Population growth - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

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
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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1. Singapore
2. Syria
3. Malta
4. Niger
5. DR Congo
6. Chad
7. Mali
8. Somalia
9. Angola
10. Iceland
11. Canada
12. Tanzania
13. C.A. Republic
14. Mozambique
15. Uganda
16. Zambia
17. Afghanistan
18. Burundi
19. Benin
20. Mauritania
21. Ireland
22. Sudan
23. Cameroon
24. Hong Kong
25. Malawi
26. Senegal
27. Burkina Faso
28. Ethiopia
29. Ivory Coast
30. Gambia
31. Palestine
32. Madagascar
33. Nigeria
34. Australia
35. Guinea
36. Eq. Guinea
37. Luxembourg
38. Vanuatu
39. Togo
40. Rwanda
41. R. of Congo
42. Iraq
43. Solomon Isl.
44. Yemen
45. Liberia
46. G.-Bissau
47. Sierra Leone
48. Uzbekistan
49. Zimbabwe
50. Israel
51. New Zealand
52. Gabon
53. Kenya
54. Pakistan
55. S.T.&Principe
56. Ghana
57. Tajikistan
58. Venezuela
59. Czechia
60. Papua N.G.
61. Comoros
62. Kyrgyzstan
63. Eritrea
64. Kiribati
65. Botswana
66. Algeria
67. Egypt
68. Honduras
69. Philippines
70. Oman
71. Samoa
72. Saudi Arabia
73. Namibia
74. Mongolia
75. Lithuania
76. Guatemala
77. Nicaragua
78. Djibouti
79. Laos
80. Belize
81. Bolivia
82. Kazakhstan
83. Panama
84. Turkmenistan
85. Estonia
86. Georgia
87. Macao
88. Spain
89. Haiti
90. Paraguay
91. Belgium
92. Nepal
93. Norway
94. Libya
95. Portugal
96. Malaysia
97. Lesotho
98. Cambodia
99. Ecuador
100. Bangladesh
101. Morocco
102. Austria
103. Netherlands
104. Kuwait
105. Cape Verde
106. Domin. Rep.
107. Micronesia
108. Argentina
109. Bahrain
110. Peru
111. South Africa
112. Tonga
113. Suriname
114. Switzerland
115. Tunisia
116. UK
117. Germany
118. India
119. UA Emirates
120. Qatar
121. Brunei
122. Swaziland
123. Denmark
124. Indonesia
125. Mexico
126. Tuvalu
127. Burma
128. Fiji
129. Iran
130. Cyprus
131. Vietnam
132. Liechtenstein
133. Bahamas
134. Bhutan
135. Guyana
136. Costa Rica
137. Grenada
138. Ant.& Barb.
139. Brazil
140. Finland
141. USA
142. Sweden
143. El Salvador
144. Jordan
145. Dominica
146. Slovenia
147. Colombia
148. Turkey
149. North Korea
150. Faroe Isl.
151. Andorra
152. France
153. Tr.&Tobago
154. Saint Lucia
155. Thailand
156. Barbados
157. Chile
158. Latvia
159. Gibraltar
160. South Korea
161. Romania
162. Palau
163. Uruguay
164. San Marino
165. Croatia
166. Jamaica
167. Armenia
168. Seychelles
169. Slovakia
170. China
171. Mauritius
172. Aruba
173. Bermuda
174. Montenegro
175. St. Vincent & ...
176. Azerbaijan
177. Russia
178. Italy
179. Poland
180. Puerto Rico
181. Monaco
182. N. Caledonia
183. Japan
184. Maldives
185. Belarus
186. Bulgaria
187. Hungary
188. Greece
189. Sri Lanka
190. Bosnia & Herz.
191. Serbia
192. North Macedonia
193. Albania
194. Moldova
195. Lebanon
196. Ukraine
4.86
4.86
4.08
3.73
3.23
3.08
3.05
3.05
3.03
2.99
2.93
2.92
2.88
2.78
2.78
2.72
2.67
2.67
2.66
2.64
2.60
2.60
2.59
2.55
2.55
2.55
2.52
2.52
2.50
2.45
2.39
2.38
2.38
2.37
2.36
2.35
2.35
2.35
2.29
2.28
2.26
2.24
2.21
2.21
2.16
2.13
2.13
2.12
2.09
2.06
2.05
1.97
1.97
1.96
1.95
1.91
1.90
1.88
1.87
1.83
1.81
1.79
1.75
1.72
1.70
1.55
1.54
1.53
1.53
1.48
1.47
1.47
1.44
1.43
1.41
1.40
1.40
1.38
1.38
1.36
1.34
1.34
1.34
1.32
1.28
1.28
1.28
1.24
1.20
1.18
1.16
1.14
1.14
1.11
1.10
1.09
1.06
1.05
1.05
1.03
1.01
1.00
1.00
0.96
0.93
0.92
0.92
0.90
0.90
0.89
0.87
0.85
0.84
0.84
0.82
0.82
0.81
0.81
0.80
0.79
0.78
0.76
0.74
0.74
0.74
0.74
0.73
0.71
0.70
0.69
0.68
0.65
0.64
0.63
0.63
0.60
0.59
0.57
0.51
0.51
0.49
0.47
0.45
0.45
0.42
0.42
0.41
0.41
0.35
0.34
0.33
0.29
0.25
0.22
0.15
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.12
0.08
0.05
0.02
0.01
-0.05
-0.06
-0.06
-0.09
-0.09
-0.09
-0.10
-0.12
-0.16
-0.17
-0.17
-0.24
-0.29
-0.29
-0.30
-0.37
-0.45
-0.47
-0.47
-0.49
-0.53
-0.54
-0.54
-0.55
-0.63
-0.65
-0.70
-0.70
-1.08
-1.15
-2.07
-2.50
-2.67
-2.67
-0.8
1.1
3
4.86


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