Country Comparison > Population growth rate

Rank	Country	Population growth rate (%)
1	United Arab Emirates	3.69
2	Niger	3.68
3	Kuwait	3.55
4	Yemen	3.45
5	Gaza Strip	3.35
6	Mayotte	3.32
7	Cook Islands	3.3
8	Burundi	3.28
9	Ethiopia	3.21
10	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	3.21
11	Oman	3.14
12	Burkina Faso	3.1
13	Sao Tome and Principe	3.09
14	Madagascar	3
15	Benin	2.98
16	Western Sahara	2.83
17	Somalia	2.82
18	Rwanda	2.78
19	Comoros	2.77
20	Mali	2.77
21	Congo, Republic of the	2.75
22	Togo	2.71
23	Senegal	2.71
24	Equatorial Guinea	2.7
25	Uganda	2.69
26	Kenya	2.69
27	Gambia, The	2.67
28	Liberia	2.67
29	Afghanistan	2.63
30	Eritrea	2.58
31	Guinea	2.57
32	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.56
33	Iraq	2.51
34	Mauritania	2.4
35	Cayman Islands	2.39
36	Solomon Islands	2.39
37	Malawi	2.39
38	Paraguay	2.36
39	Laos	2.32
40	Northern Mariana Islands	2.29
41	Sierra Leone	2.28
42	Anguilla	2.27
43	Jordan	2.26
44	Kiribati	2.24
45	Cameroon	2.19
46	West Bank	2.18
47	Libya	2.17
48	Belize	2.15
49	Sudan	2.14
50	Cote d'Ivoire	2.13
51	Syria	2.13
52	Angola	2.1
53	Marshall Islands	2.08
54	Papua New Guinea	2.07
55	Chad	2.07
56	Guatemala	2.07
57	Tanzania	2.04
58	East Timor	2.03
59	Guinea-Bissau	2.02
60	Nigeria	2
61	Macau	2
62	Philippines	1.96
63	Honduras	1.96
64	Pakistan	1.95
65	Botswana	1.94
66	Gabon	1.93
67	Djibouti	1.9
68	Ghana	1.88
69	Tajikistan	1.88
70	Saudi Arabia	1.85
71	Haiti	1.84
72	British Virgin Islands	1.84
73	Mozambique	1.79
74	Nicaragua	1.78
75	Bolivia	1.77
76	Cambodia	1.77
77	Brunei	1.76
78	Nauru	1.75
79	Malaysia	1.72
80	Israel	1.67
81	El Salvador	1.66
82	Egypt	1.64
83	Zambia	1.63
84	Tuvalu	1.62
85	India	1.55
86	Zimbabwe	1.53
87	Venezuela	1.51
88	Panama	1.5
89	Ecuador	1.5
90	Mongolia	1.49
91	Central African Republic	1.49
92	Dominican Republic	1.49
93	Tonga	1.48
94	Morocco	1.48
95	Aruba	1.48
96	Vanuatu	1.4
97	Kyrgyzstan	1.4
98	French Polynesia	1.39
99	Fiji	1.38
100	Colombia	1.38
101	Guam	1.37
102	Costa Rica	1.36
103	Samoa	1.35
104	Turkey	1.31
105	Antigua and Barbuda	1.3
106	Bangladesh	1.29
107	Bahrain	1.29
108	Nepal	1.28
109	Bhutan	1.27
110	Peru	1.23
111	American Samoa	1.22
112	Brazil	1.2
113	Algeria	1.2
114	Australia	1.2
115	Luxembourg	1.17
116	San Marino	1.15
117	Turkmenistan	1.14
118	New Caledonia	1.14
119	Indonesia	1.14
120	Andorra	1.14
121	Mexico	1.13
122	Ireland	1.12
123	Lebanon	1.11
124	Suriname	1.1
125	Argentina	1.05
126	Seychelles	1
127	Singapore	1
128	Tunisia	0.98
129	Vietnam	0.98
130	United States	0.98
131	Qatar	0.96
132	Namibia	0.95
133	Uzbekistan	0.94
134	New Zealand	0.94
135	Sri Lanka	0.9
136	Iran	0.88
137	Chile	0.88
138	Montenegro	0.85
139	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.85
140	Canada	0.82
141	Bulgaria	0.79
142	Burma	0.78
143	Mauritius	0.78
144	Azerbaijan	0.76
145	Jamaica	0.76
146	Iceland	0.74
147	Netherlands Antilles	0.73
148	Liechtenstein	0.7
149	China	0.66
150	Bermuda	0.65
151	Estonia	0.63
152	Ukraine	0.63
153	Thailand	0.62
154	Latvia	0.61
155	Cape Verde	0.56
156	France	0.55
157	Albania	0.55
158	Bahamas, The	0.54
159	Man, Isle of	0.52
160	Hong Kong	0.5
161	Grenada	0.47
162	Russia	0.47
163	Uruguay	0.47
164	Swaziland	0.46
165	Saint Helena	0.45
166	Palau	0.43
167	Korea, North	0.42
168	Saint Lucia	0.42
169	Netherlands	0.41
170	Malta	0.4
171	Faroe Islands	0.4
172	Monaco	0.39
173	Montserrat	0.39
174	Kazakhstan	0.39
175	Barbados	0.38
176	Belarus	0.38
177	Wallis and Futuna	0.35
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.34
179	Norway	0.34
180	Puerto Rico	0.34
181	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.34
182	Georgia	0.33
183	South Africa	0.28
184	Denmark	0.28
185	United Kingdom	0.28
186	Lithuania	0.28
187	Switzerland	0.28
188	Portugal	0.28
189	Korea, South	0.27
190	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	0.26
191	Hungary	0.26
192	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.24
193	Cuba	0.23
194	Taiwan	0.23
195	Jersey	0.21
196	Guernsey	0.21
197	Dominica	0.21
198	Japan	0.19
199	Guyana	0.18
200	Maldives	0.17
201	Sweden	0.16
202	Romania	0.15
203	Slovakia	0.14
204	Greece	0.13
205	Lesotho	0.12
206	Slovenia	0.11
207	Gibraltar	0.11
208	Trinidad and Tobago	0.1
209	Finland	0.1
210	Czech Republic	0.09
211	Belgium	0.09
212	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.09
213	Moldova	0.08
214	Spain	0.07
215	Greenland	0.06
216	Germany	0.05
217	Austria	0.05
218	Croatia	0.05
219	Italy	0.05
220	Poland	0.05
221	Niue	0.03
222	Armenia	0.03
223	Virgin Islands	0.03
224	Svalbard	0.02
225	Tokelau	0.01
226	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0.01
227	Norfolk Island	0.01
228	Holy See (Vatican City)	0
229	Pitcairn Islands	0
230	Christmas Island	0
231	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0

Definition: The average annual percent change in the population, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country. The rate may be positive or negative. The growth rate is a factor in determining how great a burden would be imposed on a country by the changing needs of its people for infrastructure (e.g., schools, hospitals, housing, roads), resources (e.g., food, water, electricity), and jobs. Rapid population growth can be seen as threatening by neighboring countries.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2009