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Population growth around the world
Population growth, 2023: highest in South Sudan, at 5.86% a year, and lowest in St. Martin, at -5.4% a year, of 229 countries with a value. The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.
% a year · UN
Every country, by its latest figure
% a year · UN
| # | Country | Latest | Latest | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 5.86 | 2023 | |
| 2 | Chad | 5.71 | 2023 | |
| 3 | Syria | 4.92 | 2023 | |
| 4 | Oman | 4.59 | 2023 | |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 3.7 | 2023 | |
| 6 | Somalia | 3.57 | 2023 | |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 3.41 | 2023 | |
| 8 | Niger | 3.31 | 2023 | |
| 9 | Congo - Kinshasa | 3.26 | 2023 | |
| 10 | Angola | 3.06 | 2023 | |
| 11 | Yemen | 3.03 | 2023 | |
| 12 | Mali | 2.97 | 2023 | |
| 13 | Mauritania | 2.95 | 2023 | |
| 14 | Mozambique | 2.94 | 2023 | |
| 15 | Tanzania | 2.88 | 2023 | |
| 16 | Afghanistan | 2.85 | 2023 | |
| 17 | Zambia | 2.83 | 2023 | |
| 18 | Armenia | 2.79 | 2023 | |
| 19 | Uganda | 2.78 | 2023 | |
| 20 | Burundi | 2.71 | 2023 | |
| 21 | Cameroon | 2.64 | 2023 | |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 2.59 | 2023 | |
| 23 | Malawi | 2.57 | 2023 | |
| 24 | Benin | 2.51 | 2023 | |
| 25 | Madagascar | 2.45 | 2023 | |
| 26 | Côte d’Ivoire | 2.45 | 2023 | |
| 27 | Guinea | 2.45 | 2023 | |
| 28 | Congo - Brazzaville | 2.42 | 2023 | |
| 29 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.39 | 2023 | |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 2.39 | 2023 | |
| 31 | Solomon Islands | 2.38 | 2023 | |
| 32 | Namibia | 2.37 | 2023 | |
| 33 | Senegal | 2.33 | 2023 | |
| 34 | Bahrain | 2.31 | 2023 | |
| 35 | Gambia | 2.3 | 2023 | |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 2.3 | 2023 | |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 2.26 | 2023 | |
| 38 | Qatar | 2.24 | 2023 | |
| 39 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.23 | 2023 | |
| 40 | Togo | 2.2 | 2023 | |
| 41 | Liberia | 2.2 | 2023 | |
| 42 | Sierra Leone | 2.18 | 2023 | |
| 43 | Gabon | 2.18 | 2023 | |
| 44 | Rwanda | 2.18 | 2023 | |
| 45 | Iraq | 2.15 | 2023 | |
| 46 | Nigeria | 2.1 | 2023 | |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 2.01 | 2023 | |
| 48 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 2 | 2023 | |
| 49 | Kenya | 1.97 | 2023 | |
| 50 | Cayman Islands | 1.97 | 2023 | |
| 51 | Seychelles | 1.96 | 2023 | |
| 52 | Tajikistan | 1.96 | 2023 | |
| 53 | Comoros | 1.91 | 2023 | |
| 54 | Ghana | 1.9 | 2023 | |
| 55 | Western Sahara | 1.88 | 2023 | |
| 56 | Kuwait | 1.88 | 2023 | |
| 57 | Montenegro | 1.86 | 2023 | |
| 58 | Egypt | 1.82 | 2023 | |
| 59 | Eritrea | 1.81 | 2023 | |
| 60 | Turkmenistan | 1.8 | 2023 | |
| 61 | Papua New Guinea | 1.8 | 2023 | |
| 62 | British Virgin Islands | 1.76 | 2023 | |
| 63 | Honduras | 1.7 | 2023 | |
| 64 | Zimbabwe | 1.68 | 2023 | |
| 65 | St. Barthélemy | 1.66 | 2023 | |
| 66 | Iceland | 1.64 | 2023 | |
| 67 | Botswana | 1.64 | 2023 | |
| 68 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.61 | 2023 | |
| 69 | Jordan | 1.6 | 2023 | |
| 70 | Anguilla | 1.57 | 2023 | |
| 71 | Guatemala | 1.55 | 2023 | |
| 72 | Palestinian Territories | 1.52 | 2023 | |
| 73 | Kiribati | 1.5 | 2023 | |
| 74 | Pakistan | 1.48 | 2023 | |
| 75 | Belize | 1.46 | 2023 | |
| 76 | Algeria | 1.44 | 2023 | |
| 77 | Sint Maarten | 1.44 | 2023 | |
| 78 | Israel | 1.42 | 2023 | |
| 79 | Andorra | 1.39 | 2023 | |
| 80 | Macao SAR China | 1.39 | 2023 | |
| 81 | Bolivia | 1.38 | 2023 | |
| 82 | Djibouti | 1.38 | 2023 | |
| 83 | Laos | 1.38 | 2023 | |
| 84 | Nicaragua | 1.36 | 2023 | |
| 85 | Faroe Islands | 1.33 | 2023 | |
| 86 | Kazakhstan | 1.32 | 2023 | |
| 87 | South Africa | 1.32 | 2023 | |
| 88 | Mongolia | 1.3 | 2023 | |
| 89 | Malta | 1.29 | 2023 | |
| 90 | Panama | 1.29 | 2023 | |
| 91 | Cambodia | 1.25 | 2023 | |
| 92 | Paraguay | 1.25 | 2023 | |
| 93 | Malaysia | 1.24 | 2023 | |
| 94 | Luxembourg | 1.24 | 2023 | |
| 95 | Canada | 1.22 | 2023 | |
| 96 | Bangladesh | 1.21 | 2023 | |
| 97 | Ireland | 1.19 | 2023 | |
| 98 | Haiti | 1.17 | 2023 | |
| 99 | Lesotho | 1.12 | 2023 | |
| 100 | Peru | 1.12 | 2023 | |
| 101 | Iran | 1.12 | 2023 | |
| 102 | Norway | 1.11 | 2023 | |
| 103 | Colombia | 1.1 | 2023 | |
| 104 | Timor-Leste | 1.08 | 2023 | |
| 105 | Cyprus | 1.02 | 2023 | |
| 106 | Libya | 1.01 | 2023 | |
| 107 | Morocco | 1 | 2023 | |
| 108 | Australia | 0.99 | 2023 | |
| 109 | New Caledonia | 0.97 | 2023 | |
| 110 | Eswatini | 0.94 | 2023 | |
| 111 | Suriname | 0.91 | 2023 | |
| 112 | Lithuania | 0.89 | 2023 | |
| 113 | India | 0.89 | 2023 | |
| 114 | Mexico | 0.88 | 2023 | |
| 115 | Ecuador | 0.87 | 2023 | |
| 116 | Dominican Republic | 0.86 | 2023 | |
| 117 | Brunei | 0.84 | 2023 | |
| 118 | Philippines | 0.84 | 2023 | |
| 119 | New Zealand | 0.83 | 2023 | |
| 120 | Indonesia | 0.83 | 2023 | |
| 121 | Singapore | 0.81 | 2023 | |
| 122 | Netherlands | 0.81 | 2023 | |
| 123 | Guam | 0.78 | 2023 | |
| 124 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 0.75 | 2023 | |
| 125 | United Kingdom | 0.7 | 2023 | |
| 126 | Liechtenstein | 0.7 | 2023 | |
| 127 | Bhutan | 0.69 | 2023 | |
| 128 | Myanmar (Burma) | 0.69 | 2023 | |
| 129 | Tunisia | 0.65 | 2023 | |
| 130 | Vietnam | 0.64 | 2023 | |
| 131 | Samoa | 0.63 | 2023 | |
| 132 | Switzerland | 0.62 | 2023 | |
| 133 | United States | 0.58 | 2023 | |
| 134 | Sri Lanka | 0.58 | 2023 | |
| 135 | Chile | 0.57 | 2023 | |
| 136 | Sweden | 0.56 | 2023 | |
| 137 | Guyana | 0.55 | 2023 | |
| 138 | Denmark | 0.53 | 2023 | |
| 139 | Fiji | 0.52 | 2023 | |
| 140 | Nauru | 0.51 | 2023 | |
| 141 | Antigua & Barbuda | 0.5 | 2023 | |
| 142 | Costa Rica | 0.49 | 2023 | |
| 143 | Cape Verde | 0.49 | 2023 | |
| 144 | Guernsey | 0.48 | 2023 | |
| 145 | Micronesia | 0.47 | 2023 | |
| 146 | Bahamas | 0.46 | 2023 | |
| 147 | El Salvador | 0.46 | 2023 | |
| 148 | Lebanon | 0.43 | 2023 | |
| 149 | Brazil | 0.41 | 2023 | |
| 150 | Finland | 0.39 | 2023 | |
| 151 | Trinidad & Tobago | 0.38 | 2023 | |
| 152 | Venezuela | 0.35 | 2023 | |
| 153 | Germany | 0.35 | 2023 | |
| 154 | Argentina | 0.35 | 2023 | |
| 155 | Maldives | 0.32 | 2023 | |
| 156 | North Korea | 0.32 | 2023 | |
| 157 | St. Lucia | 0.27 | 2023 | |
| 158 | Belgium | 0.25 | 2023 | |
| 159 | French Polynesia | 0.25 | 2023 | |
| 160 | Türkiye | 0.23 | 2023 | |
| 161 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 0.19 | 2023 | |
| 162 | Jersey | 0.18 | 2023 | |
| 163 | France | 0.17 | 2023 | |
| 164 | Aruba | 0.13 | 2023 | |
| 165 | Grenada | 0.13 | 2023 | |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | 0.12 | 2023 | |
| 167 | Slovenia | 0.08 | 2023 | |
| 168 | Hungary | 0.07 | 2023 | |
| 169 | Slovakia | 0.06 | 2023 | |
| 170 | Curaçao | 0.04 | 2023 | |
| 171 | Barbados | 0.03 | 2023 | |
| 172 | Sudan | 0.02 | 2023 | |
| 173 | Georgia | 0.02 | 2023 | |
| 174 | Spain | 0.02 | 2023 | |
| 175 | Isle of Man | 0.02 | 2023 | |
| 176 | Estonia | 0 | 2023 | |
| 177 | Jamaica | 0 | 2023 | |
| 178 | Portugal | -0 | 2023 | |
| 179 | Uruguay | -0.04 | 2023 | |
| 180 | Thailand | -0.04 | 2023 | |
| 181 | South Korea | -0.04 | 2023 | |
| 182 | Bermuda | -0.08 | 2023 | |
| 183 | Austria | -0.12 | 2023 | |
| 184 | Nepal | -0.14 | 2023 | |
| 185 | Greenland | -0.14 | 2023 | |
| 186 | Mauritius | -0.17 | 2023 | |
| 187 | Italy | -0.22 | 2023 | |
| 188 | Palau | -0.23 | 2023 | |
| 189 | China | -0.24 | 2023 | |
| 190 | Hong Kong SAR China | -0.26 | 2023 | |
| 191 | Azerbaijan | -0.26 | 2023 | |
| 192 | Poland | -0.26 | 2023 | |
| 193 | Niue | -0.28 | 2023 | |
| 194 | Latvia | -0.29 | 2023 | |
| 195 | Russia | -0.32 | 2023 | |
| 196 | Czechia | -0.34 | 2023 | |
| 197 | Croatia | -0.34 | 2023 | |
| 198 | Cuba | -0.35 | 2023 | |
| 199 | Falkland Islands | -0.37 | 2023 | |
| 200 | Tonga | -0.42 | 2023 | |
| 201 | Serbia | -0.44 | 2023 | |
| 202 | Taiwan | -0.45 | 2023 | |
| 203 | North Macedonia | -0.47 | 2023 | |
| 204 | Dominica | -0.47 | 2023 | |
| 205 | Japan | -0.48 | 2023 | |
| 206 | Bulgaria | -0.52 | 2023 | |
| 207 | Romania | -0.53 | 2023 | |
| 208 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | -0.59 | 2023 | |
| 209 | Belarus | -0.65 | 2023 | |
| 210 | Montserrat | -0.7 | 2023 | |
| 211 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | -0.7 | 2023 | |
| 212 | Albania | -0.71 | 2023 | |
| 213 | San Marino | -0.74 | 2023 | |
| 214 | Wallis & Futuna | -0.89 | 2023 | |
| 215 | Moldova | -0.89 | 2023 | |
| 216 | Monaco | -0.92 | 2023 | |
| 217 | U.S. Virgin Islands | -0.93 | 2023 | |
| 218 | St. Pierre & Miquelon | -0.97 | 2023 | |
| 219 | Kosovo | -1.07 | 2023 | |
| 220 | St. Helena | -1.12 | 2023 | |
| 221 | Ukraine | -1.55 | 2023 | |
| 222 | American Samoa | -1.6 | 2023 | |
| 223 | Tuvalu | -1.8 | 2023 | |
| 224 | Vatican City | -1.82 | 2023 | |
| 225 | Greece | -2.08 | 2023 | |
| 226 | Northern Mariana Islands | -2.11 | 2023 | |
| 227 | Marshall Islands | -3.32 | 2023 | |
| 228 | Cook Islands | -3.59 | 2023 | |
| 229 | St. Martin | -5.4 | 2023 |
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Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- The chart shows the 5 most populous countries with figures; the table ranks every country by its own latest year.
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