Field Comparison

Population Growth Rate

Annual percentage change in population

Population growth rate accounts for births, deaths, and net migration. Positive values indicate growing populations; negative values indicate decline.

Rank	Country	Growth Rate
1.	South Sudan	4.52%
2.	Niger	3.65%
3.	Angola	3.32%
4.	Somalia	3.32%
5.	Benin	3.26%
6.	Uganda	3.13%
7.	Equatorial Guinea	3.10%
8.	DRC	3.09%
9.	Chad	2.98%
10.	Burundi	2.96%
11.	Mali	2.88%
12.	Mauritania	2.88%
13.	Afghanistan	2.86%
14.	Tanzania	2.85%
15.	Guinea	2.74%
16.	Guinea-Bissau	2.55%
17.	Sudan	2.54%
18.	Western Sahara	2.54%
19.	Mozambique	2.53%
20.	Zambia	2.51%
21.	Ukraine	2.42%
22.	Senegal	2.40%
23.	Nigeria	2.39%
24.	Burkina Faso	2.39%
25.	Cameroon	2.37%
26.	Togo	2.37%
27.	Congo (Brazzaville)	2.36%
28.	Gabon	2.35%
29.	Ethiopia	2.34%
30.	Côte d'Ivoire	2.33%
31.	Liberia	2.27%
32.	Sierra Leone	2.24%
33.	Papua New Guinea	2.22%
34.	Yemen	2.22%
35.	Malawi	2.16%
36.	Kenya	2.15%
37.	Madagascar	2.15%
38.	Ghana	2.12%
39.	The Gambia	2.09%
40.	West Bank	2.03%
41.	Rwanda	2.00%
42.	Gaza, Gaza Strip	1.96%
43.	Iraq	1.94%
44.	Tajikistan	1.89%
45.	Djibouti	1.84%
46.	Zimbabwe	1.82%
47.	Pakistan	1.82%
48.	British Virgin Islands	1.78%
49.	Namibia	1.76%
50.	Central African Republic	1.74%
51.	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.73%
52.	Saudi Arabia	1.72%
53.	Anguilla	1.71%
54.	Cayman Islands	1.71%
55.	Oman	1.70%
56.	Jordan	1.68%
57.	Syria	1.63%
58.	Solomon Islands	1.62%
59.	Australia	1.59%
60.	Israel	1.59%
61.	Vanuatu	1.51%
62.	Algeria	1.47%
63.	Belize	1.47%
64.	Panama	1.44%
65.	Egypt	1.40%
66.	Sao Tome and Principe	1.39%
67.	Brunei	1.37%
68.	Libya	1.35%
69.	Botswana	1.32%
70.	Honduras	1.28%
71.	Timor-Leste	1.28%
72.	Comoros	1.26%
73.	Uzbekistan	1.26%
74.	Luxembourg	1.26%
75.	Marshall Islands	1.22%
76.	Haiti	1.22%
77.	Laos	1.22%
78.	Eritrea	1.16%
79.	Cabo Verde	1.12%
80.	Christmas Island	1.11%
81.	New Caledonia	1.11%
82.	Sint Maarten	1.10%
83.	Antigua and Barbuda	1.09%
84.	The Bahamas	1.08%
85.	Mongolia	1.08%
86.	Kuwait	1.07%
87.	South Africa	1.06%
88.	Paraguay	1.06%
89.	Aruba	1.05%
90.	Suriname	1.04%
91.	Bolivia	1.01%
92.	Guatemala	0.99%
93.	Kiribati	0.98%
94.	Malaysia	0.97%
95.	Cambodia	0.95%
96.	Bhutan	0.93%
97.	Nicaragua	0.92%
98.	Ecuador	0.91%
99.	Bangladesh	0.91%
100.	Cyprus	0.89%
101.	Turkmenistan	0.88%
102.	Venezuela	0.88%
103.	Eswatini	0.87%
104.	Vietnam	0.86%
105.	Singapore	0.85%
106.	New Zealand	0.83%
107.	Kazakhstan	0.83%
108.	Iceland	0.82%
109.	Morocco	0.81%
110.	Mexico	0.81%
111.	Ireland	0.80%
112.	Bahrain	0.79%
113.	The Dominican	0.78%
114.	Monaco	0.76%
115.	Tuvalu	0.75%
116.	Costa Rica	0.75%
117.	Kyrgyzstan	0.75%
118.	Paracel Islands	0.75%
119.	Philippines	0.74%
120.	Lesotho	0.73%
121.	Kosovo	0.73%
122.	Canada	0.73%
123.	Switzerland	0.72%
124.	India	0.72%
125.	Indonesia	0.70%
126.	Burma	0.69%
127.	Liechtenstein	0.68%
128.	Samoa	0.66%
129.	Nepal	0.66%
130.	Malta	0.65%
131.	Macau	0.64%
132.	Denmark	0.64%
133.	French Polynesia	0.63%
134.	Faroe Islands	0.62%
135.	United Arab Emirates	0.62%
136.	Turkey	0.59%
137.	Brazil	0.58%
138.	Norway	0.57%
139.	Qatar	0.57%
140.	Montserrat	0.55%
141.	San Marino	0.55%
142.	Peru	0.55%
143.	Colombia	0.54%
144.	Seychelles	0.53%
145.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.53%
146.	Jersey	0.51%
147.	Sweden	0.51%
148.	Chile	0.46%
149.	Belgium	0.45%
150.	United States	0.45%
151.	Isle of Man	0.41%
152.	North Korea	0.40%
153.	United Kingdom	0.40%
154.	Azerbaijan	0.40%
155.	Tunisia	0.38%
156.	Fiji	0.38%
157.	Palau	0.38%
158.	Nauru	0.37%
159.	Guyana	0.35%
160.	El Salvador	0.34%
161.	Netherlands	0.30%
162.	Saint Martin	0.29%
163.	Austria	0.28%
164.	Bermuda	0.27%
165.	Argentina	0.26%
166.	Jamaica	0.25%
167.	Saint Lucia	0.25%
168.	Curacao	0.25%
169.	Grenada	0.24%
170.	Sri Lanka	0.22%
171.	France	0.20%
172.	Wallis and Futuna	0.19%
173.	Guernsey	0.19%
174.	Gibraltar	0.16%
175.	Thailand	0.13%
176.	Spain	0.12%
177.	Hong Kong	0.09%
178.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.08%
179.	Guam	0.08%
180.	Trinidad and Tobago	0.08%
181.	North Macedonia	0.08%
182.	Mauritius	0.06%
183.	Taiwan	0.02%
184.	Finland	0.02%
185.	Norfolk Island	0.01%
186.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0.01%
187.	Pitcairn Islands	0.00%
188.	Holy See (Vatican City)	0.00%
189.	Tokelau	-0.01%
190.	Czechia	-0.02%
191.	Niue	-0.03%
192.	Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago)	-0.03%
193.	Dominica	-0.04%
194.	Italy	-0.05%
195.	Uruguay	-0.06%
196.	Slovakia	-0.07%
197.	Saint Barthelemy	-0.08%
198.	China	-0.08%
199.	Greenland	-0.08%
200.	South Korea	-0.09%
201.	Portugal	-0.11%
202.	Andorra	-0.12%
203.	Germany	-0.13%
204.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.15%
205.	Slovenia	-0.16%
206.	Maldives	-0.24%
207.	Hungary	-0.29%
208.	Northern Mariana Islands	-0.33%
209.	Greece	-0.35%
210.	Tonga	-0.37%
211.	Barbados	-0.42%
212.	Belarus	-0.44%
213.	Japan	-0.45%
214.	Armenia	-0.45%
215.	Georgia	-0.45%
216.	Montenegro	-0.46%
217.	Estonia	-0.47%
218.	Russia	-0.49%
219.	Croatia	-0.53%
220.	Moldova	-0.57%
221.	Virgin Islands	-0.58%
222.	Cuba	-0.60%
223.	Serbia	-0.60%
224.	Bulgaria	-0.66%
225.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.67%
226.	Lithuania	-0.71%
227.	Federated States of Micronesia	-0.77%
228.	Lebanon	-0.77%
229.	Romania	-0.86%
230.	Iran	-0.87%
231.	Poland	-0.98%
232.	Albania	-1.06%
233.	Puerto Rico	-1.10%
234.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-1.24%
235.	Latvia	-1.27%
236.	American Samoa	-1.33%
237.	Cook Islands	-2.15%

Source: CIA World Factbook (archived data).