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Urban population growth

Annual urban population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear urban population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage.

Latest, 20252.13%Annual release
vs 2024−0.03 pp2.16%
High since 19616.7%1998 · World Bank
Low since 19610.22%1977 · World Bank

Over time

2016 - 2025

Recent years

  1. 20252.13%−0.03 pp
  2. 20242.16%−0.009 pp
  3. 20232.17%+0.1 pp
  4. 20222.05%+0.02 pp
  5. 20212.03%−0.1 pp
  6. 20202.13%−0.02 pp
  7. 20192.15%+0.4 pp
  8. 20181.75%−0.3 pp
Full table
PeriodValue
20252.13%
20242.16%
20232.17%
20222.05%
20212.03%
20202.13%
20192.15%
20181.75%
20172.08%
20162.25%
20152.39%
20142.58%
20132.77%
20122.93%
20113.04%
20103.13%
20093.23%
20083.38%
20073.51%
20063.59%
20053.69%
20043.8%
20034.01%
20024.72%
20015.56%
20006.19%
19996.64%
19986.7%
19976.38%
19965.69%
19954.57%
19943.65%
19933.53%
19923.46%
19913.46%
19903.49%
19893.44%
19883.36%
19873.24%
19863.19%
19853.16%
19843.05%
19832.61%
19822.37%
19812.25%
19801.45%
19790.85%
19780.52%
19770.22%
19760.4%
19751.12%
19741.89%
19732.63%
19722.94%
19713.2%
19703.45%
19693.67%
19683.88%
19674.01%
19664.09%
19654.11%
19644.15%
19634.29%
19624.44%
19614.57%