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Population growth (annual %) 1961-2022 ranked by countries in the world
Time-series interactive graphs, charts, and maps for 1961-2022 explore the list of countries ranked by Population growth (annual %).
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.
Map 2022 | Population growth (annual %)
Year: 2022
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Time-series trend 1961〜2022 | Population growth (annual %)
Population growth (annual %)
Ranked by country 2022 | Population growth (annual %)
Year: 2022
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Rank | Country | Population growth (annual %) | Ch. | |
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| 1 |  Niger | 3.71 | 0.15% | |
| 2 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 3.69 | 40.64% | |
| 3 |  Singapore | 3.31 | -179.34% | |
| 4 |  Kazakhstan | 3.22 | 147.47% | |
| 5 |  Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 3.2 | -0.77% | |
| 6 |  Chad | 3.12 | -1.54% | |
| 7 |  Angola | 3.1 | -2.19% | |
| 8 |  Mali | 3.1 | -1.99% | |
| 9 |  Somalia | 3.07 | -2.44% | |
| 10 |  Uganda | 3 | -6.63% | |
| 11 |  Tanzania | 2.96 | -1.62% | |
| 12 |  Zambia | 2.76 | -2.91% | |
| 13 |  Mozambique | 2.74 | -3.45% | |
| 14 |  Benin | 2.7 | -2.09% | |
| 15 |  Burundi | 2.66 | -0.46% | |
| 16 |  Sudan | 2.63 | -2.61% | |
| 17 |  Cameroon | 2.6 | -1.43% | |
| 18 |  Mauritania | 2.59 | 1.48% | |
| 19 |  Senegal | 2.57 | -2.77% | |
| 20 |  Burkina Faso | 2.56 | -3.41% | |
| 21 |  Malawi | 2.56 | -2.00% | |
| 22 |  Ethiopia | 2.54 | -2.39% | |
| 23 |  Afghanistan | 2.53 | -11.11% | |
| 24 |  Iceland | 2.49 | 51.70% | |
| 25 |  Gambia | 2.47 | -2.24% | |
| 26 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 2.45 | -0.11% | |
| 27 |  Equatorial Guinea | 2.44 | 2.76% | |
| 28 |  State of Palestine | 2.43 | -1.28% | |
| 29 |  Guinea | 2.39 | -2.18% | |
| 30 |  Nigeria | 2.38 | -1.10% | |
| 31 |  Madagascar | 2.38 | -1.58% | |
| 32 |  Vanuatu | 2.35 | -0.35% | |
| 33 |  Togo | 2.33 | -1.54% | |
| 34 |  Rwanda | 2.31 | -2.54% | |
| 35 |  Solomon Islands | 2.29 | -3.71% | |
| 36 |  Congo | 2.28 | -1.55% | |
| 37 |  Central African Republic | 2.21 | 4.60% | |
| 38 |  Iraq | 2.19 | -3.61% | |
| 39 |  Sierra Leone | 2.17 | -3.02% | |
| 40 |  Guinea-Bissau | 2.15 | -2.26% | |
| 41 |  Yemen | 2.14 | 0.32% | |
| 42 |  Liberia | 2.08 | 1.13% | |
| 43 |  Uzbekistan | 2.08 | 5.16% | |
| 44 |  Tajikistan | 2.06 | -4.04% | |
| 45 |  Zimbabwe | 2.02 | -1.06% | |
| 46 |  Gabon | 2.02 | -3.64% | |
| 47 |  Israel | 1.97 | 22.06% | |
| 48 |  Ghana | 1.94 | -3.42% | |
| 49 |  Papua New Guinea | 1.92 | -5.20% | |
| 50 |  Kenya | 1.91 | -1.71% | |
| 51 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 1.9 | -6.18% | |
| 52 |  Pakistan | 1.89 | 3.23% | |
| 53 |  Comoros | 1.83 | -3.81% | |
| 54 |  Canada | 1.82 | 216.88% | |
| 55 |  Kiribati | 1.81 | -3.99% | |
| 56 |  Eritrea | 1.74 | -2.86% | |
| 57 |  Nepal | 1.69 | -26.80% | |
| 58 |  Luxembourg | 1.66 | 9.29% | |
| 59 |  Kyrgyzstan | 1.65 | -2.01% | |
| 60 |  Samoa | 1.64 | -7.25% | |
| 61 |  Algeria | 1.63 | -1.77% | |
| 62 |  Botswana | 1.6 | -1.95% | |
| 63 |  Egypt | 1.57 | -5.39% | |
| 64 |  Timor-Leste | 1.53 | -4.34% | |
| 65 |  South Sudan | 1.52 | 14.44% | |
| 66 |  Mongolia | 1.5 | -6.82% | |
| 67 |  Honduras | 1.49 | -2.80% | |
| 68 |  Philippines | 1.46 | -2.09% | |
| 69 |  Namibia | 1.45 | -11.58% | |
| 70 |  Guatemala | 1.44 | -2.73% | |
| 71 |  Nicaragua | 1.42 | 1.95% | |
| 72 |  Lao People's Dem. Republic | 1.4 | -2.56% | |
| 73 |  Turkmenistan | 1.39 | -4.11% | |
| 74 |  Djibouti | 1.37 | -2.08% | |
| 75 |  Panama | 1.31 | -0.53% | |
| 76 |  Belize | 1.3 | 1.25% | |
| 77 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.3 | -30.82% | |
| 78 |  Saudi Arabia | 1.27 | -1075.83% | |
| 79 |  Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.26 | 0.04% | |
| 80 |  Nauru | 1.25 | -21.02% | |
| 81 |  China, Macao SAR | 1.24 | -18.21% | |
| 82 |  Oman | 1.23 | -342.61% | |
| 83 |  Jordan | 1.23 | -38.33% | |
| 84 |  Haiti | 1.19 | -3.55% | |
| 85 |  Bolivia | 1.19 | -0.27% | |
| 86 |  Lithuania | 1.14 | 436.51% | |
| 87 |  Paraguay | 1.14 | -10.67% | |
| 88 |  Libya | 1.14 | -6.36% | |
| 89 |  Ecuador | 1.14 | -3.93% | |
| 90 |  Australia | 1.13 | 781.48% | |
| 91 |  Malaysia | 1.08 | -3.62% | |
| 92 |  Bangladesh | 1.07 | -6.48% | |
| 93 |  Cambodia | 1.07 | -7.98% | |
| 94 |  Ireland | 1.06 | 11.51% | |
| 95 |  Lesotho | 1.06 | -11.91% | |
| 96 |  Germany | 1.06 | 2396.34% | |
| 97 |  Estonia | 1.03 | 875.69% | |
| 98 |  Morocco | 1.02 | -2.67% | |
| 99 |  Andorra | 0.995 | -41.57% | |
| 100 |  Dominican Republic | 0.993 | -7.11% | |
| 101 |  Peru | 0.986 | -19.54% | |
| 102 |  Netherlands | 0.965 | 84.38% | |
| 103 |  Austria | 0.964 | 121.22% | |
| 104 |  Tuvalu | 0.959 | -20.86% | |
| 105 |  Malta | 0.937 | 51.16% | |
| 106 |  Argentina | 0.926 | -2.29% | |
| 107 |  Micronesia | 0.909 | -0.13% | |
| 108 |  Norway | 0.898 | 68.00% | |
| 109 |  Cabo Verde | 0.885 | -2.03% | |
| 110 |  South Africa | 0.841 | -15.80% | |
| 111 |  Cayman Islands | 0.833 | -31.61% | |
| 112 |  Suriname | 0.821 | -15.37% | |
| 113 |  Brunei Darussalam | 0.812 | -1.33% | |
| 114 |  United Arab Emirates | 0.808 | -3.20% | |
| 115 |  Seychelles | 0.805 | -0.05% | |
| 116 |  Tonga | 0.79 | 9.39% | |
| 117 |  Denmark | 0.788 | 81.70% | |
| 118 |  Eswatini | 0.785 | -19.80% | |
| 119 |  New Caledonia | 0.769 | -4.39% | |
| 120 |  Switzerland | 0.759 | 0.92% | |
| 121 |  Tunisia | 0.757 | -8.68% | |
| 122 |  French Polynesia | 0.736 | 5.63% | |
| 123 |  Liechtenstein | 0.735 | 1.03% | |
| 124 |  Viet Nam | 0.735 | -12.96% | |
| 125 |  Guam | 0.724 | -5.54% | |
| 126 |  Iran | 0.711 | -1.67% | |
| 127 |  Myanmar | 0.706 | 0.98% | |
| 128 |  Colombia | 0.691 | -39.55% | |
| 129 |  Sweden | 0.681 | 13.32% | |
| 130 |  India | 0.68 | -14.66% | |
| 131 |  Türkiye | 0.665 | -12.21% | |
| 132 |  Grenada | 0.662 | -13.19% | |
| 133 |  Belgium | 0.658 | 39.96% | |
| 134 |  Bhutan | 0.637 | -0.86% | |
| 135 |  Indonesia | 0.637 | -8.37% | |
| 136 |  Mexico | 0.629 | 12.37% | |
| 137 |  Bahrain | 0.611 | -163.25% | |
| 138 |  British Virgin Islands | 0.586 | -14.23% | |
| 139 |  Cyprus | 0.585 | 9.14% | |
| 140 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 0.582 | -2.56% | |
| 141 |  Chile | 0.566 | -43.13% | |
| 142 |  Fiji | 0.556 | 22.49% | |
| 143 |  Portugal | 0.52 | 91.15% | |
| 144 |  Costa Rica | 0.52 | -13.39% | |
| 145 |  Guyana | 0.516 | -43.93% | |
| 146 |  Bahamas | 0.508 | 44.19% | |
| 147 |  Brazil | 0.46 | -13.05% | |
| 148 |  Dominica | 0.448 | -22.46% | |
| 149 |  Maldives | 0.446 | -67.10% | |
| 150 |  Kuwait | 0.44 | -117.18% | |
| 151 |  Spain | 0.419 | 296.77% | |
| 152 |  Faroe Islands | 0.379 | -57.87% | |
| 153 |  United States | 0.378 | 140.88% | |
| 154 |  Dem. People's Rep. of Korea | 0.375 | -7.00% | |
| 155 |  Azerbaijan | 0.367 | -16.83% | |
| 156 |  Venezuela | 0.36 | -135.16% | |
| 157 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 0.352 | -28.71% | |
| 158 |  El Salvador | 0.351 | 3.32% | |
| 159 |  Isle of Man | 0.303 | 17.64% | |
| 160 |  Finland | 0.286 | 37.91% | |
| 161 |  France | 0.274 | 3.92% | |
| 162 |  Qatar | 0.256 | -109.66% | |
| 163 |  New Zealand | 0.248 | -40.29% | |
| 164 |  Czechia | 0.193 | -110.65% | |
| 165 |  Palau | 0.172 | -40.52% | |
| 166 |  Barbados | 0.155 | -14.34% | |
| 167 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 0.141 | -166.06% | |
| 168 |  Thailand | 0.134 | -23.65% | |
| 169 |  Saint Lucia | 0.115 | -50.33% | |
| 170 |  Sri Lanka | 0.113 | -89.51% | |
| 171 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.107 | -241.64% | |
| 172 |  Georgia | 0.105 | -127.63% | |
| 173 |  Russia | 0.074 | -117.09% | |
| 174 |  Slovenia | 0.031 | -88.48% | |
| 175 |  Greenland | 0.014 | -97.21% | |
| 176 |  Jamaica | -0.011 | -104.38% | |
| 177 |  China | -0.013 | -114.68% | |
| 178 |  Latvia | -0.059 | -93.01% | |
| 179 |  Gibraltar | -0.061 | -49.95% | |
| 180 |  United Kingdom | -0.082 | ||
| 181 |  Aruba | -0.086 | 91.79% | |
| 182 |  Uruguay | -0.101 | 22.76% | |
| 183 |  Korea | -0.226 | 28.05% | |
| 184 |  San Marino | -0.252 | -67.39% | |
| 185 |  Hungary | -0.272 | -34.23% | |
| 186 |  Slovakia | -0.285 | 34.14% | |
| 187 |  Mauritius | -0.301 | -1292.58% | |
| 188 |  North Macedonia | -0.36 | 0.01% | |
| 189 |  Bermuda | -0.365 | 80.36% | |
| 190 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.369 | 28.42% | |
| 191 |  Armenia | -0.377 | -27.89% | |
| 192 |  Cuba | -0.393 | 0.07% | |
| 193 |  Italy | -0.429 | -22.82% | |
| 194 |  United States Virgin Islands | -0.433 | 9.26% | |
| 195 |  Japan | -0.444 | -3.50% | |
| 196 |  Saint Martin (French part) | -0.493 | -73.74% | |
| 197 |  Poland | -0.493 | 22.65% | |
| 198 |  Montenegro | -0.494 | 46.29% | |
| 199 |  Monaco | -0.593 | -7.48% | |
| 200 |  Croatia | -0.647 | -84.81% | |
| 201 |  Greece | -0.704 | 30.98% | |
| 202 |  Romania | -0.857 | 13.18% | |
| 203 |  Moldova | -0.873 | 14.94% | |
| 204 |  China, Hong Kong SAR | -0.908 | -0.42% | |
| 205 |  Belarus | -1.01 | 22.47% | |
| 206 |  Serbia | -1.09 | 15.74% | |
| 207 |  Marshall Islands | -1.15 | -63.93% | |
| 208 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.15 | -20.14% | |
| 209 |  Puerto Rico | -1.26 | 118.84% | |
| 210 |  Albania | -1.29 | 39.15% | |
| 211 |  Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | -1.36 | 492.04% | |
| 212 |  Curaçao | -1.57 | -6.44% | |
| 213 |  American Samoa | -1.71 | -32.55% | |
| 214 |  Lebanon | -1.86 | 48.67% | |
| 215 |  Bulgaria | -6.19 | 659.32% | |
| 216 |  Ukraine | -14.2 | 1738.94% |