Global Rankings: Population Growth % (2024)

Rank	Country	Value
1	Qatar	7.32
2	Chad	4.95
3	Saudi Arabia	4.63
4	Oman	4.50
5	Syrian Arab Republic	4.47
6	South Sudan	3.93
7	Malta	3.83
8	United Arab Emirates	3.68
9	Somalia	3.48
10	Central African Republic	3.40
11	Niger	3.28
12	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	3.24
13	Angola	3.04
14	Yemen	2.98
15	Canada	2.96
16	Mali	2.94
17	Mozambique	2.92
18	Mauritania	2.88
19	Tanzania, United Republic of	2.87
20	Afghanistan	2.84
21	Iceland	2.82
22	Zambia	2.81
23	Uganda	2.75
24	Cameroon	2.61
25	Burundi	2.58
26	Ethiopia	2.58
27	Malawi	2.58
28	Benin	2.46
29	Kuwait	2.45
30	Côte d'Ivoire	2.44
31	Madagascar	2.44
32	Equatorial Guinea	2.40
33	Congo	2.40
34	Guinea	2.40
35	Solomon Islands	2.37
36	Palestine, State of	2.36
37	Senegal	2.32
38	Armenia	2.31
39	Gambia	2.28
40	Vanuatu	2.27
41	Burkina Faso	2.25
42	Togo	2.24
43	Namibia	2.24
44	Gibraltar	2.21
45	Guinea-Bissau	2.21
46	Liberia	2.16
47	Gabon	2.16
48	Rwanda	2.14
49	Iraq	2.12
50	Sierra Leone	2.12
51	Nigeria	2.08
52	Australia	2.05
53	Sao Tome and Principe	2.00
54	Singapore	1.99
55	Uzbekistan	1.97
56	Kenya	1.96
57	Cayman Islands	1.92
58	Tajikistan	1.92
59	Comoros	1.89
60	Ghana	1.88
61	Eritrea	1.86
62	Papua New Guinea	1.78
63	Zimbabwe	1.78
64	New Zealand	1.77
65	Turkmenistan	1.75
66	Kyrgyzstan	1.74
67	Egypt	1.73
68	Honduras	1.68
69	Luxembourg	1.68
70	Botswana	1.64
71	Switzerland	1.63
72	Guatemala	1.54
73	Pakistan	1.51
74	Kiribati	1.49
75	Belize	1.44
76	Algeria	1.40
77	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.40
78	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	1.37
79	Ireland	1.36
80	Djibouti	1.36
81	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.36
82	Nicaragua	1.35
83	Andorra	1.33
84	Seychelles	1.31
85	Kazakhstan	1.28
86	Panama	1.27
87	Israel	1.27
88	South Africa	1.25
89	Mongolia	1.25
90	Virgin Islands, British	1.24
91	Paraguay	1.23
92	Cambodia	1.23
93	Malaysia	1.22
94	Bangladesh	1.21
95	Macao	1.20
96	Timor-Leste	1.17
97	Portugal	1.16
98	Haiti	1.15
99	Lesotho	1.12
100	Peru	1.09
101	Colombia	1.07
102	United Kingdom	1.07
103	Iran, Islamic Republic of	1.05
104	Libya	1.03
105	Eswatini	1.00
106	Jordan	0.99
107	Cyprus	0.98
108	United States	0.98
109	Morocco	0.97
110	New Caledonia	0.95
111	Finland	0.95
112	Norway	0.95
113	Spain	0.95
114	India	0.89
115	Suriname	0.88
116	Liechtenstein	0.87
117	Ecuador	0.86
118	Mexico	0.86
119	Dominican Republic	0.85
120	Philippines	0.83
121	Brunei Darussalam	0.82
122	Indonesia	0.81
123	Sudan	0.81
124	Guam	0.76
125	Belgium	0.76
126	Bahrain	0.73
127	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.73
128	Myanmar	0.67
129	Netherlands	0.65
130	Bhutan	0.65
131	Viet Nam	0.63
132	Tunisia	0.63
133	Samoa	0.62
134	Nauru	0.60
135	Lithuania	0.57
136	Guyana	0.57
137	Lebanon	0.56
138	Chile	0.54
139	Faroe Islands	0.51
140	Austria	0.51
141	Denmark	0.50
142	Fiji	0.50
143	Antigua and Barbuda	0.49
144	Cabo Verde	0.49
145	Azerbaijan	0.48
146	Costa Rica	0.48
147	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.47
148	Bahamas	0.46
149	El Salvador	0.45
150	Brazil	0.41
151	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	0.37
152	Argentina	0.35
153	San Marino	0.34
154	Maldives	0.34
155	Ukraine	0.34
156	France	0.34
157	Sweden	0.31
158	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	0.30
159	Slovenia	0.28
160	Saint Lucia	0.26
161	Aruba	0.25
162	French Polynesia	0.24
163	Türkiye	0.23
164	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.18
165	Croatia	0.17
166	Czechia	0.17
167	Estonia	0.12
168	Grenada	0.11
169	Korea, Republic of	0.07
170	Curaçao	0.06
171	Trinidad and Tobago	0.06
172	Romania	0.05
173	Montenegro	0.05
174	Barbados	0.05
175	Isle of Man	-0.01
176	Italy	-0.01
177	Puerto Rico	-0.02
178	Jamaica	-0.02
179	Bulgaria	-0.03
180	Uruguay	-0.04
181	Thailand	-0.05
182	Greenland	-0.05
183	Slovakia	-0.09
184	Bermuda	-0.10
185	Mauritius	-0.12
186	China	-0.12
187	Nepal	-0.15
188	Hong Kong	-0.16
189	Greece	-0.16
190	Palau	-0.18
191	Russian Federation	-0.20
192	Hungary	-0.31
193	Poland	-0.36
194	Cuba	-0.36
195	Tonga	-0.40
196	Japan	-0.44
197	Dominica	-0.46
198	Germany	-0.47
199	Belarus	-0.49
200	Virgin Islands, U.S.	-0.52
201	Serbia	-0.54
202	Sri Lanka	-0.55
203	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.66
204	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.70
205	Latvia	-0.80
206	Monaco	-0.84
207	Georgia	-1.13
208	Albania	-1.15
209	American Samoa	-1.60
210	Tuvalu	-1.75
211	Northern Mariana Islands	-1.93
212	North Macedonia	-1.97
213	Moldova, Republic of	-2.83
214	Marshall Islands	-3.35
215	Saint Martin (French part)	-5.17

About This Indicator

Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Data source: World Bank Development Indicators