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Urban population growth (annual %)
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191 countries
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2026
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2026
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Value
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1
Marshall Islands
-2.9
2
Moldova
-1.1
3
Albania
-0.97
4
Latvia
-0.75
5
Tuvalu
-0.64
6
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
-0.42
7
Tonga
-0.39
8
Japan
-0.32
9
Cuba
-0.31
10
Poland
-0.21
11
Mauritius
-0.2
12
Serbia
-0.17
13
Palau
-0.11
14
Slovak Republic
-0.08
15
Belarus
-0.07
16
Romania
-0.04
17
Hungary
-0.03
18
Russian Federation
-0.03
19
Uruguay
0.01
20
Italy
0.04
21
Trinidad and Tobago
0.07
22
Korea, Rep.
0.08
23
Montenegro
0.1
24
Georgia
0.11
25
Dominica
0.13
26
Estonia
0.18
27
Nepal
0.2
28
Sri Lanka
0.21
29
Bulgaria
0.21
30
Barbados
0.24
31
Antigua and Barbuda
0.25
32
Iceland
0.25
33
St. Lucia
0.25
34
Greece
0.26
35
France
0.29
36
North Macedonia
0.31
37
Grenada
0.38
38
Venezuela, RB
0.41
39
Ukraine
0.42
40
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.42
41
Germany
0.42
42
China
0.43
43
Argentina
0.43
44
Czechia
0.46
45
Bahamas, The
0.46
46
St. Kitts and Nevis
0.48
47
Sweden
0.57
48
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0.57
49
Turkiye
0.59
50
Azerbaijan
0.59
51
Naoero
0.6
52
Guyana
0.62
53
Samoa
0.63
54
Croatia
0.64
55
Denmark
0.67
56
Slovenia
0.72
57
Brazil
0.72
58
Bahrain
0.73
59
Belgium
0.74
60
Chile
0.74
61
Jamaica
0.79
62
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.81
63
Lebanon
0.84
64
Austria
0.85
65
Suriname
0.89
66
Myanmar
0.9
67
Kuwait
0.9
68
Dominican Republic
0.92
69
Brunei Darussalam
0.92
70
Lithuania
0.95
71
Belize
0.98
72
Netherlands
0.98
73
Finland
0.99
74
Cyprus
1
75
Sudan
1
76
Costa Rica
1
77
Ecuador
1
78
United States
1
79
Libya
1
80
El Salvador
1.1
81
Tunisia
1.1
82
United Kingdom
1.2
83
Morocco
1.2
84
Mexico
1.2
85
Spain
1.3
86
Norway
1.3
87
Jordan
1.3
88
Israel
1.3
89
Portugal
1.3
90
Fiji
1.3
91
Liechtenstein
1.4
92
Colombia
1.4
93
Eritrea
1.4
94
Timor-Leste
1.4
95
Philippines
1.4
96
South Africa
1.4
97
Djibouti
1.4
98
Panama
1.5
99
Thailand
1.5
100
Iran, Islamic Rep.
1.5
101
Maldives
1.5
102
Viet Nam
1.6
103
Peru
1.6
104
Nicaragua
1.6
105
Luxembourg
1.6
106
Cabo Verde
1.6
107
Switzerland
1.6
108
New Zealand
1.7
109
Seychelles
1.7
110
Kyrgyz Republic
1.8
111
India
1.8
112
Turkmenistan
1.8
113
Kazakhstan
1.8
114
Bolivia
1.8
115
Cambodia
1.8
116
Malaysia
1.8
117
Tajikistan
1.9
118
Indonesia
1.9
119
Ireland
1.9
120
Egypt, Arab Rep.
1.9
121
Mongolia
2
122
Uzbekistan
2
123
Paraguay
2
124
Singapore
2
125
Australia
2.1
126
Algeria
2.1
127
Iraq
2.2
128
Guatemala
2.2
129
Haiti
2.2
130
Botswana
2.3
131
Vanuatu
2.4
132
Sao Tome and Principe
2.4
133
Gabon
2.4
134
Pakistan
2.4
135
Armenia
2.5
136
Honduras
2.5
137
Bhutan
2.6
138
West Bank and Gaza
2.7
139
Eswatini
2.7
140
Equatorial Guinea
2.7
141
Congo, Rep.
2.7
142
Kenya
2.8
143
Bangladesh
2.8
144
Ghana
2.8
145
Malta
2.9
146
Kiribati
3
147
Gambia, The
3.1
148
Comoros
3.1
149
Cameroon
3.1
150
Liberia
3.1
151
Namibia
3.1
152
Canada
3.2
153
Lao PDR
3.3
154
Senegal
3.3
155
Zimbabwe
3.3
156
Guinea-Bissau
3.3
157
Sierra Leone
3.4
158
Nigeria
3.4
159
Lesotho
3.4
160
Cote d'Ivoire
3.5
161
Guinea
3.5
162
Togo
3.5
163
Yemen, Rep.
3.6
164
Afghanistan
3.7
165
Zambia
3.8
166
Madagascar
3.8
167
Benin
4
168
Papua New Guinea
4.1
169
Congo, Dem. Rep.
4.1
170
Angola
4.2
171
Burkina Faso
4.2
172
Malawi
4.3
173
Oman
4.3
174
Syrian Arab Republic
4.3
175
Mauritania
4.4
176
Central African Republic
4.4
177
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
4.5
178
Solomon Islands
4.5
179
Tanzania
4.8
180
Saudi Arabia
4.8
181
United Arab Emirates
4.9
182
Mali
4.9
183
Mozambique
4.9
184
Uganda
4.9
185
Niger
5
186
Ethiopia
5
187
South Sudan
5.4
188
Rwanda
5.6
189
Chad
7.2
190
Qatar
7.4
191
Burundi
7.9
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