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People > Population growth: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Percentage by which country's population either has increased or is estimated to increase. Countries with a decrease in population are signified by a negative percentage. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Niger 3.91% 2025
2 Zambia 3.17% 2025
3 Mali 3.16% 2025
4 Uganda 3.04% 2025
5 Gambia 2.93% 2025
6 Chad 2.9% 2025
=7 Somalia 2.79% 2025
=7 Angola 2.79% 2025
9 Tanzania 2.76% 2025
10 Burundi 2.74% 2025
11 Malawi 2.71% 2025
12 Madagascar 2.65% 2025
13 Nigeria 2.65% 2025
14 Burkina Faso 2.63% 2025
15 Senegal 2.51% 2025
16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.5% 2025
17 Eritrea 2.46% 2025
18 Mozambique 2.41% 2025
19 Iraq 2.4% 2025
20 Rwanda 2.39% 2025
21 Benin 2.36% 2025
22 Equatorial Guinea 2.35% 2025
23 South Sudan 2.34% 2025
24 Liberia 2.34% 2025
25 Kenya 2.31% 2025
26 Palestine 2.31% 2025
27 Mayotte 2.3% 2025
28 Cameroon 2.3% 2025
29 Guinea 2.26% 2025
30 Togo 2.21% 2025
31 Ethiopia 2.21% 2025
32 Sudan 2.2% 2025
33 Guatemala 2.19% 2025
34 French Guiana 2.18% 2025
35 Guinea-Bissau 2.16% 2025
36 Mauritania 2.15% 2025
37 Comoros 2.09% 2025
38 Afghanistan 2.08% 2025
39 Sao Tome and Principe 2.06% 2025
40 Gabon 2.04% 2025
41 Kuwait 1.98% 2025
42 East Timor 1.95% 2025
43 Vanuatu 1.92% 2025
44 Yemen 1.92% 2025
45 Belize 1.88% 2025
46 Tajikistan 1.86% 2025
47 Central African Republic 1.84% 2025
48 Papua New Guinea 1.83% 2025
49 Zimbabwe 1.82% 2025
50 Ghana 1.78% 2025
51 Solomon Islands 1.77% 2025
52 Honduras 1.66% 2025
53 Namibia 1.62% 2025
54 Sierra Leone 1.6% 2025
55 United Arab Emirates 1.59% 2025
56 Syria 1.59% 2025
57 Jordan 1.56% 2025
58 Philippines 1.54% 2025
59 Laos 1.52% 2025
60 Kiribati 1.45% 2025
61 Bolivia 1.44% 2025
62 Paraguay 1.42% 2025
63 Pakistan 1.4% 2025
64 Panama 1.35% 2025
65 Cambodia 1.34% 2025
66 Maldives 1.31% 2025
67 Israel 1.28% 2025
68 Ecuador 1.27% 2025
69 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.26% 2025
70 Egypt 1.26% 2025
71 Macau 1.24% 2025
72 Kyrgyzstan 1.24% 2025
73 Malaysia 1.24% 2025
74 Western Sahara 1.19% 2025
75 Bahrain 1.19% 2025
76 Djibouti 1.19% 2025
77 Algeria 1.17% 2025
78 Venezuela 1.14% 2025
=79 New Caledonia 1.13% 2025
=79 Australia 1.13% 2025
81 Saudi Arabia 1.12% 2025
82 Haiti 1.11% 2025
83 Oman 1.1% 2025
84 Guam 1.1% 2025
85 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.09% 2025
=86 Libya 1.09% 2025
=86 Nicaragua 1.09% 2025
88 Swaziland 1.08% 2025
89 Peru 1.06% 2025
90 Luxembourg 1.06% 2025
91 Palau 1.05% 2025
92 Brunei 1.02% 2025
93 Federated States of Micronesia 0.992% 2025
94 Mongolia 0.974% 2025
95 Nepal 0.971% 2025
96 Morocco 0.97% 2025
97 Bhutan 0.966% 2025
98 The Bahamas 0.963% 2025
99 Colombia 0.96% 2025
100 Bangladesh 0.958% 2025
101 Switzerland 0.947% 2025
102 India 0.944% 2025
103 Costa Rica 0.935% 2025
104 Uzbekistan 0.928% 2025
105 Mexico 0.924% 2025
106 Qatar 0.918% 2025
=107 Turkmenistan 0.914% 2025
=107 Indonesia 0.914% 2025
=107 Monaco 0.914% 2025
110 Dominican Republic 0.912% 2025
111 Iran 0.91% 2025
112 Antigua and Barbuda 0.908% 2025
113 Singapore 0.892% 2025
114 Lesotho 0.875% 2025
115 Iceland 0.872% 2025
116 Botswana 0.865% 2025
117 Cape Verde 0.863% 2025
118 New Zealand 0.842% 2025
119 Tonga 0.832% 2025
120 Turkey 0.83% 2025
121 Canada 0.819% 2025
122 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.809% 2025
123 Ireland 0.804% 2025
124 Norway 0.798% 2025
125 French Polynesia 0.791% 2025
126 British Virgin Islands 0.784% 2025
127 Cyprus 0.748% 2025
128 Tunisia 0.747% 2025
129 United States 0.734% 2025
130 Argentina 0.712% 2025
=131 Chile 0.675% 2025
=131 Sweden 0.675% 2025
133 Lebanon 0.67% 2025
134 Kazakhstan 0.669% 2025
135 Liechtenstein 0.667% 2025
136 Tokelau 0.666% 2025
137 Cayman Islands 0.661% 2025
138 American Samoa 0.658% 2025
139 Saint Helena 0.656% 2025
140 Suriname 0.646% 2025
141 Andorra 0.602% 2025
142 Brazil 0.599% 2025
143 Saint Lucia 0.586% 2025
144 Samoa 0.571% 2025
145 Tuvalu 0.568% 2025
146 Vietnam 0.56% 2025
147 Azerbaijan 0.55% 2025
148 South Africa 0.549% 2025
149 Burma 0.536% 2025
150 Montserrat 0.535% 2025
151 Isle of Man 0.527% 2025
152 Hong Kong 0.506% 2025
153 Nauru 0.497% 2025
154 Marshall Islands 0.488% 2025
155 United Kingdom 0.485% 2025
156 Sri Lanka 0.478% 2025
157 El Salvador 0.432% 2025
158 Dominica 0.43% 2025
159 Anguilla 0.42% 2025
160 Barbados 0.419% 2025
161 France 0.415% 2025
162 North Korea 0.414% 2025
163 Denmark 0.409% 2025
164 Channel Islands 0.402% 2025
165 Guyana 0.378% 2025
166 Guadeloupe 0.363% 2025
167 Austria 0.352% 2025
168 Cook Islands 0.349% 2025
169 Jamaica 0.334% 2025
=170 South Korea 0.325% 2025
=170 Fiji 0.325% 2025
172 Seychelles 0.313% 2025
173 Uruguay 0.31% 2025
174 Faeroe Islands 0.3% 2025
175 Belgium 0.282% 2025
176 San Marino 0.265% 2025
=177 Albania 0.247% 2025
=177 Aruba 0.247% 2025
179 Finland 0.234% 2025
180 China 0.224% 2025
181 Mauritius 0.191% 2025
182 Northern Mariana Islands 0.19% 2025
183 Wallis and Futuna 0.176% 2025
=184 Netherlands 0.172% 2025
=184 Czech Republic 0.172% 2025
186 Martinique 0.169% 2025
187 Spain 0.122% 2025
188 Bermuda 0.105% 2025
189 Malta 0.093% 2025
190 Puerto Rico 0.079% 2025
191 Grenada 0.055% 2025
192 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.036% 2025
193 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0.032% 2025
=194 Thailand 0.012% 2025
=194 Slovenia 0.012% 2025
196 Armenia -0.008% 2025
=197 Italy -0.017% 2025
=197 Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.017% 2025
199 Slovakia -0.065% 2025
200 Gibraltar -0.068% 2025
201 Holy See (Vatican City) -0.075% 2025
202 Greece -0.079% 2025
=203 Republic of Macedonia -0.122% 2025
=203 Portugal -0.122% 2025
205 Poland -0.123% 2025
206 Virgin Islands -0.137% 2025
207 Montenegro -0.15% 2025
208 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.202% 2025
209 Trinidad and Tobago -0.235% 2025
210 Germany -0.249% 2025
211 Cuba -0.257% 2025
212 Hungary -0.261% 2025
213 Greenland -0.309% 2025
214 Japan -0.342% 2025
215 Estonia -0.359% 2025
216 Croatia -0.39% 2025
217 Lithuania -0.4% 2025
218 Romania -0.434% 2025
219 Russia -0.44% 2025
220 Belarus -0.572% 2025
221 Georgia -0.59% 2025
222 Serbia -0.615% 2025
223 Latvia -0.628% 2025
224 Moldova -0.718% 2025
225 Ukraine -0.757% 2025
226 Bulgaria -0.9% 2025
227 Niue -1.537% 2025

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COUNTRIES COVERED
Annual % 193
Between 1979 and 1989 > Soviet census 15

Interesting observations about People > Population growth

  • Zambia has ranked in the top 2 for population growth since 2020.
  • Niger has ranked in the top 2 for population growth since 2020.
  • Northern Mariana Islands has ranked last for population growth since 2095.
  • Mali has ranked in the top 5 for population growth since 2020.
  • Tanzania has ranked in the top 5 for population growth since 2050.
  • Cuba has ranked second last for population growth since 2095.
  • Burundi has ranked in the top 6 for population growth since 2040.
  • Nigeria has ranked in the top 8 for population growth since 2040.
  • Somalia has ranked in the top 9 for population growth since 2025.
  • Malawi has ranked in the top 7 for population growth since 2065.
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