Which country in North America has the highest population growth?

Honduras has the highest population growth in North America: +1.65% a year (2025). Next come Guatemala (+1.52% a year) and Belize (+1.39% a year).

Which country in North America has the lowest population growth?

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with −0.69% a year (2025).

What is the typical population growth of a country in North America?

The median of the 23 countries in North America is +0.45% 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 North America 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. 23 countries in North America, highest first. World Bank, 2025

See it on the map

Map: Population growth — North America — **−1%−0.2%+0.2%+1.5%+3%**No data

Highest

+1.65

Honduras

Median country

+0.45

half above, half below

Lowest

−0.69

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Countries in North America by population growth, World Bank, 2025
#	Country	% a year	Region
1	Honduras	+1.65	Central America
2	Guatemala	+1.52	Central America
3	Belize	+1.39	Central America
4	Nicaragua	+1.31	Central America
5	Panama	+1.22	Central America
6	Haiti	+1.13	Caribbean
7	Canada	+0.94	Northern America
8	Mexico	+0.83	Central America
9	Dominican Republic	+0.81	Caribbean
10	United States	+0.52	Northern America
11	Antigua and Barbuda	+0.46	Caribbean
12	Costa Rica	+0.45	Central America
13	Bahamas	+0.44	Caribbean
14	El Salvador	+0.43	Central America
15	Saint Lucia	+0.23	Caribbean
16	Saint Kitts and Nevis	+0.17	Caribbean
17	Grenada	+0.08	Caribbean
18	Barbados	+0.06	Caribbean
19	Trinidad and Tobago	−0.04	Caribbean
20	Jamaica	−0.07	Caribbean
21	Cuba	−0.39	Caribbean
22	Dominica	−0.51	Caribbean
23	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	−0.69	Caribbean

Territories and other places

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

Place	% a year	Status
Cayman Islands	+1.85	Territory of United Kingdom
Sint Maarten	+1.31	Territory of Netherlands
Aruba	+0.73	Territory of Netherlands
Turks and Caicos Islands	+0.69	Territory of United Kingdom
British Virgin Islands	+0.66	Territory of United Kingdom
Curaçao	+0.19	Territory of Netherlands
Greenland	−0.01	Territory of Denmark
Bermuda	−0.13	Territory of United Kingdom
Puerto Rico	−0.55	Territory of United States of America
US Virgin Islands	−0.56	Territory of United States of America
Saint Martin	−4.65	Territory of France

Questions

Which country in North America has the highest population growth?: Honduras has the highest population growth in North America: +1.65% a year (2025). Next come Guatemala (+1.52% a year) and Belize (+1.39% a year).
Which country in North America has the lowest population growth?: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with −0.69% a year (2025).
What is the typical population growth of a country in North America?: The median of the 23 countries in North America is +0.45% 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.