Population Growth Rate

The average annual percent change in population for countries of the world. Data from the CIA World Fact Book.

Rank	Country	Rate
1	United Arab Emirates	3.69
2	Niger	3.68
3	Kuwait	3.55
4	Yemen	3.45
5	Gaza Strip	3.35
6	Mayotte	3.32
7	Burundi	3.28
8	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	3.21
9	Ethiopia	3.21
10	Oman	3.14
11	Burkina Faso	3.10
12	Sao Tome and Principe	3.09
13	Madagascar	3.00
14	Benin	2.98
15	Western Sahara	2.83
16	Somalia	2.82
17	Rwanda	2.78
18	Comoros	2.77
19	Mali	2.77
20	Congo, Republic of the	2.75
21	Togo	2.71
22	Senegal	2.71
23	Equatorial Guinea	2.70
24	Uganda	2.69
25	Kenya	2.69
26	Gambia, The	2.67
27	Liberia	2.67
28	Afghanistan	2.63
29	Eritrea	2.58
30	Guinea	2.57
31	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.56
32	Iraq	2.51
33	Mauritania	2.40
34	Cayman Islands	2.39
35	Solomon Islands	2.39
36	Malawi	2.39
37	Paraguay	2.36
38	Laos	2.32
39	Northern Mariana Islands	2.29
40	Sierra Leone	2.28
41	Anguilla	2.27
42	Jordan	2.26
43	Kiribati	2.24
44	Cameroon	2.19
45	West Bank	2.18
46	Libya	2.17
47	Belize	2.15
48	Sudan	2.14
49	Cote d'Ivoire	2.13
50	Syria	2.13
51	Angola	2.10
52	Marshall Islands	2.08
53	Chad	2.07
54	Papua New Guinea	2.07
55	Guatemala	2.07
56	Tanzania	2.04
57	Timor-Leste	2.03
58	Guinea-Bissau	2.02
59	Nigeria	2.00
60	Macau	2.00
61	Philippines	1.96
62	Honduras	1.96
63	Pakistan	1.95
64	Botswana	1.94
65	Gabon	1.93
66	Djibouti	1.90
67	Ghana	1.88
68	Tajikistan	1.88
69	Saudi Arabia	1.85
70	Haiti	1.84
71	British Virgin Islands	1.84
72	Mozambique	1.79
73	Nicaragua	1.78
74	Bolivia	1.77
75	Cambodia	1.77
76	Brunei	1.76
77	Nauru	1.75
78	Malaysia	1.72
79	Israel	1.67
80	El Salvador	1.66
81	Egypt	1.64
82	Zambia	1.63
83	Tuvalu	1.62
84	India	1.55
85	Zimbabwe	1.53
86	Venezuela	1.51
87	Panama	1.50
88	Ecuador	1.50
89	Mongolia	1.49
90	Central African Republic	1.49
91	Dominican Republic	1.49
92	Tonga	1.48
93	Morocco	1.48
94	Aruba	1.48
95	Vanuatu	1.40
96	Kyrgyzstan	1.40
97	French Polynesia	1.39
98	Fiji	1.38
99	Colombia	1.38
100	Costa Rica	1.36
101	Samoa	1.35
102	Turkey	1.31
103	Antigua and Barbuda	1.30
104	Bangladesh	1.29
105	Bahrain	1.29
106	Nepal	1.28
107	Bhutan	1.27
108	Peru	1.23
109	American Samoa	1.22
110	Brazil	1.20
111	Algeria	1.20
112	Australia	1.20
113	Luxembourg	1.17
114	World	1.17
115	San Marino	1.15
116	Turkmenistan	1.14
117	Indonesia	1.14
118	New Caledonia	1.14
119	Andorra	1.14
120	Mexico	1.13
121	Ireland	1.12
122	Lebanon	1.11
123	Suriname	1.10
124	Argentina	1.05
125	Seychelles	1.00
126	Singapore	1.00
127	Tunisia	0.98
128	Vietnam	0.98
129	United States	0.98
130	Qatar	0.96
131	Namibia	0.95
132	New Zealand	0.94
133	Uzbekistan	0.94
134	Sri Lanka	0.90
135	Iran	0.88
136	Chile	0.88
137	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.85
138	Canada	0.82
139	Burma	0.78
140	Mauritius	0.78
141	Azerbaijan	0.76
142	Jamaica	0.76
143	Iceland	0.74
144	Netherlands Antilles	0.73
145	Liechtenstein	0.70
146	China	0.66
147	Bermuda	0.65
148	Thailand	0.62
149	Cape Verde	0.56
150	France	0.55
151	Albania	0.55
152	Bahamas, The	0.54
153	Isle of Man	0.52
154	Cyprus	0.52
155	Hong Kong	0.50
156	Grenada	0.47
157	Uruguay	0.47
158	Saint Helena	0.45
159	Palau	0.43
160	Korea, North	0.42
161	Saint Lucia	0.42
162	Netherlands	0.41
163	Malta	0.40
164	Faroe Islands	0.40
165	Monaco	0.39
166	Kazakhstan	0.39
167	Montserrat	0.39
168	Barbados	0.38
169	Wallis and Futuna	0.35
170	Norway	0.34
171	Puerto Rico	0.34
172	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.34
173	South Africa	0.28
174	Denmark	0.28
175	United Kingdom	0.28
176	Switzerland	0.28
177	Portugal	0.28
178	Korea, South	0.27
179	Macedonia	0.26
180	Cuba	0.23
181	Taiwan	0.23
182	Jersey	0.21
183	Guernsey	0.21
184	Dominica	0.21
185	Guyana	0.18
186	Sweden	0.16
187	Slovakia	0.14
188	Greece	0.13
189	Lesotho	0.12
190	Gibraltar	0.11
191	European Union	0.11
192	Finland	0.10
193	Belgium	0.09
194	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.09
195	Spain	0.07
196	Greenland	0.06
197	Austria	0.05
198	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0.01
199	Norfolk Island	0.01
200	Holy See (Vatican City)	0.00
201	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0.00
202	Christmas Island	0.00
203	Pitcairn Islands	0.00
204	Tokelau	-0.01
205	Svalbard	-0.02
206	Virgin Islands	-0.03
207	Armenia	-0.03
208	Niue	-0.03
209	Italy	-0.05
210	Poland	-0.05
211	Croatia	-0.05
212	Germany	-0.05
213	Moldova	-0.08
214	Czech Republic	-0.09
215	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.10
216	Slovenia	-0.11
217	Romania	-0.15
218	Maldives	-0.17
219	Japan	-0.19
220	Micronesia, Federated States of	-0.24
221	Hungary	-0.26
222	Lithuania	-0.28
223	Georgia	-0.33
224	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.34
225	Belarus	-0.38
226	Swaziland	-0.46
227	Russia	-0.47
228	Serbia	-0.47
229	Latvia	-0.61
230	Estonia	-0.63
231	Ukraine	-0.63
232	Bulgaria	-0.79
233	Montenegro	-0.85
234	Cook Islands	-3.30