Health & Population
Population growth (annual %)
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.
World Bank code: SP.POP.GROW
• Data available for 217 countries • Latest year: 2024
In 2024 ,
Qatar
led Population growth (annual %) at 7.32 .
The world median across 217 reporting countries was
0.97 .
What this measures:
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.
How "Health & Population" indicators are measured
Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.
Distribution — 2024
Reporting
217 countries
Median
0.97
Mean
1.05
25th percentile
0.26
75th percentile
1.92
Range
-5.39 – 7.32
World at a Glance — 2024
Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).
East Asia & Pacific American Samoa: -1.60 AS Australia: 1.99 AU Brunei Darussalam: 0.82 BN Cambodia: 1.23 KH China: -0.12 CN Fiji: 0.50 FJ French Polynesia: 0.24 PF Guam: 0.76 GU Hong Kong SAR, China: -0.16 HK Indonesia: 0.81 ID Japan: -0.44 JP Kiribati: 1.49 KI Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: 0.30 KP Korea, Rep.: 0.07 KR Lao PDR: 1.36 LA Macao SAR, China: 1.20 MO Malaysia: 1.22 MY Marshall Islands: -3.35 MH Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 0.47 FM Mongolia: 1.25 MN Myanmar: 0.67 MM Nauru: 0.60 NR New Caledonia: 0.95 NC New Zealand: 1.67 NZ Northern Mariana Islands: -1.93 MP Palau: -0.18 PW Papua New Guinea: 1.78 PG Philippines: 0.83 PH Samoa: 0.62 WS Singapore: 1.99 SG Solomon Islands: 2.37 SB Thailand: -0.05 TH Timor-Leste: 1.17 TL Tonga: -0.40 TO Tuvalu: -1.75 TV Vanuatu: 2.27 VU Viet Nam: 0.63 VN Europe & Central Asia Albania: -1.54 AL Andorra: 1.33 AD Armenia: 2.31 AM Austria: 0.50 AT Azerbaijan: 0.48 AZ Belarus: -0.50 BY Belgium: 0.67 BE Bosnia and Herzegovina: -0.66 BA Bulgaria: -0.08 BG Channel Islands: 0.26 JG Croatia: 0.17 HR Cyprus: 0.98 CY Czechia: 0.38 CZ Denmark: 0.50 DK Estonia: 0.15 EE Faroe Islands: 0.49 FO Finland: 0.64 FI France: 0.26 FR Georgia: -0.43 GE Germany: 0.27 DE Gibraltar: 2.21 GI Greece: -0.02 GR Greenland: -0.05 GL Hungary: -0.31 HU Iceland: 0.22 IS Ireland: 1.57 IE Isle of Man: -0.01 IM Italy: -0.05 IT Kazakhstan: 1.28 KZ Kosovo: -5.39 XK Kyrgyz Republic: 1.71 KG Latvia: -0.94 LV Liechtenstein: 1.50 LI Lithuania: 0.58 LT Luxembourg: 1.58 LU Moldova: -2.28 MD Monaco: -0.84 MC Montenegro: 0.00 ME Netherlands: 0.65 NL North Macedonia: -0.19 MK Norway: 0.95 NO Poland: -0.35 PL Portugal: 1.10 PT Romania: -0.05 RO Russian Federation: -0.20 RU San Marino: 0.34 SM Serbia: -0.56 RS Slovak Republic: -0.09 SK Slovenia: 0.33 SI Spain: 1.02 ES Sweden: 0.31 SE Switzerland: 1.31 CH Tajikistan: 1.92 TJ Turkiye: 0.23 TR Turkmenistan: 1.75 TM Ukraine: 0.34 UA United Kingdom: 1.07 GB Uzbekistan: 1.97 UZ Latin America & Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda: 0.49 AG Argentina: 0.35 AR Aruba: 0.59 AW Bahamas, The: 0.46 BS Barbados: 0.05 BB Belize: 1.44 BZ Bolivia: 1.37 BO Brazil: 0.41 BR British Virgin Islands: 1.24 VG Cayman Islands: 1.92 KY Chile: 0.54 CL Colombia: 1.07 CO Costa Rica: 0.48 CR Cuba: -0.36 CU Curacao: 0.85 CW Dominica: -0.46 DM Dominican Republic: 0.85 DO Ecuador: 0.86 EC El Salvador: 0.45 SV Grenada: 0.11 GD Guatemala: 1.54 GT Guyana: 0.57 GY Haiti: 1.15 HT Honduras: 1.68 HN Jamaica: -0.02 JM Mexico: 0.86 MX Nicaragua: 1.35 NI Panama: 1.27 PA Paraguay: 1.23 PY Peru: 1.09 PE Puerto Rico (US): -0.02 PR Sint Maarten (Dutch part): 1.40 SX St. Kitts and Nevis: 0.18 KN St. Lucia: 0.26 LC St. Martin (French part): -5.17 MF St. Vincent and the Grenadines: -0.70 VC Suriname: 0.88 SR Trinidad and Tobago: 0.06 TT Turks and Caicos Islands: 0.73 TC Uruguay: -0.04 UY Venezuela, RB: 0.37 VE Virgin Islands (U.S.): -0.52 VI Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Afghanistan: 2.84 AF Algeria: 1.40 DZ Bahrain: 0.73 BH Djibouti: 1.36 DJ Egypt, Arab Rep.: 1.73 EG Iran, Islamic Rep.: 1.05 IR Iraq: 2.12 IQ Israel: 1.27 IL Jordan: 0.99 JO Kuwait: 0.90 KW Lebanon: 0.56 LB Libya: 1.03 LY Malta: 2.87 MT Morocco: 0.97 MA Oman: 4.50 OM Pakistan: 1.51 PK Qatar: 7.32 QA Saudi Arabia: 4.63 SA Syrian Arab Republic: 4.47 SY Tunisia: 0.63 TN United Arab Emirates: 4.68 AE West Bank and Gaza: 2.36 PS Yemen, Rep.: 2.98 YE North America Bermuda: -0.10 BM Canada: 2.96 CA United States: 0.98 US South Asia Bangladesh: 1.21 BD Bhutan: 0.65 BT India: 0.89 IN Maldives: 0.34 MV Nepal: -0.15 NP Sri Lanka: -0.55 LK Sub-Saharan Africa Angola: 3.04 AO Benin: 2.46 BJ Botswana: 1.64 BW Burkina Faso: 2.25 BF Burundi: 2.58 BI Cabo Verde: 0.49 CV Cameroon: 2.61 CM Central African Republic: 3.40 CF Chad: 4.95 TD Comoros: 1.89 KM Congo, Dem. Rep.: 3.24 CD Congo, Rep.: 2.40 CG Cote d'Ivoire: 2.44 CI Equatorial Guinea: 2.40 GQ Eritrea: 1.86 ER Eswatini: 1.00 SZ Ethiopia: 2.58 ET Gabon: 2.16 GA Gambia, The: 2.28 GM Ghana: 1.88 GH Guinea: 2.40 GN Guinea-Bissau: 2.21 GW Kenya: 1.96 KE Lesotho: 1.12 LS Liberia: 2.16 LR Madagascar: 2.44 MG Malawi: 2.58 MW Mali: 2.94 ML Mauritania: 2.88 MR Mauritius: -0.23 MU Mozambique: 2.92 MZ Namibia: 2.24 NA Niger: 3.28 NE Nigeria: 2.08 NG Rwanda: 2.14 RW Sao Tome and Principe: 2.00 ST Senegal: 2.32 SN Seychelles: 1.31 SC Sierra Leone: 2.12 SL Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 3.48 SO South Africa: 1.25 ZA South Sudan: 3.93 SS Sudan: 0.81 SD Tanzania: 2.87 TZ Togo: 2.24 TG Uganda: 2.75 UG Zambia: 2.81 ZM Zimbabwe: 1.78 ZW Lighter = lower value · Darker = higher value. Hover a cell to see the country and value.
Highest Values — 2024
#
Country
Population growth (annual %)
1
Qatar
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
7.32
2
Chad
Sub-Saharan Africa
4.95
3
United Arab Emirates
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
4.68
4
Saudi Arabia
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
4.63
5
Oman
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
4.50
6
Syrian Arab Republic
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
4.47
7
South Sudan
Sub-Saharan Africa
3.93
8
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
Sub-Saharan Africa
3.48
9
Central African Republic
Sub-Saharan Africa
3.40
10
Niger
Sub-Saharan Africa
3.28
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Biggest Movers — Year over Year
By Income Group — Average
Income group
Countries
Mean
High income
86
0.71
Upper middle income
54
0.32
Lower middle income
50
1.60
Low income
25
2.69
Not classified
2
1.48
By Region — Average
Region
Countries
Mean
East Asia & Pacific
37
0.52
Europe & Central Asia
58
0.32
Latin America & Caribbean
42
0.50
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
23
2.30
North America
3
1.28
South Asia
6
0.40
Sub-Saharan Africa
48
2.30
Indicator Details
WB Code SP.POP.GROW Category Health & PopulationCountries with data 217Latest year 2024
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.GROW ), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2024.