Population Growth by Country

Population Growth by country, shown on a world map with full country rankings. Data covers 217 countries for 2024, sourced from World Bank Open Data. See also Adult Literacy Rate and Birth Rate.

Population Growth reaches its highest value in Qatar, at 7.3, and its lowest in Kosovo, at -5.4.

The average across 217 countries and territories is 1.1 for 2024.

HighestQatar7.3

LowestKosovo-5.4

Average1.1217 countries

Year2024latest available

Some countries still grow above 3% yearly while others now experience population decline.

Top 10 countries

Qatar7.3

Chad4.9

United Arab Emirates4.7

Saudi Arabia4.6

Oman4.5

Syrian Arab Republic4.5

South Sudan3.9

Somalia, Fed. Rep.3.5

Central African Republic3.4

Niger3.3

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Population Growth: full country ranking (2024)

#	Country	Population Growth
1	Qatar	7.3
2	Chad	4.9
3	United Arab Emirates	4.7
4	Saudi Arabia	4.6
5	Oman	4.5
6	Syrian Arab Republic	4.5
7	South Sudan	3.9
8	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	3.5
9	Central African Republic	3.4
10	Niger	3.3
11	Congo, Dem. Rep.	3.2
12	Angola	3
13	Yemen, Rep.	3
14	Canada	3
15	Mali	2.9
16	Mozambique	2.9
17	Mauritania	2.9
18	Tanzania	2.9
19	Malta	2.9
20	Afghanistan	2.8
21	Zambia	2.8
22	Uganda	2.8
23	Cameroon	2.6
24	Burundi	2.6
25	Ethiopia	2.6
26	Malawi	2.6
27	Benin	2.5
28	Cote d'Ivoire	2.4
29	Madagascar	2.4
30	Equatorial Guinea	2.4
31	Congo, Rep.	2.4
32	Guinea	2.4
33	Solomon Islands	2.4
34	West Bank and Gaza	2.4
35	Senegal	2.3
36	Armenia	2.3
37	Gambia, The	2.3
38	Vanuatu	2.3
39	Burkina Faso	2.2
40	Togo	2.2
41	Namibia	2.2
42	Gibraltar	2.2
43	Guinea-Bissau	2.2
44	Liberia	2.2
45	Gabon	2.2
46	Rwanda	2.1
47	Iraq	2.1
48	Sierra Leone	2.1
49	Nigeria	2.1
50	Sao Tome and Principe	2
51	Singapore	2
52	Australia	2
53	Uzbekistan	2
54	Kenya	2
55	Cayman Islands	1.9
56	Tajikistan	1.9
57	Comoros	1.9
58	Ghana	1.9
59	Eritrea	1.9
60	Papua New Guinea	1.8
61	Zimbabwe	1.8
62	Turkmenistan	1.8
63	Egypt, Arab Rep.	1.7
64	Kyrgyz Republic	1.7
65	Honduras	1.7
66	New Zealand	1.7
67	Botswana	1.6
68	Luxembourg	1.6
69	Ireland	1.6
70	Guatemala	1.5
71	Pakistan	1.5
72	Liechtenstein	1.5
73	Kiribati	1.5
74	Belize	1.4
75	Algeria	1.4
76	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.4
77	Bolivia	1.4
78	Djibouti	1.4
79	Lao PDR	1.4
80	Nicaragua	1.3
81	Andorra	1.3
82	Seychelles	1.3
83	Switzerland	1.3
84	Kazakhstan	1.3
85	Panama	1.3
86	Israel	1.3
87	South Africa	1.2
88	Mongolia	1.2
89	British Virgin Islands	1.2
90	Paraguay	1.2
91	Cambodia	1.2
92	Malaysia	1.2
93	Bangladesh	1.2
94	Macao SAR, China	1.2
95	Timor-Leste	1.2
96	Haiti	1.2
97	Lesotho	1.1
98	Portugal	1.1
99	Peru	1.1
100	Colombia	1.1
101	United Kingdom	1.1
102	Iran, Islamic Rep.	1.1
103	Libya	1
104	Spain	1
105	Eswatini	1
106	Jordan	0.99
107	Cyprus	0.98
108	United States	0.98
109	Morocco	0.97
110	New Caledonia	0.95
111	Norway	0.95
112	Kuwait	0.9
113	India	0.89
114	Suriname	0.88
115	Ecuador	0.86
116	Mexico	0.86
117	Dominican Republic	0.85
118	Curacao	0.85
119	Philippines	0.83
120	Brunei Darussalam	0.82
121	Indonesia	0.81
122	Sudan	0.81
123	Guam	0.76
124	Bahrain	0.73
125	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.73
126	Myanmar	0.67
127	Belgium	0.67
128	Bhutan	0.65
129	Netherlands	0.65
130	Finland	0.64
131	Viet Nam	0.63
132	Tunisia	0.63
133	Samoa	0.62
134	Nauru	0.6
135	Aruba	0.59
136	Lithuania	0.58
137	Guyana	0.57
138	Lebanon	0.56
139	Chile	0.54
140	Austria	0.5
141	Denmark	0.5
142	Fiji	0.5
143	Faroe Islands	0.49
144	Antigua and Barbuda	0.49
145	Cabo Verde	0.49
146	Azerbaijan	0.48
147	Costa Rica	0.48
148	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0.47
149	Bahamas, The	0.46
150	El Salvador	0.45
151	Brazil	0.41
152	Czechia	0.38
153	Venezuela, RB	0.37
154	Argentina	0.35
155	San Marino	0.34
156	Maldives	0.34
157	Ukraine	0.34
158	Slovenia	0.33
159	Sweden	0.31
160	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0.3
161	Germany	0.27
162	France	0.26
163	Channel Islands	0.26
164	St. Lucia	0.26
165	French Polynesia	0.24
166	Turkiye	0.23
167	Iceland	0.22
168	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.18
169	Croatia	0.17
170	Estonia	0.15
171	Grenada	0.11
172	Korea, Rep.	0.07
173	Trinidad and Tobago	0.06
174	Barbados	0.05
175	Montenegro	-0
176	Isle of Man	-0.01
177	Puerto Rico (US)	-0.02
178	Greece	-0.02
179	Jamaica	-0.02
180	Uruguay	-0.04
181	Thailand	-0.05
182	Romania	-0.05
183	Greenland	-0.05
184	Italy	-0.05
185	Bulgaria	-0.08
186	Slovak Republic	-0.09
187	Bermuda	-0.1
188	China	-0.12
189	Nepal	-0.15
190	Hong Kong SAR, China	-0.16
191	Palau	-0.18
192	North Macedonia	-0.19
193	Russian Federation	-0.2
194	Mauritius	-0.23
195	Hungary	-0.31
196	Poland	-0.35
197	Cuba	-0.36
198	Tonga	-0.4
199	Georgia	-0.43
200	Japan	-0.44
201	Dominica	-0.46
202	Belarus	-0.5
203	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	-0.52
204	Sri Lanka	-0.55
205	Serbia	-0.56
206	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.66
207	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.7
208	Monaco	-0.84
209	Latvia	-0.94
210	Albania	-1.5
211	American Samoa	-1.6
212	Tuvalu	-1.7
213	Northern Mariana Islands	-1.9
214	Moldova	-2.3
215	Marshall Islands	-3.3
216	St. Martin (French part)	-5.2
217	Kosovo	-5.4

Source: World Bank Open Data. Latest available year: 2024. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.

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