Rankings · population
Countries by population growth
Annual population growth rate. 215 countries ranked for 2025 (%).
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| 1 |  United Arab Emirates | 4.68% | -13.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 2 |  Saudi Arabia | 4.63% | -10.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 3 |  Oman | 3.96% | -11.2% | ▲ 4 |
| 4 |  Qatar | 3.92% | -54.3% | ▼ 3 |
| 5 |  Syria | 3.77% | +188.1% | ▲ 210 |
| 6 |  Chad | 3.41% | +7.2% | ▲ 13 |
| 7 |  Central African Republic | 3.37% | +2492.3% | ▲ 163 |
| 8 |  Somalia | 3.34% | -2.9% | ▲ 7 |
| 9 |  Niger | 3.22% | -13.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 10 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.2% | -3.0% | ▲ 7 |
| 11 |  Georgia | 3.18% | +1887.5% | ▲ 156 |
| 12 |  Angola | 3% | -16.9% | = |
| 13 |  Ukraine | 2.92% | +812.2% | ▲ 182 |
| 14 |  Mali | 2.9% | -7.3% | ▲ 7 |
| 15 |  Yemen | 2.89% | -4.9% | ▲ 13 |
| 16 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 2.86% | -12.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 17 |  Mozambique | 2.85% | -1.7% | ▲ 15 |
| 18 |  Mauritania | 2.78% | -7.6% | ▲ 11 |
| 19 |  Afghanistan | 2.77% | -11.2% | ▲ 3 |
| 20 |  Zambia | 2.77% | -11.2% | ▲ 3 |
| 21 |  Uganda | 2.7% | -12.1% | ▲ 5 |
| 22 |  Cameroon | 2.56% | -18.5% | ▼ 2 |
| 23 |  Malawi | 2.56% | -6.9% | ▲ 11 |
| 24 |  Ethiopia | 2.55% | -4.9% | ▲ 13 |
| 25 |  Burundi | 2.41% | +6.2% | ▲ 29 |
| 26 |  Benin | 2.4% | -18.6% | ▲ 5 |
| 27 |  Ivory Coast | 2.4% | -17.0% | ▲ 6 |
| 28 |  Equatorial Guinea | 2.4% | -36.7% | ▼ 18 |
| 29 |  Madagascar | 2.4% | -9.1% | ▲ 10 |
| 30 |  Sudan | 2.38% | -22.0% | ▼ 3 |
| 31 |  Republic of the Congo | 2.36% | -2.5% | ▲ 16 |
| 32 |  Solomon Islands | 2.35% | -34.4% | ▼ 19 |
| 33 |  Palestine | 2.33% | +1.7% | ▲ 19 |
| 34 |  Guinea | 2.31% | -8.7% | ▲ 10 |
| 35 |  Senegal | 2.3% | -25.1% | ▼ 10 |
| 36 |  Gambia | 2.23% | -18.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 37 |  Vanuatu | 2.23% | +0.0% | ▲ 21 |
| 38 |  Burkina Faso | 2.21% | -25.3% | ▼ 8 |
| 39 |  Togo | 2.18% | +14.1% | ▲ 33 |
| 40 |  Rwanda | 2.17% | -9.2% | ▲ 8 |
| 41 |  Guinea-Bissau | 2.16% | -16.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 42 |  Gabon | 2.11% | -32.2% | ▼ 18 |
| 43 |  Iraq | 2.1% | -23.1% | ▼ 7 |
| 44 |  Liberia | 2.09% | +1.5% | ▲ 21 |
| 45 |  Nigeria | 2.06% | -18.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 46 |  Namibia | 2.05% | -22.6% | ▼ 8 |
| 47 |  Sierra Leone | 2.04% | -12.1% | ▲ 3 |
| 48 |  South Sudan | 2.03% | +278.1% | ▲ 157 |
| 49 |  Eritrea | 2% | +506.1% | ▲ 109 |
| 50 |  São Tomé and Principe | 1.98% | +11.2% | ▲ 25 |
| 51 |  Kenya | 1.93% | -13.5% | ▲ 5 |
| 52 |  Malta | 1.89% | -22.9% | ▼ 7 |
| 53 |  Uzbekistan | 1.88% | +8.7% | ▲ 27 |
| 54 |  Zimbabwe | 1.88% | +40.3% | ▲ 42 |
| 55 |  Comoros | 1.85% | -12.3% | ▲ 6 |
| 56 |  Cayman Islands | 1.85% | -23.9% | ▼ 10 |
| 57 |  Ghana | 1.83% | -20.8% | ▼ 6 |
| 58 |  Tajikistan | 1.83% | -28.5% | ▼ 17 |
| 59 |  Papua New Guinea | 1.75% | -31.4% | ▼ 17 |
| 60 |  Armenia | 1.74% | +661.3% | ▲ 129 |
| 61 |  Kyrgyzstan | 1.66% | -26.2% | ▼ 6 |
| 62 |  Honduras | 1.65% | -13.2% | ▲ 11 |
| 63 |  Turkmenistan | 1.65% | -27.9% | ▼ 10 |
| 64 |  Ireland | 1.63% | +73.4% | ▲ 61 |
| 65 |  Botswana | 1.61% | +12.6% | ▲ 26 |
| 66 |  Egypt | 1.56% | -25.7% | ▼ 3 |
| 67 |  Pakistan | 1.56% | +11.4% | ▲ 26 |
| 68 |  Australia | 1.53% | +6.3% | ▲ 21 |
| 69 |  Guatemala | 1.52% | -16.9% | ▲ 5 |
| 70 |  Iceland | 1.51% | +45.2% | ▲ 49 |
| 71 |  Luxembourg | 1.46% | -38.1% | ▼ 22 |
| 72 |  Kiribati | 1.45% | +13.3% | ▲ 28 |
| 73 |  Liechtenstein | 1.41% | +113.6% | ▲ 69 |
| 74 |  Belize | 1.39% | -33.8% | ▼ 12 |
| 75 |  Bolivia | 1.35% | -11.2% | ▲ 7 |
| 76 |  Algeria | 1.32% | -35.9% | ▼ 12 |
| 77 |  Laos | 1.32% | -9.6% | ▲ 10 |
| 78 |  Djibouti | 1.31% | -24.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 79 |  Nicaragua | 1.31% | -3.7% | ▲ 16 |
| 80 |  Sint Maarten | 1.31% | -39.4% | ▼ 21 |
| 81 |  Timor-Leste | 1.27% | -34.9% | ▼ 10 |
| 82 |  Mongolia | 1.25% | -41.3% | ▼ 22 |
| 83 |  Bangladesh | 1.22% | +37.1% | ▲ 44 |
| 84 |  Panama | 1.22% | -29.5% | ▼ 5 |
| 85 |  Singapore | 1.22% | +2.5% | ▲ 19 |
| 86 |  Kazakhstan | 1.21% | -18.8% | ▼ 3 |
| 87 |  Israel | 1.2% | -39.4% | ▼ 19 |
| 88 |  Paraguay | 1.2% | -17.8% | = |
| 89 |  Cambodia | 1.18% | -19.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 90 |  Andorra | 1.17% | +154.7% | ▲ 124 |
| 91 |  Malaysia | 1.17% | -32.4% | ▼ 13 |
| 92 |  South Africa | 1.15% | -42.8% | ▼ 25 |
| 93 |  Haiti | 1.13% | -21.5% | ▼ 3 |
| 94 |  Seychelles | 1.13% | -49.3% | ▼ 37 |
| 95 |  Lesotho | 1.1% | -6.0% | ▲ 10 |
| 96 |  Eswatini | 1.07% | +87.7% | ▲ 50 |
| 97 |  Libya | 1.04% | -35.4% | ▼ 16 |
| 98 |  Peru | 1.04% | -8.0% | ▲ 11 |
| 99 |  Spain | 1.03% | +1387.5% | ▲ 81 |
| 100 |  Portugal | 1.03% | +351.2% | ▲ 94 |
| 101 |  Colombia | 1.01% | +17.4% | ▲ 29 |
| 102 |  Switzerland | 0.96% | -15.8% | ▲ 6 |
| 103 |  Canada | 0.94% | +23.7% | ▲ 33 |
| 104 |  Iran | 0.92% | -32.4% | ▼ 10 |
| 105 |  New Caledonia | 0.92% | +33.3% | ▲ 36 |
| 106 |  Cyprus | 0.91% | -37.7% | ▼ 21 |
| 107 |  Morocco | 0.91% | -22.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 108 |  India | 0.89% | -25.2% | ▼ 5 |
| 109 |  Ecuador | 0.85% | -40.6% | ▼ 17 |
| 110 |  Suriname | 0.85% | -21.3% | ▲ 3 |
| 111 |  Mexico | 0.83% | -22.4% | ▲ 3 |
| 112 |  Dominican Republic | 0.81% | -29.6% | ▼ 5 |
| 113 |  Philippines | 0.81% | -45.3% | ▼ 29 |
| 114 |  Brunei | 0.78% | -40.0% | ▼ 15 |
| 115 |  Indonesia | 0.78% | -30.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 116 |  Lebanon | 0.75% | -61.7% | ▼ 47 |
| 117 |  Aruba | 0.73% | -28.4% | ▲ 3 |
| 118 |  Bahrain | 0.73% | -82.4% | ▼ 109 |
| 119 |  Guam | 0.73% | +308.6% | ▲ 72 |
| 120 |  Belgium | 0.7% | +20.7% | ▲ 24 |
| 121 |  Norway | 0.69% | -31.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 122 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.69% | -84.1% | ▼ 114 |
| 123 |  British Virgin Islands | 0.66% | -85.5% | ▼ 118 |
| 124 |  Bhutan | 0.65% | -35.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 125 |  Nauru | 0.65% | -66.7% | ▼ 55 |
| 126 |  New Zealand | 0.65% | -68.1% | ▼ 60 |
| 127 |  Myanmar | 0.64% | -20.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 128 |  Vietnam | 0.6% | -51.6% | ▼ 27 |
| 129 |  Guyana | 0.59% | -1.7% | ▲ 14 |
| 130 |  Samoa | 0.59% | -32.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 131 |  Tunisia | 0.58% | -48.7% | ▼ 21 |
| 132 |  Denmark | 0.54% | -23.9% | ▲ 8 |
| 133 |  Netherlands | 0.52% | +18.2% | ▲ 21 |
| 134 |  United States | 0.52% | -35.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 135 |  Chile | 0.48% | -52.9% | ▼ 14 |
| 136 |  Cabo Verde | 0.47% | +4600.0% | ▲ 41 |
| 137 |  Finland | 0.47% | +42.4% | ▲ 22 |
| 138 |  Fiji | 0.47% | +327.3% | ▲ 34 |
| 139 |  Faroe Islands | 0.47% | -51.5% | ▼ 15 |
| 140 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 0.46% | -36.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 141 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 0.46% | +58.6% | ▲ 22 |
| 142 |  Costa Rica | 0.45% | -57.5% | ▼ 27 |
| 143 |  The Bahamas | 0.44% | -44.3% | ▼ 9 |
| 144 |  Azerbaijan | 0.43% | -63.9% | ▼ 42 |
| 145 |  El Salvador | 0.43% | +26.5% | ▲ 12 |
| 146 |  Turkey | 0.42% | -68.4% | ▼ 49 |
| 147 |  San Marino | 0.39% | -47.3% | ▼ 10 |
| 148 |  Venezuela | 0.39% | -62.9% | ▼ 30 |
| 149 |  Brazil | 0.38% | -51.9% | ▼ 14 |
| 150 |  Maldives | 0.35% | -89.9% | ▼ 136 |
| 151 |  Argentina | 0.34% | -67.6% | ▼ 34 |
| 152 |  Austria | 0.33% | -70.5% | ▼ 41 |
| 153 |  United Kingdom | 0.3% | -58.3% | ▼ 14 |
| 154 |  North Korea | 0.27% | -44.9% | ▼ 4 |
| 155 |  Croatia | 0.26% | +121.8% | ▲ 51 |
| 156 |  France | 0.25% | -30.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 157 |  Sweden | 0.25% | -76.4% | ▼ 41 |
| 158 |  Saint Lucia | 0.23% | -47.7% | ▼ 5 |
| 159 |  French Polynesia | 0.23% | -56.6% | ▼ 10 |
| 160 |  Curaçao | 0.19% | -85.6% | ▼ 62 |
| 161 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.17% | – | ▲ 17 |
| 162 |  Slovenia | 0.17% | +112.5% | ▲ 12 |
| 163 |  Greece | 0.08% | +112.1% | ▲ 37 |
| 164 |  Grenada | 0.08% | -83.3% | ▼ 13 |
| 165 |  Barbados | 0.06% | -73.9% | = |
| 166 |  Lithuania | 0.02% | +102.2% | ▲ 37 |
| 167 |  Greenland | -0.01% | +96.9% | ▲ 23 |
| 168 |  Germany | -0.03% | -103.4% | ▼ 40 |
| 169 |  Trinidad and Tobago | -0.04% | -112.5% | ▼ 9 |
| 170 |  Isle of Man | -0.05% | +86.1% | ▲ 23 |
| 171 |  Italy | -0.06% | +60.0% | ▲ 13 |
| 172 |  Montenegro | -0.06% | -140.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 173 |  Uruguay | -0.06% | -117.1% | ▼ 17 |
| 174 |  Jamaica | -0.07% | -122.6% | ▼ 13 |
| 175 |  Thailand | -0.07% | -115.2% | ▼ 23 |
| 176 |  Nepal | -0.11% | -120.0% | ▼ 29 |
| 177 |  Russia | -0.11% | -139.3% | ▼ 13 |
| 178 |  Bulgaria | -0.13% | +89.8% | ▲ 29 |
| 179 |  Bermuda | -0.13% | -30.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 180 |  South Korea | -0.13% | -124.5% | ▼ 32 |
| 181 |  Slovakia | -0.15% | -250.0% | ▼ 8 |
| 182 |  Macao S.A.R | -0.16% | -104.8% | ▼ 166 |
| 183 |  Mauritius | -0.16% | -223.1% | ▼ 12 |
| 184 |  China | -0.17% | -129.3% | ▼ 39 |
| 185 |  Czechia | -0.17% | -185.0% | ▼ 19 |
| 186 |  Romania | -0.17% | +63.8% | ▲ 10 |
| 187 |  Palau | -0.18% | -158.1% | ▼ 25 |
| 188 |  North Macedonia | -0.19% | +29.6% | = |
| 189 |  Jordan | -0.28% | -103.4% | ▼ 187 |
| 190 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | -0.34% | -140.0% | ▼ 59 |
| 191 |  Poland | -0.34% | -385.7% | ▼ 12 |
| 192 |  Cuba | -0.39% | -333.3% | ▼ 11 |
| 193 |  Tonga | -0.42% | +12.5% | ▲ 4 |
| 194 |  Estonia | -0.43% | -714.3% | ▼ 19 |
| 195 |  Japan | -0.49% | -345.5% | ▼ 12 |
| 196 |  Hungary | -0.5% | -38.9% | ▼ 4 |
| 197 |  Belarus | -0.51% | -492.3% | ▼ 28 |
| 198 |  Dominica | -0.51% | -1120.0% | ▼ 22 |
| 199 |  Puerto Rico | -0.55% | +60.7% | ▲ 12 |
| 200 |  United States Virgin Islands | -0.56% | -250.0% | ▼ 15 |
| 201 |  Republic of Serbia | -0.57% | -11.8% | ▼ 3 |
| 202 |  Kuwait | -0.65% | -114.4% | ▼ 196 |
| 203 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.69% | -27.8% | ▼ 4 |
| 204 |  Sri Lanka | -0.73% | -179.3% | ▼ 78 |
| 205 |  Monaco | -0.75% | -143.4% | ▼ 128 |
| 206 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.77% | +41.2% | ▲ 3 |
| 207 |  Latvia | -0.99% | -20.7% | ▼ 5 |
| 208 |  Kosovo | -1.1% | +19.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 209 |  Albania | -1.17% | +24.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 210 |  American Samoa | -1.59% | -43.2% | ▼ 6 |
| 211 |  Tuvalu | -1.61% | -747.4% | ▼ 25 |
| 212 |  Northern Mariana Islands | -1.68% | -31.2% | ▼ 4 |
| 213 |  Moldova | -1.75% | -127.3% | ▼ 12 |
| 214 |  Marshall Islands | -3.43% | -69.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 215 |  Saint Martin | -4.65% | -2013.6% | ▼ 28 |
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