List of countries by population growth rate

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Population growth rate in percent, as listed on CIA factbook (2006 estimate).

This is a list of countries, territories and other political entities by population growth rate, with estimates taken from the 2006 edition of the CIA World Factbook. At a 4 percent growth rate, a country's population will double in 18 years; at a 1 percent growth rate, it will take 70 years.

Rank	Country	Population growth rate (%)
1	Liberia	4.91
2	Mayotte	3.77
3	Gaza Strip	3.71
4	Burundi	3.7
5	Kuwait	3.52
6	Montenegro	3.5
7	Yemen	3.46
8	Uganda	3.37
9	Oman	3.28
10	Sao Tome and Principe	3.15
11	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.07
12	West Bank	3.06
13	Madagascar	3.03
14	Burkina Faso	3
15	Chad	2.93
16	Niger	2.92
17	Mauritania	2.88
18	Comoros	2.87
19	Somalia	2.85
20	Gambia, The	2.84
21	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.82
22	Maldives	2.78
23	Benin	2.73
24	Togo	2.72
25	Afghanistan	2.67
26	Iraq	2.66
27	Guinea	2.63
28	Mali	2.63
29	Solomon Islands	2.61
30	Republic of the Congo	2.6
31	Kenya	2.57
32	Cayman Islands	2.56
33	Sudan	2.55
34	Northern Mariana Islands	2.54
35	Qatar	2.5
36	Jordan	2.49
37	Eritrea	2.47
38	Angola	2.45
39	Paraguay	2.45
40	Falkland Islands	2.44
41	Rwanda	2.43
42	Laos	2.39
43	Malawi	2.38
44	Nigeria	2.38
45	Senegal	2.34
46	Belize	2.31
47	Ethiopia	2.31
48	Sierra Leone	2.3
49	Syria	2.3
50	Libya	2.3
51	Haiti	2.3
52	Guatemala	2.27
53	Marshall Islands	2.25
54	Kiribati	2.24
55	Papua New Guinea	2.21
56	Tajikistan	2.19
57	Saudi Arabia	2.18
58	Nepal	2.17
59	Honduras	2.16
60	Gabon	2.13
61	Zambia	2.11
62	Bhutan	2.1
63	Pakistan	2.09
64	Bangladesh	2.09
65	East Timor	2.08
66	Guinea-Bissau	2.07
67	Ghana	2.07
68	Equatorial Guinea	2.05
69	Cameroon	2.04
70	Cote d'Ivoire	2.03
71	Djibouti	2.02
72	Tonga	2.01
73	British Virgin Islands	1.97
74	French Guiana	1.96
75	Nicaragua	1.89
76	Brunei	1.87
77	Tanzania	1.83
78	Turkmenistan	1.83
79	Nauru	1.81
80	Philippines	1.8
81	Cambodia	1.78
82	Malaysia	1.78
83	Egypt	1.75
84	El Salvador	1.72
85	Uzbekistan	1.7
86	Panama	1.6
87	Anguilla	1.57
88	Morocco	1.55
89	Central African Republic	1.53
90	United Arab Emirates	1.52
91	Tuvalu	1.51
92	Ecuador	1.5
93	Vanuatu	1.49
94	French Polynesia	1.48
95	Dominican Republic	1.47
96	Mongolia	1.46
97	Colombia	1.46
98	Bahrain	1.45
99	Costa Rica	1.45
100	Bolivia	1.45
101	Guam	1.43
102	Singapore	1.42
103	Indonesia	1.41
104	Fiji	1.4
105	Venezuela	1.38
106	Mozambique	1.38
107	India	1.38
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.35
109	Réunion	1.34
110	Kyrgyzstan	1.32
111	Peru	1.32
112	Palau	1.31
113	Saint Lucia	1.29
114	San Marino	1.26
115	New Caledonia	1.24
116	Luxembourg	1.23
117	Lebanon	1.23
118	Algeria	1.22
119	Israel	1.18
120	Mexico	1.16
121	Ireland	1.15
122	World	1.14
123	Iran	1.1
124	Turkey	1.06
125	Montserrat	1.05
126	Brazil	1.04
127	Vietnam	1.02
128	New Zealand	0.99
129	Tunisia	0.99
130	Argentina	0.96
131	Chile	0.94
132	United States	0.91
133	Andorra	0.89
134	Canada	0.88
135	Guadeloupe	0.88
136	Iceland	0.87
137	Macau	0.86
138	Australia	0.85
139	North Korea	0.84
140	Mauritius	0.82
141	Burma	0.81
142	Jamaica	0.8
143	Netherlands Antilles	0.79
144	Liechtenstein	0.78
145	Sri Lanka	0.78
146	Martinique	0.72
147	Thailand	0.68
148	Azerbaijan	0.66
149	Cape Verde	0.64
150	The Bahamas	0.64
151	Taiwan	0.61
152	Bermuda	0.61
153	Zimbabwe	0.6
154	China	0.59
155	Hong Kong	0.59
156	Namibia	0.59
157	Faroe Islands	0.58
158	Saint Helena	0.56
159	Antigua and Barbuda	0.55
160	Cyprus	0.53
161	Albania	0.52
162	Isle of Man	0.52
163	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.5
164	Netherlands	0.49
165	Uruguay	0.46
166	Aruba	0.44
167	Switzerland	0.43
168	Seychelles	0.43
169	Korea, South	0.42
170	Malta	0.42
171	Puerto Rico	0.4
172	Monaco	0.4
173	Norway	0.38
174	Barbados	0.37
175	Portugal	0.36
176	France	0.35
177	Denmark	0.33
178	Kazakhstan	0.33
179	Cuba	0.31
180	Moldova	0.28
181	United Kingdom	0.28
182	Jersey	0.28
183	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.26
184	Macedonia	0.26
185	Grenada	0.26
186	Guernsey	0.26
187	Guyana	0.25
188	Suriname	0.2
189	Greece	0.18
190	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.17
191	Sweden	0.16
192	European Union	0.15
193	Slovakia	0.15
194	Gibraltar	0.14
195	Finland	0.14
196	Spain	0.13
197	Belgium	0.13
198	Austria	0.09
199	Italy	0.04
200	Japan	0.02
201	Niue	0.01
202	Holy See (Vatican City)	0.01
203	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0
204	Christmas Island	0
205	Tokelau	-0.01
206	Norfolk Island	-0.01
207	Pitcairn Islands	-0.01
208	Germany	-0.02
209	Svalbard	-0.02
210	Croatia	-0.03
211	Greenland	-0.03
212	Botswana	-0.04
213	Poland	-0.05
214	Slovenia	-0.05
215	Czech Republic	-0.06
216	Belarus	-0.06
217	Dominica	-0.08
218	Federated States of Micronesia	-0.11
219	Virgin Islands	-0.12
220	Romania	-0.12
221	American Samoa	-0.19
222	Armenia	-0.19
223	Samoa	-0.2
224	Swaziland	-0.23
225	Hungary	-0.25
226	Lithuania	-0.3
227	Georgia	-0.34
228	Russia	-0.37
229	South Africa	-0.4
230	Lesotho	-0.46
231	Ukraine	-0.6
232	Estonia	-0.64
233	Latvia	-0.67
234	Bulgaria	-0.86
235	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.87

[edit] References

CIA World Factbook, 2006 estimates, last updated 19th September 2006 [1]

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