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Population Growth by Country

Annual population growth rate (can be negative)

Source: World Bank (2023) · 216 countries ranked

Ranked by highest value first

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Oman

6.5%

#1 worldwide

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Kuwait

5.6%

#2 worldwide

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Syria

4.9%

#3 worldwide

Full World Ranking

Rank	Country	Population Growth
1	🇴🇲Oman	6.5%
2	🇰🇼Kuwait	5.6%
3	🇸🇾Syria	4.9%
4	🇸🇬Singapore	4.9%
5	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	4.6%
6	🇹🇩Chad	4.6%
7	🇸🇸South Sudan	4.1%
8	🇲🇹Malta	4.0%
9	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	4.0%
10	🇧🇭Bahrain	3.4%
11	🇳🇪Niger	3.3%
12	🇨🇩DR Congo	3.3%
13	🇦🇴Angola	3.1%
14	🇸🇴Somalia	3.1%
15	🇾🇪Yemen	3.0%
16	🇮🇱Israel	3.0%
17	🇲🇱Mali	3.0%
18	🇲🇷Mauritania	3.0%
19	🇲🇿Mozambique	3.0%
20	🇨🇦Canada	2.9%
21	🇹🇿Tanzania	2.9%
22	🇺🇬Uganda	2.8%
23	🇿🇲Zambia	2.8%
24	🇧🇮Burundi	2.7%
25	🇨🇲Cameroon	2.6%
26	🇪🇹Ethiopia	2.6%
27	🇲🇼Malawi	2.6%
28	🇭🇰Hong Kong	2.6%
29	🇧🇯Benin	2.5%
30	🇳🇦Namibia	2.5%
31	🇨🇮Ivory Coast	2.5%
32	🇲🇬Madagascar	2.5%
33	🇬🇳Guinea	2.5%
34	🇦🇺Australia	2.4%
35	🇨🇬Republic of the Congo	2.4%
36	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	2.4%
37	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2.4%
38	🇵🇸Palestine	2.4%
39	🇸🇳Senegal	2.4%
40	🇹🇬Togo	2.3%
41	🇻🇺Vanuatu	2.3%
42	🇳🇿New Zealand	2.3%
43	🇬🇲Gambia	2.3%
44	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	2.3%
45	🇬🇮Gibraltar	2.3%
46	🇮🇶Iraq	2.3%
47	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	2.2%
48	🇱🇷Liberia	2.2%
49	🇬🇦Gabon	2.2%
50	🇷🇼Rwanda	2.2%
51	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	2.2%
52	🇦🇫Afghanistan	2.1%
53	🇳🇬Nigeria	2.1%
54	🇧🇿Belize	2.1%
55	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	2.0%
56	🇱🇺Luxembourg	2.0%
57	🇹🇯Tajikistan	2.0%
58	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	2.0%
59	🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe	2.0%
60	🇰🇪Kenya	2.0%
61	🇰🇲Comoros	1.9%
62	🇬🇭Ghana	1.9%
63	🇮🇪Ireland	1.9%
64	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	1.8%
65	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	1.8%
66	🇨🇿Czechia	1.8%
67	🇪🇷Eritrea	1.8%
68	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	1.8%
69	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	1.7%
70	🇭🇳Honduras	1.7%
71	🇪🇬Egypt	1.7%
72	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	1.7%
73	🇧🇼Botswana	1.6%
74	🇯🇴Jordan	1.6%
75	🇪🇪Estonia	1.6%
76	🇰🇮Kiribati	1.6%
77	🇵🇰Pakistan	1.5%
78	🇬🇹Guatemala	1.5%
79	🇩🇿Algeria	1.5%
80	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	1.5%
81	🇸🇽Sint Maarten	1.4%
82	🇦🇩Andorra	1.4%
83	🇱🇹Lithuania	1.4%
84	🇱🇦Laos	1.4%
85	🇩🇯Djibouti	1.4%
86	🇧🇴Bolivia	1.4%
87	🇳🇮Nicaragua	1.4%
88	🇲🇳Mongolia	1.4%
89	🇵🇹Portugal	1.4%
90	🇿🇦South Africa	1.3%
91	🇸🇩Sudan	1.3%
92	🇵🇦Panama	1.3%
93	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1.3%
94	🇰🇭Cambodia	1.3%
95	🇨🇭Switzerland	1.3%
96	🇲🇾Malaysia	1.2%
97	🇵🇾Paraguay	1.2%
98	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1.2%
99	🇮🇷Iran	1.2%
100	🇪🇸Spain	1.2%
101	🇭🇹Haiti	1.2%
102	🇳🇴Norway	1.1%
103	🇱🇾Libya	1.1%
104	🇨🇴Colombia	1.1%
105	🇱🇸Lesotho	1.1%
106	🇵🇪Peru	1.1%
107	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	1.1%
108	🇨🇫Central African Republic	1.1%
109	🇲🇦Morocco	1.0%
110	🇨🇾Cyprus	1.0%
111	🇳🇱Netherlands	1.0%
112	🇦🇹Austria	1.0%
113	🇮🇸Iceland	1.0%
114	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1.0%
115	🇸🇿Eswatini	0.9%
116	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	0.9%
117	🇸🇷Suriname	0.9%
118	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	0.9%
119	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	0.9%
120	🇮🇳India	0.9%
121	🇪🇨Ecuador	0.9%
122	🇲🇽Mexico	0.9%
123	🇨🇼Curaçao	0.9%
124	🇧🇪Belgium	0.9%
125	🇮🇩Indonesia	0.8%
126	🇺🇸United States	0.8%
127	🇵🇭Philippines	0.8%
128	🇬🇺Guam	0.8%
129	🇧🇳Brunei	0.8%
130	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	0.8%
131	🇩🇰Denmark	0.7%
132	🇲🇲Myanmar	0.7%
133	🇧🇹Bhutan	0.7%
134	🇻🇳Vietnam	0.7%
135	🇹🇳Tunisia	0.7%
136	🇼🇸Samoa	0.6%
137	🇳🇷Nauru	0.6%
138	🇬🇾Guyana	0.6%
139	🇨🇱Chile	0.5%
140	🇫🇯Fiji	0.5%
141	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	0.5%
142	🇱🇧Lebanon	0.5%
143	🇫🇮Finland	0.5%
144	🇨🇻Cape Verde	0.5%
145	🇧🇸Bahamas	0.5%
146	🇸🇪Sweden	0.5%
147	🇨🇷Costa Rica	0.5%
148	🇸🇻El Salvador	0.5%
149	🇫🇲Micronesia	0.5%
150	🇹🇷Turkey	0.4%
151	🇸🇮Slovenia	0.4%
152	🇧🇷Brazil	0.4%
153	🇲🇻Maldives	0.4%
154	🇬🇱Greenland	0.4%
155	🇰🇵North Korea	0.3%
156	🇻🇪Venezuela	0.3%
157	🇸🇲San Marino	0.3%
158	🇦🇷Argentina	0.3%
159	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	0.3%
160	🇫🇷France	0.3%
161	🇵🇫French Polynesia	0.3%
162	🇱🇻Latvia	0.2%
163	🇲🇴Macau	0.2%
164	🇬🇩Grenada	0.1%
165	🇩🇪Germany	0.1%
166	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	0.1%
167	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	0.1%
168	🇭🇷Croatia	0.1%
169	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.1%
170	🇬🇪Georgia	0.1%
171	🇰🇷South Korea	0.1%
172	🇷🇴Romania	0.1%
173	🇲🇨Monaco	0.1%
174	🇦🇼Aruba	0.0%
175	🇮🇲Isle of Man	0.0%
176	🇯🇲Jamaica	0.0%
177	🇧🇧Barbados	0.0%
178	🇲🇪Montenegro	-0.0%
179	🇹🇭Thailand	-0.0%
180	🇶🇦Qatar	-0.0%
181	🇮🇹Italy	-0.0%
182	🇳🇵Nepal	-0.1%
183	🇧🇲Bermuda	-0.1%
184	🇺🇾Uruguay	-0.1%
185	🇸🇨Seychelles	-0.1%
186	🇸🇰Slovakia	-0.1%
187	🇨🇳China	-0.1%
188	🇭🇺Hungary	-0.1%
189	🇦🇲Armenia	-0.2%
190	🇵🇼Palau	-0.2%
191	🇲🇰North Macedonia	-0.2%
192	🇬🇷Greece	-0.3%
193	🇷🇺Russia	-0.3%
194	🇧🇬Bulgaria	-0.3%
195	🇨🇺Cuba	-0.4%
196	🇵🇱Poland	-0.4%
197	🇹🇴Tonga	-0.4%
198	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	-0.5%
199	🇩🇲Dominica	-0.5%
200	🇯🇵Japan	-0.5%
201	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	-0.5%
202	🇧🇾Belarus	-0.5%
203	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.6%
204	🇷🇸Serbia	-0.6%
205	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	-0.7%
206	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.7%
207	🇲🇺Mauritius	-1.1%
208	🇦🇱Albania	-1.5%
209	🇦🇸American Samoa	-1.7%
210	🇹🇻Tuvalu	-1.8%
211	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	-2.1%
212	🇲🇩Moldova	-2.8%
213	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	-3.2%
214	🇲🇫Saint Martin	-4.8%
215	🇽🇰Kosovo	-5.0%
216	🇺🇦Ukraine	-8.4%

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