Population growth (annual %) by country
Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
4.7%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
-4.7%
Saint Martin (French part)
Median
0.9%
Years covered
65
1961–2025
Data points
17,128
What the numbers show
Population growth (annual %) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 4.7% in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is -4.7% in Saint Martin (French part).
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9%, and the mean is 1.0%.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 159 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Kitts and Nevis (up 4,067.3%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French part) (down 2,049.1%).
Population growth: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 4.7% | 2025 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 4.6% | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 3 | Oman | 4.0% | 2025 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Qatar | 3.9% | 2025 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Syria | 3.8% | 2025 | up 188.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Chad | 3.4% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 3.4% | 2025 | up 2,438.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Somalia | 3.3% | 2025 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Niger | 3.2% | 2025 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.2% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 11 | Georgia | 3.2% | 2025 | up 1,920.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Angola | 3.0% | 2025 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 13 | Ukraine | 2.9% | 2025 | up 813.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Mali | 2.9% | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 15 | Yemen | 2.9% | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 16 | Tanzania | 2.9% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 17 | Mozambique | 2.8% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 18 | Mauritania | 2.8% | 2025 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 19 | Zambia | 2.8% | 2025 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 2.8% | 2025 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Uganda | 2.7% | 2025 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 22 | Cameroon | 2.6% | 2025 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 23 | Malawi | 2.6% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 2.6% | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 25 | Burundi | 2.4% | 2025 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.4% | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 27 | Benin | 2.4% | 2025 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 28 | Madagascar | 2.4% | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 29 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.4% | 2025 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Sudan | 2.4% | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 31 | Congo | 2.4% | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 32 | Solomon Islands | 2.3% | 2025 | down 34.5% | flat |
| 33 | Palestine | 2.3% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 34 | Guinea | 2.3% | 2025 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 35 | Senegal | 2.3% | 2025 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 2.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 37 | Gambia | 2.2% | 2025 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 2.2% | 2025 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 39 | Togo | 2.2% | 2025 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 40 | Rwanda | 2.2% | 2025 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.2% | 2025 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Gabon | 2.1% | 2025 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 43 | Iraq | 2.1% | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 44 | Liberia | 2.1% | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Nigeria | 2.1% | 2025 | down 18.7% | flat |
| 46 | Namibia | 2.0% | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 2.0% | 2025 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 48 | South Sudan | 2.0% | 2025 | up 278.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Gibraltar | 2.0% | 2025 | up 74.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Eritrea | 2.0% | 2025 | up 497.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.0% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 52 | Kenya | 1.9% | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 53 | Malta | 1.9% | 2025 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 1.9% | 2025 | up 40.6% | falling |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 1.9% | 2025 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 56 | Comoros | 1.9% | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 57 | Cayman Islands | 1.8% | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 58 | Ghana | 1.8% | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 59 | Tajikistan | 1.8% | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 60 | Papua New Guinea | 1.7% | 2025 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 61 | Armenia | 1.7% | 2025 | up 668.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.7% | 2025 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 63 | Honduras | 1.7% | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 64 | Turkmenistan | 1.6% | 2025 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 65 | Ireland | 1.6% | 2025 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Botswana | 1.6% | 2025 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Pakistan | 1.6% | 2025 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 68 | Egypt | 1.6% | 2025 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 69 | Australia | 1.5% | 2025 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 70 | Guatemala | 1.5% | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 71 | Iceland | 1.5% | 2025 | up 45.3% | flat |
| 72 | Luxembourg | 1.5% | 2025 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Kiribati | 1.5% | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 74 | Liechtenstein | 1.4% | 2025 | up 114.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Belize | 1.4% | 2025 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 76 | Bolivia | 1.3% | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 77 | Laos | 1.3% | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 78 | Algeria | 1.3% | 2025 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 79 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.3% | 2025 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 1.3% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 81 | Djibouti | 1.3% | 2025 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 82 | East Timor | 1.3% | 2025 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Mongolia | 1.2% | 2025 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 84 | Panama | 1.2% | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 85 | Singapore | 1.2% | 2025 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Bangladesh | 1.2% | 2025 | up 36.1% | falling |
| 87 | Kazakhstan | 1.2% | 2025 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Paraguay | 1.2% | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 89 | Israel | 1.2% | 2025 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 90 | Cambodia | 1.2% | 2025 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Malaysia | 1.2% | 2025 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 92 | Andorra | 1.2% | 2025 | up 154.7% | volatile |
| 93 | South Africa | 1.1% | 2025 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 94 | Haiti | 1.1% | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 95 | Seychelles | 1.1% | 2025 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Lesotho | 1.1% | 2025 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Eswatini | 1.1% | 2025 | up 86.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Libya | 1.0% | 2025 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Peru | 1.0% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 100 | Spain | 1.0% | 2025 | up 1,346.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Portugal | 1.0% | 2025 | up 347.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Colombia | 1.0% | 2025 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 103 | Switzerland | 1.0% | 2025 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Canada | 0.9% | 2025 | up 23.5% | falling |
| 105 | Iran | 0.9% | 2025 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 106 | New Caledonia | 0.9% | 2025 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Cyprus | 0.9% | 2025 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 108 | Morocco | 0.9% | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 109 | India | 0.9% | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 110 | Suriname | 0.9% | 2025 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Ecuador | 0.8% | 2025 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 112 | Mexico | 0.8% | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 113 | Philippines | 0.8% | 2025 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 0.8% | 2025 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 115 | Indonesia | 0.8% | 2025 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 116 | Brunei | 0.8% | 2025 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 117 | Lebanon | 0.7% | 2025 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Bahrain | 0.7% | 2025 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Aruba | 0.7% | 2025 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Guam | 0.7% | 2025 | up 306.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Belgium | 0.7% | 2025 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Norway | 0.7% | 2025 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 123 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.7% | 2025 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 124 | British Virgin Islands | 0.7% | 2025 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 125 | New Zealand | 0.7% | 2025 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Nauru | 0.7% | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Bhutan | 0.6% | 2025 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Myanmar | 0.6% | 2025 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 129 | Vietnam | 0.6% | 2025 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 130 | Samoa | 0.6% | 2025 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Guyana | 0.6% | 2025 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Tunisia | 0.6% | 2025 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 133 | Denmark | 0.5% | 2025 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 134 | United States | 0.5% | 2025 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 135 | Netherlands | 0.5% | 2025 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 136 | Chile | 0.5% | 2025 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 137 | Faroe Islands | 0.5% | 2025 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Finland | 0.5% | 2025 | up 43.0% | falling |
| 139 | Fiji | 0.5% | 2025 | up 334.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Cape Verde | 0.5% | 2025 | up 3,407.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.5% | 2025 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Micronesia (country) | 0.5% | 2025 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Costa Rica | 0.4% | 2025 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 144 | Bahamas | 0.4% | 2025 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Azerbaijan | 0.4% | 2025 | down 63.7% | falling |
| 146 | El Salvador | 0.4% | 2025 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Turkey | 0.4% | 2025 | down 68.5% | falling |
| 148 | Venezuela | 0.4% | 2025 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 149 | San Marino | 0.4% | 2025 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Brazil | 0.4% | 2025 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 151 | Maldives | 0.4% | 2025 | down 89.7% | falling |
| 152 | Argentina | 0.3% | 2025 | down 67.6% | falling |
| 153 | Austria | 0.3% | 2025 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 154 | United Kingdom | 0.3% | 2025 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 155 | North Korea | 0.3% | 2025 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Croatia | 0.3% | 2025 | up 121.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Sweden | 0.3% | 2025 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 158 | France | 0.2% | 2025 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 159 | French Polynesia | 0.2% | 2025 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 0.2% | 2025 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 161 | Curacao | 0.2% | 2025 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2% | 2025 | up 4,067.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Slovenia | 0.2% | 2025 | up 124.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Greece | 0.1% | 2025 | up 112.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Grenada | 0.1% | 2025 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Barbados | 0.1% | 2025 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2025 | up 101.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Greenland | -0.0% | 2025 | up 97.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Germany | -0.0% | 2025 | down 103.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.0% | 2025 | down 113.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Isle of Man | -0.0% | 2025 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Uruguay | -0.1% | 2025 | down 116.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Italy | -0.1% | 2025 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Montenegro | -0.1% | 2025 | down 143.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Thailand | -0.1% | 2025 | down 114.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Jamaica | -0.1% | 2025 | down 123.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Russia | -0.1% | 2025 | down 139.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Nepal | -0.1% | 2025 | down 120.4% | falling |
| 179 | Bermuda | -0.1% | 2025 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Bulgaria | -0.1% | 2025 | up 90.1% | volatile |
| 181 | South Korea | -0.1% | 2025 | down 124.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Slovakia | -0.2% | 2025 | down 260.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Macao | -0.2% | 2025 | down 104.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Mauritius | -0.2% | 2025 | down 223.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Romania | -0.2% | 2025 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 186 | Czechia | -0.2% | 2025 | down 184.7% | volatile |
| 187 | China | -0.2% | 2025 | down 129.2% | volatile |
| 188 | Palau | -0.2% | 2025 | down 158.4% | volatile |
| 189 | North Macedonia | -0.2% | 2025 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 190 | Jordan | -0.3% | 2025 | down 103.4% | volatile |
| 191 | Hong Kong | -0.3% | 2025 | down 139.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Poland | -0.3% | 2025 | down 407.2% | volatile |
| 193 | Cuba | -0.4% | 2025 | down 309.3% | volatile |
| 194 | Tonga | -0.4% | 2025 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Estonia | -0.4% | 2025 | down 753.5% | volatile |
| 196 | Japan | -0.5% | 2025 | down 363.7% | volatile |
| 197 | Hungary | -0.5% | 2025 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 198 | Dominica | -0.5% | 2025 | down 1,062.2% | volatile |
| 199 | Belarus | -0.5% | 2025 | down 485.4% | volatile |
| 200 | Puerto Rico | -0.6% | 2025 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 201 | United States Virgin Islands | -0.6% | 2025 | down 256.4% | volatile |
| 202 | Serbia | -0.6% | 2025 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 203 | Kuwait | -0.7% | 2025 | down 114.6% | volatile |
| 204 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.7% | 2025 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 205 | Sri Lanka | -0.7% | 2025 | down 179.7% | volatile |
| 206 | Monaco | -0.8% | 2025 | down 143.7% | volatile |
| 207 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.8% | 2025 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 208 | Latvia | -1.0% | 2025 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 209 | Albania | -1.2% | 2025 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 210 | American Samoa | -1.6% | 2025 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 211 | Tuvalu | -1.6% | 2025 | down 741.0% | volatile |
| 212 | Northern Mariana Islands | -1.7% | 2025 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 213 | Moldova | -1.8% | 2025 | down 128.7% | volatile |
| 214 | Marshall Islands | -3.4% | 2025 | down 69.8% | volatile |
| 215 | Saint Martin (French part) | -4.7% | 2025 | down 2,049.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 2.7%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 2.6%
- Pre-demographic dividend 2.5%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 2.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 2.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.4%
- Africa Western and Central 2.3%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 2.3%
- IDA only 2.2%
- Arab World 2.2%
- IDA total 2.1%
About this data
Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.