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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population growth rate — Growth rate of population by country

The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual...

Countries reporting
192
Highest
3.68 Percent per annum
Niger
Lowest
-1.03 Percent per annum
Lebanon
Median
0.7682 Percent per annum
Years covered
41
1990–2030
Data points
9,971

What the numbers show

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population growth rate — Growth rate of population is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 3.68 Percent per annum in Niger; the lowest is -1.03 Percent per annum in Lebanon.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7682 Percent per annum, and the mean is 0.9103 Percent per annum.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 152 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 346.6%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 450.5%).

Africa's Development: Annual population growth rate Growth rate … 03: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 3.68 Percent per annum 2030 down 3.2% rising
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.12 Percent per annum 2030 down 4.7% rising
2 Central African Republic 3.07 Percent per annum 2030 up 19.4% falling
3 Mali 2.95 Percent per annum 2030 down 7.7% rising
3 Mauritania 2.53 Percent per annum 2030 down 3.2% falling
4 Somalia 2.89 Percent per annum 2030 down 16.8% volatile
4 Syrian Arab Republic 2.6 Percent per annum 2030 down 22.4% volatile
5 Chad 2.87 Percent per annum 2030 down 10.6% falling
6 Angola 2.82 Percent per annum 2030 down 15.2% falling
7 Tanzania 2.69 Percent per annum 2030 down 12.1% rising
7 Ethiopia 2.26 Percent per annum 2030 down 16.2% falling
8 Mozambique 2.61 Percent per annum 2030 down 11.5% flat
9 Uganda 2.53 Percent per annum 2030 down 25.2% falling
9 Madagascar 2.22 Percent per annum 2030 down 11.6% falling
10 Zambia 2.52 Percent per annum 2030 down 15.3% flat
11 Benin 2.48 Percent per annum 2030 down 13.4% falling
12 Burundi 2.47 Percent per annum 2030 down 15.0% volatile
12 Equatorial Guinea 2.1 Percent per annum 2030 down 24.3% falling
13 Malawi 2.45 Percent per annum 2030 down 9.3% rising
14 Senegal 2.44 Percent per annum 2030 down 10.5% flat
14 Eswatini 1.24 Percent per annum 2030 up 31.6% volatile
15 Cameroon 2.39 Percent per annum 2030 down 13.0% falling
16 Afghanistan 2.39 Percent per annum 2030 down 25.1% volatile
17 Côte d’Ivoire 2.38 Percent per annum 2030 down 6.3% falling
17 Lesotho 0.9439 Percent per annum 2030 down 26.0% volatile
18 Burkina Faso 2.35 Percent per annum 2030 down 13.8% falling
18 Cabo Verde 0.8942 Percent per annum 2030 down 8.0% falling
19 Sudan 2.31 Percent per annum 2030 down 17.3% volatile
20 Gambia 2.23 Percent per annum 2030 down 14.0% falling
21 Nigeria 2.22 Percent per annum 2030 down 10.0% falling
21 Timor-Leste 1.28 Percent per annum 2030 down 16.2% falling
21 Fiji 0.7251 Percent per annum 2030 up 240.1% volatile
22 Vanuatu 2.2 Percent per annum 2030 down 8.0% falling
23 Congo 2.17 Percent per annum 2030 down 7.8% falling
24 Togo 2.17 Percent per annum 2030 down 10.3% falling
25 Guinea 2.17 Percent per annum 2030 down 14.8% falling
26 Liberia 2.07 Percent per annum 2030 up 1.0% volatile
26 Moldova -0.1888 Percent per annum 2030 up 76.2% volatile
27 Iraq 2.07 Percent per annum 2030 down 13.5% falling
28 Rwanda 2.06 Percent per annum 2030 down 15.1% volatile
28 Micronesia 0.8449 Percent per annum 2030 up 29.3% volatile
28 Croatia -0.6007 Percent per annum 2030 up 24.6% volatile
29 Solomon Islands 2.01 Percent per annum 2030 down 16.1% falling
30 Yemen 2.01 Percent per annum 2030 down 13.9% falling
31 Guinea-Bissau 2 Percent per annum 2030 down 13.3% falling
32 Eritrea 1.97 Percent per annum 2030 up 20.7% volatile
33 Zimbabwe 1.94 Percent per annum 2030 down 5.4% rising
34 South Sudan 1.92 Percent per annum 2030 up 26.7% volatile
34 Türkiye 0.4992 Percent per annum 2030 down 36.3% falling
35 Sao Tome and Principe 1.9 Percent per annum 2030 up 0.7% falling
36 Sierra Leone 1.9 Percent per annum 2030 down 18.5% volatile
36 Viet Nam 0.4527 Percent per annum 2030 down 50.3% falling
37 Kenya 1.9 Percent per annum 2030 down 6.6% falling
37 Netherlands 0.2142 Percent per annum 2030 down 47.8% falling
38 Pakistan 1.8 Percent per annum 2030 up 3.0% falling
39 Gabon 1.78 Percent per annum 2030 down 19.9% falling
40 Ghana 1.76 Percent per annum 2030 down 15.6% falling
41 Tajikistan 1.61 Percent per annum 2030 down 26.9% rising
42 Comoros 1.6 Percent per annum 2030 down 16.5% falling
43 Papua New Guinea 1.58 Percent per annum 2030 down 27.1% falling
43 Slovenia -0.1446 Percent per annum 2030 down 164.5% volatile
44 Namibia 1.52 Percent per annum 2030 down 12.1% falling
44 Poland -0.3006 Percent per annum 2030 down 77.4% volatile
45 Egypt 1.43 Percent per annum 2030 down 18.0% falling
45 Estonia -0.4329 Percent per annum 2030 down 338.9% volatile
46 Kiribati 1.43 Percent per annum 2030 down 20.1% falling
46 Lithuania -0.8131 Percent per annum 2030 up 19.6% falling
47 Botswana 1.39 Percent per annum 2030 down 25.7% falling
47 Latvia -0.9921 Percent per annum 2030 up 2.5% flat
48 Israel 1.38 Percent per annum 2030 down 20.8% falling
49 Guatemala 1.37 Percent per annum 2030 down 8.8% falling
50 Samoa 1.35 Percent per annum 2030 down 5.2% rising
51 Honduras 1.35 Percent per annum 2030 down 17.3% falling
52 Kyrgyzstan 1.32 Percent per annum 2030 down 17.5% rising
53 Philippines 1.32 Percent per annum 2030 down 19.5% falling
54 Bolivia 1.29 Percent per annum 2030 down 4.6% falling
55 Djibouti 1.26 Percent per annum 2030 down 16.1% volatile
56 Belize 1.23 Percent per annum 2030 down 18.0% falling
57 Saudi Arabia 1.2 Percent per annum 2030 up 153.7% falling
58 Oman 1.19 Percent per annum 2030 up 192.6% volatile
59 Nicaragua 1.15 Percent per annum 2030 down 16.8% falling
60 Laos 1.13 Percent per annum 2030 down 24.3% falling
61 Panama 1.11 Percent per annum 2030 down 23.8% falling
62 Venezuela 1.11 Percent per annum 2030 up 166.8% volatile
63 Algeria 1.09 Percent per annum 2030 down 37.7% falling
64 Haiti 1.08 Percent per annum 2030 down 18.0% falling
65 Uzbekistan 1.07 Percent per annum 2030 down 35.8% falling
66 Mongolia 1.02 Percent per annum 2030 down 46.6% rising
67 Paraguay 1.02 Percent per annum 2030 down 24.9% falling
68 Jordan 1.02 Percent per annum 2030 down 52.7% volatile
69 Kazakhstan 1 Percent per annum 2030 down 16.3% volatile
70 Turkmenistan 0.9758 Percent per annum 2030 down 34.7% falling
71 Libya 0.9554 Percent per annum 2030 down 26.0% volatile
72 Ecuador 0.9392 Percent per annum 2030 down 33.5% falling
73 Peru 0.9219 Percent per annum 2030 down 36.9% falling
74 Nepal 0.8872 Percent per annum 2030 down 50.4% volatile
75 South Africa 0.8824 Percent per annum 2030 down 28.3% falling
76 Malaysia 0.8625 Percent per annum 2030 down 28.5% falling
77 Australia 0.8589 Percent per annum 2030 down 30.4% falling
78 Marshall Islands 0.8454 Percent per annum 2030 up 128.8% volatile
79 Cambodia 0.8407 Percent per annum 2030 down 28.0% volatile
80 Bangladesh 0.8247 Percent per annum 2030 down 28.3% falling
81 Tonga 0.8047 Percent per annum 2030 up 178.7% volatile
82 Bahrain 0.797 Percent per annum 2030 up 171.2% volatile
83 Luxembourg 0.7954 Percent per annum 2030 down 52.7% falling
84 Morocco 0.7868 Percent per annum 2030 down 25.7% falling
85 Kuwait 0.7699 Percent per annum 2030 up 142.4% volatile
86 India 0.7665 Percent per annum 2030 down 20.1% falling
87 Canada 0.7644 Percent per annum 2030 down 21.7% falling
88 Suriname 0.7378 Percent per annum 2030 down 34.5% falling
89 Dominican Republic 0.714 Percent per annum 2030 down 34.0% falling
90 Qatar 0.696 Percent per annum 2030 up 141.7% volatile
91 Norway 0.6612 Percent per annum 2030 up 12.0% rising
92 Indonesia 0.6604 Percent per annum 2030 down 21.7% falling
93 United Arab Emirates 0.6462 Percent per annum 2030 down 21.3% volatile
94 New Zealand 0.628 Percent per annum 2030 down 69.5% falling
95 Mexico 0.6019 Percent per annum 2030 down 17.5% falling
96 Tunisia 0.6018 Percent per annum 2030 down 35.5% falling
97 Bhutan 0.5776 Percent per annum 2030 down 12.2% volatile
98 Brunei Darussalam 0.5656 Percent per annum 2030 down 32.6% falling
99 Colombia 0.5501 Percent per annum 2030 down 62.9% falling
100 Tuvalu 0.5484 Percent per annum 2030 down 46.8% volatile
101 Argentina 0.5482 Percent per annum 2030 down 15.6% falling
102 Nauru 0.5419 Percent per annum 2030 down 64.1% volatile
103 Ireland 0.5372 Percent per annum 2030 down 47.5% volatile
104 Bahamas 0.5342 Percent per annum 2030 up 12.9% falling
105 Myanmar 0.5289 Percent per annum 2030 down 26.8% falling
106 Costa Rica 0.5224 Percent per annum 2030 down 31.1% falling
107 Cyprus 0.4899 Percent per annum 2030 down 30.8% falling
108 Switzerland 0.4828 Percent per annum 2030 down 34.3% falling
109 Iran 0.4819 Percent per annum 2030 down 42.5% volatile
110 Iceland 0.4806 Percent per annum 2030 down 70.6% volatile
111 Guyana 0.4789 Percent per annum 2030 up 346.6% volatile
112 United States 0.4762 Percent per annum 2030 down 1.9% falling
113 Singapore 0.4648 Percent per annum 2030 down 37.3% volatile
114 Sweden 0.4642 Percent per annum 2030 down 52.8% rising
115 Denmark 0.4223 Percent per annum 2030 down 17.8% rising
116 Liechtenstein 0.421 Percent per annum 2030 down 40.9% falling
117 Brazil 0.4122 Percent per annum 2030 down 38.2% falling
118 Antigua and Barbuda 0.4036 Percent per annum 2030 down 32.2% volatile
119 Seychelles 0.3959 Percent per annum 2030 down 64.3% falling
120 Grenada 0.3827 Percent per annum 2030 down 50.0% falling
121 Azerbaijan 0.3522 Percent per annum 2030 down 31.0% falling
122 El Salvador 0.3467 Percent per annum 2030 up 74.0% volatile
123 Chile 0.323 Percent per annum 2030 down 76.4% falling
124 Dominica 0.2916 Percent per annum 2030 down 63.2% volatile
125 United Kingdom 0.2666 Percent per annum 2030 down 36.6% rising
126 OECD 0.221 Percent per annum 2030 down 44.9% falling
127 Belgium 0.2011 Percent per annum 2030 down 54.7% flat
128 Andorra 0.1991 Percent per annum 2030 down 88.8% volatile
129 Maldives 0.1872 Percent per annum 2030 down 90.5% volatile
130 Saint Lucia 0.1629 Percent per annum 2030 down 55.5% volatile
131 France 0.1504 Percent per annum 2030 up 20.6% falling
132 Sri Lanka 0.1332 Percent per annum 2030 down 55.9% volatile
133 North Korea 0.1188 Percent per annum 2030 down 72.7% volatile
134 Malta 0.1107 Percent per annum 2030 down 95.2% volatile
135 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0975 Percent per annum 2030 up 166.5% volatile
136 Austria 0.0912 Percent per annum 2030 down 70.9% volatile
137 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0691 Percent per annum 2030 up 124.8% volatile
138 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0299 Percent per annum 2030 up 125.1% volatile
139 Finland 0.0156 Percent per annum 2030 down 89.1% volatile
140 Monaco 0 Percent per annum 2030 up 100.0% volatile
141 Uruguay -0.0062 Percent per annum 2030 down 131.3% volatile
142 Barbados -0.0106 Percent per annum 2030 down 105.8% volatile
143 Mauritius -0.011 Percent per annum 2030 down 109.2% volatile
144 Thailand -0.0154 Percent per annum 2030 down 106.5% volatile
145 Czechia -0.0179 Percent per annum 2030 up 68.2% volatile
146 San Marino -0.0657 Percent per annum 2030 up 86.9% volatile
147 Germany -0.1335 Percent per annum 2030 down 161.4% volatile
148 North Macedonia -0.1557 Percent per annum 2030 down 6.0% volatile
149 Montenegro -0.1561 Percent per annum 2030 up 27.0% volatile
150 Spain -0.1636 Percent per annum 2030 down 133.2% volatile
151 China -0.1671 Percent per annum 2030 down 177.5% volatile
152 Armenia -0.1788 Percent per annum 2030 up 66.4% volatile
153 Jamaica -0.1905 Percent per annum 2030 down 180.4% volatile
154 Palau -0.2005 Percent per annum 2030 down 164.1% volatile
155 Cuba -0.2775 Percent per annum 2030 down 96.3% volatile
156 Portugal -0.2816 Percent per annum 2030 down 450.5% volatile
157 Albania -0.286 Percent per annum 2030 down 16.8% volatile
158 Russia -0.2976 Percent per annum 2030 down 247.1% volatile
159 Georgia -0.3182 Percent per annum 2030 down 145.0% volatile
160 Romania -0.3241 Percent per annum 2030 up 23.0% volatile
161 Hungary -0.335 Percent per annum 2030 down 54.3% volatile
162 Italy -0.3544 Percent per annum 2030 up 6.9% volatile
163 Greece -0.4091 Percent per annum 2030 up 30.0% volatile
164 Belarus -0.4518 Percent per annum 2030 down 8.6% volatile
165 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.4708 Percent per annum 2030 up 62.6% volatile
166 Japan -0.5891 Percent per annum 2030 down 35.5% volatile
167 Serbia -0.6883 Percent per annum 2030 down 18.3% volatile
168 Ukraine -0.697 Percent per annum 2030 down 2.2% volatile
169 Bulgaria -0.8803 Percent per annum 2030 up 15.4% falling
170 Lebanon -1.03 Percent per annum 2030 up 50.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population growth rate — Growth rate of population
Unit
Percent per annum
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
245 places, 9,971 data points, 1990–2030
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The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual website which links to the electronic version of the Africa's Development Dynamics book in both English and French. Table 3 shows the full time series of annual population growth, up to present, and including projected population growth over the next five years according the medium fertility variant scenario in the World Population Prospects 2022 from the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.