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.5495 % change on previous year 2050 down 31.0% volatile
18 Ethiopia 2.96 % change on previous year 2050 down 15.8% falling
18 Türkiye 0.4636 % change on previous year 2050 down 37.3% volatile
19 Sudan 2.95 % change on previous year 2050 down 13.5% flat
19 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.4313 % change on previous year 2050 down 34.6% volatile
20 Madagascar 2.93 % change on previous year 2050 down 12.8% falling
20 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.3155 % change on previous year 2050 down 50.9% volatile
21 Sudan (former) 2.93 % change on previous year 2011 down 0.9% falling
21 Republic of Moldova 0.1829 % change on previous year 2050 down 59.7% volatile
22 Zimbabwe 2.81 % change on previous year 2050 down 15.3% falling
23 Angola 2.8 % change on previous year 2050 down 12.8% falling
23 Caribbean 0.2651 % change on previous year 2050 down 51.7% volatile
24 Senegal 2.78 % change on previous year 2050 down 13.1% falling
25 Benin 2.72 % change on previous year 2050 down 13.5% falling
26 Nigeria 2.71 % change on previous year 2050 down 12.6% falling
27 Afghanistan 2.67 % change on previous year 2050 down 16.7% falling
28 Tajikistan 2.66 % change on previous year 2050 down 15.3% rising
29 Central African Republic 2.62 % change on previous year 2050 down 14.8% falling
30 Togo 2.6 % change on previous year 2050 down 14.8% volatile
31 Liberia 2.59 % change on previous year 2050 down 13.5% volatile
32 Netherlands Antilles (former) 2.59 % change on previous year 2010 up 429.2% volatile
33 Eritrea 2.52 % change on previous year 2050 down 16.6% falling
34 Cameroon 2.48 % change on previous year 2050 down 13.0% falling
35 Comoros 2.47 % change on previous year 2050 down 12.3% falling
36 Congo 2.46 % change on previous year 2050 down 13.5% falling
37 Vanuatu 2.46 % change on previous year 2050 down 8.6% falling
38 Guinea-Bissau 2.39 % change on previous year 2050 down 12.7% falling
39 Solomon Islands 2.37 % change on previous year 2050 down 13.3% falling
40 Lesotho 2.37 % change on previous year 2050 down 11.1% volatile
41 Mayotte 2.33 % change on previous year 2050 down 16.7% volatile
42 Mauritania 2.32 % change on previous year 2050 down 14.3% volatile
43 Iraq 2.31 % change on previous year 2050 down 12.9% falling
44 Gambia 2.22 % change on previous year 2050 down 18.7% falling
45 Cambodia 2.17 % change on previous year 2050 down 17.2% volatile
46 Sierra Leone 2.17 % change on previous year 2050 down 17.2% falling
47 Eswatini 2.13 % change on previous year 2050 down 11.8% volatile
48 Egypt 2.13 % change on previous year 2050 down 14.7% falling
49 Yemen 2.12 % change on previous year 2050 down 21.3% falling
50 Pakistan 2.11 % change on previous year 2050 down 15.9% falling
51 Equatorial Guinea 2.07 % change on previous year 2050 down 16.9% volatile
52 Nepal 1.99 % change on previous year 2050 down 17.3% falling
53 Ghana 1.99 % change on previous year 2050 down 15.3% falling
54 Samoa 1.92 % change on previous year 2050 down 1.8% volatile
55 Namibia 1.88 % change on previous year 2050 down 17.1% falling
56 Palestine 1.86 % change on previous year 2050 down 15.8% falling
57 Kyrgyzstan 1.79 % change on previous year 2050 down 18.0% rising
58 Tonga 1.78 % change on previous year 2050 down 9.8% volatile
59 Sao Tome and Principe 1.73 % change on previous year 2050 down 15.6% falling
60 Guatemala 1.73 % change on previous year 2050 down 19.0% falling
61 Philippines 1.65 % change on previous year 2050 down 16.7% falling
62 French Guiana 1.64 % change on previous year 2050 down 17.9% falling
63 Liechtenstein 1.63 % change on previous year 2050 down 9.2% volatile
64 Belize 1.62 % change on previous year 2050 down 18.2% falling
65 Sri Lanka 1.6 % change on previous year 2050 down 21.7% volatile
66 Kiribati 1.56 % change on previous year 2050 down 11.4% falling
67 Montserrat 1.53 % change on previous year 2050 down 14.5% volatile
68 Antigua and Barbuda 1.48 % change on previous year 2050 down 14.4% volatile
69 India 1.47 % change on previous year 2050 down 21.5% falling
70 Myanmar 1.46 % change on previous year 2050 down 22.1% falling
71 Nicaragua 1.45 % change on previous year 2023 down 4.0% falling
72 Gabon 1.39 % change on previous year 2050 down 16.5% volatile
73 Turkmenistan 1.3 % change on previous year 2050 down 22.9% falling
74 Western Sahara 1.29 % change on previous year 2050 down 20.4% volatile
75 Kazakhstan 1.25 % change on previous year 2050 down 10.1% volatile
76 Maldives 1.23 % change on previous year 2050 down 19.5% volatile
77 Bangladesh 1.22 % change on previous year 2050 down 25.6% volatile
78 Uzbekistan 1.22 % change on previous year 2050 down 19.5% falling
79 Honduras 1.17 % change on previous year 2050 down 24.6% falling
80 Ecuador 1.13 % change on previous year 2050 down 20.4% falling
81 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.1 % change on previous year 2050 down 21.1% volatile
82 Israel 1.1 % change on previous year 2050 down 14.2% volatile
83 Panama 1.09 % change on previous year 2050 down 22.4% falling
84 Botswana 1.07 % change on previous year 2050 down 26.3% volatile
85 Jordan 1.06 % change on previous year 2050 down 27.0% volatile
86 Mongolia 1.05 % change on previous year 2050 down 11.5% volatile
87 Saint Lucia 1.03 % change on previous year 2050 down 21.9% volatile
88 Algeria 0.9922 % change on previous year 2050 down 17.7% volatile
89 Paraguay 0.9753 % change on previous year 2050 down 23.4% falling
90 Tuvalu 0.9551 % change on previous year 2050 down 12.8% volatile
91 New Caledonia 0.9545 % change on previous year 2050 down 19.4% volatile
92 Faroe Islands 0.9506 % change on previous year 2050 down 15.1% volatile
93 Bhutan 0.9406 % change on previous year 2050 down 25.1% volatile
94 Ireland 0.9335 % change on previous year 2050 down 21.1% volatile
95 Guyana 0.9156 % change on previous year 2050 down 25.7% volatile
96 Australia 0.8931 % change on previous year 2050 down 10.8% falling
97 Isle of Man 0.882 % change on previous year 2050 down 18.0% volatile
98 South Africa 0.8748 % change on previous year 2050 down 22.2% falling
99 Haiti 0.86 % change on previous year 2050 down 31.5% falling
100 Morocco 0.834 % change on previous year 2050 down 27.3% falling
101 Australia and New Zealand 0.8335 % change on previous year 2050 down 11.9% falling
102 Barbados 0.8257 % change on previous year 2050 down 15.4% volatile
103 British Virgin Islands 0.8086 % change on previous year 2050 down 23.5% volatile
104 Indonesia 0.8065 % change on previous year 2050 down 30.2% falling
105 United Arab Emirates 0.7766 % change on previous year 2050 down 28.3% volatile
106 Luxembourg 0.7733 % change on previous year 2050 down 16.3% falling
107 Norway 0.7506 % change on previous year 2050 down 15.2% volatile
108 Niue 0.7353 % change on previous year 2050 down 27.6% volatile
109 Yugoslav SFR 0.7059 % change on previous year 1991 down 69.1% falling
110 Malaysia 0.6933 % change on previous year 2050 down 24.9% volatile
111 Djibouti 0.6901 % change on previous year 2050 down 32.3% volatile
112 Peru 0.6786 % change on previous year 2050 down 28.6% volatile
113 Oman 0.6784 % change on previous year 2050 down 16.5% volatile
114 Tunisia 0.6752 % change on previous year 2050 down 23.6% volatile
115 Cyprus 0.6588 % change on previous year 2050 down 25.9% volatile
116 Canada 0.6552 % change on previous year 2050 down 15.7% volatile
117 China, Macao SAR 0.6462 % change on previous year 2050 down 16.4% volatile
118 Switzerland 0.6452 % change on previous year 2050 down 14.7% volatile
119 Azerbaijan 0.6087 % change on previous year 2050 down 37.9% falling
120 Grenada 0.6059 % change on previous year 2050 down 35.7% volatile
121 French Polynesia 0.6032 % change on previous year 2050 down 25.6% volatile
122 Saudi Arabia 0.5985 % change on previous year 2050 down 30.5% volatile
123 Qatar 0.5742 % change on previous year 2050 down 21.4% volatile
124 Marshall Islands 0.5557 % change on previous year 2050 down 57.2% falling
125 Bahrain 0.5428 % change on previous year 2050 down 34.0% volatile
126 Sweden 0.5427 % change on previous year 2050 down 1.3% volatile
127 Monaco 0.5392 % change on previous year 2050 up 17.9% volatile
128 Mexico 0.5363 % change on previous year 2050 down 34.9% volatile
129 Palau 0.5354 % change on previous year 2050 down 26.3% falling
130 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.5275 % change on previous year 2050 down 21.2% volatile
131 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.5143 % change on previous year 2050 down 31.2% volatile
132 Argentina 0.514 % change on previous year 2050 down 24.0% falling
133 Austria 0.5124 % change on previous year 2050 down 24.3% volatile
134 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.5079 % change on previous year 2050 down 17.3% volatile
135 Aruba 0.5076 % change on previous year 2050 down 31.1% volatile
136 Holy See 0.4988 % change on previous year 2050 up 200.0% volatile
137 New Zealand 0.4877 % change on previous year 2050 down 24.2% volatile
138 Suriname 0.4854 % change on previous year 2050 down 35.8% volatile
139 Cayman Islands 0.4821 % change on previous year 2050 down 29.9% volatile
140 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.4733 % change on previous year 2050 down 40.2% volatile
141 Libya 0.4664 % change on previous year 2050 down 42.5% volatile
142 Fiji 0.4647 % change on previous year 2050 down 38.4% volatile
143 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.4593 % change on previous year 2050 down 17.4% volatile
144 Mauritius 0.4521 % change on previous year 2050 down 32.3% volatile
145 Kuwait 0.4407 % change on previous year 2050 down 42.1% volatile
146 Brunei Darussalam 0.4349 % change on previous year 2050 down 40.8% volatile
147 Bahamas 0.4187 % change on previous year 2050 down 29.2% volatile
148 Dominican Republic 0.3757 % change on previous year 2050 down 46.0% volatile
149 USSR 0.3658 % change on previous year 1991 down 75.8% falling
150 Slovakia 0.3502 % change on previous year 2050 down 31.0% volatile
151 Slovenia 0.3442 % change on previous year 2050 down 35.7% volatile
152 Denmark 0.3351 % change on previous year 2050 down 12.7% volatile
153 France 0.3323 % change on previous year 2050 down 30.2% volatile
154 Cook Islands 0.324 % change on previous year 2050 down 10.5% volatile
155 Curaçao 0.3059 % change on previous year 2050 down 22.8% falling
156 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.3054 % change on previous year 1999 down 6.2% falling
157 Finland 0.2994 % change on previous year 2050 up 3.1% volatile
158 Costa Rica 0.29 % change on previous year 2050 down 47.7% volatile
159 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.278 % change on previous year 2050 down 44.5% volatile
160 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2601 % change on previous year 2050 down 56.6% volatile
161 Seychelles 0.2594 % change on previous year 2050 down 54.1% volatile
162 El Salvador 0.2563 % change on previous year 2050 down 51.9% volatile
163 Chile 0.2334 % change on previous year 2050 down 48.5% volatile
164 Iceland 0.2312 % change on previous year 2050 down 42.4% volatile
165 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2135 % change on previous year 2050 down 48.9% volatile
166 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2012 % change on previous year 2050 down 54.9% volatile
167 North Macedonia 0.1782 % change on previous year 2050 down 51.1% volatile
168 Czechia 0.1601 % change on previous year 2050 down 5.0% volatile
169 Guam 0.1509 % change on previous year 2050 down 59.9% volatile
170 Thailand 0.1451 % change on previous year 2050 down 73.9% volatile
171 Colombia 0.1417 % change on previous year 2050 down 66.1% volatile
172 Belgium 0.1395 % change on previous year 2050 down 38.4% falling
173 Russian Federation 0.1394 % change on previous year 2050 up 30.9% volatile
174 Dominica 0.1305 % change on previous year 2050 down 60.2% volatile
175 Romania 0.1264 % change on previous year 2050 down 59.6% volatile
176 Serbia 0.1128 % change on previous year 2050 down 42.9% volatile
177 Lebanon 0.1062 % change on previous year 2050 down 69.8% volatile
178 Brazil 0.1001 % change on previous year 2050 down 70.0% volatile
179 Gibraltar 0.0973 % change on previous year 2050 down 40.9% volatile
180 Armenia 0.0634 % change on previous year 2050 down 80.2% volatile
181 Réunion 0.0395 % change on previous year 2050 down 87.0% volatile
182 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.0392 % change on previous year 2050 down 69.6% volatile
183 Germany 0.0388 % change on previous year 2050 down 79.3% volatile
184 Uruguay 0.0269 % change on previous year 2050 down 82.5% volatile
185 Georgia 0.0234 % change on previous year 2050 down 89.1% volatile
186 Croatia 0.0158 % change on previous year 2050 down 91.1% volatile
187 Jamaica 0.0152 % change on previous year 2050 down 96.1% volatile
188 Italy 0.0094 % change on previous year 2050 down 95.3% volatile
189 Serbia and Montenegro 0.0015 % change on previous year 2005 down 99.8% volatile
190 Czechoslovakia -0.0028 % change on previous year 1992 down 100.7% volatile
191 Montenegro -0.0301 % change on previous year 2050 down 123.4% volatile
192 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -0.0407 % change on previous year 2050 down 124.8% volatile
193 Poland -0.0452 % change on previous year 2050 down 133.4% volatile
194 China, mainland -0.0577 % change on previous year 2050 down 118.2% volatile
195 China -0.0615 % change on previous year 2050 down 119.8% volatile
196 Belarus -0.0716 % change on previous year 2050 down 35.3% volatile
197 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) -0.0791 % change on previous year 2050 down 239.9% volatile
198 Estonia -0.1039 % change on previous year 2050 down 334.2% volatile
199 Singapore -0.1059 % change on previous year 2050 down 156.8% volatile
200 Spain -0.1207 % change on previous year 2050 down 200.4% volatile
201 San Marino -0.1221 % change on previous year 2050 down 802.9% volatile
202 Lithuania -0.1248 % change on previous year 2050 down 39.6% volatile
203 American Samoa -0.1454 % change on previous year 2050 down 217.4% volatile
204 Ukraine -0.1458 % change on previous year 2050 down 11.5% volatile
205 Andorra -0.1734 % change on previous year 2050 down 220.7% volatile
206 Cuba -0.1738 % change on previous year 2050 down 378.0% volatile
207 Hungary -0.1776 % change on previous year 2050 down 41.1% volatile
208 Portugal -0.1795 % change on previous year 2050 down 336.7% volatile
209 Malta -0.2041 % change on previous year 2050 up 4.5% volatile
210 Republic of Korea -0.2155 % change on previous year 2050 down 426.9% volatile
211 Albania -0.217 % change on previous year 2050 down 487.1% volatile
212 Nauru -0.2288 % change on previous year 2050 down 427.5% volatile
213 Latvia -0.2718 % change on previous year 2050 down 9.4% volatile
214 Greenland -0.2897 % change on previous year 2050 down 49.0% volatile
215 China, Taiwan Province of -0.2929 % change on previous year 2050 down 5,302.5% volatile
216 Anguilla -0.3185 % change on previous year 2050 down 239.2% volatile
217 Greece -0.3231 % change on previous year 2050 down 430.5% volatile
218 Japan -0.4618 % change on previous year 2050 up 0.0% volatile
219 Guadeloupe -0.4893 % change on previous year 2050 down 108.8% volatile
220 Martinique -0.4934 % change on previous year 2050 down 153.4% volatile
221 Bulgaria -0.5166 % change on previous year 2050 down 3.7% volatile
222 Puerto Rico -0.5786 % change on previous year 2050 down 65.7% volatile
223 Bermuda -0.6736 % change on previous year 2050 down 31.9% volatile
224 Northern Mariana Islands -0.7575 % change on previous year 2050 down 168.6% volatile
225 United States Virgin Islands -0.8316 % change on previous year 2050 down 30.0% volatile

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Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate
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% change on previous year
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Statizoid (derived)
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Coverage
275 places, 25,267 data points, 1951–2050
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The year-on-year percentage change in Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.