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Countries Ranked by Population growth (annual %)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: SP.POP.GROW

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported population growth (annual %) data for 2024, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 217 countries reporting, the median value is 0.97, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Solomon Islands

2.37

Europe & Central Asia

Armenia

2.31

Latin America & Caribbean

Cayman Islands

1.92

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Qatar

7.32

North America

Canada

2.96

South Asia

Bangladesh

1.21

Sub-Saharan Africa

Chad

4.95

Rank Country Population growth (annual %)
1 Qatar 7.32
2 Chad 4.95
3 United Arab Emirates 4.68
4 Saudi Arabia 4.63
5 Oman 4.50
6 Syrian Arab Republic 4.47
7 South Sudan 3.93
8 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 3.48
9 Central African Republic 3.40
10 Niger 3.28
11 Congo, Dem. Rep. 3.24
12 Angola 3.04
13 Yemen, Rep. 2.98
14 Canada 2.96
15 Mali 2.94
16 Mozambique 2.92
17 Mauritania 2.88
18 Tanzania 2.87
19 Malta 2.87
20 Afghanistan 2.84
21 Zambia 2.81
22 Uganda 2.75
23 Cameroon 2.61
24 Burundi 2.58
25 Ethiopia 2.58
26 Malawi 2.58
27 Benin 2.46
28 Cote d'Ivoire 2.44
29 Madagascar 2.44
30 Equatorial Guinea 2.40
31 Congo, Rep. 2.40
32 Guinea 2.40
33 Solomon Islands 2.37
34 West Bank and Gaza 2.36
35 Senegal 2.32
36 Armenia 2.31
37 Gambia, The 2.28
38 Vanuatu 2.27
39 Burkina Faso 2.25
40 Togo 2.24
41 Namibia 2.24
42 Gibraltar 2.21
43 Guinea-Bissau 2.21
44 Liberia 2.16
45 Gabon 2.16
46 Rwanda 2.14
47 Iraq 2.12
48 Sierra Leone 2.12
49 Nigeria 2.08
50 Sao Tome and Principe 2.00
51 Singapore 1.99
52 Australia 1.99
53 Uzbekistan 1.97
54 Kenya 1.96
55 Cayman Islands 1.92
56 Tajikistan 1.92
57 Comoros 1.89
58 Ghana 1.88
59 Eritrea 1.86
60 Papua New Guinea 1.78
61 Zimbabwe 1.78
62 Turkmenistan 1.75
63 Egypt, Arab Rep. 1.73
64 Kyrgyz Republic 1.71
65 Honduras 1.68
66 New Zealand 1.67
67 Botswana 1.64
68 Luxembourg 1.58
69 Ireland 1.57
70 Guatemala 1.54
71 Pakistan 1.51
72 Liechtenstein 1.50
73 Kiribati 1.49
74 Belize 1.44
75 Algeria 1.40
76 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.40
77 Bolivia 1.37
78 Djibouti 1.36
79 Lao PDR 1.36
80 Nicaragua 1.35
81 Andorra 1.33
82 Seychelles 1.31
83 Switzerland 1.31
84 Kazakhstan 1.28
85 Panama 1.27
86 Israel 1.27
87 South Africa 1.25
88 Mongolia 1.25
89 British Virgin Islands 1.24
90 Paraguay 1.23
91 Cambodia 1.23
92 Malaysia 1.22
93 Bangladesh 1.21
94 Macao SAR, China 1.20
95 Timor-Leste 1.17
96 Haiti 1.15
97 Lesotho 1.12
98 Portugal 1.10
99 Peru 1.09
100 Colombia 1.07
101 United Kingdom 1.07
102 Iran, Islamic Rep. 1.05
103 Libya 1.03
104 Spain 1.02
105 Eswatini 1.00
106 Jordan 0.99
107 Cyprus 0.98
108 United States 0.98
109 Morocco 0.97
110 New Caledonia 0.95
111 Norway 0.95
112 Kuwait 0.90
113 India 0.89
114 Suriname 0.88
115 Ecuador 0.86
116 Mexico 0.86
117 Dominican Republic 0.85
118 Curacao 0.85
119 Philippines 0.83
120 Brunei Darussalam 0.82
121 Indonesia 0.81
122 Sudan 0.81
123 Guam 0.76
124 Bahrain 0.73
125 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.73
126 Myanmar 0.67
127 Belgium 0.67
128 Bhutan 0.65
129 Netherlands 0.65
130 Finland 0.64
131 Viet Nam 0.63
132 Tunisia 0.63
133 Samoa 0.62
134 Nauru 0.60
135 Aruba 0.59
136 Lithuania 0.58
137 Guyana 0.57
138 Lebanon 0.56
139 Chile 0.54
140 Austria 0.50
141 Denmark 0.50
142 Fiji 0.50
143 Faroe Islands 0.49
144 Antigua and Barbuda 0.49
145 Cabo Verde 0.49
146 Azerbaijan 0.48
147 Costa Rica 0.48
148 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 0.47
149 Bahamas, The 0.46
150 El Salvador 0.45
151 Brazil 0.41
152 Czechia 0.38
153 Venezuela, RB 0.37
154 Argentina 0.35
155 San Marino 0.34
156 Maldives 0.34
157 Ukraine 0.34
158 Slovenia 0.33
159 Sweden 0.31
160 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 0.30
161 Germany 0.27
162 France 0.26
163 Channel Islands 0.26
164 St. Lucia 0.26
165 French Polynesia 0.24
166 Turkiye 0.23
167 Iceland 0.22
168 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.18
169 Croatia 0.17
170 Estonia 0.15
171 Grenada 0.11
172 Korea, Rep. 0.07
173 Trinidad and Tobago 0.06
174 Barbados 0.05
175 Montenegro 0.00
176 Isle of Man -0.01
177 Puerto Rico (US) -0.02
178 Greece -0.02
179 Jamaica -0.02
180 Uruguay -0.04
181 Thailand -0.05
182 Romania -0.05
183 Greenland -0.05
184 Italy -0.05
185 Bulgaria -0.08
186 Slovak Republic -0.09
187 Bermuda -0.10
188 China -0.12
189 Nepal -0.15
190 Hong Kong SAR, China -0.16
191 Palau -0.18
192 North Macedonia -0.19
193 Russian Federation -0.20
194 Mauritius -0.23
195 Hungary -0.31
196 Poland -0.35
197 Cuba -0.36
198 Tonga -0.40
199 Georgia -0.43
200 Japan -0.44
201 Dominica -0.46
202 Belarus -0.50
203 Virgin Islands (U.S.) -0.52
204 Sri Lanka -0.55
205 Serbia -0.56
206 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.66
207 St. Vincent and the Grenadines -0.70
208 Monaco -0.84
209 Latvia -0.94
210 Albania -1.54
211 American Samoa -1.60
212 Tuvalu -1.75
213 Northern Mariana Islands -1.93
214 Moldova -2.28
215 Marshall Islands -3.35
216 St. Martin (French part) -5.17
217 Kosovo -5.39

Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.GROW), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2024; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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