Population Growth % — 2025

Top Country
United Arab Emirates
4.68 %
Countries Ranked
215
World Bank data
Data Year
2025
Latest available
Source
World Bank
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Top 20 — Population Growth

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Rank Country Value Bar
1 United Arab Emirates 4.68 %
2 Saudi Arabia 4.63 %
3 Oman 3.96 %
4 Qatar 3.92 %
5 Syrian Arab Republic 3.77 %
6 Chad 3.41 %
7 Central African Republic 3.37 %
8 Somalia 3.34 %
9 Niger 3.22 %
10 Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 3.20 %
11 Georgia 3.18 %
12 Angola 3.00 %
13 Ukraine 2.92 %
14 Mali 2.90 %
15 Yemen 2.89 %
16 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.86 %
17 Mozambique 2.85 %
18 Mauritania 2.78 %
19 Zambia 2.77 %
20 Afghanistan 2.77 %
21 Uganda 2.70 %
22 Cameroon 2.56 %
23 Malawi 2.56 %
24 Ethiopia 2.55 %
25 Burundi 2.41 %
26 Côte d'Ivoire 2.40 %
27 Benin 2.40 %
28 Madagascar 2.40 %
29 Equatorial Guinea 2.40 %
30 Sudan 2.38 %
31 Congo 2.36 %
32 Solomon Islands 2.35 %
33 Palestine, State of 2.33 %
34 Guinea 2.31 %
35 Senegal 2.30 %
36 Vanuatu 2.23 %
37 Gambia 2.23 %
38 Burkina Faso 2.21 %
39 Togo 2.18 %
40 Rwanda 2.17 %
41 Guinea-Bissau 2.16 %
42 Gabon 2.11 %
43 Iraq 2.10 %
44 Liberia 2.09 %
45 Nigeria 2.06 %
46 Namibia 2.05 %
47 Sierra Leone 2.04 %
48 South Sudan 2.03 %
49 Gibraltar 2.01 %
50 Eritrea 2.00 %
51 Sao Tome and Principe 1.98 %
52 Kenya 1.93 %
53 Malta 1.89 %
54 Zimbabwe 1.88 %
55 Uzbekistan 1.88 %
56 Comoros 1.85 %
57 Cayman Islands 1.85 %
58 Ghana 1.83 %
59 Tajikistan 1.83 %
60 Papua New Guinea 1.75 %
61 Armenia 1.74 %
62 Kyrgyzstan 1.66 %
63 Honduras 1.65 %
64 Turkmenistan 1.65 %
65 Ireland 1.63 %
66 Botswana 1.61 %
67 Pakistan 1.56 %
68 Egypt 1.56 %
69 Australia 1.53 %
70 Guatemala 1.52 %
71 Iceland 1.51 %
72 Luxembourg 1.46 %
73 Kiribati 1.45 %
74 Liechtenstein 1.41 %
75 Belize 1.39 %
76 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.35 %
77 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.32 %
78 Algeria 1.32 %
79 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.31 %
80 Nicaragua 1.31 %
81 Djibouti 1.31 %
82 Timor-Leste 1.27 %
83 Mongolia 1.25 %
84 Panama 1.22 %
85 Singapore 1.22 %
86 Bangladesh 1.22 %
87 Kazakhstan 1.21 %
88 Paraguay 1.20 %
89 Israel 1.20 %
90 Cambodia 1.18 %
91 Malaysia 1.17 %
92 Andorra 1.17 %
93 South Africa 1.15 %
94 Haiti 1.13 %
95 Seychelles 1.13 %
96 Lesotho 1.10 %
97 Eswatini 1.07 %
98 Libya 1.04 %
99 Peru 1.04 %
100 Spain 1.03 %
101 Portugal 1.03 %
102 Colombia 1.01 %
103 Switzerland 0.96 %
104 Canada 0.94 %
105 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.92 %
106 New Caledonia 0.92 %
107 Cyprus 0.91 %
108 Morocco 0.91 %
109 India 0.89 %
110 Suriname 0.85 %
111 Ecuador 0.85 %
112 Mexico 0.83 %
113 Philippines 0.81 %
114 Dominican Republic 0.81 %
115 Indonesia 0.78 %
116 Brunei Darussalam 0.78 %
117 Lebanon 0.75 %
118 Bahrain 0.73 %
119 Aruba 0.73 %
120 Guam 0.73 %
121 Belgium 0.70 %
122 Norway 0.69 %
123 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.69 %
124 Virgin Islands, British 0.66 %
125 New Zealand 0.65 %
126 Nauru 0.65 %
127 Bhutan 0.65 %
128 Myanmar 0.64 %
129 Viet Nam 0.60 %
130 Samoa 0.59 %
131 Guyana 0.59 %
132 Tunisia 0.58 %
133 Denmark 0.54 %
134 United States 0.52 %
135 Netherlands 0.52 %
136 Chile 0.48 %
137 Faroe Islands 0.47 %
138 Finland 0.47 %
139 Fiji 0.47 %
140 Cabo Verde 0.47 %
141 Antigua and Barbuda 0.46 %
142 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.46 %
143 Costa Rica 0.45 %
144 Bahamas 0.44 %
145 Azerbaijan 0.43 %
146 El Salvador 0.43 %
147 Türkiye 0.42 %
148 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.39 %
149 San Marino 0.39 %
150 Brazil 0.38 %
151 Maldives 0.35 %
152 Argentina 0.34 %
153 Austria 0.33 %
154 United Kingdom 0.30 %
155 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0.27 %
156 Croatia 0.26 %
157 Sweden 0.25 %
158 France 0.25 %
159 French Polynesia 0.23 %
160 Saint Lucia 0.23 %
161 Curaçao 0.19 %
162 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.17 %
163 Slovenia 0.17 %
164 Greece 0.08 %
165 Grenada 0.08 %
166 Barbados 0.06 %
167 Lithuania 0.02 %
168 Greenland -0.01 %
169 Germany -0.03 %
170 Trinidad and Tobago -0.04 %
171 Isle of Man -0.05 %
172 Uruguay -0.06 %
173 Italy -0.06 %
174 Montenegro -0.06 %
175 Thailand -0.07 %
176 Jamaica -0.07 %
177 Russian Federation -0.11 %
178 Nepal -0.11 %
179 Bermuda -0.13 %
180 Bulgaria -0.13 %
181 Korea, Republic of -0.13 %
182 Slovakia -0.15 %
183 Macao -0.16 %
184 Mauritius -0.16 %
185 Romania -0.17 %
186 Czechia -0.17 %
187 China -0.17 %
188 Palau -0.18 %
189 North Macedonia -0.19 %
190 Jordan -0.28 %
191 Hong Kong -0.34 %
192 Poland -0.34 %
193 Cuba -0.39 %
194 Tonga -0.42 %
195 Estonia -0.43 %
196 Japan -0.49 %
197 Hungary -0.50 %
198 Dominica -0.51 %
199 Belarus -0.51 %
200 Puerto Rico -0.55 %
201 Virgin Islands, U.S. -0.56 %
202 Serbia -0.57 %
203 Kuwait -0.65 %
204 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.69 %
205 Sri Lanka -0.73 %
206 Monaco -0.75 %
207 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.77 %
208 Latvia -0.99 %
209 Albania -1.17 %
210 American Samoa -1.59 %
211 Tuvalu -1.61 %
212 Northern Mariana Islands -1.68 %
213 Moldova, Republic of -1.75 %
214 Marshall Islands -3.43 %
215 Saint Martin (French part) -4.65 %
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.

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