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Population growth rate by country

Countries reporting
239
Highest
1.27
Netherlands Antilles
Lowest
-2.49
Hong Kong
Median
-0.262
Years covered
401
1700–2100
Data points
38,302

What the numbers show

Population growth rate is currently reported for 239 countries. The highest value is 1.27 in Netherlands Antilles; the lowest is -2.49 in Hong Kong.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.262, and the mean is -0.2875.

Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 196 fell. The largest increase was in Netherlands Antilles (up 283.7%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 6,300.0%).

Population growth rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Netherlands Antilles 1.27 2010 up 283.7% volatile
2 Qatar 0.999 2100 down 7.2% volatile
3 Mayotte 0.966 2100 down 15.1% volatile
4 United Arab Emirates 0.911 2100 down 2.1% volatile
5 Tanzania 0.868 2100 down 17.7% falling
6 Kuwait 0.797 2100 down 2.6% volatile
7 Cote d'Ivoire 0.754 2100 down 21.4% falling
8 Angola 0.745 2100 down 25.6% volatile
9 Congo 0.684 2100 down 22.4% falling
10 Oman 0.661 2100 down 10.9% volatile
11 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.658 2100 down 27.5% falling
12 Monaco 0.64 2100 up 3.6% volatile
13 Bahrain 0.639 2100 down 4.5% volatile
14 Saudi Arabia 0.629 2100 down 8.4% volatile
15 Gabon 0.628 2100 down 19.6% volatile
16 Mauritania 0.614 2100 down 24.8% falling
17 French Guiana 0.586 2100 down 23.7% volatile
18 Cameroon 0.571 2100 down 24.4% falling
19 Togo 0.56 2100 down 21.1% volatile
20 USSR 0.5474 1991 down 33.3% rising
21 Zambia 0.516 2100 down 26.0% falling
22 Vanuatu 0.504 2100 down 26.3% volatile
23 Australia 0.503 2100 down 12.2% volatile
24 Ethiopia 0.484 2100 down 24.5% volatile
25 Israel 0.477 2100 down 25.8% volatile
26 Chad 0.458 2100 down 37.9% volatile
27 Equatorial Guinea 0.443 2100 down 23.1% volatile
28 Madagascar 0.436 2100 down 28.3% falling
29 Afghanistan 0.424 2100 down 39.3% volatile
29 Somalia 0.424 2100 down 44.1% volatile
31 Malawi 0.423 2100 down 23.5% volatile
32 Sudan 0.42 2100 down 29.4% volatile
33 Benin 0.41 2100 down 30.4% falling
34 Central African Republic 0.39 2100 down 39.8% volatile
35 Mali 0.383 2100 down 38.1% falling
36 Niger 0.373 2100 down 39.0% falling
37 Mozambique 0.372 2100 down 35.2% volatile
38 Senegal 0.346 2100 down 32.7% falling
39 Uzbekistan 0.334 2100 down 33.7% volatile
40 Canada 0.327 2100 up 22.5% volatile
41 Samoa 0.307 2100 down 35.8% volatile
42 Vatican 0.294 2100 down 71.1% volatile
43 Comoros 0.282 2100 down 38.8% falling
44 Burundi 0.271 2100 down 41.8% volatile
45 Eritrea 0.264 2100 down 37.6% volatile
46 Yemen 0.258 2100 down 47.2% volatile
47 Sao Tome and Principe 0.248 2100 down 44.4% volatile
48 South Africa 0.23 2100 down 8.0% volatile
49 Rwanda 0.217 2100 down 32.0% volatile
50 Tuvalu 0.212 2100 down 17.5% volatile
51 Kazakhstan 0.205 2100 down 36.3% volatile
51 Solomon Islands 0.205 2100 down 45.6% volatile
53 Liberia 0.189 2100 down 46.9% volatile
54 Zimbabwe 0.188 2100 down 51.5% volatile
55 Nauru 0.179 2100 down 35.4% volatile
56 Iraq 0.169 2100 down 47.2% volatile
57 Pakistan 0.168 2100 down 45.8% volatile
58 Jordan 0.157 2100 down 49.7% volatile
59 Ghana 0.141 2100 down 52.7% volatile
60 Guinea-Bissau 0.132 2100 down 47.6% volatile
61 United States 0.129 2100 down 25.4% volatile
62 Niue 0.125 2100 down 2.3% volatile
63 Mongolia 0.097 2100 down 63.3% volatile
64 Namibia 0.091 2100 down 63.3% volatile
65 Guinea 0.069 2100 down 70.1% volatile
66 Palestine 0.062 2100 down 74.3% volatile
67 Egypt 0.048 2100 down 74.6% volatile
67 Papua New Guinea 0.048 2100 down 78.0% volatile
69 Switzerland 0.046 2100 up 109.1% volatile
70 Djibouti 0.038 2100 down 73.8% volatile
71 Burkina Faso 0.034 2100 down 81.6% volatile
72 South Sudan 0.026 2100 down 71.4% volatile
73 Tajikistan 0.025 2100 down 88.8% volatile
74 Nigeria 0.023 2100 down 87.9% volatile
75 Kyrgyzstan 0.017 2100 down 88.9% volatile
75 Uganda 0.017 2100 down 93.2% volatile
77 Gambia 0.012 2100 down 93.5% volatile
78 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0 2023 — volatile
79 Kiribati -0.006 2100 down 103.4% volatile
80 Liechtenstein -0.009 2100 down 119.6% volatile
81 Tonga -0.013 2100 down 110.5% volatile
82 Jersey -0.014 2100 down 55.6% volatile
83 France -0.033 2100 down 171.7% volatile
84 Kenya -0.038 2100 down 130.9% volatile
85 Germany -0.049 2100 up 44.3% volatile
85 Portugal -0.049 2100 down 2.1% volatile
87 San Marino -0.051 2100 down 45.7% volatile
87 Sweden -0.051 2100 down 200.0% volatile
89 Saint Martin (French Part) -0.06 2100 down 115.1% volatile
90 Cayman Islands -0.072 2100 down 154.5% volatile
91 New Zealand -0.077 2100 down 327.8% volatile
92 Russia -0.083 2100 down 88.6% volatile
93 Western Sahara -0.109 2100 down 890.9% volatile
94 Honduras -0.112 2100 down 1,766.7% volatile
95 Guam -0.122 2100 down 6,200.0% volatile
96 Denmark -0.123 2100 up 14.6% volatile
97 Bolivia -0.125 2100 down 290.6% volatile
98 Sierra Leone -0.137 2100 down 328.3% volatile
98 Tokelau -0.137 2100 down 21.2% volatile
100 Syria -0.149 2100 down 112.9% volatile
101 Botswana -0.16 2100 down 122.2% volatile
102 Belgium -0.166 2100 down 30.7% volatile
103 United Kingdom -0.184 2100 down 60.0% volatile
104 Algeria -0.186 2100 down 6,300.0% volatile
105 Libya -0.196 2100 down 21.0% volatile
106 Panama -0.197 2100 down 82.4% volatile
107 Lesotho -0.201 2100 down 204.5% volatile
107 Netherlands -0.201 2100 up 15.2% volatile
109 Austria -0.203 2100 up 23.7% volatile
110 Gibraltar -0.205 2100 down 18.5% volatile
111 New Caledonia -0.209 2100 down 53.7% volatile
112 Hungary -0.215 2100 down 8.0% volatile
113 Falkland Islands -0.222 2100 up 42.3% volatile
114 Norway -0.231 2100 up 0.4% volatile
115 Paraguay -0.237 2100 down 85.2% volatile
116 Luxembourg -0.238 2100 down 9.7% volatile
116 East Timor -0.238 2100 up 22.5% volatile
118 Faroe Islands -0.247 2100 down 57.3% volatile
119 Bahamas -0.254 2100 up 8.6% volatile
120 Micronesia (country) -0.262 2100 down 54.1% volatile
121 Cambodia -0.266 2100 down 94.2% volatile
122 Northern Mariana Islands -0.269 2100 down 398.1% volatile
123 Slovenia -0.27 2100 unchanged volatile
124 Czechia -0.271 2100 down 26.0% volatile
125 Haiti -0.273 2100 down 48.4% volatile
126 Malaysia -0.278 2100 down 13.5% volatile
127 Turkmenistan -0.298 2100 down 77.4% volatile
128 Maldives -0.305 2100 up 52.0% volatile
129 Guernsey -0.308 2100 up 6.7% volatile
130 United States Virgin Islands -0.316 2100 down 51.2% volatile
131 Brunei -0.318 2100 down 0.3% volatile
132 Lebanon -0.331 2100 down 80.9% volatile
133 Azerbaijan -0.342 2100 down 17.1% volatile
134 Cyprus -0.343 2100 up 12.5% volatile
135 Guatemala -0.345 2100 down 43.8% volatile
136 Suriname -0.353 2100 down 25.6% volatile
137 Seychelles -0.358 2100 up 6.3% volatile
138 Finland -0.367 2100 down 11.6% volatile
138 Cook Islands -0.367 2100 down 274.5% volatile
140 Reunion -0.37 2100 down 60.2% volatile
141 Indonesia -0.381 2100 down 20.2% volatile
142 Marshall Islands -0.407 2100 down 104.5% volatile
143 Guyana -0.413 2100 down 36.8% volatile
144 Martinique -0.423 2100 down 18.5% volatile
145 Nicaragua -0.43 2100 down 37.8% volatile
146 Peru -0.438 2100 down 20.7% volatile
147 Ireland -0.455 2100 down 37.0% volatile
148 American Samoa -0.468 2100 down 70.8% volatile
149 Japan -0.501 2100 down 7.1% volatile
150 Bangladesh -0.502 2100 down 37.2% volatile
150 Iceland -0.502 2100 up 5.3% volatile
152 Myanmar -0.506 2100 down 8.6% volatile
153 Fiji -0.51 2100 down 25.9% volatile
154 Laos -0.511 2100 down 28.7% volatile
155 India -0.512 2100 down 12.3% volatile
156 Venezuela -0.518 2100 down 39.2% volatile
157 Spain -0.536 2100 down 12.4% volatile
157 Guadeloupe -0.536 2100 down 25.2% volatile
159 Dominican Republic -0.541 2100 down 22.1% volatile
160 Vietnam -0.544 2100 down 13.3% volatile
161 Sri Lanka -0.558 2100 down 10.9% volatile
162 Ecuador -0.582 2100 down 15.0% volatile
163 Mexico -0.583 2100 down 16.1% volatile
164 Georgia -0.584 2100 down 29.2% volatile
165 Nepal -0.601 2100 down 20.9% volatile
166 Saint Helena -0.607 2100 up 18.7% volatile
167 Palau -0.611 2100 up 6.4% volatile
168 Morocco -0.615 2100 down 24.2% volatile
169 Isle of Man -0.618 2100 down 6.4% volatile
170 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba -0.639 2100 down 5.6% volatile
171 Turks and Caicos Islands -0.641 2100 down 3.1% volatile
172 Greenland -0.65 2100 down 12.7% volatile
173 Aruba -0.653 2100 down 5.5% volatile
174 Philippines -0.655 2100 down 7.2% volatile
175 North Korea -0.656 2100 down 3.1% volatile
176 Greece -0.658 2100 down 20.5% volatile
177 Slovakia -0.659 2100 unchanged volatile
178 Eswatini -0.662 2100 down 25.9% volatile
179 Iran -0.673 2100 down 10.0% volatile
180 Italy -0.676 2100 down 6.5% volatile
181 Estonia -0.677 2100 down 4.2% volatile
182 Montserrat -0.683 2100 down 5.1% volatile
183 Barbados -0.709 2100 down 2.3% volatile
184 Belize -0.713 2100 down 14.3% volatile
185 Armenia -0.714 2100 up 1.8% volatile
186 Tunisia -0.721 2100 down 26.0% volatile
187 Colombia -0.722 2100 up 1.6% volatile
188 Bulgaria -0.733 2100 down 8.6% volatile
189 Brazil -0.737 2100 down 1.7% volatile
190 Bhutan -0.739 2100 up 6.2% volatile
191 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) -0.74 2100 down 35.3% volatile
192 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.744 2100 down 3.9% volatile
193 Thailand -0.749 2100 up 4.0% volatile
194 Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.754 2100 up 6.8% volatile
195 Dominica -0.774 2100 down 13.7% volatile
196 Serbia -0.779 2100 down 0.8% volatile
197 British Virgin Islands -0.782 2100 down 33.9% volatile
198 Argentina -0.783 2100 down 10.0% volatile
199 Romania -0.785 2100 down 9.0% volatile
200 Antigua and Barbuda -0.789 2100 up 4.0% volatile
201 Malta -0.805 2100 up 19.7% volatile
202 Croatia -0.824 2100 down 4.0% volatile
203 El Salvador -0.855 2100 down 0.7% volatile
204 Bermuda -0.894 2100 down 1.6% volatile
205 Curacao -0.895 2100 up 4.0% volatile
206 Moldova -0.923 2100 down 10.9% volatile
207 Trinidad and Tobago -0.924 2100 down 1.9% volatile
208 Singapore -0.949 2100 up 20.3% volatile
209 Saint Lucia -0.959 2100 up 9.5% volatile
210 Costa Rica -1 2100 down 2.6% volatile
211 Turkey -1 2100 down 5.9% volatile
212 Cape Verde -1.01 2100 down 8.3% volatile
213 Uruguay -1.02 2100 down 3.9% volatile
214 Latvia -1.03 2100 down 9.5% volatile
215 Grenada -1.03 2100 up 3.6% volatile
216 Poland -1.04 2100 up 2.9% volatile
217 Bosnia and Herzegovina -1.05 2100 down 1.6% volatile
218 Cuba -1.08 2100 up 1.1% volatile
219 Wallis and Futuna -1.09 2100 down 20.7% volatile
220 French Polynesia -1.13 2100 down 8.4% volatile
221 Montenegro -1.14 2100 down 9.5% volatile
222 Chile -1.15 2100 down 0.3% volatile
223 Belarus -1.16 2100 down 9.2% volatile
224 Andorra -1.19 2100 down 2.1% volatile
225 Taiwan -1.2 2100 up 7.5% volatile
226 North Macedonia -1.25 2100 down 6.8% volatile
227 Anguilla -1.29 2100 down 18.7% volatile
228 Lithuania -1.3 2100 up 4.5% volatile
229 Albania -1.31 2100 up 13.4% volatile
230 Saint Barthelemy -1.31 2100 down 35.1% volatile
231 Macao -1.4 2100 up 16.0% volatile
232 Mauritius -1.42 2100 up 6.6% volatile
233 South Korea -1.45 2100 up 7.9% volatile
234 Ukraine -1.65 2100 down 0.3% volatile
235 China -1.68 2100 down 5.9% volatile
236 Jamaica -1.76 2100 up 8.4% volatile
237 Saint Pierre and Miquelon -1.94 2100 down 37.7% volatile
238 Puerto Rico -2.26 2100 down 6.0% volatile
239 Hong Kong -2.49 2100 up 6.2% volatile

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Indicator
Population growth rate
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 38,302 data points, 1700–2100
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