List of countries by population growth rate

This article includes a table of countries and self-governing dependent territories by annual population growth rate.

Methodology

The table below shows annual population growth rate history and projections for various areas, countries, regions and sub-regions from various sources for various time periods.
The right-most column shows a projection for the time period shown using the medium fertility variant. Preceding columns show actual history. The number shown is the average annual growth rate for the period.
Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship—except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin. This means that population growth in this table includes net changes from immigration and emigration. For a table of natural increase, see List of countries by natural increase.

Country/ Region	WB 2009	CIA WF 2012	CIA WF 2014	UN 2005-10	UN 2010-15	UN 2015-20
Afghanistan	2.44	2.29	2.29	2.78	3.16	2.41
Albania	0.26	0.30	0.30	-0.92	-0.12	0.13
Algeria	1.89	1.88	1.88	1.63	1.98	1.67
Andorra	0.63	0.17	0.17	1.37	-1.59	-0.21
Angola	3.12	2.78	2.78	3.57	3.52	3.28
Antigua and Barbuda	1.03	1.25	1.25	1.18	1.08	1.01
Argentina	0.88	0.95	0.95	1.04	1.04	0.94
Armenia	0.17	-0.13	-0.13	-0.71	0.27	0.15
Australia	1.60	1.09	1.09	1.78	1.46	1.30
Austria	0.46	0.01	0.01	0.38	0.63	0.24
Azerbaijan	1.35	0.99	0.99	1.13	1.26	0.98
Bahamas	1.52	0.87	0.87	1.83	1.39	1.01
Bahrain	1.92	2.49	2.49	6.67	2.01	4.26
Bangladesh	1.19	1.60	1.60	1.18	1.16	1.04
Barbados	0.50	0.33	0.33	0.40	0.33	0.24
Belarus	-0.10	-0.19	-0.19	-0.31	0.03	-0.15
Belgium	0.85	0.05	0.05	0.73	0.63	0.58
Belize	2.43	1.92	1.92	2.54	2.22	2.05
Benin	2.73	2.81	2.81	2.84	2.79	2.73
Bhutan	1.68	1.13	1.13	2.05	1.58	1.18
Bolivia	1.65	1.60	1.60	1.67	1.56	1.47
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.14	-0.11	-0.11	-0.32	-1.03	-0.22
Botswana	0.86	1.26	1.26	1.64	1.84	1.79
Brazil	0.87	0.80	0.80	1.03	0.91	0.75
Brunei	1.40	1.65	1.65	1.25	1.43	1.25
Bulgaria	-0.60	-0.83	-0.83	-0.74	-0.62	-0.67
Burkina Faso	2.86	3.05	3.05	3.01	2.98	2.87
Myanmar	0.85	1.03	1.03	0.68	0.88	0.90
Burundi	3.19	3.28	3.28	3.33	3.03	3.15
Cabo Verde	0.78	1.39	1.39			1.25
Cambodia	1.76	1.63	1.63	1.51	1.62	1.49
Cameroon	2.54	2.60	2.60	2.73	2.68	2.56
Canada	1.14	0.76	0.76	1.13	1.02	0.90
Central African Republic	1.99	2.13	2.13	1.50	0.43	1.58
Chad	3.00	1.92	1.92	3.32	3.29	3.01
Chile	0.90	0.84	0.84	1.02	0.89	0.78
China	0.49	0.44	0.44	0.57	0.54	0.39
Colombia	1.32	1.07	1.07	1.18	0.98	0.81
Comoros	2.44	1.87	1.87	2.40	2.40	2.24
Congo DR	2.74	2.50	2.50	3.28	3.33	3.22
Congo	2.61	1.94	1.94	2.98	2.60	2.59
Costa Rica	1.42	1.24	1.24	1.35	1.12	0.96
Cote d'Ivoire	2.29	1.96	1.96	2.13	2.49	2.49
Croatia	-0.32	-0.12	-0.12	-0.23	-0.43	-0.58
Cuba	-0.05	-0.14	-0.14	0.09	0.23	0.06
Cyprus	1.11	1.48	1.48	1.59	0.85	0.78
Czech Republic	0.18	0.17	0.17	0.54	0.13	0.06
Denmark	0.36	0.22	0.22	0.49	0.48	0.38
Djibouti	1.52	2.23	2.23	1.66	1.72	1.51
Dominica	0.40	0.22	0.22	0.23	0.48	0.51
Dominican Republic	1.26	1.25	1.25	1.38	1.24	1.07
Ecuador	1.60	1.37	1.37	1.67	1.56	1.42
Egypt	1.66	1.84	1.84	1.82	2.18	1.87
El Salvador	0.66	0.27	0.27	0.45	0.47	0.52
Equatorial Guinea	2.80	2.54	2.54	4.56	4.24	3.59
Eritrea	3.28	2.30	2.30	2.02	1.98	2.28
Estonia	-0.04	-0.68	-0.68	-0.35	-0.25	-0.23
	1.54	1.14	1.14	1.68	1.84	1.75
Ethiopia	2.58	2.89	2.89	2.67	2.60	2.43
Fiji	0.78	0.70	0.70	0.91	0.74	0.72
Finland	0.48	0.05	0.05	0.40	0.43	0.36
France	0.50	0.45	0.45	0.58	0.45	0.39
Gabon	2.39	1.94	1.94	3.12	3.26	2.17
Gambia	3.19	2.23	2.23	3.17	3.12	2.93
Georgia	0.63	-0.11	-0.11	-1.17	-1.37	-0.27
Germany	0.11	-0.18	-0.18	-0.19	0.20	0.20
Ghana	2.17	2.19	2.19	2.58	2.36	2.16
Greece	-0.18	0.01	0.01	0.26	-0.40	-0.21
Grenada	0.39	0.50	0.50	0.33	0.41	0.46
Guatemala	2.53	1.86	1.86	2.22	2.10	1.94
Guinea	2.56	2.63	2.63	2.18	2.27	2.57
Guinea-Bissau	2.39	1.93	1.93	2.39	2.59	2.44
Guyana	0.57	-0.11	-0.11	-0.12	0.58	0.57
Haiti	1.39	1.08	1.08	1.53	1.38	1.20
Honduras	2.03	1.74	1.74	2.11	1.79	1.63
Hungary	-0.28	-0.21	-0.21	-0.32	-0.29	-0.34
Iceland	0.35	0.65	0.65	1.65	0.61	0.77
India	1.26	1.25	1.25	1.46	1.23	1.10
Indonesia	1.25	0.95	0.95	1.35	1.25	1.05
Iran	1.32	1.22	1.22	1.14	1.25	1.04
Iraq	2.54	2.23	2.23	2.60	3.21	2.78
Ireland	0.26	1.20	1.20	1.87	0.31	0.78
Israel	1.81	1.46	1.46	2.35	1.65	1.55
Italy	0.32	0.30	0.30	0.31	-0.08	-0.13
Jamaica	0.21	0.69	0.69	0.52	0.39	0.29
Japan	-0.20	-0.13	-0.13	0.03	-0.09	-0.23
Jordan	2.19	3.86	3.86	4.57	4.86	2.17
Kazakhstan	1.43	1.17	1.17	1.07	1.58	1.13
Kenya	2.70	2.11	2.11	2.74	2.66	2.49
Kiribati	1.54	1.18	1.18	2.12	1.82	1.71
North Korea	0.53	0.53	0.53	0.34	0.42	0.47
South Korea	0.45	0.16	0.16	0.57	0.52	0.36
Kuwait	3.95	1.70	1.70	5.51	5.44	1.78
Kyrgyzstan	1.22	1.04	1.04	1.32	1.57	1.44
Laos	1.89	1.59	1.59	1.64	1.30	1.45
Latvia	-1.60	-0.62	-0.62	-1.22	-1.30	-1.03
Lebanon	0.96	9.73	9.37	1.68	5.99	0.57
Lesotho	1.08	0.34	0.34	0.91	1.27	1.31
Liberia	2.68	2.52	2.52	3.82	2.62	2.52
Libya	0.84	3.08	3.08	1.26	0.21	1.33
Liechtenstein	0.73	0.82	0.82	0.65	0.76	0.65
Lithuania	-1.48	-0.29	-0.29	-1.36	-1.27	-0.55
Luxembourg	2.49	1.12	1.12	2.08	2.19	1.27
Madagascar	2.80	2.62	2.62	2.86	2.72	2.67
Malawi	2.86	3.33	3.33	3.02	2.95	2.87
Malaysia	1.66	1.47	1.47	1.83	1.78	1.35
Maldives	1.93	-0.09	-0.09	2.68	2.76	1.85
Mali	2.99	3.00	3.00	3.27	2.95	2.99
Malta	0.40	0.33	0.33	0.45	0.55	0.31
Marshall Islands	0.11	1.72	1.72	-0.04	0.14	0.10
Mauritania	2.49	2.26	2.26	2.85	2.95	2.69
Mauritius	0.42	0.66	0.66	0.42	0.18	0.23
Mexico	1.24	1.21	1.21	1.57	1.41	1.23
	-0.03	-0.42	-0.42	-0.49	0.16	0.63
Moldova	-0.04	-1.02	-1.02	-0.36	-0.09	-0.24
Monaco	0.85	0.06	0.06	1.86	0.65	0.51
Mongolia	1.52	1.37	1.37	1.42	1.86	1.50
Montenegro	0.07	-0.49	-0.49	0.26	0.12	0.04
Morocco	1.43	1.02	1.02	1.20	1.43	1.26
Mozambique	2.50	2.45	2.45	2.93	2.91	2.86
Namibia	1.87	0.67	0.67	1.34	2.20	2.12
Nauru		0.56	0.56	-0.18	2.32	-0.06
Nepal	1.16	1.82	1.82	1.05	1.17	1.09
Netherlands	0.45	0.42	0.42	0.36	0.30	0.29
New Zealand	0.63	0.83	0.83	1.10	1.09	0.93
Nicaragua	1.46	1.02	1.02	1.29	1.17	1.07
Niger	3.84	3.28	3.28	3.75	3.84	3.81
Nigeria	2.79	2.47	2.47	2.64	2.67	2.58
North Macedonia	0.08	0.21	0.21	0.10	0.08	0.08
Norway	1.32	1.19	1.19	1.07	1.25	0.94
Oman	9.13	2.06	2.06	3.83	6.45	4.08
Pakistan	2.69	2.49	2.4	2.05	2.09	1.91
Palau	0.72	0.37	0.37	0.56	0.79	1.06
	3.01	2.91	2.91
Panama	1.64	1.35	1.35	1.80	1.71	1.55
Papua New Guinea	2.17	1.84	1.84	2.37	2.16	2.01
Paraguay	1.72	1.19	1.19	1.38	1.34	1.25
Peru	1.25	0.99	0.99	1.24	1.32	1.20
Philippines	1.72	1.81	1.81	1.66	1.64	1.51
Poland	0.02	-0.11	-0.11	-0.02	-0.03	-0.17
Portugal	-0.29	0.12	0.12	0.16	-0.44	-0.39
Qatar	7.05	3.58	3.58	14.93	6.65	2.36
Romania	-0.27	-0.29	-0.29	-0.95	-0.56	-0.50
Russia	0.40	-0.03	-0.03	-0.07	0.04	-0.01
Rwanda	2.77	2.63	2.63	2.61	2.53	2.36
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.15	0.78	0.78	1.13	1.08	0.91
Saint Lucia	0.89	0.35	0.35	1.06	0.53	0.45
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.01	-0.29	-0.29	0.10	0.03	0.24
Samoa	0.78	0.59	0.59	0.69	0.80	0.65
San Marino	0.64	0.87	0.87	1.24	1.16	0.51
São Tomé and Príncipe	2.65	1.89	1.89	2.32	2.25	2.18
Saudi Arabia	1.88	1.49	1.49	2.75	2.81	1.90
Senegal	2.92	2.48	2.48	2.76	2.96	2.77
Serbia	-0.48	-0.46	-0.46	-0.41	-0.40	-0.34
Seychelles	0.39	0.87	0.87	0.59	0.50	0.50
Sierra Leone	1.91	2.33	2.33	2.65	2.28	2.12
Singapore	2.45	1.92	1.92	2.44	1.74	1.40
Slovakia	0.22	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.13	0.04
Slovenia	0.26	-0.23	-0.23	0.48	0.29	0.07
Solomon Islands	2.13	2.07	2.07	2.32	2.14	1.94
Somalia	2.86	1.75	1.75	2.93	2.86	2.93
South Africa	1.18	-0.48	-0.48	1.10	1.39	1.20
South Sudan	4.30	4.12		4.33	3.32	2.72
Spain	0.09	0.81	0.81	1.21	-0.17	0.03
Sri Lanka	1.04	0.86	0.86	0.68	0.50	0.35
Sudan	2.08	1.78	1.78	2.13	2.34	2.38
Suriname	0.90	1.12	1.12	1.06	1.01	0.87
Sweden	0.71	0.79	0.79	0.76	0.78	0.72
Switzerland	1.07	0.78	0.78	1.11	1.21	0.83
Syria	1.97	-9.73	-9.73	2.78	-2.30	0.20
Taiwan		0.25	0.25	0.44	0.33	0.28
Tajikistan	2.45	1.75	1.75	2.18	2.24	2.06
Tanzania	3.04	2.80	2.80	3.14	3.12	3.06
Thailand	0.31	0.35	0.35	0.54	0.43	0.22
Timor-Leste	2.88	2.44	2.44	1.56	2.24	2.14
Togo	2.60	2.71	2.71	2.70	2.63	2.45
Tonga	0.37	0.09	0.09	0.60	0.42	0.86
Trinidad and Tobago	0.33	-0.11	-0.11	0.48	0.48	0.26
Tunisia	0.97	0.92	0.92	1.04	1.16	1.09
Turkey	1.28	1.12	1.12	1.26	1.58	1.37
Turkmenistan	1.29	1.14	1.14	1.35	1.80	1.61
Tuvalu	0.16	0.80	0.80	0.99	0.87	0.88
Uganda	3.35	3.24	3.24	3.45	3.37	3.23
Ukraine	-0.25	-0.64	-0.64	-0.48	-0.50	-0.49
United Arab Emirates	3.10	2.71	2.71	11.82	2.03	1.39
United Kingdom	0.75	0.54	0.54	0.98	0.65	0.58
United States	0.74	0.77	0.77	0.90	0.72	0.71
Uruguay	0.35	0.26	0.26	0.29	0.34	0.36
Uzbekistan	1.47	0.93	0.93	1.52	1.59	1.41
Vanuatu	2.24	2.01	2.01	2.42	2.26	2.10
Vatican City		0.00	0.00	0.03	0.03	0.08
Venezuela	1.53	1.42	1.42	1.61	1.41	1.26
Vietnam	1.06	1.00	1.00	0.96	1.12	1.00
Western Sahara		2.89	2.89	1.87	1.83	2.54
Yemen	2.33	2.72	2.72	2.74	2.62	2.33
Zambia	3.19	2.88	2.88	2.78	3.01	2.97
Zimbabwe	2.70	4.36	4.36	1.70	2.27	2.28
Anguilla		2.06	2.06	1.71	1.19
Aruba	0.44	1.36	1.36	0.31	0.45
Bermuda	0.37	0.52	0.52	-0.36	-0.62
Caribbean Netherlands				7.49	3.43
Cayman Islands	1.70	2.14	2.14	2.65	1.55
Channel Islands	0.51	0.58	0.36	0.67	0.51
Christmas Island		1.11
Cook Islands		-3.00	-3.00	0.89	0.53
Curacao	0.73			2.63	1.26
Faroe Islands		0.01	0.01	-0.59	0.33
Falkland Islands	-0.09	0.49	0.49	0.10	-0.15
Gibraltar		0.25	0.25	1.11	0.94
Greenland	-0.11	0.02	0.02	-0.14	-0.13
Guadeloupe				0.27	0.50
Guam	1.21	0.44	0.44	0.13	1.27
French Guiana				2.78	2.78
Hong Kong	1.17	0.41	0.41	0.44	0.83
Isle of Man	0.74	0.80	0.80	0.97	0.80
Kosovo	0.86
Macau	1.90	0.83	0.83	2.66	1.89
Martinique				-0.12	0.09
Mayotte				3.17	2.79
Montserrat		0.48	0.48	0.72	0.68
New Caledonia	1.60	1.42	1.42	1.49	1.32
Niue		-0.03	-0.03	-0.79	-0.14
Norfolk Island				0.01
Northern Mariana Islands	0.14	1.13	1.13	-3.57	0.44
Pitcairn Islands		0.00	0.00
French Polynesia	1.08	0.97	0.97	1.01	1.07
Puerto Rico	-0.73	-0.65	-0.65	-0.28	-0.14
Réunion				0.96	0.73
Saint Helena & dependencies		0.27	0.27	-0.48	-1.04
Saint Pierre and Miquelon		-1.02	-1.02	0.05	0.05
American Samoa	-0.26	-0.35	-0.35	-1.21	-0.04
Sint Maarten		1.51		0.36	3.13
Svalbard		-0.03
Tokelau		-0.01	-0.01	-1.28	1.93
Turks and Caicos Islands	2.19	2.58	2.58	3.17	2.05
British Virgin Islands		2.36	2.36	3.23	2.02
United States Virgin Islands	-0.48	-0.56	-0.56	-0.26	-0.02
Wallis and Futuna		0.33	0.33	-0.98	-0.62
Asia/Other non-specified areas				0.43	0.16
	1.15	1.17	-	1.23	1.19	1.09

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