List of countries by population growth rate

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Population growth rate for 2023 by Our World in Data

This article includes a table of annual population growth rate for countries and subnational areas.

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Methodology

The table below shows annual population growth rate history and projections for various areas, countries, regions and sub-regions from various sources for various time periods.

The right-most column shows a projection for the time period shown using the medium fertility variant. Preceding columns show actual history. The number shown is the average annual growth rate for the period.

Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship—except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin. This means that population growth in this table includes net changes from immigration and emigration. For a table of natural increase, see List of countries by rate of natural increase.

Table

Asterisk (*) indicates "Demographics of Country or Territory" links.

Country (or territory)CIA [2] [3] 20232024WB [4] 2023UN [5] 2005–10UN [5] 2010–15UN [5] 2015–20
(%)Year
 World1.170.91.231.191.09
Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan * 2.2220242.72.783.162.41
Flag of Albania.svg Albania * 0.162024-1.1-0.92-0.120.13
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria * 1.5420241.61.631.981.67
Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra * -0.1220240.31.37-1.59-0.21
Flag of Angola.svg Angola * 3.3320243.03.573.523.28
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda * 1.1120240.61.181.081.01
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina * 0.7920240.91.041.040.94
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia * -0.422024-0.1-0.710.270.15
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia * 1.1320242.41.781.461.30
Flag of Austria.svg Austria * 0.3020241.00.380.530.24
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan * 0.432024-0.31.131.260.98
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas * 1.0720240.61.831.391.01
Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain * 0.8220240.96.672.014.26
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh * 0.8920241.01.181.161.04
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados * 0.2320240.10.400.330.24
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus * -0.422024-0.5-0.310.03-0.15
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium * 0.5320241.20.730.630.58
Flag of Belize.svg Belize * 1.4720241.42.542.222.05
Flag of Benin.svg Benin * 3.2920242.72.842.792.73
Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan * 0.9520240.62.051.581.18
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia * 1.0020241.31.671.561.47
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina * -0.252024-0.7-0.32-1.03-0.22
Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana * 1.3420241.71.641.841.79
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil * 0.6120240.51.030.910.63
Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei * 1.4020240.81.251.431.25
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria * -0.662024-0.5-0.74-0.62-0.67
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso * 2.4020242.53.012.982.87
Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar * 0.7120240.70.680.880.90
Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi * 2.8120232.73.333.033.15
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde * 1.1620240.91.25
Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia * 0.9920241.01.511.621.49
Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon * 2.7120242.62.732.682.56
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada * 0.7120242.91.131.020.90
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic * 1.7620242.91.500.431.58
Flag of Chad.svg Chad * 3.0120243.13.323.293.01
Flag of Chile.svg Chile * 0.6320230.11.020.890.78
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China * [a] 0.232024-0.10.570.540.39
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia * 0.5420230.41.180.980.81
Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros * [b] 1.3420231.82.402.402.24
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo * 3.1320233.23.283.333.22
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo * 2.3320232.32.982.602.59
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica * 0.9820230.61.351.120.96
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast * 2.1620232.52.132.492.49
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia * -0.472023-0.1-0.23-0.43-0.58
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba * -0.192023-0.20.090.230.06
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus * 1.0020230.71.590.850.78
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic * 0.0020231.90.540.130.06
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark * 0.4420230.70.490.480.38
Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti * 1.9320231.41.661.721.51
Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica * 0.0220230.40.230.480.51
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic * 0.8820230.91.381.241.07
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador * 1.1020231.01.671.561.42
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt * 1.5920231.51.822.181.87
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador * 0.4620230.40.450.470.52
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea * 3.3620232.34.564.243.59
Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea * 1.0820231.72.021.982.28
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia * -0.7420231.3-0.35-0.25-0.23
Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini (Swaziland) * 0.7220230.81.681.841.75
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia * 2.4220232.52.672.602.43
Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji * 0.4220230.70.910.740.72
Flag of Finland.svg Finland * 0.2220230.50.400.430.36
Flag of France.svg France * [c] 0.3120230.30.580.450.39
Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon * 2.3920232.03.123.262.17
Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia * 2.2320232.53.173.122.93
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia * 0.0120231.3-1.17-1.37-0.27
Flag of Germany.svg Germany * -0.1220230.8-0.190.200.20
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana * 2.1920231.92.582.362.16
Flag of Greece.svg Greece * -0.352023-0.60.26-0.40-0.21
Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada * 0.2920230.60.330.410.46
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala * 1.5420231.42.222.101.94
Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea * 2.7520232.42.182.272.57
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau * 2.5420232.12.392.592.44
Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana * 0.2820230.6-0.120.580.57
Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti * 1.1820231.21.531.381.20
Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Honduras * 1.1620231.52.111.791.63
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary * -0.312023-0.6-0.32-0.29-0.34
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland * 0.8920233.01.650.610.77
Flag of India.svg India * 0.7020230.81.461.231.10
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia * 0.7620230.71.351.251.05
Flag of Iran.svg Iran * 0.9320230.71.141.251.04
Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq * 1.9420232.22.603.212.78
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland * 0.9120232.61.870.310.78
Flag of Israel.svg Israel * 1.4320232.12.351.651.55
Flag of Italy.svg Italy * -0.112023-0.30.31-0.08-0.13
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica * 0.092023-0.10.520.390.29
Flag of Japan.svg Japan * -0.412023-0.50.03-0.09-0.23
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan * 0.7920230.54.574.862.17
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan * 0.7320231.31.071.581.13
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya * 2.0920232.02.742.662.49
Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati * 1.0220231.72.121.821.71
Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea * 0.4420230.40.340.420.47
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea * 0.2320230.10.570.520.36
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait * 1.1320231.05.515.441.78
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan * 0.8220231.81.321.571.44
Flag of Laos.svg Laos * 1.3020231.41.641.301.45
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia * -1.1320230.1-1.22-1.30-1.03
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon * 0.642023-2.51.685.990.57
Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho * 0.7620231.10.911.271.31
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia * 2.7120232.23.822.622.52
Flag of Libya.svg Libya * 1.5420231.11.260.211.33
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein * 0.7020230.70.650.760.65
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania * -1.0420231.4-1.36-1.27-0.55
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg * 1.5820232.32.082.191.27
Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar * 2.2220232.42.862.722.67
Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi * 2.2820232.53.022.952.87
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia * 1.0120231.11.831.781.35
Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives * -0.172023-0.52.682.761.85
Flag of Mali.svg Mali * 2.9320233.13.272.952.99
Flag of Malta.svg Malta * 0.5920234.10.450.550.31
Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg Marshall Islands * 1.3020231.0-0.040.140.10
Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania * 1.9620232.62.852.952.69
Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius * 0.092023-0.10.420.180.23
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico * 0.6120230.71.571.411.23
Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg Micronesia * -0.7020230.9-0.490.160.63
Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova * -1.142023-2.1-0.36-0.09-0.24
Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco * 0.662023-0.51.860.650.51
Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia * 0.8320231.41.421.861.50
Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro * -0.432023-0.20.260.120.04
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco * 0.8820231.01.201.431.26
Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique * 2.5520232.82.932.912.86
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia * 1.8020231.41.342.202.12
Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru * 0.4220230.9-0.182.32-0.06
Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal * 0.7420231.11.051.171.09
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands * 0.3620231.00.360.300.29
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand * 1.0620232.01.101.090.93
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua * 0.9120231.41.291.171.07
Flag of Niger.svg Niger * 3.6620233.73.753.843.81
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria * 2.5320232.42.642.672.58
Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia * 0.112023-1.10.100.080.08
Flag of Norway.svg Norway * 0.7920231.11.071.250.94
Flag of Oman.svg Oman * 1.8020231.53.836.454.08
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan * 1.9120232.02.052.091.91
Flag of Palau.svg Palau * 0.3920230.00.560.791.06
Flag of Panama.svg Panama * 1.5120231.31.801.711.55
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea * 2.3120231.82.372.162.01
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay * 1.1220231.21.381.341.25
Flag of Peru.svg Peru * 0.5020230.91.241.321.20
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines * 1.5820231.51.661.641.51
Flag of Poland.svg Poland * -0.282023-0.4-0.02-0.03-0.17
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal * -0.1720231.10.16-0.44-0.39
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar * 0.8620230.814.936.652.36
Flag of Romania.svg Romania * -1.0120230.0-0.95-0.56-0.50
Flag of Russia.svg Russia * -0.242023-0.3-0.070.040.01
Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda * 1.6820232.32.612.532.36
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis * 0.5920230.21.131.080.91
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia * 0.2720230.21.060.530.45
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * -0.162023-0.20.100.030.24
Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa * 0.6520231.50.690.800.65
Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino * 0.592023-0.11.241.160.51
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe * 1.4520231.92.322.252.18
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia * 1.6520231.52.752.811.90
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal * 2.5220232.52.762.962.77
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia * -0.632023-0.7-0.41-0.40-0.34
Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles * 0.602023-0.10.590.500.50
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone * 2.4120232.12.652.282.12
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore * 0.9020234.92.441.741.40
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia * -0.122023-0.10.020.130.04
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia * -0.0820230.40.480.290.07
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands * 1.6920232.22.322.141.94
Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia * 2.5520243.12.932.862.93
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa * 1.0720240.91.101.391.20
Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan * 4.6520241.64.333.322.72
Flag of Spain.svg Spain * 0.1220241.21.21-0.170.03
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka * 0.392024-0.70.680.500.35
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan * 2.5520242.62.132.342.38
Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname * 1.0720240.81.061.010.87
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden * 0.5120230.50.760.780.72
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland * 0.6420230.81.111.210.83
Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria * 6.3920234.92.78-2.300.20
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan * 0.0320230.440.330.28
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan * 1.3620231.92.182.242.06
Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania * 2.7520232.93.143.123.06
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand * 0.2020230.10.540.430.22
Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-Leste * 2.1020231.41.562.242.14
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo * 2.4520232.32.702.632.45
Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga * -0.3020230.90.600.420.86
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago * 0.1220230.30.480.480.26
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia * 0.6320230.81.041.161.09
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey * 0.6420230.41.261.581.37
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan * 0.9520231.31.351.801.61
Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu * 0.8120230.70.990.870.88
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda * 3.2220232.83.453.373.23
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine * -0.522023-2.7-0.48-0.50-0.49
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates * 0.5820230.811.822.031.39
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom * 0.4920230.80.980.650.58
Flag of the United States.svg United States * 0.6820230.50.900.720.71
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay * 0.2720230.00.290.340.36
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan * 0.8120232.11.521.591.41
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu * 1.5920232.32.422.262.10
Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg Vatican City * 0.0020140.030.030.08
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela * 2.4020231.91.611.411.26
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam * 0.9320230.70.961.121.00
Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg Western Sahara * (Sahrawi)1.871.832.54
Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen * 1.8320232.22.742.622.33
Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia * 2.8620232.72.783.012.97
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe * 1.9520232.11.702.272.28
Flag of Anguilla.svg Anguilla * (UK)1.7720231.711.19
Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba * (Netherlands)1.112023-0.20.310.45
Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda * (UK)0.322023-0.2-0.36-0.62
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Caribbean Netherlands 7.493.43
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands * (UK)1.7920230.92.651.55
Flag of Jersey.svg Channel Islands (UK) [d] 0.70.670.51
Flag of Christmas Island.svg Christmas Island * (Australia)1.112014
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands * (NZ)-2.3120230.890.53
Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao * (Netherlands)-1.42.631.26
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands * (Denmark)0.6320230.3-0.590.33
Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg Falkland Islands * 0.0120140.10-0.15
Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar * (UK)0.1920230.11.110.94
Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland * (Denmark)-0.0420230.4-0.14-0.13
Flag of France.svg Guadeloupe * (France)0.270.50
Flag of Guam.svg Guam * (US)0.1320230.70.131.27
Flag of France.svg French Guiana * 2.782.78
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong * 0.1520232.60.440.83
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Isle of Man * (UK)0.4820230.20.970.80
Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo * 0.622023-0.7
Flag of Macau.svg Macau * 0.7120231.32.661.89
Flag-of-Martinique.svg Martinique * (France)-0.120.09
Flag of France.svg Mayotte * (France)3.172.79
Flag of Montserrat.svg Montserrat * (UK)0.4620230.720.68
Flags of New Caledonia.svg New Caledonia * (France)1.172023-0.51.491.32
Flag of Niue.svg Niue * (New Zealand)-0.032023-0.79-0.14
Flag of Norfolk Island.svg Norfolk Island * (Australia)0.0120140.01
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands * (US)-0.3520230.5-3.570.44
Flag of the Pitcairn Islands.svg Pitcairn Islands * (UK)0.002014
Flag of French Polynesia.svg French Polynesia * 0.7020230.81.011.07
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico * (US)-1.292023-0.4-0.28-0.14
Flag of France.svg Réunion * (France)0.960.73
Flag of Saint Helena.svg Saint Helena and Dependencies * (UK)0.112023-0.48-1.04
Flag of France.svg Saint Pierre and Miquelon * (France)-1.1920230.050.05
Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa * -1.742023-0.8-1.21-0.04
Flag of Sint Maarten.svg Sint Maarten * (Netherlands)1.1920230.70.363.13
Flag of Norway.svg Svalbard * (Norway)-0.032019
Flag of Tokelau.svg Tokelau * (NZ)-0.012019-1.281.93
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Islands * (UK)1.8120230.83.172.05
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg British Virgin Islands * 1.8720230.73.232.02
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg U.S. Virgin Islands * -0.492023-0.5-0.26-0.02
Flag of France.svg Wallis and Futuna * (France)0.232023-0.98-0.62
Flag of Palestine.svg West Bank * 1.662023
Flag of Palestine.svg Gaza Strip * 1.992023
Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine * 2.4
  1. Mainland only. Excludes SARs and Taiwan
  2. Includes Flag of France.svg  Mayotte
  3. Metropolitan France only
  4. Consists of Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey and Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey

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