Demography

Population growth rate

Name: Population growth rate by country, 2023
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216 countries · 2023

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Population growth rate league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	South Sudan	5.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	Chad	5.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	Syrian Arab Republic	4.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
4	Oman	4.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
5	United Arab Emirates	3.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
6	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	3.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Central African Republic	3.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
8	Niger	3.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Congo, Dem. Rep.	3.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
10	Angola	3.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
11	Yemen, Rep.	3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
12	Mali	3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
13	Mauritania	3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
14	Mozambique	2.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
15	Tanzania	2.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
16	Afghanistan	2.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
17	Zambia	2.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
18	Armenia	2.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
19	Uganda	2.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
20	Burundi	2.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
21	Cameroon	2.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
22	Ethiopia	2.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
23	Malawi	2.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
24	Benin	2.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
25	Cote d'Ivoire	2.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
26	Madagascar	2.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
27	Guinea	2.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
28	Congo, Rep.	2.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
29	Equatorial Guinea	2.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
30	Saudi Arabia	2.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
31	Solomon Islands	2.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
32	Namibia	2.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
33	Gibraltar	2.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Senegal	2.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
35	Bahrain	2.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
36	Gambia, The	2.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
37	Vanuatu	2.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
38	Burkina Faso	2.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
39	Qatar	2.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
40	Guinea-Bissau	2.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
41	Togo	2.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
42	Liberia	2.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
43	Sierra Leone	2.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
44	Gabon	2.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
45	Rwanda	2.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
46	Iraq	2.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
47	Nigeria	2.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
48	Uzbekistan	2%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
49	Sao Tome and Principe	2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
50	Kenya	2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
51	Cayman Islands	2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
52	Seychelles	2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
53	Tajikistan	2%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
54	Comoros	1.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
55	Ghana	1.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
56	Kuwait	1.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
57	Montenegro	1.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
58	Egypt, Arab Rep.	1.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
59	Eritrea	1.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
60	Turkmenistan	1.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
61	Papua New Guinea	1.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
62	British Virgin Islands	1.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
63	Honduras	1.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
64	Zimbabwe	1.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
65	Iceland	1.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
66	Botswana	1.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
67	Kyrgyz Republic	1.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
68	Jordan	1.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
69	Guatemala	1.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
70	West Bank and Gaza	1.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
71	Kiribati	1.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
72	Pakistan	1.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
73	Belize	1.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
74	Algeria	1.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
75	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
76	Israel	1.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
77	Andorra	1.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
78	Macao SAR, China	1.4%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
79	Bolivia	1.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
80	Lao PDR	1.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
81	Djibouti	1.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
82	Nicaragua	1.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
83	Faroe Islands	1.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
84	Kazakhstan	1.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
85	South Africa	1.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
86	Mongolia	1.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
87	Malta	1.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
88	Panama	1.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
89	Cambodia	1.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
90	Paraguay	1.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	Malaysia	1.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
92	Luxembourg	1.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
93	Canada	1.2%	North America	High income
94	Bangladesh	1.2%	South Asia	Lower middle income
95	Ireland	1.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
96	Haiti	1.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
97	Lesotho	1.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
98	Peru	1.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
99	Iran, Islamic Rep.	1.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
100	Norway	1.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
101	Colombia	1.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
102	Timor-Leste	1.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
103	Cyprus	1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
104	Libya	1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
105	Morocco	1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
106	Australia	0.99%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
107	New Caledonia	0.97%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
108	Eswatini	0.94%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
109	Suriname	0.91%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
110	Lithuania	0.89%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	India	0.89%	South Asia	Lower middle income
112	Mexico	0.88%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
113	Ecuador	0.87%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
114	Dominican Republic	0.86%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
115	Brunei Darussalam	0.84%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
116	Philippines	0.84%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
117	New Zealand	0.83%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
118	Indonesia	0.83%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
119	Netherlands	0.81%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
120	Singapore	0.81%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
121	Guam	0.78%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
122	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.75%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
123	United Kingdom	0.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
124	Liechtenstein	0.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Bhutan	0.69%	South Asia	Lower middle income
126	Myanmar	0.69%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
127	Tunisia	0.65%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
128	Viet Nam	0.64%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
129	Samoa	0.63%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
130	Switzerland	0.62%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
131	United States	0.58%	North America	High income
132	Sri Lanka	0.58%	South Asia	Upper middle income
133	Chile	0.57%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
134	Sweden	0.56%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
135	Guyana	0.55%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
136	Denmark	0.53%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
137	Fiji	0.52%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
138	Naoero	0.51%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
139	Antigua and Barbuda	0.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
140	Costa Rica	0.49%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
141	Cabo Verde	0.49%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
142	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0.47%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
143	Bahamas, The	0.46%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
144	El Salvador	0.46%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
145	Lebanon	0.43%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
146	Brazil	0.41%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
147	Finland	0.39%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
148	Trinidad and Tobago	0.38%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
149	Venezuela, RB	0.35%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
150	Germany	0.35%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
151	Argentina	0.35%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
152	Maldives	0.32%	South Asia	Upper middle income
153	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0.32%	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
154	St. Lucia	0.27%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
155	Belgium	0.25%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
156	French Polynesia	0.25%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
157	Turkiye	0.23%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
158	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.19%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
159	France	0.17%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
160	Aruba	0.13%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
161	Grenada	0.13%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
162	Puerto Rico (US)	0.12%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
163	Slovenia	0.08%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
164	Hungary	0.07%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
165	Slovak Republic	0.06%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
166	Curacao	0.04%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
167	Barbados	0.03%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
168	Sudan	0.02%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
169	Spain	0.02%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
170	Isle of Man	0.02%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
171	Georgia	0.02%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
172	Estonia	0%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
173	Jamaica	0%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
174	Portugal	-0%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
175	Uruguay	-0.04%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
176	Thailand	-0.04%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
177	Korea, Rep.	-0.04%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
178	Bermuda	-0.08%	North America	High income
179	Austria	-0.12%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
180	Nepal	-0.14%	South Asia	Lower middle income
181	Greenland	-0.14%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
182	Mauritius	-0.17%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
183	Italy	-0.22%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
184	Palau	-0.23%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
185	China	-0.24%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
186	Hong Kong SAR, China	-0.26%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
187	Azerbaijan	-0.26%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
188	Poland	-0.26%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
189	Latvia	-0.29%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
190	Russian Federation	-0.32%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
191	Czechia	-0.34%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
192	Croatia	-0.34%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
193	Cuba	-0.35%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
194	Tonga	-0.42%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
195	Serbia	-0.44%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
196	Taiwan	-0.45%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
197	North Macedonia	-0.47%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
198	Dominica	-0.47%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
199	Japan	-0.48%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
200	Bulgaria	-0.52%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
201	Romania	-0.53%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
202	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.59%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
203	Belarus	-0.65%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
204	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
205	Albania	-0.71%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
206	San Marino	-0.74%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
207	Moldova	-0.89%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
208	Monaco	-0.92%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
209	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	-0.93%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
210	Ukraine	-1.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
211	American Samoa	-1.6%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
212	Tuvalu	-1.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
213	Greece	-2.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
214	Northern Mariana Islands	-2.1%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
215	Marshall Islands	-3.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
216	St. Martin (French part)	-5.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income

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