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World population growth by country

Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.

Countries reporting
231
Highest
1.3%
Netherlands Antilles
Lowest
-2.5%
Hong Kong
Median
-0.3%
Years covered
401
1700–2100
Data points
38,302

What the numbers show

World population growth is currently reported for 231 countries. The highest value is 1.3% in Netherlands Antilles; the lowest is -2.5% in Hong Kong.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.3%, and the mean is -0.3%.

Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 189 fell. The largest increase was in Netherlands Antilles (up 283.7%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 6,300.0%).

World population growth: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Netherlands Antilles 1.3% 2010 up 283.7% volatile
2 Qatar 1.0% 2100 down 7.2% volatile
4 United Arab Emirates 0.9% 2100 down 2.1% volatile
5 Tanzania 0.9% 2100 down 17.7% falling
6 Kuwait 0.8% 2100 down 2.6% volatile
7 Cote d'Ivoire 0.8% 2100 down 21.4% falling
8 Angola 0.7% 2100 down 25.6% volatile
9 Congo 0.7% 2100 down 22.4% falling
10 Oman 0.7% 2100 down 10.9% volatile
11 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.7% 2100 down 27.5% falling
12 Monaco 0.6% 2100 up 3.6% volatile
13 Bahrain 0.6% 2100 down 4.5% volatile
14 Saudi Arabia 0.6% 2100 down 8.4% volatile
15 Gabon 0.6% 2100 down 19.6% volatile
16 Mauritania 0.6% 2100 down 24.8% falling
17 French Guiana 0.6% 2100 down 23.7% volatile
18 Cameroon 0.6% 2100 down 24.4% falling
19 Togo 0.6% 2100 down 21.1% volatile
20 Zambia 0.5% 2100 down 26.0% falling
21 Vanuatu 0.5% 2100 down 26.3% volatile
22 Australia 0.5% 2100 down 12.2% volatile
23 Ethiopia 0.5% 2100 down 24.5% volatile
24 Israel 0.5% 2100 down 25.8% volatile
25 Chad 0.5% 2100 down 37.9% volatile
26 Equatorial Guinea 0.4% 2100 down 23.1% volatile
27 Madagascar 0.4% 2100 down 28.3% falling
28 Afghanistan 0.4% 2100 down 39.3% volatile
28 Somalia 0.4% 2100 down 44.1% volatile
30 Malawi 0.4% 2100 down 23.5% volatile
31 Sudan 0.4% 2100 down 29.4% volatile
32 Benin 0.4% 2100 down 30.4% falling
33 Central African Republic 0.4% 2100 down 39.8% volatile
34 Mali 0.4% 2100 down 38.1% falling
35 Niger 0.4% 2100 down 39.0% falling
36 Mozambique 0.4% 2100 down 35.2% volatile
37 Senegal 0.3% 2100 down 32.7% falling
38 Uzbekistan 0.3% 2100 down 33.7% volatile
39 Canada 0.3% 2100 up 22.5% volatile
40 Samoa 0.3% 2100 down 35.8% volatile
41 Vatican 0.3% 2100 down 71.1% volatile
42 Comoros 0.3% 2100 down 38.8% falling
43 Burundi 0.3% 2100 down 41.8% volatile
44 Eritrea 0.3% 2100 down 37.6% volatile
45 Yemen 0.3% 2100 down 47.2% volatile
46 Sao Tome and Principe 0.2% 2100 down 44.4% volatile
47 South Africa 0.2% 2100 down 8.0% volatile
48 Rwanda 0.2% 2100 down 32.0% volatile
49 Tuvalu 0.2% 2100 down 17.5% volatile
50 Kazakhstan 0.2% 2100 down 36.3% volatile
50 Solomon Islands 0.2% 2100 down 45.6% volatile
52 Liberia 0.2% 2100 down 46.9% volatile
53 Zimbabwe 0.2% 2100 down 51.5% volatile
54 Nauru 0.2% 2100 down 35.4% volatile
55 Iraq 0.2% 2100 down 47.2% volatile
56 Pakistan 0.2% 2100 down 45.8% volatile
57 Jordan 0.2% 2100 down 49.7% volatile
58 Ghana 0.1% 2100 down 52.7% volatile
59 Guinea-Bissau 0.1% 2100 down 47.6% volatile
60 United States 0.1% 2100 down 25.4% volatile
61 Niue 0.1% 2100 down 2.3% volatile
62 Mongolia 0.1% 2100 down 63.3% volatile
63 Namibia 0.1% 2100 down 63.3% volatile
64 Guinea 0.1% 2100 down 70.1% volatile
65 Palestine 0.1% 2100 down 74.3% volatile
66 Egypt 0.0% 2100 down 74.6% volatile
66 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2100 down 78.0% volatile
68 Switzerland 0.0% 2100 up 109.1% volatile
69 Djibouti 0.0% 2100 down 73.8% volatile
70 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2100 down 81.6% volatile
71 South Sudan 0.0% 2100 down 71.4% volatile
72 Tajikistan 0.0% 2100 down 88.8% volatile
73 Nigeria 0.0% 2100 down 87.9% volatile
74 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2100 down 88.9% volatile
74 Uganda 0.0% 2100 down 93.2% volatile
76 Gambia 0.0% 2100 down 93.5% volatile
77 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0.0% 2023 — volatile
78 Kiribati -0.0% 2100 down 103.4% volatile
80 Tonga -0.0% 2100 down 110.5% volatile
81 Jersey -0.0% 2100 down 55.6% volatile
82 France -0.0% 2100 down 171.7% volatile
83 Kenya -0.0% 2100 down 130.9% volatile
84 Germany -0.0% 2100 up 44.3% volatile
84 Portugal -0.0% 2100 down 2.1% volatile
86 San Marino -0.1% 2100 down 45.7% volatile
86 Sweden -0.1% 2100 down 200.0% volatile
88 Saint Martin (French part) -0.1% 2100 down 115.1% volatile
89 Cayman Islands -0.1% 2100 down 154.5% volatile
90 New Zealand -0.1% 2100 down 327.8% volatile
91 Russia -0.1% 2100 down 88.6% volatile
92 Western Sahara -0.1% 2100 down 890.9% volatile
93 Honduras -0.1% 2100 down 1,766.7% volatile
94 Guam -0.1% 2100 down 6,200.0% volatile
95 Denmark -0.1% 2100 up 14.6% volatile
96 Bolivia -0.1% 2100 down 290.6% volatile
97 Sierra Leone -0.1% 2100 down 328.3% volatile
97 Tokelau -0.1% 2100 down 21.2% volatile
99 Syria -0.1% 2100 down 112.9% volatile
100 Botswana -0.2% 2100 down 122.2% volatile
101 Belgium -0.2% 2100 down 30.7% volatile
102 United Kingdom -0.2% 2100 down 60.0% volatile
103 Algeria -0.2% 2100 down 6,300.0% volatile
104 Libya -0.2% 2100 down 21.0% volatile
105 Panama -0.2% 2100 down 82.4% volatile
106 Lesotho -0.2% 2100 down 204.5% volatile
106 Netherlands -0.2% 2100 up 15.2% volatile
108 Austria -0.2% 2100 up 23.7% volatile
109 Gibraltar -0.2% 2100 down 18.5% volatile
110 New Caledonia -0.2% 2100 down 53.7% volatile
111 Hungary -0.2% 2100 down 8.0% volatile
112 Falkland Islands -0.2% 2100 up 42.3% volatile
113 Norway -0.2% 2100 up 0.4% volatile
114 Paraguay -0.2% 2100 down 85.2% volatile
115 East Timor -0.2% 2100 up 22.5% volatile
117 Faroe Islands -0.2% 2100 down 57.3% volatile
118 Bahamas -0.3% 2100 up 8.6% volatile
119 Micronesia (country) -0.3% 2100 down 54.1% volatile
120 Cambodia -0.3% 2100 down 94.2% volatile
121 Northern Mariana Islands -0.3% 2100 down 398.1% volatile
122 Slovenia -0.3% 2100 unchanged volatile
123 Czechia -0.3% 2100 down 26.0% volatile
124 Haiti -0.3% 2100 down 48.4% volatile
125 Malaysia -0.3% 2100 down 13.5% volatile
126 Turkmenistan -0.3% 2100 down 77.4% volatile
127 Maldives -0.3% 2100 up 52.0% volatile
128 Guernsey -0.3% 2100 up 6.7% volatile
129 United States Virgin Islands -0.3% 2100 down 51.2% volatile
130 Brunei -0.3% 2100 down 0.3% volatile
131 Lebanon -0.3% 2100 down 80.9% volatile
132 Azerbaijan -0.3% 2100 down 17.1% volatile
133 Cyprus -0.3% 2100 up 12.5% volatile
134 Guatemala -0.3% 2100 down 43.8% volatile
135 Suriname -0.4% 2100 down 25.6% volatile
136 Seychelles -0.4% 2100 up 6.3% volatile
137 Finland -0.4% 2100 down 11.6% volatile
137 Cook Islands -0.4% 2100 down 274.5% volatile
139 Reunion -0.4% 2100 down 60.2% volatile
140 Indonesia -0.4% 2100 down 20.2% volatile
141 Marshall Islands -0.4% 2100 down 104.5% volatile
142 Guyana -0.4% 2100 down 36.8% volatile
144 Nicaragua -0.4% 2100 down 37.8% volatile
145 Peru -0.4% 2100 down 20.7% volatile
147 American Samoa -0.5% 2100 down 70.8% volatile
148 Japan -0.5% 2100 down 7.1% volatile
149 Bangladesh -0.5% 2100 down 37.2% volatile
149 Iceland -0.5% 2100 up 5.3% volatile
151 Myanmar -0.5% 2100 down 8.6% volatile
152 Fiji -0.5% 2100 down 25.9% volatile
153 Laos -0.5% 2100 down 28.7% volatile
154 India -0.5% 2100 down 12.3% volatile
155 Venezuela -0.5% 2100 down 39.2% volatile
156 Spain -0.5% 2100 down 12.4% volatile
158 Dominican Republic -0.5% 2100 down 22.1% volatile
159 Vietnam -0.5% 2100 down 13.3% volatile
160 Sri Lanka -0.6% 2100 down 10.9% volatile
161 Ecuador -0.6% 2100 down 15.0% volatile
162 Mexico -0.6% 2100 down 16.1% volatile
163 Georgia -0.6% 2100 down 29.2% volatile
164 Nepal -0.6% 2100 down 20.9% volatile
165 Saint Helena -0.6% 2100 up 18.7% volatile
166 Palau -0.6% 2100 up 6.4% volatile
167 Morocco -0.6% 2100 down 24.2% volatile
168 Isle of Man -0.6% 2100 down 6.4% volatile
169 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba -0.6% 2100 down 5.6% volatile
170 Turks and Caicos Islands -0.6% 2100 down 3.1% volatile
171 Greenland -0.7% 2100 down 12.7% volatile
172 Aruba -0.7% 2100 down 5.5% volatile
173 Philippines -0.7% 2100 down 7.2% volatile
174 North Korea -0.7% 2100 down 3.1% volatile
175 Greece -0.7% 2100 down 20.5% volatile
176 Slovakia -0.7% 2100 unchanged volatile
177 Eswatini -0.7% 2100 down 25.9% volatile
178 Iran -0.7% 2100 down 10.0% volatile
179 Italy -0.7% 2100 down 6.5% volatile
180 Estonia -0.7% 2100 down 4.2% volatile
181 Montserrat -0.7% 2100 down 5.1% volatile
182 Barbados -0.7% 2100 down 2.3% volatile
183 Belize -0.7% 2100 down 14.3% volatile
184 Armenia -0.7% 2100 up 1.8% volatile
185 Tunisia -0.7% 2100 down 26.0% volatile
186 Colombia -0.7% 2100 up 1.6% volatile
187 Bulgaria -0.7% 2100 down 8.6% volatile
188 Brazil -0.7% 2100 down 1.7% volatile
189 Bhutan -0.7% 2100 up 6.2% volatile
190 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) -0.7% 2100 down 35.3% volatile
191 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.7% 2100 down 3.9% volatile
192 Thailand -0.7% 2100 up 4.0% volatile
193 Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.8% 2100 up 6.8% volatile
194 Dominica -0.8% 2100 down 13.7% volatile
195 Serbia -0.8% 2100 down 0.8% volatile
196 British Virgin Islands -0.8% 2100 down 33.9% volatile
197 Argentina -0.8% 2100 down 10.0% volatile
198 Romania -0.8% 2100 down 9.0% volatile
199 Antigua and Barbuda -0.8% 2100 up 4.0% volatile
201 Croatia -0.8% 2100 down 4.0% volatile
202 El Salvador -0.9% 2100 down 0.7% volatile
203 Bermuda -0.9% 2100 down 1.6% volatile
204 Curacao -0.9% 2100 up 4.0% volatile
205 Moldova -0.9% 2100 down 10.9% volatile
206 Trinidad and Tobago -0.9% 2100 down 1.9% volatile
207 Singapore -0.9% 2100 up 20.3% volatile
208 Saint Lucia -1.0% 2100 up 9.5% volatile
209 Costa Rica -1.0% 2100 down 2.6% volatile
210 Turkey -1.0% 2100 down 5.9% volatile
211 Cape Verde -1.0% 2100 down 8.3% volatile
212 Uruguay -1.0% 2100 down 3.9% volatile
213 Latvia -1.0% 2100 down 9.5% volatile
214 Grenada -1.0% 2100 up 3.6% volatile
215 Poland -1.0% 2100 up 2.9% volatile
216 Bosnia and Herzegovina -1.0% 2100 down 1.6% volatile
217 Cuba -1.1% 2100 up 1.1% volatile
218 Wallis and Futuna -1.1% 2100 down 20.7% volatile
219 French Polynesia -1.1% 2100 down 8.4% volatile
220 Montenegro -1.1% 2100 down 9.5% volatile
221 Chile -1.1% 2100 down 0.3% volatile
222 Belarus -1.2% 2100 down 9.2% volatile
223 Andorra -1.2% 2100 down 2.1% volatile
224 Taiwan -1.2% 2100 up 7.5% volatile
225 North Macedonia -1.2% 2100 down 6.8% volatile
226 Anguilla -1.3% 2100 down 18.7% volatile
227 Lithuania -1.3% 2100 up 4.5% volatile
228 Albania -1.3% 2100 up 13.4% volatile
229 Saint Barthelemy -1.3% 2100 down 35.1% volatile
230 Macao -1.4% 2100 up 16.0% volatile
231 Mauritius -1.4% 2100 up 6.6% volatile
232 South Korea -1.4% 2100 up 7.9% volatile
233 Ukraine -1.6% 2100 down 0.3% volatile
234 China -1.7% 2100 down 5.9% volatile
235 Jamaica -1.8% 2100 up 8.4% volatile
236 Saint Pierre and Miquelon -1.9% 2100 down 37.7% volatile
237 Puerto Rico -2.3% 2100 down 6.0% volatile
238 Hong Kong -2.5% 2100 up 6.2% volatile

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
World population growth
Unit
%
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 38,302 data points, 1700–2100
Last refreshed

Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.