Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Population (UN estimates and projections). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
3.76 % change on previous year
Niger
Lowest
-0.7574 % change on previous year
United States Virgin Islands
Median
1.16 % change on previous year
Years covered
40
1991–2030
Data points
11,200
What the numbers show
Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 3.76 % change on previous year in Niger; the lowest is -0.7574 % change on previous year in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.16 % change on previous year, and the mean is 1.33 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 126 fell. The largest increase was in Cape Verde (up 1,604.7%), and the largest decrease in Lithuania (down 2,617.2%).
Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 3.76 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 2 | Somalia | 3.67 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 3.5 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Burundi | 3.48 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 3.47 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 6 | Angola | 3.47 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 3.43 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 8 | Mali | 3.42 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 9 | Chad | 3.31 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 10 | Mozambique | 3.27 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 11 | Zambia | 3.24 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 12 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 3.22 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 13 | Uganda | 3.21 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 14 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.17 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 15 | Mauritania | 3.17 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 16 | Malawi | 3.13 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 3.13 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 18 | Yemen | 3.09 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 19 | Cameroon | 3.01 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 20 | Benin | 2.95 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 21 | Gambia | 2.94 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 22 | Congo | 2.93 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 23 | Solomon Islands | 2.87 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 24 | Vanuatu | 2.81 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 19.6% | flat |
| 25 | Palestine, State of | 2.79 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 26 | Iraq | 2.78 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 2.76 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 28 | Nigeria | 2.75 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 29 | Guinea | 2.73 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 30 | Tajikistan | 2.7 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 31 | Senegal | 2.69 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 24.9% | flat |
| 32 | Sudan | 2.68 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 33 | Madagascar | 2.66 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.65 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 35 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.65 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 2.58 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 37 | Togo | 2.58 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 38 | Namibia | 2.57 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 39 | Liberia | 2.52 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Gabon | 2.52 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 41 | Eritrea | 2.52 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Rwanda | 2.5 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 43 | South Sudan | 2.48 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Sierra Leone | 2.45 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.43 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 46 | Mongolia | 2.37 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 111.2% | falling |
| 47 | Jordan | 2.35 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Ghana | 2.34 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 49 | Timor-Leste | 2.31 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Kenya | 2.3 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 51 | Egypt | 2.27 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 52 | Comoros | 2.24 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 53 | Pakistan | 2.23 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 54 | Guatemala | 2.14 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 55 | Papua New Guinea | 2.07 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 56 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.06 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 57 | Algeria | 2.06 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 44.1% | falling |
| 58 | Turkmenistan | 2.05 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 26.9% | falling |
| 59 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.03 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Honduras | 1.93 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 61 | Botswana | 1.83 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 62 | Lesotho | 1.83 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 63 | Oman | 1.82 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 151.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Libya | 1.82 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 1.76 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 32.9% | falling |
| 66 | Western Sahara | 1.75 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Israel | 1.73 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 68 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.71 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 69 | Nicaragua | 1.7 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 70 | Belize | 1.66 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 71 | Djibouti | 1.65 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 1.65 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.64 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 74 | Malaysia | 1.62 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 75 | Panama | 1.55 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 76 | Haiti | 1.55 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | 1.54 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Eswatini | 1.53 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Lebanon | 1.53 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 193.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Paraguay | 1.53 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 81 | Samoa | 1.53 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 90.7% | rising |
| 82 | Philippines | 1.52 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 83 | Nepal | 1.5 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 84 | Cambodia | 1.49 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Bangladesh | 1.43 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 24.4% | falling |
| 86 | Cape Verde | 1.43 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 1,604.7% | falling |
| 87 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.34 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Ecuador | 1.3 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 89 | Bahrain | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 1,372.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Peru | 1.2 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 91 | Tunisia | 1.2 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 37.5% | falling |
| 92 | Morocco | 1.17 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 93 | India | 1.17 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 94 | Viet Nam | 1.16 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 95 | Mexico | 1.16 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 1.14 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 1.12 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 98 | Suriname | 1.11 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 99 | Guyana | 1.08 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 434.0% | volatile |
| 100 | South Africa | 1.07 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 101 | Indonesia | 1.05 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 102 | Guam | 1.05 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 704.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Maldives | 1.05 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 70.1% | falling |
| 104 | Argentina | 1.04 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 105 | Kuwait | 1.03 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 237.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.03 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 107 | United Arab Emirates | 1.03 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Colombia | 1.02 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 109 | Australia | 1.02 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 110 | Ireland | 1.02 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 111 | New Caledonia | 1.01 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 74.0% | falling |
| 112 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 170.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Bhutan | 0.997 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Luxembourg | 0.9746 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 43.9% | rising |
| 115 | Qatar | 0.9268 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 217.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Türkiye | 0.8922 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 0.8911 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 118 | El Salvador | 0.8586 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 29.0% | falling |
| 119 | Fiji | 0.8456 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 87.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Canada | 0.8111 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 121 | Chile | 0.8066 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 122 | Cyprus | 0.8055 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 123 | Myanmar | 0.7919 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 124 | Macau, China | 0.7825 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Iceland | 0.7736 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 126 | French Polynesia | 0.7584 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 127 | Sri Lanka | 0.7411 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 128 | New Zealand | 0.7305 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 129 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.7034 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 130 | Tonga | 0.6867 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 131 | United States of America | 0.6312 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 132 | Brazil | 0.6283 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 133 | Sweden | 0.6078 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 134 | Bahamas | 0.5945 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 135 | Norway | 0.5298 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 136 | Georgia | 0.507 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 283.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Switzerland | 0.4582 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 138 | China | 0.4481 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Uruguay | 0.4412 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 140 | Malta | 0.4066 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 86.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Singapore | 0.3921 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 147.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Netherlands | 0.366 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 52.7% | rising |
| 143 | Belgium | 0.3629 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 32.8% | rising |
| 144 | France | 0.327 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 145 | Saint Lucia | 0.2859 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.2686 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 147 | Russian Federation | 0.2611 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 279.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2433 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 264.7% | falling |
| 149 | Denmark | 0.2008 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Thailand | 0.1546 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Finland | 0.1211 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 69.7% | falling |
| 152 | Spain | 0.0961 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Republic of Korea | 0.0957 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 81.4% | falling |
| 154 | Austria | 0.078 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Jamaica | 0.0684 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 93.0% | falling |
| 156 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.038 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 111.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Barbados | 0.0373 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 90.5% | falling |
| 158 | Slovenia | 0.0231 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Czechia | -0.0155 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 89.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Taiwan, China | -0.0304 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 119.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Belarus | -0.033 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 96.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Slovakia | -0.042 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 570.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Poland | -0.1351 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Germany | -0.1556 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 392.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Cuba | -0.1654 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Mauritius | -0.1674 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 143.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Hong Kong, China | -0.1704 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 158.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Estonia | -0.1883 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 189.6% | volatile |
| 169 | North Macedonia | -0.2049 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 84.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Greece | -0.2295 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 593.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Portugal | -0.2323 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 147.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Armenia | -0.2665 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Italy | -0.2695 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Albania | -0.2733 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Hungary | -0.295 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Montenegro | -0.2985 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Ukraine | -0.3206 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Republic of Moldova | -0.3246 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 80.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Latvia | -0.3312 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Japan | -0.4423 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 203.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Romania | -0.4683 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 182 | Lithuania | -0.4774 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 2,617.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Puerto Rico | -0.4793 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 229.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Croatia | -0.5301 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Serbia | -0.6031 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.7178 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Bulgaria | -0.7319 % change on previous year | 2030 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 188 | United States Virgin Islands | -0.7574 % change on previous year | 2030 | up 46.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Asia: Low income 3.43 % change on previous year
- Chagai 0.649 % change on previous year
- Central Africa 3.35 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Low income 3.1 % change on previous year
- Africa: Low income 3.07 % change on previous year
- World: Low income 2.93 % change on previous year
- Eastern Africa 2.89 % change on previous year
- Western Africa 2.85 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.84 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Lower-middle income 2.82 % change on previous year
- Arab States: Upper-middle income 2.78 % change on previous year
- Africa 2.69 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa: Low income 2.68 % change on previous year
- Arab States: Low income 2.63 % change on previous year
- Africa: Lower-middle income 2.61 % change on previous year
- Arab States: Lower-middle income 2.23 % change on previous year
- Arab States 2.21 % change on previous year
- Arab League 2.19 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa 2.07 % change on previous year
- Asia and the Pacific: Low income 2.07 % change on previous year
- World: Lower-middle income excluding India 2.06 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa: Upper-middle income 2.03 % change on previous year
- MENA 1.99 % change on previous year
- Europe and Central Asia: Lower-middle income 1.98 % change on previous year
- Central and Western Asia: Lower-middle income 1.98 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa: Lower-middle income 1.93 % change on previous year
- Central Asia 1.87 % change on previous year
- Americas: Lower-middle income 1.7 % change on previous year
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Lower-middle income 1.7 % change on previous year
- World: Lower-middle income 1.63 % change on previous year
- Central and Western Asia: High income 1.6 % change on previous year
- Africa: Upper-middle income 1.55 % change on previous year
- Arab States: High income 1.44 % change on previous year
- World excluding BRICS 1.43 % change on previous year
- World excluding India and China 1.36 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia 1.35 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia: Upper-middle income 1.34 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia: Lower-middle income 1.31 % change on previous year
- Asia and the Pacific: Lower-middle income 1.31 % change on previous year
- Central America 1.31 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Population (UN estimates and projections). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Population International Labour Organization
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Population (UN estimates and projections). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.