Countries by population growth

Countries by population growth, World Bank, 2025

#	Country	% a year	Region
1	United Arab Emirates	+4.68	Western Asia
2	Saudi Arabia	+4.63	Western Asia
3	Oman	+3.96	Western Asia
4	Qatar	+3.92	Western Asia
5	Syria	+3.77	Western Asia
6	Chad	+3.41	Middle Africa
7	Central African Republic	+3.37	Middle Africa
8	Somalia	+3.34	Eastern Africa
9	Niger	+3.22	Western Africa
10	DR Congo	+3.20	Middle Africa
11	Georgia	+3.18	Western Asia
12	Angola	+3.00	Middle Africa
13	Ukraine	+2.92	Eastern Europe
14	Mali	+2.90	Western Africa
15	Yemen	+2.89	Western Asia
16	Tanzania	+2.86	Eastern Africa
17	Mozambique	+2.85	Eastern Africa
18	Mauritania	+2.78	Western Africa
=19	Afghanistan	+2.77	Southern Asia
=19	Zambia	+2.77	Eastern Africa
21	Uganda	+2.70	Eastern Africa
=22	Cameroon	+2.56	Middle Africa
=22	Malawi	+2.56	Eastern Africa
24	Ethiopia	+2.55	Eastern Africa
25	Burundi	+2.41	Eastern Africa
=26	Benin	+2.40	Western Africa
=26	Côte d'Ivoire	+2.40	Western Africa
=26	Equatorial Guinea	+2.40	Middle Africa
=26	Madagascar	+2.40	Eastern Africa
30	Sudan	+2.38	Northern Africa
31	Congo	+2.36	Middle Africa
32	Solomon Islands	+2.35	Melanesia
33	Guinea	+2.31	Western Africa
34	Senegal	+2.30	Western Africa
=35	Gambia	+2.23	Western Africa
=35	Vanuatu	+2.23	Melanesia
37	Burkina Faso	+2.21	Western Africa
38	Togo	+2.18	Western Africa
39	Rwanda	+2.17	Eastern Africa
40	Guinea-Bissau	+2.16	Western Africa
41	Gabon	+2.11	Middle Africa
42	Iraq	+2.10	Western Asia
43	Liberia	+2.09	Western Africa
44	Nigeria	+2.06	Western Africa
45	Namibia	+2.05	Southern Africa
46	Sierra Leone	+2.04	Western Africa
47	South Sudan	+2.03	Eastern Africa
48	Eritrea	+2.00	Eastern Africa
49	São Tomé and Principe	+1.98	Middle Africa
50	Kenya	+1.93	Eastern Africa
51	Malta	+1.89	Southern Europe
=52	Uzbekistan	+1.88	Central Asia
=52	Zimbabwe	+1.88	Eastern Africa
54	Comoros	+1.85	Eastern Africa
=55	Ghana	+1.83	Western Africa
=55	Tajikistan	+1.83	Central Asia
57	Papua New Guinea	+1.75	Melanesia
58	Armenia	+1.74	Western Asia
59	Kyrgyzstan	+1.66	Central Asia
=60	Honduras	+1.65	Central America
=60	Turkmenistan	+1.65	Central Asia
62	Ireland	+1.63	Northern Europe
63	Botswana	+1.61	Southern Africa
=64	Egypt	+1.56	Northern Africa
=64	Pakistan	+1.56	Southern Asia
66	Australia	+1.53	Australia and New Zealand
67	Guatemala	+1.52	Central America
68	Iceland	+1.51	Northern Europe
69	Luxembourg	+1.46	Western Europe
70	Kiribati	+1.45	Micronesia
71	Liechtenstein	+1.41	Western Europe
72	Belize	+1.39	Central America
73	Bolivia	+1.35	South America
=74	Algeria	+1.32	Northern Africa
=74	Laos	+1.32	South-Eastern Asia
=76	Djibouti	+1.31	Eastern Africa
=76	Nicaragua	+1.31	Central America
78	Timor-Leste	+1.27	South-Eastern Asia
79	Mongolia	+1.25	Eastern Asia
=80	Bangladesh	+1.22	Southern Asia
=80	Panama	+1.22	Central America
=80	Singapore	+1.22	South-Eastern Asia
83	Kazakhstan	+1.21	Central Asia
=84	Israel	+1.20	Western Asia
=84	Paraguay	+1.20	South America
86	Cambodia	+1.18	South-Eastern Asia
=87	Andorra	+1.17	Southern Europe
=87	Malaysia	+1.17	South-Eastern Asia
89	South Africa	+1.15	Southern Africa
=90	Haiti	+1.13	Caribbean
=90	Seychelles	+1.13	Eastern Africa
92	Lesotho	+1.10	Southern Africa
93	Eswatini	+1.07	Southern Africa
=94	Libya	+1.04	Northern Africa
=94	Peru	+1.04	South America
=96	Portugal	+1.03	Southern Europe
=96	Spain	+1.03	Southern Europe
98	Colombia	+1.01	South America
99	Switzerland	+0.96	Western Europe
100	Canada	+0.94	Northern America
101	Iran	+0.92	Southern Asia
=102	Cyprus	+0.91	Western Asia
=102	Morocco	+0.91	Northern Africa
104	India	+0.89	Southern Asia
=105	Ecuador	+0.85	South America
=105	Suriname	+0.85	South America
107	Mexico	+0.83	Central America
=108	Dominican Republic	+0.81	Caribbean
=108	Philippines	+0.81	South-Eastern Asia
=110	Brunei	+0.78	South-Eastern Asia
=110	Indonesia	+0.78	South-Eastern Asia
112	Lebanon	+0.75	Western Asia
113	Bahrain	+0.73	Western Asia
114	Belgium	+0.70	Western Europe
115	Norway	+0.69	Northern Europe
=116	Bhutan	+0.65	Southern Asia
=116	Nauru	+0.65	Micronesia
=116	New Zealand	+0.65	Australia and New Zealand
119	Myanmar	+0.64	South-Eastern Asia
120	Vietnam	+0.60	South-Eastern Asia
=121	Guyana	+0.59	South America
=121	Samoa	+0.59	Polynesia
123	Tunisia	+0.58	Northern Africa
124	Denmark	+0.54	Northern Europe
=125	Netherlands	+0.52	Western Europe
=125	United States	+0.52	Northern America
127	Chile	+0.48	South America
=128	Cabo Verde	+0.47	Western Africa
=128	Fiji	+0.47	Melanesia
=128	Finland	+0.47	Northern Europe
=131	Antigua and Barbuda	+0.46	Caribbean
=131	Micronesia	+0.46	Micronesia
133	Costa Rica	+0.45	Central America
134	Bahamas	+0.44	Caribbean
=135	Azerbaijan	+0.43	Western Asia
=135	El Salvador	+0.43	Central America
137	Turkey	+0.42	Western Asia
=138	San Marino	+0.39	Southern Europe
=138	Venezuela	+0.39	South America
140	Brazil	+0.38	South America
141	Maldives	+0.35	Southern Asia
142	Argentina	+0.34	South America
143	Austria	+0.33	Western Europe
144	United Kingdom	+0.30	Northern Europe
145	North Korea	+0.27	Eastern Asia
146	Croatia	+0.26	Southern Europe
=147	France	+0.25	Western Europe
=147	Sweden	+0.25	Northern Europe
149	Saint Lucia	+0.23	Caribbean
=150	Saint Kitts and Nevis	+0.17	Caribbean
=150	Slovenia	+0.17	Southern Europe
=152	Greece	+0.08	Southern Europe
=152	Grenada	+0.08	Caribbean
154	Barbados	+0.06	Caribbean
155	Lithuania	+0.02	Northern Europe
156	Germany	−0.03	Western Europe
157	Trinidad and Tobago	−0.04	Caribbean
=158	Italy	−0.06	Southern Europe
=158	Montenegro	−0.06	Southern Europe
=158	Uruguay	−0.06	South America
=161	Jamaica	−0.07	Caribbean
=161	Thailand	−0.07	South-Eastern Asia
=163	Nepal	−0.11	Southern Asia
=163	Russia	−0.11	Eastern Europe
=165	Bulgaria	−0.13	Eastern Europe
=165	South Korea	−0.13	Eastern Asia
167	Slovakia	−0.15	Eastern Europe
168	Mauritius	−0.16	Eastern Africa
=169	China	−0.17	Eastern Asia
=169	Czechia	−0.17	Eastern Europe
=169	Romania	−0.17	Eastern Europe
172	Palau	−0.18	Micronesia
173	North Macedonia	−0.19	Southern Europe
174	Jordan	−0.28	Western Asia
175	Poland	−0.34	Eastern Europe
176	Cuba	−0.39	Caribbean
177	Tonga	−0.42	Polynesia
178	Estonia	−0.43	Northern Europe
179	Japan	−0.49	Eastern Asia
180	Hungary	−0.50	Eastern Europe
=181	Belarus	−0.51	Eastern Europe
=181	Dominica	−0.51	Caribbean
183	Serbia	−0.57	Southern Europe
184	Kuwait	−0.65	Western Asia
185	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	−0.69	Caribbean
186	Sri Lanka	−0.73	Southern Asia
187	Monaco	−0.75	Western Europe
188	Bosnia and Herzegovina	−0.77	Southern Europe
189	Latvia	−0.99	Northern Europe
190	Albania	−1.17	Southern Europe
191	Moldova	−1.75	Eastern Europe
192	Marshall Islands	−3.43	Micronesia

No World Bank figure for 2 countries: Taiwan, Vatican City.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place	% a year	Status
Palestine	+2.33	Status disputed
Cayman Islands	+1.85	Territory of United Kingdom
Sint Maarten	+1.31	Territory of Netherlands
New Caledonia	+0.92	Territory of France
Aruba	+0.73	Territory of Netherlands
Guam	+0.73	Territory of United States of America
Turks and Caicos Islands	+0.69	Territory of United Kingdom
British Virgin Islands	+0.66	Territory of United Kingdom
Faroe Islands	+0.47	Territory of Denmark
French Polynesia	+0.23	Territory of France
Curaçao	+0.19	Territory of Netherlands
Greenland	−0.01	Territory of Denmark
Isle of Man	−0.05	Territory of United Kingdom
Bermuda	−0.13	Territory of United Kingdom
Macao	−0.16	Territory of China
Hong Kong	−0.34	Territory of China
Puerto Rico	−0.55	Territory of United States of America
US Virgin Islands	−0.56	Territory of United States of America
American Samoa	−1.59	Territory of United States of America
Northern Mariana Islands	−1.68	Territory of United States of America
Saint Martin	−4.65	Territory of France

Questions

Which country has the highest population growth?

The United Arab Emirates has the highest population growth: +4.68% a year (2025). Next come Saudi Arabia (+4.63% a year) and Oman (+3.96% a year).

Which country has the lowest population growth?

The Marshall Islands, with −3.43% a year (2025).

What is the typical population growth of a country?

The median of the 192 countries is +1.03% a year: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

How much the population grew or shrank over the year, in per cent: births minus deaths, plus people arriving minus people leaving. Source: World Bank, 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.