Countries by population growth rate

Did you know sub-Saharan Africa accounts for more than half of all global population growth? By 2050, this demographic surge will fundamentally redraw the world's economic and political map.

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Population growth rate by country
Rank	Country	Growth rate (%)
1	South Sudan	0.05862
2	Chad	0.0571
3	Syrian Arab Republic	0.04917
4	Tokelau	0.046310000000000004
5	Oman	0.04591
6	United Arab Emirates	0.037040000000000003
7	Somalia	0.03565
8	Central African Republic	0.0341
9	Mayotte	0.03314
10	Niger	0.03307
11	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0.032639999999999995
12	Angola	0.03064
13	Yemen	0.030289999999999997
14	Mali	0.02972
15	Mauritania	0.029500000000000002
16	Mozambique	0.02941
17	Tanzania, United Republic of	0.028839999999999998
18	Afghanistan	0.02846
19	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	0.02846
20	Zambia	0.02833
21	Armenia	0.02789
22	Uganda	0.027770000000000003
23	Burundi	0.0271
24	Cameroon	0.02643
25	Ethiopia	0.025849999999999998
26	Malawi	0.02574
27	Benin	0.025070000000000002
28	Côte d'Ivoire	0.02452
29	Madagascar	0.02452
30	Guinea	0.02445
31	Congo	0.02418
32	Equatorial Guinea	0.023889999999999998
33	Saudi Arabia	0.02387
34	Solomon Islands	0.02383
35	Namibia	0.02366
36	Gibraltar	0.023319999999999997
37	Senegal	0.02329
38	Togo	0.02323
39	Bahrain	0.02311
40	Gambia	0.02303
41	Vanuatu	0.022949999999999998
42	Burkina Faso	0.0226
43	Qatar	0.022400000000000003
44	Guinea-Bissau	0.02234
45	Liberia	0.02198
46	Sierra Leone	0.021840000000000002
47	Gabon	0.021789999999999997
48	Rwanda	0.02177
49	Iraq	0.02147
50	Nigeria	0.02096
51	Uzbekistan	0.02009
52	Sao Tome and Principe	0.02004
53	Kenya	0.01972
54	Cayman Islands	0.01966
55	Seychelles	0.01964
56	Tajikistan	0.01962
57	Comoros	0.0191
58	Ghana	0.01897
59	Western Sahara	0.01882
60	Kuwait	0.01875
61	Montenegro	0.01857
62	Egypt	0.01821
63	Eritrea	0.01809
64	Turkmenistan	0.018000000000000002
65	Papua New Guinea	0.01798
66	Virgin Islands (British)	0.01755
67	Honduras	0.01701
68	French Guiana	0.01687
69	Zimbabwe	0.01684
70	Saint Barthélemy	0.0166
71	Iceland	0.01642
72	Botswana	0.01638
73	Kyrgyzstan	0.01614
74	Jordan	0.016040000000000002
75	Anguilla	0.01568
76	Guatemala	0.015489999999999999
77	Palestine	0.01524
78	Kiribati	0.01504
79	Pakistan	0.0148
80	Belize	0.01455
81	Algeria	0.014419999999999999
82	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0.01436
83	Israel	0.014150000000000001
84	Andorra	0.0139
85	Macao	0.013879999999999998
86	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	0.01383
87	Djibouti	0.01375
88	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.01375
89	Nicaragua	0.01362
90	Faroe Islands	0.01329
91	Kazakhstan	0.01319
92	South Africa	0.01315
93	Mongolia	0.01302
94	Malta	0.0129
95	Panama	0.012889999999999999
96	Cambodia	0.01253
97	Paraguay	0.012450000000000001
98	Malaysia	0.012410000000000001
99	Luxembourg	0.012350000000000002
100	Canada	0.01218
101	Bangladesh	0.01214
102	Ireland	0.011850000000000001
103	Haiti	0.01165
104	Lesotho	0.01123
105	Peru	0.01118
106	Iran, Islamic Republic of	0.01117
107	Norway	0.01109
108	Colombia	0.01103
109	Timor-Leste	0.01075
110	Cyprus	0.0102
111	Libya	0.0101
112	Morocco	0.010009999999999998
113	Australia	0.00985
114	New Caledonia	0.00966
115	Eswatini	0.00943
116	Suriname	0.00909
117	Lithuania	0.00891
118	India	0.00885
119	Mexico	0.00877
120	Ecuador	0.00868
121	Dominican Republic	0.0086
122	Brunei Darussalam	0.008369999999999999
123	Philippines	0.00835
124	New Zealand	0.0083
125	Indonesia	0.00828
126	Singapore	0.00807
127	Netherlands, Kingdom of the	0.00807
128	Guam	0.00779
129	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.00745
130	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	0.00699
131	Liechtenstein	0.00697
132	Bhutan	0.006919999999999999
133	Myanmar	0.0069
134	Tunisia	0.00653
135	Viet Nam	0.00644
136	Samoa	0.00627
137	Switzerland	0.0062
138	United States of America	0.00584
139	Sri Lanka	0.00582
140	Chile	0.005659999999999999
141	Sweden	0.00561
142	Guyana	0.005520000000000001
143	Denmark	0.0053
144	Fiji	0.00519
145	Nauru	0.00505
146	Antigua and Barbuda	0.005
147	Costa Rica	0.00492
148	Cabo Verde	0.00491
149	Guernsey	0.00475
150	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.00466
151	Bahamas	0.0046300000000000004
152	El Salvador	0.00455
153	Lebanon	0.00426
154	Brazil	0.00411
155	Réunion	0.0040999999999999995
156	Finland	0.00388
157	Trinidad and Tobago	0.00376
158	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	0.0035399999999999997
159	Germany	0.0034899999999999996
160	Argentina	0.0034899999999999996
161	Maldives	0.0032300000000000002
162	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	0.00319
163	Saint Lucia	0.00266
164	Belgium	0.00253
165	French Polynesia	0.00247
166	Türkiye	0.00232
167	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.00192
168	Jersey	0.0017699999999999999
169	France	0.0017299999999999998
170	Aruba	0.00131
171	Grenada	0.00126
172	Puerto Rico	0.00124
173	Slovenia	0.00078
174	Hungary	0.00067
175	Slovakia	0.00055
176	Curaçao	0.00035999999999999997
177	Barbados	0.00028000000000000003
178	Sudan	0.00023
179	Georgia	0.00017999999999999998
180	Spain	0.00017999999999999998
181	Isle of Man	0.00017999999999999998
182	Estonia	0.00004
183	Jamaica	0.00003
184	Portugal	-0.00002
185	Uruguay	-0.00035999999999999997
186	Thailand	-0.00037
187	Korea, Republic of	-0.00041
188	Bermuda	-0.0008
189	Austria	-0.00124
190	Nepal	-0.0013900000000000002
191	Greenland	-0.0014099999999999998
192	Mauritius	-0.00168
193	Italy	-0.00216
194	Palau	-0.00231
195	China	-0.0023599999999999997
196	Hong Kong	-0.0025900000000000003
197	Azerbaijan	-0.0026
198	Poland	-0.00264
199	Niue	-0.0027500000000000003
200	Latvia	-0.0028699999999999997
201	Russian Federation	-0.0032300000000000002
202	Czechia	-0.00336
203	Croatia	-0.0034300000000000003
204	Cuba	-0.0035099999999999997
205	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	-0.00374
206	Guadeloupe	-0.00404
207	Tonga	-0.00418
208	Serbia	-0.00439
209	Taiwan	-0.00453
210	North Macedonia	-0.00468
211	Dominica	-0.004739999999999999
212	Japan	-0.00482
213	Bulgaria	-0.00517
214	Romania	-0.0053
215	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.0059
216	Belarus	-0.00653
217	Montserrat	-0.00701
218	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.007039999999999999
219	Albania	-0.00711
220	San Marino	-0.0074399999999999996
221	Martinique	-0.008239999999999999
222	Wallis and Futuna	-0.00888
223	Moldova, Republic of	-0.0089
224	Monaco	-0.00922
225	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	-0.00929
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-0.00968
227	Kosovo	-0.01072
228	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	-0.011160000000000002
229	Ukraine	-0.01546
230	American Samoa	-0.01599
231	Tuvalu	-0.01803
232	Vatican City	-0.01816
233	Greece	-0.02077
234	Northern Mariana Islands	-0.02105
235	Marshall Islands	-0.03323
236	Cook Islands	-0.035859999999999996
237	Saint Martin (French part)	-0.05398

Countries by population growth rate

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