Urban population growth (annual %) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Urban population is the midyear population of areas defined as urban in each country and reported to the United Nations. Source: World Bank staff estimates using United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.
Urban population growth (annual %) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Burundi5.90
2Liberia5.61
3Eritrea5.29
4Malawi5.24
5Burkina Faso5.05
6Mali4.77
7Democratic Republic of the Congo4.70
8Tanzania4.62
9Chad4.52
10Uganda4.51
11Ethiopia4.38
12Rwanda4.31
13Sudan4.29
14Gambia4.23
15Angola4.22
16Togo4.16
17Somalia4.14
18Benin4.13
19Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria4.08
20Kenya4.04
21Mozambique4.03
22Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa4
23Sub-Saharan Africa3.86
24Madagascar3.84
25Niger3.77
26Nigeria3.73
27Ivory Coast3.66
28Guinea3.65
29Ghana3.57
30Africa3.44
31Lesotho3.42
32Cameroon3.41
33Sierra Leone3.39
34Senegal3.25
35Namibia3.21
36Sao Tome and Principe3.21
37Equatorial Guinea3.02
38Mauritania3
39Zambia2.85
40Cape Verde2.65
41Comoros2.60
42Swaziland2.55
43South Africa2.53
44Botswana2.53
45Guinea-Bissau2.48
46Algeria2.48
47Seychelles2.41
48Republic of the Congo2.41
49Gabon2.40
50Central African Republic2.24
51Djibouti2.21
52Libya2.17
53North Africa2.04
54Egypt1.91
55Morocco1.80
56Tunisia1.59
57Zimbabwe1.40
58Mauritius0.79
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