Which country in Europe has the highest population growth?

Ukraine has the highest population growth in Europe: +2.92% a year (2025). Next come Malta (+1.89% a year) and Ireland (+1.63% a year).

Which country in Europe has the lowest population growth?

Moldova, with −1.75% a year (2025).

What is the typical population growth of a country in Europe?

The median of the 43 countries in Europe is +0.17% 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in Europe by population growth

How much the population grew or shrank over the year, in per cent: births minus deaths, plus people arriving minus people leaving. 43 countries in Europe, highest first. World Bank, 2025

See it on the map

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Highest

+2.92

Ukraine

Median country

+0.17

half above, half below

Lowest

−1.75

Moldova

Countries in Europe by population growth, World Bank, 2025
#	Country	% a year	Region
1	Ukraine	+2.92	Eastern Europe
2	Malta	+1.89	Southern Europe
3	Ireland	+1.63	Northern Europe
4	Iceland	+1.51	Northern Europe
5	Luxembourg	+1.46	Western Europe
6	Liechtenstein	+1.41	Western Europe
7	Andorra	+1.17	Southern Europe
=8	Portugal	+1.03	Southern Europe
=8	Spain	+1.03	Southern Europe
10	Switzerland	+0.96	Western Europe
11	Belgium	+0.70	Western Europe
12	Norway	+0.69	Northern Europe
13	Denmark	+0.54	Northern Europe
14	Netherlands	+0.52	Western Europe
15	Finland	+0.47	Northern Europe
16	San Marino	+0.39	Southern Europe
17	Austria	+0.33	Western Europe
18	United Kingdom	+0.30	Northern Europe
19	Croatia	+0.26	Southern Europe
=20	France	+0.25	Western Europe
=20	Sweden	+0.25	Northern Europe
22	Slovenia	+0.17	Southern Europe
23	Greece	+0.08	Southern Europe
24	Lithuania	+0.02	Northern Europe
25	Germany	−0.03	Western Europe
=26	Italy	−0.06	Southern Europe
=26	Montenegro	−0.06	Southern Europe
28	Russia	−0.11	Eastern Europe
29	Bulgaria	−0.13	Eastern Europe
30	Slovakia	−0.15	Eastern Europe
=31	Czechia	−0.17	Eastern Europe
=31	Romania	−0.17	Eastern Europe
33	North Macedonia	−0.19	Southern Europe
34	Poland	−0.34	Eastern Europe
35	Estonia	−0.43	Northern Europe
36	Hungary	−0.50	Eastern Europe
37	Belarus	−0.51	Eastern Europe
38	Serbia	−0.57	Southern Europe
39	Monaco	−0.75	Western Europe
40	Bosnia and Herzegovina	−0.77	Southern Europe
41	Latvia	−0.99	Northern Europe
42	Albania	−1.17	Southern Europe
43	Moldova	−1.75	Eastern Europe

No World Bank figure for Vatican City.

Territories and other places

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

Place	% a year	Status
Faroe Islands	+0.47	Territory of Denmark
Isle of Man	−0.05	Territory of United Kingdom

Questions

Which country in Europe has the highest population growth?: Ukraine has the highest population growth in Europe: +2.92% a year (2025). Next come Malta (+1.89% a year) and Ireland (+1.63% a year).
Which country in Europe has the lowest population growth?: Moldova, with −1.75% a year (2025).
What is the typical population growth of a country in Europe?: The median of the 43 countries in Europe is +0.17% 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

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.