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Annual growth rate of the share of population in cities with 300,000 or more people

% · higher is better · 153 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2020
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  1. 1South Sudan7.8%
  2. 2Rwanda7.1%
  3. 3Equatorial Guinea6.8%
  4. 4Sierra Leone5.2%
  5. 5Somalia, Fed. Rep.4.5%
  6. 6Sweden4%
  7. 7Cambodia3.7%
  8. 8Kazakhstan3.4%
  9. 9Gabon3.1%
  10. 10Albania3%
  11. 11Benin2.9%
  12. 12Oman2.7%
  13. 13Djibouti2.6%
  14. 14Angola2.5%
  15. 15Burkina Faso2.3%
  16. 16Mali2.2%
  17. 17Yemen, Rep.2.1%
  18. 18Congo, Rep.2%
  19. 19Thailand2%
  20. 20Cote d'Ivoire2%
  21. 21Tanzania1.9%
  22. 22Honduras1.9%
  23. 23Syrian Arab Republic1.8%
  24. 24Jordan1.8%
  25. 25China1.7%
  26. 26Cameroon1.7%
  27. 27Mozambique1.7%
  28. 28South Africa1.7%
  29. 29Ghana1.7%
  30. 30Mongolia1.6%
  31. 31Congo, Dem. Rep.1.6%
  32. 32Niger1.6%
  33. 33Bolivia1.5%
  34. 34Sri Lanka1.5%
  35. 35Madagascar1.5%
  36. 36Serbia1.5%
  37. 37Estonia1.5%
  38. 38Bulgaria1.4%
  39. 39Moldova1.3%
  40. 40Qatar1.3%
  41. 41Viet Nam1.3%
  42. 42Kenya1.3%
  43. 43Malaysia1.3%
  44. 44United States1.2%
  45. 45Lithuania1.2%
  46. 46Egypt, Arab Rep.1.2%
  47. 47Belarus1.2%
  48. 48Spain1.2%
  49. 49Panama1.1%
  50. 50Portugal1.1%
  51. 51Nepal1.1%
  52. 52Ethiopia1%
  53. 53Bangladesh1%
  54. 54Italy0.96%
  55. 55Lebanon0.94%
  56. 56Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.91%
  57. 57Hong Kong SAR, China0.91%
  58. 58Afghanistan0.89%
  59. 59Saudi Arabia0.87%
  60. 60Zambia0.81%
  61. 61Mauritania0.81%
  62. 62Germany0.79%
  63. 63Costa Rica0.78%
  64. 64Australia0.74%
  65. 65New Zealand0.72%
  66. 66Papua New Guinea0.71%
  67. 67Turkiye0.71%
  68. 68Nigeria0.69%
  69. 69Tajikistan0.68%
  70. 70Denmark0.68%
  71. 71Romania0.67%
  72. 72Kuwait0.66%
  73. 73Liberia0.65%
  74. 74United Kingdom0.64%
  75. 75Hungary0.6%
  76. 76Austria0.59%
  77. 77Togo0.58%
  78. 78Turkmenistan0.58%
  79. 79Nicaragua0.57%
  80. 80Latvia0.56%
  81. 81Gambia, The0.55%
  82. 82Tunisia0.55%
  83. 83Croatia0.54%
  84. 84Chad0.47%
  85. 85Iran, Islamic Rep.0.46%
  86. 86Algeria0.44%
  87. 87Netherlands0.41%
  88. 88Taiwan0.4%
  89. 89Guinea-Bissau0.39%
  90. 90Canada0.38%
  91. 91Norway0.34%
  92. 92Chile0.32%
  93. 93Finland0.3%
  94. 94Burundi0.28%
  95. 95Cuba0.25%
  96. 96Kyrgyz Republic0.25%
  97. 97Dominican Republic0.25%
  98. 98Jamaica0.24%
  99. 99Russian Federation0.24%
  100. 100Philippines0.24%
  101. 101Peru0.24%
  102. 102North Macedonia0.23%
  103. 103Pakistan0.22%
  104. 104Korea, Rep.0.2%
  105. 105Morocco0.17%
  106. 106Ecuador0.15%
  107. 107Czechia0.15%
  108. 108India0.14%
  109. 109Haiti0.14%
  110. 110Indonesia0.13%
  111. 111Brazil0.12%
  112. 112Bahrain0.1%
  113. 113Mauritius0.08%
  114. 114Israel0.07%
  115. 115Uzbekistan0.06%
  116. 116United Arab Emirates0.02%
  117. 117Colombia0.01%
  118. 118Japan-0%
  119. 119Singapore-0.01%
  120. 120Greece-0.04%
  121. 121Iraq-0.04%
  122. 122Belgium-0.05%
  123. 123Ireland-0.18%
  124. 124West Bank and Gaza-0.2%
  125. 125Ukraine-0.2%
  126. 126El Salvador-0.21%
  127. 127Argentina-0.32%
  128. 128Azerbaijan-0.38%
  129. 129Libya-0.4%
  130. 130Central African Republic-0.43%
  131. 131Sudan-0.47%
  132. 132Uganda-0.48%
  133. 133France-0.5%
  134. 134Senegal-0.6%
  135. 135Armenia-0.68%
  136. 136Trinidad and Tobago-0.71%
  137. 137Uruguay-0.75%
  138. 138Georgia-0.81%
  139. 139Namibia-0.88%
  140. 140Myanmar-0.89%
  141. 141Venezuela, RB-0.93%
  142. 142Guinea-0.95%
  143. 143Mexico-1.4%
  144. 144Guatemala-1.5%
  145. 145Malawi-2%
  146. 146Puerto Rico (US)-2%
  147. 147Poland-2%
  148. 148Zimbabwe-2.1%
  149. 149Eritrea-2.1%
  150. 150Paraguay-4.4%
  151. 151Switzerland-5.3%

Annual growth rate of the share of population in cities with 300,000 or more people