Countries by population growth
Population growth (annual %), latest available year for each of 217 countries. United Arab Emirates ranks first at 4.68%. Click a column heading to sort.
| # | Country | Value | Scale | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 4.68% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 4.63% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Oman | 3.96% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Qatar | 3.92% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.77% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Chad | 3.41% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 3.37% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 3.34% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Niger | 3.22% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 3.20% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Georgia | 3.18% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Angola | 3.00% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Ukraine | 2.92% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Mali | 2.90% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Yemen, Rep. | 2.89% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Tanzania | 2.86% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Mozambique | 2.85% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Mauritania | 2.78% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Zambia | 2.77% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 2.77% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Uganda | 2.70% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Cameroon | 2.56% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Malawi | 2.56% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 2.55% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Burundi | 2.41% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.40% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Benin | 2.40% | 2025 | |
| 28 | Madagascar | 2.40% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.40% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Sudan | 2.38% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Congo, Rep. | 2.36% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Solomon Islands | 2.35% | 2025 | |
| 33 | West Bank and Gaza | 2.33% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Guinea | 2.31% | 2025 | |
| 35 | Senegal | 2.30% | 2025 | |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 2.23% | 2025 | |
| 37 | Gambia, The | 2.23% | 2025 | |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 2.21% | 2025 | |
| 39 | Togo | 2.18% | 2025 | |
| 40 | Rwanda | 2.17% | 2025 | |
| 41 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.16% | 2025 | |
| 42 | Gabon | 2.11% | 2025 | |
| 43 | Iraq | 2.10% | 2025 | |
| 44 | Liberia | 2.09% | 2025 | |
| 45 | Nigeria | 2.06% | 2025 | |
| 46 | Namibia | 2.05% | 2025 | |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 2.04% | 2025 | |
| 48 | South Sudan | 2.03% | 2025 | |
| 49 | Gibraltar | 2.01% | 2025 | |
| 50 | Eritrea | 2.00% | 2025 | |
| 51 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.98% | 2025 | |
| 52 | Kenya | 1.93% | 2025 | |
| 53 | Malta | 1.89% | 2025 | |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 1.88% | 2025 | |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 1.88% | 2025 | |
| 56 | Comoros | 1.85% | 2025 | |
| 57 | Cayman Islands | 1.85% | 2025 | |
| 58 | Ghana | 1.83% | 2025 | |
| 59 | Tajikistan | 1.83% | 2025 | |
| 60 | Papua New Guinea | 1.75% | 2025 | |
| 61 | Armenia | 1.74% | 2025 | |
| 62 | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.66% | 2025 | |
| 63 | Honduras | 1.65% | 2025 | |
| 64 | Turkmenistan | 1.65% | 2025 | |
| 65 | Ireland | 1.63% | 2025 | |
| 66 | Botswana | 1.61% | 2025 | |
| 67 | Pakistan | 1.56% | 2025 | |
| 68 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 1.56% | 2025 | |
| 69 | Australia | 1.53% | 2025 | |
| 70 | Guatemala | 1.52% | 2025 | |
| 71 | Iceland | 1.51% | 2025 | |
| 72 | Luxembourg | 1.46% | 2025 | |
| 73 | Kiribati | 1.45% | 2025 | |
| 74 | Liechtenstein | 1.41% | 2025 | |
| 75 | Belize | 1.39% | 2025 | |
| 76 | Bolivia | 1.35% | 2025 | |
| 77 | Lao PDR | 1.32% | 2025 | |
| 78 | Algeria | 1.32% | 2025 | |
| 79 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.31% | 2025 | |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 1.31% | 2025 | |
| 81 | Djibouti | 1.31% | 2025 | |
| 82 | Timor-Leste | 1.27% | 2025 | |
| 83 | Mongolia | 1.25% | 2025 | |
| 84 | Panama | 1.22% | 2025 | |
| 85 | Singapore | 1.22% | 2025 | |
| 86 | Bangladesh | 1.22% | 2025 | |
| 87 | Kazakhstan | 1.21% | 2025 | |
| 88 | Paraguay | 1.20% | 2025 | |
| 89 | Israel | 1.20% | 2025 | |
| 90 | Cambodia | 1.18% | 2025 | |
| 91 | Malaysia | 1.17% | 2025 | |
| 92 | Andorra | 1.17% | 2025 | |
| 93 | South Africa | 1.15% | 2025 | |
| 94 | Haiti | 1.13% | 2025 | |
| 95 | Seychelles | 1.13% | 2025 | |
| 96 | Lesotho | 1.10% | 2025 | |
| 97 | Eswatini | 1.07% | 2025 | |
| 98 | Libya | 1.04% | 2025 | |
| 99 | Peru | 1.04% | 2025 | |
| 100 | Spain | 1.03% | 2025 | |
| 101 | Portugal | 1.03% | 2025 | |
| 102 | Colombia | 1.01% | 2025 | |
| 103 | Switzerland | 0.96% | 2025 | |
| 104 | Canada | 0.94% | 2025 | |
| 105 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 0.92% | 2025 | |
| 106 | New Caledonia | 0.92% | 2025 | |
| 107 | Cyprus | 0.91% | 2025 | |
| 108 | Morocco | 0.91% | 2025 | |
| 109 | India | 0.89% | 2025 | |
| 110 | Suriname | 0.85% | 2025 | |
| 111 | Ecuador | 0.85% | 2025 | |
| 112 | Mexico | 0.83% | 2025 | |
| 113 | Philippines | 0.81% | 2025 | |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 0.81% | 2025 | |
| 115 | Indonesia | 0.78% | 2025 | |
| 116 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.78% | 2025 | |
| 117 | Lebanon | 0.75% | 2025 | |
| 118 | Bahrain | 0.73% | 2025 | |
| 119 | Aruba | 0.73% | 2025 | |
| 120 | Guam | 0.73% | 2025 | |
| 121 | Belgium | 0.70% | 2025 | |
| 122 | Norway | 0.69% | 2025 | |
| 123 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.69% | 2025 | |
| 124 | British Virgin Islands | 0.66% | 2025 | |
| 125 | New Zealand | 0.65% | 2025 | |
| 126 | Naoero | 0.65% | 2025 | |
| 127 | Bhutan | 0.65% | 2025 | |
| 128 | Myanmar | 0.64% | 2025 | |
| 129 | Viet Nam | 0.60% | 2025 | |
| 130 | Samoa | 0.59% | 2025 | |
| 131 | Guyana | 0.59% | 2025 | |
| 132 | Tunisia | 0.58% | 2025 | |
| 133 | Denmark | 0.54% | 2025 | |
| 134 | United States | 0.52% | 2025 | |
| 135 | Netherlands | 0.52% | 2025 | |
| 136 | Chile | 0.48% | 2025 | |
| 137 | Faroe Islands | 0.47% | 2025 | |
| 138 | Finland | 0.47% | 2025 | |
| 139 | Fiji | 0.47% | 2025 | |
| 140 | Cabo Verde | 0.47% | 2025 | |
| 141 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.46% | 2025 | |
| 142 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 0.46% | 2025 | |
| 143 | Costa Rica | 0.45% | 2025 | |
| 144 | Bahamas, The | 0.44% | 2025 | |
| 145 | Azerbaijan | 0.43% | 2025 | |
| 146 | El Salvador | 0.43% | 2025 | |
| 147 | Turkiye | 0.42% | 2025 | |
| 148 | Venezuela, RB | 0.39% | 2025 | |
| 149 | San Marino | 0.39% | 2025 | |
| 150 | Brazil | 0.38% | 2025 | |
| 151 | Maldives | 0.35% | 2025 | |
| 152 | Argentina | 0.34% | 2025 | |
| 153 | Austria | 0.33% | 2025 | |
| 154 | United Kingdom | 0.30% | 2025 | |
| 155 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 0.27% | 2025 | |
| 156 | Croatia | 0.26% | 2025 | |
| 157 | Sweden | 0.25% | 2025 | |
| 158 | France | 0.25% | 2025 | |
| 159 | French Polynesia | 0.23% | 2025 | |
| 160 | St. Lucia | 0.23% | 2025 | |
| 161 | Channel Islands | 0.20% | 2025 | |
| 162 | Curacao | 0.19% | 2025 | |
| 163 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.17% | 2025 | |
| 164 | Slovenia | 0.17% | 2025 | |
| 165 | Greece | 0.08% | 2025 | |
| 166 | Grenada | 0.08% | 2025 | |
| 167 | Barbados | 0.06% | 2025 | |
| 168 | Lithuania | 0.02% | 2025 | |
| 169 | Greenland | -0.01% | 2025 | |
| 170 | Germany | -0.03% | 2025 | |
| 171 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.04% | 2025 | |
| 172 | Isle of Man | -0.05% | 2025 | |
| 173 | Uruguay | -0.06% | 2025 | |
| 174 | Italy | -0.06% | 2025 | |
| 175 | Montenegro | -0.06% | 2025 | |
| 176 | Thailand | -0.07% | 2025 | |
| 177 | Jamaica | -0.07% | 2025 | |
| 178 | Russian Federation | -0.11% | 2025 | |
| 179 | Nepal | -0.11% | 2025 | |
| 180 | Bermuda | -0.13% | 2025 | |
| 181 | Bulgaria | -0.13% | 2025 | |
| 182 | Korea, Rep. | -0.13% | 2025 | |
| 183 | Slovak Republic | -0.15% | 2025 | |
| 184 | Macao SAR, China | -0.16% | 2025 | |
| 185 | Mauritius | -0.16% | 2025 | |
| 186 | Romania | -0.17% | 2025 | |
| 187 | Czechia | -0.17% | 2025 | |
| 188 | China | -0.17% | 2025 | |
| 189 | Palau | -0.18% | 2025 | |
| 190 | North Macedonia | -0.19% | 2025 | |
| 191 | Jordan | -0.28% | 2025 | |
| 192 | Hong Kong SAR, China | -0.34% | 2025 | |
| 193 | Poland | -0.34% | 2025 | |
| 194 | Cuba | -0.39% | 2025 | |
| 195 | Tonga | -0.42% | 2025 | |
| 196 | Estonia | -0.43% | 2025 | |
| 197 | Japan | -0.49% | 2025 | |
| 198 | Hungary | -0.50% | 2025 | |
| 199 | Dominica | -0.51% | 2025 | |
| 200 | Belarus | -0.51% | 2025 | |
| 201 | Puerto Rico (US) | -0.55% | 2025 | |
| 202 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | -0.56% | 2025 | |
| 203 | Serbia | -0.57% | 2025 | |
| 204 | Kuwait | -0.65% | 2025 | |
| 205 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.69% | 2025 | |
| 206 | Sri Lanka | -0.73% | 2025 | |
| 207 | Monaco | -0.75% | 2025 | |
| 208 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.77% | 2025 | |
| 209 | Latvia | -0.99% | 2025 | |
| 210 | Kosovo | -1.10% | 2025 | |
| 211 | Albania | -1.17% | 2025 | |
| 212 | American Samoa | -1.59% | 2025 | |
| 213 | Tuvalu | -1.61% | 2025 | |
| 214 | Northern Mariana Islands | -1.68% | 2025 | |
| 215 | Moldova | -1.75% | 2025 | |
| 216 | Marshall Islands | -3.43% | 2025 | |
| 217 | St. Martin (French part) | -4.65% | 2025 |