List of countries by population growth rate

This article includes some versions of the list of countries, and self-governing dependent territories by population growth rate. A population's approximate doubling time is found by dividing 70 by its annual percentage population growth. For example, at a 4 percent growth rate, a country's population will double in about 18 years; at a 1 percent growth rate, it will take about 70 years. The average population growth rate for the world is 1.17%.

The first list is based on the estimates taken from the 2006 edition of the United Nations World Population Prospects report.[1] Figures are population growth rate estimates for the period 2005-2010 using the medium variant.

The second list is based on CIA World Factbook estimates for year 2009.[2] Dependent territories and not fully recognized states are not ranked.

The third list is based on World Bank estimates for year 2009.[3] 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.


2005-2010 List by the United Nations 2009 List by the CIA World Factbook 2009 List by the World Bank
Rank Country Population
growth rate (%)
1  Liberia 4.50
2  Burundi 3.90
3  Afghanistan 3.85
4  Western Sahara 3.72
5  East Timor 3.50
6  Niger 3.49
7  Eritrea 3.24
8  Uganda 3.24
9  DR Congo 3.22
10  Palestinian territories 3.18
11  Jordan 3.04
12  Mali 3.02
13  Benin 3.02
14  Guinea-Bissau 2.98
15  Yemen 2.97
16  Somalia 2.92
17  Burkina Faso 2.89
18  Chad 2.88
19  United Arab Emirates 2.85
20  Angola 2.78
21  Rwanda 2.76
22  Madagascar 2.66
23  Kenya 2.65
24  Togo 2.65
25  Gambia 2.63
26  Malawi 2.57
27  Mauritania 2.53
28  Syria 2.52
29  Ethiopia 2.51
30  Tanzania 2.47
31  Guatemala 2.47
32  Senegal 2.46
33  Comoros[4] 2.46
34  Kuwait 2.44
35  French Guiana 2.41
36  Equatorial Guinea 2.38
37  Vanuatu 2.38
38  Solomon Islands 2.33
39  Nigeria 2.27
40  Saudi Arabia 2.24
41  Cape Verde 2.23
42  Marshall Islands 2.23
43  Sudan 2.22
44  Guinea 2.16
45  Republic of the Congo 2.11
46  Qatar 2.11
47  Belize 2.08
48  Brunei 2.05
49  Sierra Leone 2.04
50  American Samoa 2.01
51  Papua New Guinea 2.00
52  Cameroon 2.00
53  Ghana 1.99
54  Oman 1.97
55  Nepal 1.97
56  Libya 1.97
57  Honduras 1.95
58  Mozambique 1.95
59  Northern Mariana Islands 1.95
60  Zambia 1.91
61  Djibouti 1.90
62  Pakistan 1.84
63  Cote d'Ivoire 1.84
64  Iraq 1.84
65  Central African Republic 1.83
66  Paraguay 1.80
67  Bahrain 1.79
68  Bolivia 1.77
69  Ireland 1.77
70  Maldives 1.76
71  Egypt 1.76
72  Cambodia 1.74
73  Laos 1.74
74  Philippines 1.72
75  Malaysia 1.69
76  Bangladesh 1.67
77  Venezuela 1.67
78  Israel 1.66
79  Panama 1.65
80  Sao Tome and Principe 1.61
81  Haiti 1.58
82  Kiribati 1.58
83  New Caledonia 1.54
84  Tajikistan 1.51
85  Algeria 1.51
86  Cayman Islands 1.51
87  Costa Rica 1.50
88  Gabon 1.48
89  Dominican Republic 1.47
90  India 1.46
91  Uzbekistan 1.44
92  Bhutan 1.43
93  Anguilla 1.41
94  El Salvador 1.37
95  Turks and Caicos Islands 1.37
96  Iran 1.35
97  Netherlands Antilles 1.33
98  Vietnam 1.32
99  Turkmenistan 1.32
100  Namibia 1.32
101  French Polynesia 1.31
102  Nicaragua 1.31
103  Guam 1.30
104  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.27
105  Colombia 1.27
106  Réunion 1.27
107  Brazil 1.26
108  Turkey 1.26
109  Botswana 1.23
110  Saint Helena[5] 1.23
111  Morocco 1.20
112  Bahamas 1.20
113  Singapore 1.19
-  World 1.17
114  Indonesia 1.16
115  Antigua and Barbuda 1.16
116  Peru 1.15
117  Montserrat 1.15
118  Luxembourg 1.13
119  British Virgin Islands 1.13
120  Mexico 1.12
121  Saint Lucia 1.12
122  Kyrgyzstan 1.10
123  Tunisia 1.08
124  Ecuador 1.07
125  Cyprus 1.06
126  Lebanon 1.05
127  Australia 1.01
128  Chile 1.00
129  Argentina 1.00
130  Hong Kong 1.00
131  United States 0.97
132  Mongolia 0.96
133  Zimbabwe 0.95
134  Canada 0.90
135  New Zealand 0.90[6]
136  Liechtenstein 0.89
137  Samoa 0.87
138  Myanmar 0.85
139  Iceland 0.84
140  San Marino 0.81
141  Mauritius 0.78
142  Spain 0.77
143  Azerbaijan 0.75
144  Kazakhstan 0.71
145  Macau 0.70
146  Guadeloupe 0.68
147  Faroe Islands 0.68
148  Thailand 0.66
149  Wallis and Futuna 0.66
150  Lesotho 0.63
151  Swaziland 0.63
152  Norway 0.62
153  Fiji 0.62
154  Greenland 0.60
155  Falkland Islands 0.59
156  Albania 0.57
157  Suriname 0.56
158  South Africa 0.55
159  Puerto Rico 0.55
160  Jamaica 0.54
161  Tonga 0.50
162  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.50
163  Sweden 0.49
164  France[7] 0.49
165  Seychelles 0.49
166  United Kingdom 0.48
167  People's Republic of China[8] 0.48
168  Sri Lanka 0.47
169  Micronesia 0.46
170  Malta 0.43
171  Tuvalu 0.42
172  Palau 0.41
173  Switzerland 0.38
174  Portugal 0.37
175  Trinidad and Tobago 0.37
176  Austria 0.36
177  Andorra 0.36
178  Republic of China (Taiwan)[9] 0.36
179  North Korea 0.34
180  Monaco 0.33
181  South Korea 0.33
182  Barbados 0.32
183  Finland 0.29
184  Nauru 0.29
185  Uruguay 0.29
186  Martinique 0.28
187  Bermuda 0.25
188  Belgium 0.24
189  Netherlands 0.21
190  Greece 0.21
191  Denmark 0.21
192 Channel Islands[10] 0.19
193  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.13
194  Italy 0.13
195  Serbia 0.13
196  Gibraltar 0.08
197  Macedonia 0.08
198  Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.07
199  Vatican City 0.05
200  Isle of Man 0.04
201  Slovakia 0.03
202  Grenada 0.02
203  Slovenia 0.01
204  Aruba 0.01
205  Pitcairn Islands 0.00
206  Cuba -0.01
207  Japan -0.02
208  Tokelau -0.03
209  United States Virgin Islands -0.03
210  Czech Republic -0.03
211  Germany -0.07
212  Croatia -0.09
213  Poland -0.15
214  Armenia -0.21
215  Guyana -0.22
216  Montenegro -0.27
217  Dominica -0.29
218  Hungary -0.29
219  Estonia -0.35
220  Romania -0.45
221  Russia -0.51
222  Latvia -0.52
223  Lithuania -0.53
224  Belarus -0.55
225  Bulgaria -0.72
226  Ukraine -0.76
227  Georgia -0.79
228  Moldova -0.90
229  Niue -1.85
230  Cook Islands -2.23
Rank Country Population
growth rate (%)
1  United Arab Emirates 3.69
2  Burundi 3.69
3  Niger 3.68
4  Kuwait 3.55
5  Gaza Strip 3.35
6  Mayotte 3.32
7  DR Congo 3.21
8  Ethiopia 3.21
9  Oman 3.14
10  Burkina Faso 3.1
11  Sao Tome and Principe 3.09
12  Madagascar 3
13  Benin 2.98
14  Rwanda 2.87
15  Western Sahara 2.83
16  Somalia 2.82
17  Yemen 2.79
18  Comoros 2.77
19  Congo, Republic of the 2.75
20  Togo 2.75
21  Malawi 2.75
22  Senegal 2.71
23  Equatorial Guinea 2.7
24  Uganda 2.69
25  Kenya 2.69
26  Liberia 2.67
27  Mali 2.59
28  Gambia, The 2.59
29  Eritrea 2.58
30  Afghanistan 2.58
31  Guinea 2.57
32  Turks and Caicos Islands 2.56
33  Iraq 2.51
34  Mauritania 2.4
35  Cayman Islands 2.39
36  Solomon Islands 2.39
37  Paraguay 2.36
38  Laos 2.32
39  Anguilla 2.27
40  Kiribati 2.24
41  Cameroon 2.19
42  Jordan 2.19
43  Sierra Leone 2.18
44  West Bank 2.18
45  Libya 2.17
46  Djibouti 2.16
47  Belize 2.15
48  Sudan 2.14
49  Cote d'Ivoire 2.13
50  Angola 2.1
51  Papua New Guinea 2.09
52  Marshall Islands 2.08
53  Chad 2.07
54  Guatemala 2.07
55  Tanzania 2.04
56  Egypt 2.03
57  Timor-Leste 2.03
58  Guinea-Bissau 2.02
59  Syria 2.01
60  Honduras 2
61  Nigeria 2
62  Macau 2
63  Philippines 1.96
64  Botswana 1.94
65  Gabon 1.93
66  Ghana 1.9
67  Tajikistan 1.88
68  Saudi Arabia 1.85
69  Haiti 1.84
70  British Virgin Islands 1.84
71  Mozambique 1.79
72  Nicaragua 1.78
73  Bolivia 1.77
74  Cambodia 1.77
75  Brunei 1.76
76  Nauru 1.75
77  Malaysia 1.72
78  Cyprus 1.69
79  Israel 1.67
80  El Salvador 1.66
81  Zambia 1.63
82  Tuvalu 1.62
83  Pakistan 1.56
84  Zimbabwe 1.53
85  Venezuela 1.51
86  Panama 1.5
87  Ecuador 1.5
88  Mongolia 1.49
89  Central African Republic 1.49
90  Dominican Republic 1.49
91  Tonga 1.48
92  Aruba 1.48
93  India 1.41
94  Vanuatu 1.4
95  Kyrgyzstan 1.4
96  French Polynesia 1.39
97  Fiji 1.38
98  Costa Rica 1.36
99  Samoa 1.35
100  Turkey 1.31
101  Swaziland 1.31
102  Antigua and Barbuda 1.3
103  Bahrain 1.29
104  Bangladesh 1.29
105  Nepal 1.28
106  Bhutan 1.27
107  Peru 1.23
108  American Samoa 1.22
109  Colombia 1.22
110  Brazil 1.2
111  Algeria 1.2
112  Australia 1.2
113  Luxembourg 1.17
114  San Marino 1.15
115  Turkmenistan 1.14
116  Vietnam 1.14
117  Indonesia 1.14
118  New Caledonia 1.14
119  Andorra 1.14
-  World 1.13
120  Mexico 1.13
121  Ireland 1.12
122  Lebanon 1.11
123  Suriname 1.1
124  Morocco 1.1
125  Argentina 1.05
126  Seychelles 1
127  Singapore 1
128  Tunisia 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  Bahamas, The 0.93
135  Sri Lanka 0.9
136  Iran 0.88
137  Chile 0.88
138  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.85
139  Canada 0.82
140  Burma 0.78
141  Mauritius 0.78
142  Azerbaijan 0.76
143  Jamaica 0.76
144  Iceland 0.74
145  Netherlands Antilles 0.73
146  Liechtenstein 0.7
147  Bermuda 0.65
148  Thailand 0.63
149  Cape Verde 0.56
150  France 0.56
151  Albania 0.55
152  Isle of Man 0.52
153  Hong Kong 0.5
154  Sweden 0.48
155  Grenada 0.47
156  People's Republic of China 0.47
157  United Kingdom 0.47
158  Uruguay 0.47
159  Saint Helena 0.45
160  Palau 0.43
161  Korea, North 0.42
162  Saint Lucia 0.42
163  Netherlands 0.41
164  Malta 0.4
165  Faroe Islands 0.4
166  Monaco 0.39
167  Kazakhstan 0.39
168  Montserrat 0.39
169  Barbados 0.38
170  Wallis and Futuna 0.35
171  Norway 0.34
172  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.34
173  Puerto Rico 0.3
174  Gibraltar 0.29
175  South Africa 0.28
176  Denmark 0.28
177  Switzerland 0.28
178  Portugal 0.28
179  Korea, South 0.27
180  Macedonia 0.26
181  Cuba 0.23
182  Guernsey 0.23
183  Republic of China (Taiwan) 0.23
184  Jersey 0.21
185  Dominica 0.21
186  Slovakia 0.14
187  Greece 0.13
188  Lesotho 0.12
189  Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.1
190  Finland 0.1
191  Belgium 0.09
192  Spain 0.07
193  Greenland 0.06
194  Austria 0.05
195  Falkland Islands 0.01
196  Norfolk Island 0.01
197  Holy See 0
198  Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0
199  Pitcairn Islands 0
200  Christmas Island 0
201  Tokelau -0.01
202  Svalbard -0.02
203  United States Virgin Islands -0.03
204  Armenia -0.03
205  Niue -0.03
206  Italy -0.05
207  Poland -0.05
208  Croatia -0.05
209  Germany -0.05
210  Moldova -0.08
211  Czech Republic -0.09
212  Trinidad and Tobago -0.1
213  Slovenia -0.11
214  Romania -0.15
215  Maldives -0.17
216  Japan -0.19
217  Micronesia, Federated States of -0.24
218  Hungary -0.26
219  Lithuania -0.28
220  Georgia -0.33
221  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.34
222  Belarus -0.38
223  Russia -0.47
224  Serbia -0.47
225  Latvia -0.61
226  Estonia -0.63
227  Ukraine -0.63
228  Guyana -0.63
229  Bulgaria -0.79
230  Montenegro -0.85
231  Cook Islands -3.3
232  Northern Mariana Islands -7.08
Rank Country Population
growth rate (%)
1  Qatar 9.56
2  Liberia 4.17
3  Niger 3.91
4  Belize 3.39
5  Burkina Faso 3.38
6  Uganda 3.27
7  Timor-Leste 3.16
8  Benin 3.10
9  Singapore 3.02
10  Eritrea 2.93
11  Tanzania 2.91
12  Yemen 2.85
13  Rwanda 2.81
14  Burundi 2.80
15  Malawi 2.77
16  Mayotte 2.75
17  DR Congo 2.71
18  Gambia, The 2.68
19  Afghanistan 2.66
20  Madagascar 2.65
21  West Bank 2.65
22  Chad 2.64
23  Kenya 2.64
24  Angola 2.61
25  Senegal 2.61
26  Ethiopia 2.58
27  Equatorial Guinea 2.56
28  Iraq 2.52
29  United Arab Emirates 2.50
30  Vanuatu 2.50
31  Zambia 2.47
32  Guatemala 2.46
33  Syrian Arab Republic 2.45
34  Togo 2.45
35  Sierra Leone 2.43
36  Solomon Islands 2.42
37  Kuwait 2.41
38  Comoros 2.38
39  Guinea 2.37
40  Mali 2.37
41  Jordan 2.36
42  Papua New Guinea 2.33
43  Saudi Arabia 2.33
44  Mauritania 2.32
45  Cote d'Ivoire 2.32
46  Nigeria 2.30
47  Somalia 2.29
48  Mozambique 2.26
49  Marshall Islands 2.25
50  Cameroon 2.24
51  Macau 2.22
52  Guinea-Bissau 2.22
53  Sudan 2.21
54  Pakistan 2.14
55  Oman 2.13
56  Ghana 2.06
57  Australia 2.05
58  Bahrain 2.03
59  Honduras 1.99
60  Libya 1.99
61  Namibia 1.99
62  Central African Republic 1.90
63  Brunei Darussalam 1.87
64  Luxembourg 1.87
65  Congo, Republic of the 1.86
66  Laos 1.84
67  Gabon 1.81
68  Israel 1.80
69  Philippines 1.79
70  Nepal 1.79
71  Egypt 1.79
72  Northern Mariana Islands 1.78
73  Paraguay 1.76
74  Djibouti 1.75
75  Bolivia 1.73
76  Tajikistan 1.68
77  Malaysia 1.66
78  Cambodia 1.66
79  Uzbekistan 1.65
80  American Samoa 1.62
81  Panama 1.61
82  Andorra 1.61
83  Sao Tome and Principe 1.60
84  Venezuela 1.59
85  Haiti 1.57
86  Kiribati 1.53
87  Bhutan 1.52
88  Algeria 1.51
89  Netherlands Antilles 1.50
90  Botswana 1.48
91  New Caledonia 1.46
92  Swaziland 1.45
93  Maldives 1.43
94  Colombia 1.43
95  Cape Verde 1.38
96  Bangladesh 1.38
97  Dominican Republic 1.37
98  Kazakhstan 1.36
99  San Marino 1.34
100  India 1.34
101  Cayman Islands 1.34
102  Nicaragua 1.32
103  Costa Rica 1.32
104  Iran 1.31
105  Turkmenistan 1.31
106  Canada 1.28
107  French Polynesia 1.28
108  Vietnam 1.23
109  Guam 1.23
110  Norway 1.23
111  Morocco 1.22
112  Turkey 1.21
113  Bahamas 1.19
114  Seychelles 1.16
115  Azerbaijan 1.16
-  World 1.16
116  Indonesia 1.15
117  Peru 1.13
118  Mongolia 1.12
119  Antigua and Barbuda 1.11
120  St. Lucia 1.10
121  New Zealand 1.09
122  Switzerland 1.09
123  Slovenia 1.08
124  South Africa 1.07
125  Ecuador 1.06
126  Mexico 1.01
127  Tunisia 1.01
128  Aruba 1.01
129  Cyprus 0.99
130  Chile 0.98
131  Argentina 0.98
132  Myanmar 0.92
133  Brazil 0.91
134  Suriname 0.89
135  Sweden 0.89
136  Spain 0.88
137  United States 0.86
138  Lesotho 0.85
139  Kyrgyzstan 0.82
140  St. Kitts and Nevis 0.82
141  Liechtenstein 0.79
142  Belgium 0.75
143  Malta 0.73
144  Sri Lanka 0.73
145  Lebanon 0.71
146  United Kingdom 0.70
147  Italy 0.65
148  Denmark 0.65
149  Czech Republic 0.63
150  Fiji 0.61
151  Palau 0.58
152  Thailand 0.56
153  Ireland 0.56
154  Kosovo 0.56
155  Dominica 0.55
156  France 0.54
157  Netherlands 0.52
158  Iceland 0.52
159  China 0.51
160  Mauritius 0.51
161  Zimbabwe 0.48
162  El Salvador 0.47
163  Finland 0.47
164  Jamaica 0.46
165  Greece 0.41
166  Trinidad and Tobago 0.39
167  Tonga 0.39
168  Albania 0.38
169  Grenada 0.38
170  Hong Kong 0.37
171  North Korea 0.37
172  Uruguay 0.33
173  Austria 0.33
174  Puerto Rico 0.32
175  Bermuda 0.31
176  Montenegro 0.30
177  Monaco 0.33
178  South Korea 0.29
179  Micronesia 0.28
180  Faroe Islands 0.27
181  Barbados 0.26
182  Slovak Republic 0.21
182  Armenia 0.19
184 Channel Islands[10] 0.18
185  Portugal 0.09
186  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.08
187  Poland 0.06
188  Macedonia 0.06
189  Cuba 0.00
190  Samoa -0.01
191  United States Virgin Islands -0.01
192  Estonia -0.02
193  Croatia -0.05
194  Isle of Man -0.06
195  Russian Federation -0.07
196  Japan -0.11
197  Guyana -0.12
198  Romania -0.15
199  Hungary -0.16
200  Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.17
201  Belarus -0.18
202  Germany -0.28
203  Serbia -0.42
204  Greenland -0.48
205  Latvia -0.49
206  Bulgaria -0.50
207  Ukraine -0.54
208  Lithuania -0.55
209  Moldova -0.83
210  Georgia -0.83

See also

References

  1. ^ United Nations World Population Propsects: 2006 revision – Table A.8
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ World Bank Population growth (annual %)
  4. ^ Includes Mayotte
  5. ^ Including dependencies
  6. ^ Recent official estimates show a growth rate of 1.00 per Statistics New Zealand
  7. ^ Metropolitan France only
  8. ^ Mainland only. Excludes SARs
  9. ^ Growth rate for 2004-2005. From Taiwan National Statistics Office
  10. ^ a b Consists of Jersey and Guernsey
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