Population growth - Country rankings
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Population growth, percent, 2023:
The average for 2023 based on 196 countries was 1.15 percent. The highest value was in Singapore: 4.86 percent and the lowest value was in Ukraine: -2.67 percent. The indicator is available from 1961 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: United Nations Population Division
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Countries | Population growth, 2023 | Global rank | Available data |
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Singapore | 4.86 | 1 | 1961 - 2023 |
Syria | 4.86 | 2 | 1961 - 2023 |
Malta | 4.08 | 3 | 1961 - 2023 |
Niger | 3.73 | 4 | 1961 - 2023 |
DR Congo | 3.23 | 5 | 1961 - 2023 |
Chad | 3.08 | 6 | 1961 - 2023 |
Mali | 3.05 | 7 | 1961 - 2023 |
Somalia | 3.05 | 8 | 1961 - 2023 |
Angola | 3.03 | 9 | 1961 - 2023 |
Iceland | 2.99 | 10 | 1961 - 2023 |
Canada | 2.93 | 11 | 1961 - 2023 |
Tanzania | 2.92 | 12 | 1961 - 2023 |
C.A. Republic | 2.88 | 13 | 1961 - 2023 |
Mozambique | 2.78 | 14 | 1961 - 2023 |
Uganda | 2.78 | 15 | 1961 - 2023 |
Zambia | 2.72 | 16 | 1961 - 2023 |
Afghanistan | 2.67 | 17 | 1961 - 2023 |
Burundi | 2.67 | 18 | 1961 - 2023 |
Benin | 2.66 | 19 | 1961 - 2023 |
Mauritania | 2.64 | 20 | 1961 - 2023 |
Ireland | 2.6 | 21 | 1961 - 2023 |
Sudan | 2.6 | 22 | 1961 - 2023 |
Cameroon | 2.59 | 23 | 1961 - 2023 |
Hong Kong | 2.55 | 24 | 1961 - 2023 |
Malawi | 2.55 | 25 | 1961 - 2023 |
Senegal | 2.55 | 26 | 1961 - 2023 |
Burkina Faso | 2.52 | 27 | 1961 - 2023 |
Ethiopia | 2.52 | 28 | 1961 - 2023 |
Ivory Coast | 2.5 | 29 | 1961 - 2023 |
Gambia | 2.45 | 30 | 1961 - 2023 |
Palestine | 2.39 | 31 | 1991 - 2023 |
Madagascar | 2.38 | 32 | 1961 - 2023 |
Nigeria | 2.38 | 33 | 1961 - 2023 |
Australia | 2.37 | 34 | 1961 - 2023 |
Guinea | 2.36 | 35 | 1961 - 2023 |
Eq. Guinea | 2.35 | 36 | 1961 - 2023 |
Luxembourg | 2.35 | 37 | 1961 - 2023 |
Vanuatu | 2.35 | 38 | 1961 - 2023 |
Togo | 2.29 | 39 | 1961 - 2023 |
Rwanda | 2.28 | 40 | 1961 - 2023 |
R. of Congo | 2.26 | 41 | 1961 - 2023 |
Iraq | 2.24 | 42 | 1961 - 2023 |
Solomon Isl. | 2.21 | 43 | 1961 - 2023 |
Yemen | 2.21 | 44 | 1961 - 2023 |
Liberia | 2.16 | 45 | 1961 - 2023 |
G.-Bissau | 2.13 | 46 | 1961 - 2023 |
Sierra Leone | 2.13 | 47 | 1961 - 2023 |
Uzbekistan | 2.12 | 48 | 1961 - 2023 |
Zimbabwe | 2.09 | 49 | 1961 - 2023 |
Israel | 2.06 | 50 | 1961 - 2023 |
New Zealand | 2.05 | 51 | 1961 - 2023 |
Gabon | 1.97 | 52 | 1961 - 2023 |
Kenya | 1.97 | 53 | 1961 - 2023 |
Pakistan | 1.96 | 54 | 1961 - 2023 |
S.T.&Principe | 1.95 | 55 | 1961 - 2023 |
Ghana | 1.91 | 56 | 1961 - 2023 |
Tajikistan | 1.9 | 57 | 1961 - 2023 |
Venezuela | 1.88 | 58 | 1961 - 2023 |
Czechia | 1.87 | 59 | 1961 - 2023 |
Papua N.G. | 1.83 | 60 | 1961 - 2023 |
Comoros | 1.81 | 61 | 1961 - 2023 |
Kyrgyzstan | 1.79 | 62 | 1961 - 2023 |
Eritrea | 1.75 | 63 | 1961 - 2023 |
Kiribati | 1.72 | 64 | 1961 - 2023 |
Botswana | 1.7 | 65 | 1961 - 2023 |
Algeria | 1.55 | 66 | 1961 - 2023 |
Egypt | 1.54 | 67 | 1961 - 2023 |
Honduras | 1.53 | 68 | 1961 - 2023 |
Philippines | 1.53 | 69 | 1961 - 2023 |
Oman | 1.48 | 70 | 1961 - 2023 |
Samoa | 1.47 | 71 | 1961 - 2023 |
Saudi Arabia | 1.47 | 72 | 1961 - 2023 |
Namibia | 1.44 | 73 | 1961 - 2023 |
Mongolia | 1.43 | 74 | 1961 - 2023 |
Lithuania | 1.41 | 75 | 1961 - 2023 |
Guatemala | 1.4 | 76 | 1961 - 2023 |
Nicaragua | 1.4 | 77 | 1961 - 2023 |
Djibouti | 1.38 | 78 | 1961 - 2023 |
Laos | 1.38 | 79 | 1961 - 2023 |
Belize | 1.36 | 80 | 1961 - 2023 |
Bolivia | 1.34 | 81 | 1961 - 2023 |
Kazakhstan | 1.34 | 82 | 1961 - 2023 |
Panama | 1.34 | 83 | 1961 - 2023 |
Turkmenistan | 1.32 | 84 | 1961 - 2023 |
Estonia | 1.28 | 85 | 1961 - 2023 |
Georgia | 1.28 | 86 | 1961 - 2023 |
Macao | 1.28 | 87 | 1961 - 2023 |
Spain | 1.24 | 88 | 1961 - 2023 |
Haiti | 1.2 | 89 | 1961 - 2023 |
Paraguay | 1.18 | 90 | 1961 - 2023 |
Belgium | 1.16 | 91 | 1961 - 2023 |
Nepal | 1.14 | 92 | 1961 - 2023 |
Norway | 1.14 | 93 | 1961 - 2023 |
Libya | 1.11 | 94 | 1961 - 2023 |
Portugal | 1.1 | 95 | 1961 - 2023 |
Malaysia | 1.09 | 96 | 1961 - 2023 |
Lesotho | 1.06 | 97 | 1961 - 2023 |
Cambodia | 1.05 | 98 | 1961 - 2023 |
Ecuador | 1.05 | 99 | 1961 - 2023 |
Bangladesh | 1.03 | 100 | 1961 - 2023 |
Morocco | 1.01 | 101 | 1961 - 2023 |
Austria | 1 | 102 | 1961 - 2023 |
Netherlands | 1 | 103 | 1961 - 2023 |
Kuwait | 0.96 | 104 | 1961 - 2023 |
Cape Verde | 0.93 | 105 | 1961 - 2023 |
Domin. Rep. | 0.92 | 106 | 1961 - 2023 |
Micronesia | 0.92 | 107 | 1961 - 2023 |
Argentina | 0.9 | 108 | 1961 - 2023 |
Bahrain | 0.9 | 109 | 1961 - 2023 |
Peru | 0.89 | 110 | 1961 - 2023 |
South Africa | 0.87 | 111 | 1961 - 2023 |
Tonga | 0.85 | 112 | 1961 - 2023 |
Suriname | 0.84 | 113 | 1961 - 2023 |
Switzerland | 0.84 | 114 | 1961 - 2023 |
Tunisia | 0.82 | 115 | 1961 - 2023 |
UK | 0.82 | 116 | 1961 - 2023 |
Germany | 0.81 | 117 | 1961 - 2023 |
India | 0.81 | 118 | 1961 - 2023 |
UA Emirates | 0.8 | 119 | 1961 - 2023 |
Qatar | 0.79 | 120 | 1961 - 2023 |
Brunei | 0.78 | 121 | 1961 - 2023 |
Swaziland | 0.76 | 122 | 1961 - 2023 |
Denmark | 0.74 | 123 | 1961 - 2023 |
Indonesia | 0.74 | 124 | 1961 - 2023 |
Mexico | 0.74 | 125 | 1961 - 2023 |
Tuvalu | 0.74 | 126 | 1961 - 2023 |
Burma | 0.73 | 127 | 1961 - 2023 |
Fiji | 0.71 | 128 | 1961 - 2023 |
Iran | 0.7 | 129 | 1961 - 2023 |
Cyprus | 0.69 | 130 | 1961 - 2023 |
Vietnam | 0.68 | 131 | 1961 - 2023 |
Liechtenstein | 0.65 | 132 | 1961 - 2023 |
Bahamas | 0.64 | 133 | 1961 - 2023 |
Bhutan | 0.63 | 134 | 1961 - 2023 |
Guyana | 0.63 | 135 | 1961 - 2023 |
Costa Rica | 0.6 | 136 | 1961 - 2023 |
Grenada | 0.59 | 137 | 1961 - 2023 |
Ant.& Barb. | 0.57 | 138 | 1961 - 2023 |
Brazil | 0.51 | 139 | 1961 - 2023 |
Finland | 0.51 | 140 | 1961 - 2023 |
USA | 0.49 | 141 | 1961 - 2023 |
Sweden | 0.47 | 142 | 1961 - 2023 |
El Salvador | 0.45 | 143 | 1961 - 2023 |
Jordan | 0.45 | 144 | 1961 - 2023 |
Dominica | 0.42 | 145 | 1961 - 2023 |
Slovenia | 0.42 | 146 | 1961 - 2023 |
Colombia | 0.41 | 147 | 1961 - 2023 |
Turkey | 0.41 | 148 | 1961 - 2023 |
North Korea | 0.35 | 149 | 1961 - 2023 |
Faroe Isl. | 0.34 | 150 | 1961 - 2023 |
Andorra | 0.33 | 151 | 1961 - 2023 |
France | 0.29 | 152 | 1961 - 2023 |
Tr.&Tobago | 0.25 | 153 | 1961 - 2023 |
Saint Lucia | 0.22 | 154 | 1961 - 2023 |
Thailand | 0.15 | 155 | 1961 - 2023 |
Barbados | 0.13 | 156 | 1961 - 2023 |
Chile | 0.13 | 157 | 1961 - 2023 |
Latvia | 0.13 | 158 | 1961 - 2023 |
Gibraltar | 0.12 | 159 | 1961 - 2023 |
South Korea | 0.08 | 160 | 1961 - 2023 |
Romania | 0.05 | 161 | 1961 - 2023 |
Palau | 0.02 | 162 | 1961 - 2023 |
Uruguay | 0.01 | 163 | 1961 - 2023 |
San Marino | -0.05 | 164 | 1961 - 2023 |
Croatia | -0.06 | 165 | 1961 - 2023 |
Jamaica | -0.06 | 166 | 1961 - 2023 |
Armenia | -0.09 | 167 | 1961 - 2023 |
Seychelles | -0.09 | 168 | 1961 - 2023 |
Slovakia | -0.09 | 169 | 1961 - 2023 |
China | -0.1 | 170 | 1961 - 2023 |
Mauritius | -0.12 | 171 | 1961 - 2023 |
Aruba | -0.16 | 172 | 1961 - 2023 |
Bermuda | -0.17 | 173 | 1961 - 2023 |
Montenegro | -0.17 | 174 | 1961 - 2023 |
St. Vincent & ... | -0.24 | 175 | 1961 - 2023 |
Azerbaijan | -0.29 | 176 | 1961 - 2023 |
Russia | -0.29 | 177 | 1961 - 2023 |
Italy | -0.3 | 178 | 1961 - 2023 |
Poland | -0.37 | 179 | 1961 - 2023 |
Puerto Rico | -0.45 | 180 | 1961 - 2023 |
Monaco | -0.47 | 181 | 1961 - 2023 |
N. Caledonia | -0.47 | 182 | 1961 - 2023 |
Japan | -0.49 | 183 | 1961 - 2023 |
Maldives | -0.53 | 184 | 1961 - 2023 |
Belarus | -0.54 | 185 | 1961 - 2023 |
Bulgaria | -0.54 | 186 | 1961 - 2023 |
Hungary | -0.55 | 187 | 1961 - 2023 |
Greece | -0.63 | 188 | 1961 - 2023 |
Sri Lanka | -0.65 | 189 | 1961 - 2023 |
Bosnia & Herz. | -0.7 | 190 | 1961 - 2023 |
Serbia | -0.7 | 191 | 1961 - 2023 |
North Macedonia | -1.08 | 192 | 1961 - 2023 |
Albania | -1.15 | 193 | 1961 - 2023 |
Moldova | -2.07 | 194 | 1961 - 2023 |
Lebanon | -2.5 | 195 | 1961 - 2023 |
Ukraine | -2.67 | 196 | 1961 - 2023 |
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.
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