Population by income level, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Population by income level. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
4.79 % change on previous year
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
-4.55 % change on previous year
Saint Martin (French part)
Median
0.918 % change on previous year
Years covered
65
1961–2025
Data points
13,945
What the numbers show
Population by income level, annual growth rate is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 4.79 % change on previous year in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is -4.55 % change on previous year in Saint Martin (French part).
The median across all reporting countries is 0.918 % change on previous year, and the mean is 1.01 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 159 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Kitts and Nevis (up 4,070.7%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French part) (down 2,002.1%).
Population by income level, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 4.79 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 4.74 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 3 | Oman | 4.04 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Qatar | 4 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Syria | 3.84 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 191.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Chad | 3.47 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 3.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 2,479.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Somalia | 3.4 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Niger | 3.28 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 10 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 3.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 11 | Georgia | 3.23 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,948.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Angola | 3.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 13 | Ukraine | 2.96 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 825.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Mali | 2.94 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 15 | Yemen | 2.93 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 16 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 2.9 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 17 | Mozambique | 2.89 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 18 | Mauritania | 2.82 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 19 | Zambia | 2.81 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 2.81 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Uganda | 2.74 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 22 | Cameroon | 2.59 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 23 | Malawi | 2.59 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 2.58 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 25 | Burundi | 2.44 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 27 | Benin | 2.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 28 | Madagascar | 2.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 29 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Sudan | 2.4 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 31 | Congo | 2.39 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 32 | Solomon Islands | 2.37 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 34.9% | flat |
| 33 | Palestine, State of | 2.35 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 34 | Guinea | 2.34 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 35 | Senegal | 2.32 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 2.26 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 37 | Gambia | 2.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 2.23 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 39 | Togo | 2.2 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 40 | Rwanda | 2.19 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.19 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Gabon | 2.13 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 32.5% | rising |
| 43 | Iraq | 2.13 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 44 | Liberia | 2.11 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Nigeria | 2.08 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 18.9% | flat |
| 46 | Namibia | 2.07 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 2.06 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 48 | South Sudan | 2.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 281.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Gibraltar | 2.03 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Eritrea | 2.02 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 502.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 52 | Kenya | 1.95 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 53 | Malta | 1.91 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 1.9 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 1.9 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 56 | Comoros | 1.87 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 57 | Cayman Islands | 1.86 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 58 | Ghana | 1.85 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 59 | Tajikistan | 1.85 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 60 | Papua New Guinea | 1.76 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 61 | Armenia | 1.75 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 674.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.68 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 63 | Honduras | 1.66 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 64 | Turkmenistan | 1.66 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 65 | Ireland | 1.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 72.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Botswana | 1.63 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Pakistan | 1.57 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 68 | Egypt | 1.57 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 69 | Australia | 1.54 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 70 | Guatemala | 1.53 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 71 | Iceland | 1.53 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 45.7% | flat |
| 72 | Luxembourg | 1.47 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Kiribati | 1.46 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 74 | Liechtenstein | 1.42 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 114.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Belize | 1.4 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 76 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.36 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 77 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.33 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 78 | Algeria | 1.33 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 79 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.32 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 1.32 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 81 | Djibouti | 1.31 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Timor-Leste | 1.28 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Mongolia | 1.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 84 | Panama | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 85 | Singapore | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Bangladesh | 1.22 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 36.4% | falling |
| 87 | Kazakhstan | 1.22 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Paraguay | 1.21 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 89 | Israel | 1.21 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 90 | Cambodia | 1.19 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Malaysia | 1.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 92 | Andorra | 1.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 155.6% | volatile |
| 93 | South Africa | 1.16 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 94 | Haiti | 1.13 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 95 | Seychelles | 1.13 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Lesotho | 1.11 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Eswatini | 1.07 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Libya | 1.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Peru | 1.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 100 | Spain | 1.04 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,354.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Portugal | 1.03 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 349.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Colombia | 1.02 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 103 | Switzerland | 0.9645 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Canada | 0.9437 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 23.7% | falling |
| 105 | Iran | 0.9283 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 106 | New Caledonia | 0.9206 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Cyprus | 0.9181 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 37.7% | rising |
| 108 | Morocco | 0.918 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 109 | India | 0.8911 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 110 | Suriname | 0.8542 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Ecuador | 0.8514 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 112 | Mexico | 0.8299 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 113 | Philippines | 0.814 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 0.8129 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 115 | Indonesia | 0.7877 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 116 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.78 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 117 | Lebanon | 0.7485 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Bahrain | 0.7365 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Aruba | 0.7315 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Guam | 0.7283 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 307.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Belgium | 0.7016 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Norway | 0.6925 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 30.8% | rising |
| 123 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.6877 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 124 | British Virgin Islands | 0.6612 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 125 | New Zealand | 0.656 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Naoero | 0.6529 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 66.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Bhutan | 0.6517 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Myanmar | 0.6431 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 129 | Viet Nam | 0.605 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 130 | Samoa | 0.5903 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Guyana | 0.5895 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Tunisia | 0.5824 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 133 | Denmark | 0.5384 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 134 | United States | 0.5238 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 135 | Netherlands | 0.523 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 136 | Chile | 0.4812 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 137 | Faroe Islands | 0.4758 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Finland | 0.4721 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 43.1% | falling |
| 139 | Fiji | 0.4705 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 334.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Cape Verde | 0.4666 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 3,415.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.466 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Micronesia (country) | 0.4622 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Costa Rica | 0.4491 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 144 | Bahamas | 0.4361 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Azerbaijan | 0.4332 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 146 | El Salvador | 0.4309 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Türkiye | 0.4208 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 68.7% | falling |
| 148 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.3922 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 149 | San Marino | 0.3885 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Brazil | 0.3835 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 151 | Maldives | 0.3556 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 89.9% | falling |
| 152 | Argentina | 0.3396 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 153 | Austria | 0.3288 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 154 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.2973 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 155 | North Korea | 0.2725 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Croatia | 0.2587 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 121.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Sweden | 0.2545 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 158 | France | 0.2459 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 159 | French Polynesia | 0.2335 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 0.2253 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 161 | Curacao | 0.1898 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Slovenia | 0.1688 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 124.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1686 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 4,070.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Greece | 0.0855 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 113.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Grenada | 0.0819 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Barbados | 0.0552 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Lithuania | 0.017 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 101.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Greenland | -0.0088 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 97.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Germany | -0.0304 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 103.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.0417 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 112.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Isle of Man | -0.0499 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Uruguay | -0.0561 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 116.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Italy | -0.0628 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Montenegro | -0.0635 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 143.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Thailand | -0.0671 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 114.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Jamaica | -0.074 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 123.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Russian Federation | -0.1093 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 139.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Nepal | -0.1113 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 120.4% | falling |
| 179 | Bermuda | -0.1253 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Bulgaria | -0.1261 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Republic of Korea | -0.1285 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 124.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Slovakia | -0.1523 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 260.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Macao | -0.1601 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 104.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Mauritius | -0.1638 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 223.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Romania | -0.1653 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 186 | Czechia | -0.166 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 184.0% | volatile |
| 187 | China | -0.1696 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 129.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Palau | -0.1808 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 158.2% | volatile |
| 189 | North Macedonia | -0.1891 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 190 | Jordan | -0.2787 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 103.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Hong Kong | -0.3349 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 139.2% | volatile |
| 192 | Poland | -0.3373 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 406.7% | volatile |
| 193 | Cuba | -0.388 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 309.2% | volatile |
| 194 | Tonga | -0.4156 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Estonia | -0.427 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 745.2% | volatile |
| 196 | Japan | -0.4904 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 362.4% | volatile |
| 197 | Hungary | -0.5 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 198 | Dominica | -0.5045 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,059.5% | volatile |
| 199 | Belarus | -0.5107 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 484.2% | volatile |
| 200 | Puerto Rico | -0.5521 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 201 | United States Virgin Islands | -0.5605 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 255.7% | volatile |
| 202 | Serbia | -0.5669 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 203 | Kuwait | -0.6526 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 114.2% | volatile |
| 204 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.6878 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 205 | Sri Lanka | -0.7301 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 179.0% | volatile |
| 206 | Monaco | -0.7507 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 143.1% | volatile |
| 207 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.7632 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 208 | Latvia | -0.9828 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 209 | Albania | -1.16 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 210 | American Samoa | -1.57 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 211 | Tuvalu | -1.6 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 735.1% | volatile |
| 212 | Northern Mariana Islands | -1.66 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 213 | Republic of Moldova | -1.74 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 127.6% | volatile |
| 214 | Marshall Islands | -3.37 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 215 | Saint Martin (French part) | -4.55 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2,002.1% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Population by income level. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Population by income level United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Population by income level. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.