Population growth (annual %) - Country Ranking

Definition: 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.

Source: Derived from total population. Population source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision, (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statist

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

Find indicator:
Rank Country Value Year
1 Niger 3.77 2020
2 Bahrain 3.62 2020
3 Equatorial Guinea 3.41 2020
4 Uganda 3.27 2020
5 Angola 3.22 2020
6 Dem. Rep. Congo 3.14 2020
7 Burundi 3.08 2020
8 Mali 2.97 2020
9 Chad 2.96 2020
10 Tanzania 2.94 2020
11 The Gambia 2.90 2020
12 Mozambique 2.89 2020
13 Zambia 2.89 2020
14 Somalia 2.87 2020
15 Burkina Faso 2.82 2020
16 Guinea 2.79 2020
17 Puerto Rico 2.71 2020
18 Senegal 2.71 2020
19 Mauritania 2.70 2020
20 Benin 2.69 2020
21 Malawi 2.65 2020
22 Madagascar 2.64 2020
23 Oman 2.61 2020
24 Cameroon 2.55 2020
25 Rwanda 2.54 2020
26 Nigeria 2.54 2020
27 Ethiopia 2.54 2020
28 Côte d'Ivoire 2.54 2020
29 Congo 2.53 2020
30 Solomon Islands 2.51 2020
31 Syrian Arab Republic 2.49 2020
32 Guinea-Bissau 2.42 2020
33 Gabon 2.42 2020
34 Liberia 2.41 2020
35 Togo 2.40 2020
36 Vanuatu 2.39 2020
37 Sudan 2.39 2020
38 Afghanistan 2.30 2020
39 Tajikistan 2.30 2020
40 Iraq 2.30 2020
41 Kenya 2.25 2020
42 Yemen 2.25 2020
43 Malta 2.21 2020
44 Comoros 2.17 2020
45 Ghana 2.13 2020
46 New Zealand 2.09 2020
47 Sierra Leone 2.07 2020
48 Botswana 2.06 2020
49 Pakistan 1.98 2020
50 Timor-Leste 1.94 2020
51 Papua New Guinea 1.93 2020
52 Uzbekistan 1.92 2020
53 Egypt 1.92 2020
54 Kyrgyz Republic 1.90 2020
55 São Tomé and Principe 1.89 2020
56 Belize 1.85 2020
57 Namibia 1.84 2020
58 Algeria 1.84 2020
59 Nepal 1.83 2020
60 Central African Republic 1.77 2020
61 Israel 1.76 2020
62 Qatar 1.72 2020
63 Luxembourg 1.67 2020
64 Mongolia 1.63 2020
65 Iceland 1.62 2020
66 Honduras 1.61 2020
67 Panama 1.60 2020
68 Saudi Arabia 1.58 2020
69 Kiribati 1.55 2020
70 Ecuador 1.54 2020
71 Guatemala 1.52 2020
72 Kuwait 1.50 2020
73 Turkmenistan 1.49 2020
74 Zimbabwe 1.47 2020
75 Djibouti 1.47 2020
76 Lao PDR 1.47 2020
77 Peru 1.41 2020
78 Cambodia 1.40 2020
79 Bolivia 1.38 2020
80 Macao SAR, China 1.38 2020
81 Libya 1.38 2020
82 Eritrea 1.36 2011
83 Philippines 1.35 2020
84 Malaysia 1.29 2020
85 Iran 1.29 2020
86 Kazakhstan 1.29 2020
87 Australia 1.28 2020
88 South Africa 1.27 2020
89 Paraguay 1.24 2020
90 Haiti 1.23 2020
91 United Arab Emirates 1.22 2020
92 Nicaragua 1.20 2020
93 Morocco 1.20 2020
94 Cayman Islands 1.18 2020
95 Tuvalu 1.17 2020
96 Canada 1.15 2020
97 Tonga 1.14 2020
98 Bhutan 1.11 2020
99 Cabo Verde 1.09 2020
100 Turkey 1.08 2020
101 Colombia 1.07 2020
102 Indonesia 1.07 2020
103 Mexico 1.06 2020
104 Tunisia 1.05 2020
105 Eswatini 1.04 2020
106 Ireland 1.03 2020
107 Dominican Republic 1.01 2020
108 Bangladesh 1.00 2020
109 Jordan 1.00 2020
110 India 0.99 2020
111 Argentina 0.97 2020
112 Brunei 0.96 2020
113 The Bahamas 0.96 2020
114 United States 0.96 2020
115 Costa Rica 0.92 2020
116 Vietnam 0.90 2020
117 Suriname 0.90 2020
118 Chile 0.86 2020
119 Seychelles 0.85 2020
120 Antigua and Barbuda 0.83 2020
121 Lesotho 0.80 2020
122 Cyprus 0.73 2020
123 Fiji 0.73 2020
124 Sweden 0.72 2020
125 Brazil 0.71 2020
126 Switzerland 0.71 2020
127 Monaco 0.71 2020
128 Azerbaijan 0.68 2020
129 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.68 2020
130 Myanmar 0.67 2020
131 Slovenia 0.67 2020
132 Samoa 0.67 2020
133 Nauru 0.65 2020
134 Norway 0.59 2020
135 United Kingdom 0.57 2020
136 Netherlands 0.56 2020
137 Sri Lanka 0.53 2020
138 El Salvador 0.50 2020
139 Palau 0.50 2020
140 Spain 0.48 2020
141 Guyana 0.48 2020
142 Belgium 0.48 2020
143 Grenada 0.46 2020
144 St. Lucia 0.46 2020
145 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 0.44 2020
146 Jamaica 0.44 2020
147 Austria 0.42 2020
148 Uruguay 0.35 2020
149 Trinidad and Tobago 0.32 2020
150 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.32 2020
151 Liechtenstein 0.31 2020
152 Denmark 0.29 2020
153 Dominica 0.25 2020
154 Greenland 0.25 2020
155 Thailand 0.25 2020
156 Czech Republic 0.24 2020
157 New Caledonia 0.24 2020
158 China 0.23 2020
159 San Marino 0.22 2020
160 Estonia 0.20 2020
161 France 0.19 2020
162 Armenia 0.19 2020
163 Andorra 0.15 2020
164 Finland 0.14 2020
165 Korea 0.14 2020
166 Barbados 0.12 2020
167 Portugal 0.11 2020
168 Slovak Republic 0.09 2020
169 Germany 0.08 2020
170 Georgia 0.07 2020
171 Lithuania 0.03 2020
172 Mauritius 0.00 2020
173 Cuba -0.06 2020
174 Montenegro -0.12 2020
175 Poland -0.18 2020
176 Greece -0.20 2020
177 North Macedonia -0.20 2020
178 Russia -0.21 2020
179 Hungary -0.22 2020
180 Venezuela -0.28 2020
181 Singapore -0.31 2020
182 Japan -0.34 2020
183 Hong Kong SAR, China -0.34 2020
184 Belarus -0.42 2020
185 Croatia -0.43 2020
186 Lebanon -0.44 2020
187 Italy -0.47 2020
188 Ukraine -0.57 2020
189 Albania -0.57 2020
190 Romania -0.59 2020
191 Bulgaria -0.60 2020
192 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.61 2020
193 Serbia -0.67 2020
194 Latvia -0.70 2020
195 Moldova -1.68 2020

More rankings: Africa | Asia | Central America & the Caribbean | Europe | Middle East | North America | Oceania | South America | World |

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Total population growth rates are calculated on the assumption that rate of growth is constant between two points in time. The growth rate is computed using the exponential growth formula: r = ln(pn/p0)/n, where r is the exponential rate of growth, ln() is the natural logarithm, pn is the end period population, p0 is the beginning period population, and n is the number of years in between. Note that this is not the geometric growth rate used to compute compound growth over discrete periods. For information on total population from which the growth rates are calculated, see total population (SP.POP.TOTL).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual