List of countries by population growth rate

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 natural increase.

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

Country (or territory)	CIA[2][3]		WB[4] 2009	UN[5] 2005–10	UN[5] 2010–15	UN[5] 2015–20
	(%)	Year
World	1.17		1.15	1.23	1.19	1.09
Asia/Other non-specified areas				0.43	0.16
Afghanistan	2.26	2023	2.44	2.78	3.16	2.41
Albania *	0.19	2023	0.26	-0.92	-0.12	0.13
Algeria *	1.27	2023	1.89	1.63	1.98	1.67
Andorra *	-0.11	2023	0.63	1.37	-1.59	-0.21
Angola *	3.34	2023	3.12	3.57	3.52	3.28
Antigua and Barbuda *	1.13	2023	1.03	1.18	1.08	1.01
Argentina *	0.80	2023	0.88	1.04	1.04	0.94
Armenia *	-0.40	2023	0.17	-0.71	0.27	0.15
Australia *	1.19	2023	1.60	1.78	1.46	1.30
Austria *	0.31	2023	0.46	0.38	0.53	0.24
Azerbaijan *	0.63	2023	1.35	1.13	1.26	0.98
Bahamas *	0.80	2023	1.52	1.83	1.39	1.01
Bahrain *	0.85	2023	1.92	6.67	2.01	4.26
Bangladesh *	0.91	2023	1.19	1.18	1.16	1.04
Barbados *	0.24	2023	0.50	0.40	0.33	0.24
Belarus *	-0.32	2023	-0.10	-0.31	0.03	-0.15
Belgium *	0.55	2023	0.85	0.73	0.63	0.58
Belize *	1.61	2023	2.43	2.54	2.22	2.05
Benin *	3.31	2023	2.73	2.84	2.79	2.73
Bhutan *	0.96	2023	1.68	2.05	1.58	1.18
Bolivia *	1.06	2023	1.65	1.67	1.56	1.47
Bosnia and Herzegovina *	-0.23	2023	-0.14	-0.32	-1.03	-0.22
Botswana *	1.37	2023	0.86	1.64	1.84	1.79
Brazil *	0.07	2023	0.87	1.03	0.91	0.63
Brunei *	1.43	2023	1.40	1.25	1.43	1.25
Bulgaria *	-0.66	2023	-0.60	-0.74	-0.62	-0.67
Burkina Faso *	2.46	2023	2.86	3.01	2.98	2.87
Myanmar *	0.75	2023	0.85	0.68	0.88	0.90
Burundi *	3.56	2023	3.19	3.33	3.03	3.15
Cape Verde *	1.19	2023	0.78			1.25
Cambodia *	1.04	2023	1.76	1.51	1.62	1.49
Cameroon *	2.73	2023	2.54	2.73	2.68	2.56
Canada *	0.73	2023	1.14	1.13	1.02	0.90
Central African Republic *	1.77	2023	1.99	1.50	0.43	1.58
Chad *	3.05	2023	3.00	3.32	3.29	3.01
Chile *	0.63	2023	0.90	1.02	0.89	0.78
China *[a]	0.18	2023	0.49	0.57	0.54	0.39
Colombia *	0.54	2023	1.32	1.18	0.98	0.81
Comoros *[b]	1.34	2023	2.44	2.40	2.40	2.24
DR Congo *	3.13	2023	2.74	3.28	3.33	3.22
Congo *	2.33	2023	2.61	2.98	2.60	2.59
Costa Rica *	0.98	2023	1.42	1.35	1.12	0.96
Ivory Coast *	2.16	2023	2.29	2.13	2.49	2.49
Croatia *	-0.47	2023	-0.32	-0.23	-0.43	-0.58
Cuba *	-0.19	2023	-0.05	0.09	0.23	0.06
Cyprus *	1.00	2023	1.11	1.59	0.85	0.78
Czech Republic *	0.00	2023	0.18	0.54	0.13	0.06
Denmark *	0.44	2023	0.36	0.49	0.48	0.38
Djibouti *	1.93	2023	1.52	1.66	1.72	1.51
Dominica *	0.02	2023	0.40	0.23	0.48	0.51
Dominican Republic *	0.88	2023	1.26	1.38	1.24	1.07
Ecuador *	1.10	2023	1.60	1.67	1.56	1.42
Egypt *	1.59	2023	1.66	1.82	2.18	1.87
El Salvador *	0.46	2023	0.66	0.45	0.47	0.52
Equatorial Guinea *	3.36	2023	2.80	4.56	4.24	3.59
Eritrea *	1.08	2023	3.28	2.02	1.98	2.28
Estonia *	-0.74	2023	-0.04	-0.35	-0.25	-0.23
Eswatini (Swaziland) *	0.72	2023	1.54	1.68	1.84	1.75
Ethiopia *	2.42	2023	2.58	2.67	2.60	2.43
Fiji *	0.42	2023	0.78	0.91	0.74	0.72
Finland *	0.22	2023	0.48	0.40	0.43	0.36
France *[c]	0.31	2023	0.50	0.58	0.45	0.39
Gabon *	2.39	2023	2.39	3.12	3.26	2.17
Gambia *	2.23	2023	3.19	3.17	3.12	2.93
Georgia *	0.01	2023	0.63	-1.17	-1.37	-0.27
Germany *	-0.12	2023	0.11	-0.19	0.20	0.20
Ghana *	2.19	2023	2.17	2.58	2.36	2.16
Greece *	-0.35	2023	-0.18	0.26	-0.40	-0.21
Grenada *	0.29	2023	0.39	0.33	0.41	0.46
Guatemala *	1.54	2023	2.53	2.22	2.10	1.94
Guinea *	2.75	2023	2.56	2.18	2.27	2.57
Guinea-Bissau *	2.54	2023	2.39	2.39	2.59	2.44
Guyana *	0.28	2023	0.57	-0.12	0.58	0.57
Haiti *	1.18	2023	1.39	1.53	1.38	1.20
Honduras *	1.16	2023	2.03	2.11	1.79	1.63
Hungary *	-0.31	2023	-0.28	-0.32	-0.29	-0.34
Iceland *	0.89	2023	0.35	1.65	0.61	0.77
India *	0.70	2023	1.30	1.46	1.23	1.10
Indonesia *	0.76	2023	1.25	1.35	1.25	1.05
Iran *	0.93	2023	1.32	1.14	1.25	1.04
Iraq *	1.94	2023	2.54	2.60	3.21	2.78
Ireland *	0.91	2023	0.26	1.87	0.31	0.78
Israel *	1.43	2023	1.81	2.35	1.65	1.55
Italy *	-0.11	2023	0.32	0.31	-0.08	-0.13
Jamaica *	0.09	2023	0.21	0.52	0.39	0.29
Japan *	-0.41	2023	-0.20	0.03	-0.09	-0.23
Jordan *	0.79	2023	2.19	4.57	4.86	2.17
Kazakhstan *	0.73	2023	1.43	1.07	1.58	1.13
Kenya *	2.09	2023	2.70	2.74	2.66	2.49
Kiribati *	1.02	2023	1.54	2.12	1.82	1.71
North Korea *	0.44	2023	0.53	0.34	0.42	0.47
South Korea *	0.23	2023	0.45	0.57	0.52	0.36
Kuwait *	1.13	2023	3.95	5.51	5.44	1.78
Kyrgyzstan *	0.82	2023	1.22	1.32	1.57	1.44
Laos *	1.30	2023	1.89	1.64	1.30	1.45
Latvia *	-1.13	2023	-1.60	-1.22	-1.30	-1.03
Lebanon *	0.64	2023	0.96	1.68	5.99	0.57
Lesotho *	0.76	2023	1.08	0.91	1.27	1.31
Liberia *	2.71	2023	2.68	3.82	2.62	2.52
Libya *	1.54	2023	0.84	1.26	0.21	1.33
Liechtenstein *	0.70	2023	0.73	0.65	0.76	0.65
Lithuania *	-1.04	2023	-1.48	-1.36	-1.27	-0.55
Luxembourg *	1.58	2023	2.49	2.08	2.19	1.27
Madagascar *	2.22	2023	2.80	2.86	2.72	2.67
Malawi *	2.28	2023	2.86	3.02	2.95	2.87
Malaysia *	1.01	2023	1.66	1.83	1.78	1.35
Maldives *	-0.17	2023	1.93	2.68	2.76	1.85
Mali *	2.93	2023	2.99	3.27	2.95	2.99
Malta *	0.59	2023	0.40	0.45	0.55	0.31
Marshall Islands *	1.30	2023	0.11	-0.04	0.14	0.10
Mauritania *	1.96	2023	2.49	2.85	2.95	2.69
Mauritius *	0.09	2023	0.42	0.42	0.18	0.23
Mexico *	0.61	2023	1.24	1.57	1.41	1.23
Micronesia *	-0.70	2023	-0.03	-0.49	0.16	0.63
Moldova *	-1.14	2023	-0.04	-0.36	-0.09	-0.24
Monaco *	0.66	2023	0.85	1.86	0.65	0.51
Mongolia *	0.83	2023	1.52	1.42	1.86	1.50
Montenegro *	-0.43	2023	0.07	0.26	0.12	0.04
Morocco *	0.88	2023	1.43	1.20	1.43	1.26
Mozambique *	2.55	2023	2.50	2.93	2.91	2.86
Namibia *	1.80	2023	1.87	1.34	2.20	2.12
Nauru *	0.42	2023		-0.18	2.32	-0.06
Nepal *	0.74	2023	1.16	1.05	1.17	1.09
Netherlands *	0.36	2023	0.45	0.36	0.30	0.29
New Zealand *[d]	1.06	2023	0.63	1.10	1.09	0.93
Nicaragua *	0.91	2023	1.46	1.29	1.17	1.07
Niger *	3.66	2023	3.84	3.75	3.84	3.81
Nigeria *	2.53	2023	2.79	2.64	2.67	2.58
North Macedonia *	0.11	2023	0.08	0.10	0.08	0.08
Norway *	0.79	2023	1.32	1.07	1.25	0.94
Oman *	1.80	2023	9.13	3.83	6.45	4.08
Pakistan *	1.91	2023	2.69	2.05	2.09	1.91
Palau *	0.39	2023	0.72	0.56	0.79	1.06
Panama *	1.51	2023	1.64	1.80	1.71	1.55
Papua New Guinea *	2.31	2023	2.17	2.37	2.16	2.01
Paraguay *	1.12	2023	1.72	1.38	1.34	1.25
Peru *	0.50	2023	1.25	1.24	1.32	1.20
Philippines *	1.58	2023	1.72	1.66	1.64	1.51
Poland *	-0.28	2023	0.02	-0.02	-0.03	-0.17
Portugal *	-0.17	2023	-0.29	0.16	-0.44	-0.39
Qatar *	0.86	2023	7.05	14.93	6.65	2.36
Romania *	-1.01	2023	-0.27	-0.95	-0.56	-0.50
Russia *	-0.24	2023	0.40	-0.07	0.04	0.01
Rwanda *	1.68	2023	2.77	2.61	2.53	2.36
Saint Kitts and Nevis *	0.59	2023	1.15	1.13	1.08	0.91
Saint Lucia *	0.27	2023	0.89	1.06	0.53	0.45
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *	-0.16	2023	0.01	0.10	0.03	0.24
Samoa *	0.65	2023	0.78	0.69	0.80	0.65
San Marino *	0.59	2023	0.64	1.24	1.16	0.51
São Tomé and Príncipe *	1.45	2023	2.65	2.32	2.25	2.18
Saudi Arabia *	1.65	2023	1.88	2.75	2.81	1.90
Senegal *	2.52	2023	2.92	2.76	2.96	2.77
Serbia *	-0.63	2023	-0.48	-0.41	-0.40	-0.34
Seychelles *	0.60	2023	0.39	0.59	0.50	0.50
Sierra Leone *	2.41	2023	1.91	2.65	2.28	2.12
Singapore *	0.90	2023	2.45	2.44	1.74	1.40
Slovakia *	-0.12	2023	0.22	0.02	0.13	0.04
Slovenia *	-0.08	2023	0.26	0.48	0.29	0.07
Solomon Islands *	1.69	2023	2.13	2.32	2.14	1.94
Somalia *	2.49	2023	2.86	2.93	2.86	2.93
South Africa *	0.91	2023	1.18	1.10	1.39	1.20
South Sudan *	4.78	2023	4.30	4.33	3.32	2.72
Spain *	0.12	2023	0.09	1.21	-0.17	0.03
Sri Lanka *	0.59	2023	1.04	0.68	0.50	0.35
Sudan *	2.55	2023	2.08	2.13	2.34	2.38
Suriname *	1.11	2023	0.90	1.06	1.01	0.87
Sweden *	0.51	2023	0.71	0.76	0.78	0.72
Switzerland *	0.64	2023	1.07	1.11	1.21	0.83
Syria *	6.39	2023	1.97	2.78	-2.30	0.20
Taiwan *	0.03	2023		0.44	0.33	0.28
Tajikistan *	1.36	2023	2.45	2.18	2.24	2.06
Tanzania *	2.75	2023	3.04	3.14	3.12	3.06
Thailand *	0.20	2023	0.31	0.54	0.43	0.22
East Timor *	2.10	2023	2.88	1.56	2.24	2.14
Togo *	2.45	2023	2.60	2.70	2.63	2.45
Tonga *	-0.30	2023	0.37	0.60	0.42	0.86
Trinidad and Tobago *	0.12	2023	0.33	0.48	0.48	0.26
Tunisia *	0.63	2023	0.97	1.04	1.16	1.09
Turkey *	0.64	2023	1.28	1.26	1.58	1.37
Turkmenistan *	0.95	2023	1.29	1.35	1.80	1.61
Tuvalu *	0.81	2023	0.16	0.99	0.87	0.88
Uganda *	3.22	2023	3.35	3.45	3.37	3.23
Ukraine *	-0.52	2023	-0.25	-0.48	-0.50	-0.49
United Arab Emirates *	0.58	2023	3.10	11.82	2.03	1.39
United Kingdom *	0.49	2023	0.75	0.98	0.65	0.58
United States *	0.68	2023	0.74	0.90	0.72	0.71
Uruguay *	0.27	2023	0.35	0.29	0.34	0.36
Uzbekistan *	0.81	2023	1.47	1.52	1.59	1.41
Vanuatu *	1.59	2023	2.24	2.42	2.26	2.10
Vatican City *	0.00	2014		0.03	0.03	0.08
Venezuela *	2.40	2023	1.53	1.61	1.41	1.26
Vietnam *	0.93	2023	1.06	0.96	1.12	1.00
Western Sahara * (Sahrawi)				1.87	1.83	2.54
Yemen *	1.83	2023	2.33	2.74	2.62	2.33
Zambia *	2.86	2023	3.19	2.78	3.01	2.97
Zimbabwe *	1.95	2023	2.70	1.70	2.27	2.28
Anguilla * (UK)	1.77	2023		1.71	1.19
Aruba * (Netherlands)	1.11	2023	0.44	0.31	0.45
Bermuda * (UK)	0.32	2023	0.37	-0.36	-0.62
Caribbean Netherlands				7.49	3.43
Cayman Islands * (UK)	1.79	2023	1.70	2.65	1.55
Channel Islands (UK)[e]			0.51	0.67	0.51
Christmas Island * (Australia)	1.11	2014
Cook Islands * (NZ)	-2.31	2023		0.89	0.53
Curaçao * (Netherlands)			0.73	2.63	1.26
Faroe Islands * (Denmark)	0.63	2023		-0.59	0.33
Falkland Islands *	0.01	2014	-0.09	0.10	-0.15
Gibraltar * (UK)	0.19	2023		1.11	0.94
Greenland * (Denmark)	-0.04	2023	-0.11	-0.14	-0.13
Guadeloupe * (France)				0.27	0.50
Guam * (US)	0.13	2023	1.21	0.13	1.27
French Guiana *				2.78	2.78
Hong Kong *	0.15	2023	1.17	0.44	0.83
Isle of Man * (UK)	0.48	2023	0.74	0.97	0.80
Kosovo *	0.62	2023	0.86
Macau *	0.71	2023	1.90	2.66	1.89
Martinique * (France)				-0.12	0.09
Mayotte * (France)				3.17	2.79
Montserrat * (UK)	0.46	2023		0.72	0.68
New Caledonia * (France)	1.17	2023	1.60	1.49	1.32
Niue * (New Zealand)	-0.03	2023		-0.79	-0.14
Norfolk Island * (Australia)	0.01	2014		0.01
Northern Mariana Islands * (US)	-0.35	2023	0.14	-3.57	0.44
Pitcairn Islands * (UK)	0.00	2014
French Polynesia *	0.70	2023	1.08	1.01	1.07
Puerto Rico * (US)	-1.29	2023	-0.73	-0.28	-0.14
Réunion * (France)				0.96	0.73
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha * (UK)	0.11	2023		-0.48	-1.04
Saint Pierre and Miquelon * (France)	-1.19	2023		0.05	0.05
American Samoa *	-1.74	2023	-0.26	-1.21	-0.04
Sint Maarten * (Netherlands)	1.19	2023		0.36	3.13
Svalbard * (Norway)	-0.03	2019
Tokelau * (NZ)	-0.01	2019		-1.28	1.93
Turks and Caicos Islands * (UK)	1.81	2023	2.19	3.17	2.05
British Virgin Islands *	1.87	2023		3.23	2.02
U.S. Virgin Islands *	-0.49	2023	-0.48	-0.26	-0.02
Wallis and Futuna * (France)	0.23	2023		-0.98	-0.62
West Bank *	1.66	2023
Gaza Strip *	1.99	2023

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