Urban population growth (annual %) - Density & urbanization - Environment - World Development Indicators

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Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects.

Rank	Country	Value
Urban population growth (annual %) - Density & urbanization - Environment - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Qatar	11.95
2	Burundi	5.90
3	Laos	5.67
4	Liberia	5.61
5	Burkina Faso	5.59
6	Malawi	5.47
7	Singapore	5.32
8	Eritrea	5.15
9	Bhutan	5
10	Maldives	4.97
11	Yemen	4.78
12	Nepal	4.66
13	Timor-Leste	4.64
14	Tanzania	4.62
15	Haiti	4.59
16	Democratic Republic of the Congo	4.58
17	Cambodia	4.57
18	Uganda	4.51
19	Mozambique	4.46
20	Chad	4.44
21	Niger	4.40
22	Ethiopia	4.38
23	Belize	4.32
24	Rwanda	4.31
25	Sudan	4.29
26	Solomon Islands	4.26
27	Afghanistan	4.25
28	Vanuatu	4.25
29	Gambia	4.23
30	Angola	4.22
31	Togo	4.16
32	Benin	4.13
33	Mali	4.12
34	Least developed countries: UN classification	4.09
35	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	4.07
36	Kenya	4.04
37	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.90
38	Madagascar	3.84
39	Nigeria	3.84
40	Lesotho	3.74
41	Cameroon	3.73
42	Ivory Coast	3.66
43	Guinea	3.65
44	Low income	3.62
45	Ghana	3.57
46	Namibia	3.54
47	Guatemala	3.41
48	Somalia	3.41
49	Sierra Leone	3.39
50	Indonesia	3.38
51	Pakistan	3.31
52	Jordan	3.27
53	Senegal	3.25
54	Bangladesh	3.20
55	Seychelles	3.12
56	Syria	3.08
57	Malaysia	3.03
58	Equatorial Guinea	3.02
59	Trinidad and Tobago	2.99
60	Philippines	2.97
61	Vietnam	2.97
62	Honduras	2.96
63	Sao Tome and Principe	2.96
64	Burma	2.93
65	Mauritania	2.89
66	Zambia	2.85
67	West Bank and Gaza	2.85
68	United Arab Emirates	2.81
69	Paraguay	2.80
70	Marshall Islands	2.80
71	Botswana	2.79
72	East Asia & Pacific	2.77
73	Panama	2.74
74	Cape Verde	2.65
75	Lower middle income	2.63
76	China	2.62
77	Comoros	2.60
78	South Asia	2.59
79	Swaziland	2.55
80	South Africa	2.53
81	Macau	2.52
82	Brunei Darussalam	2.50
83	Algeria	2.50
84	Dominican Republic	2.48
85	Guinea-Bissau	2.48
86	Bolivia	2.47
87	Kuwait	2.43
88	Republic of the Congo	2.41
89	Gabon	2.40
90	Iraq	2.37
91	Low & middle income	2.36
92	New Caledonia	2.32
93	Central African Republic	2.32
94	India	2.29
95	Middle East & North Africa	2.29
96	Libya	2.24
97	Djibouti	2.24
98	Turkmenistan	2.23
99	Papua New Guinea	2.21
100	Middle income	2.20
101	Oman	2.20
102	Costa Rica	2.17
103	Bahrain	2.13
104	Iran	2.07
105	High income: nonOECD	2.06
106	Ecuador	2.05
107	Ireland	2.02
108	American Samoa	2.01
109	Venezuela	2
110	Northern Mariana Islands	1.99
111	Palau	1.98
112	Egypt	1.91
113	Turkey	1.91
114	Netherlands Antilles	1.90
115	Australia	1.89
116	Iceland	1.88
117	Colombia	1.86
118	Morocco	1.82
119	Saudi Arabia	1.81
120	Israel	1.80
121	Nicaragua	1.78
122	Uzbekistan	1.75
123	Kiribati	1.74
124	Albania	1.72
125	Kazakhstan	1.71
126	Spain	1.68
127	Tajikistan	1.68
128	Luxembourg	1.64
129	Fiji	1.63
130	Thailand	1.63
131	Latin America & Caribbean	1.61
132	Tunisia	1.60
133	Faroe Islands	1.58
134	Tonga	1.54
135	Brazil	1.51
136	Barbados	1.47
137	Bahamas	1.45
138	Andorra	1.45
139	San Marino	1.43
140	Azerbaijan	1.41
141	Mongolia	1.41
142	Mexico	1.40
143	Zimbabwe	1.40
144	St. Lucia	1.39
145	Suriname	1.38
146	Switzerland	1.35
147	Aruba	1.35
148	Cayman Islands	1.34
149	Chile	1.32
150	Norway	1.32
151	Upper middle income	1.30
152	Cyprus	1.29
153	Guam	1.29
154	United States	1.28
155	Peru	1.28
156	Kyrgyzstan	1.26
157	French Polynesia	1.24
158	Argentina	1.21
159	Portugal	1.18
160	Canada	1.14
161	New Zealand	1.09
162	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.09
163	Netherlands	1.05
164	Dominica	1.01
165	High income	1
166	Italy	1
167	Finland	0.94
168	El Salvador	0.94
169	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.94
170	Malta	0.94
171	High income: OECD	0.92
172	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.91
173	Lebanon	0.89
174	Antigua and Barbuda	0.89
175	Denmark	0.89
176	Czech Republic	0.87
177	Sweden	0.87
178	France	0.83
179	Samoa	0.83
180	Macedonia	0.82
181	Jamaica	0.80
182	Belgium	0.80
183	Mauritius	0.79
184	Euro area	0.78
185	United Kingdom	0.76
186	Austria	0.76
187	Hong Kong	0.75
188	Sri Lanka	0.73
189	Greece	0.72
190	Channel Islands	0.65
191	Grenada	0.62
192	Micronesia	0.62
193	North Korea	0.58
194	South Korea	0.58
195	Puerto Rico	0.57
196	Europe & Central Asia	0.43
197	Hungary	0.42
198	Croatia	0.41
199	Uruguay	0.41
200	Liechtenstein	0.39
201	Slovakia	0.38
202	Belarus	0.36
203	Bermuda	0.31
204	Monaco	0.29
205	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	0.25
206	Japan	0.19
207	Romania	0.18
208	Guyana	0.12
209	Armenia	0.03
210	Cuba	0.03
211	Estonia	-0.05
212	Bulgaria	-0.05
213	Serbia	-0.08
214	Poland	-0.08
215	Germany	-0.08
216	Greenland	-0.11
217	Russia	-0.13
218	Isle of Man	-0.25
219	Lithuania	-0.34
220	Montenegro	-0.34
221	Latvia	-0.38
222	Ukraine	-0.45
223	Slovenia	-0.46
224	Georgia	-1.02
225	Moldova	-1.60

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