List of countries by population growth rate

Population growth rate estimates (by United Nations) for the period 2005-2010 using the medium variant.

This article includes some versions of the list of countries, and self-governing dependent territories by population growth rate. A population's approximate doubling time is found by dividing 70 by its annual percentage population growth. For example, at a 4 percent growth rate, a country's population will double in about 18 years; at a 1 percent growth rate, it will take about 70 years. The average population growth rate for the world is 1.17%.

The first list is based on the estimates taken from the 2006 edition of the United Nations World Population Prospects report. Figures are population growth rate estimates for the period 2005-2010 using the medium variant.

The second list is based on CIA World Factbook estimates for year 2011. Dependent territories and not fully recognized states are not ranked.

The third list is based on World Bank estimates for year 2009. 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.

2005-2010 List by the United Nations	2011 List by the CIA World Factbook	2009 List by the World Bank
Rank Country Population growth rate (%) 1 Liberia 4.50 2 Burundi 3.90 3 Afghanistan 3.85 4 Western Sahara 3.72 5 East Timor 3.50 6 Niger 3.49 7 Eritrea 3.24 8 Uganda 3.24 9 DR Congo 3.22 10 Palestinian territories 3.18 11 Jordan 3.04 12 Mali 3.02 13 Benin 3.02 14 Guinea-Bissau 2.98 15 Yemen 2.97 16 Somalia 2.92 17 Burkina Faso 2.89 18 Chad 2.88 19 United Arab Emirates 2.85 20 Angola 2.78 21 Rwanda 2.76 22 Madagascar 2.66 23 Kenya 2.65 24 Togo 2.65 25 Gambia 2.63 26 Malawi 2.57 27 Mauritania 2.53 28 Syria 2.52 29 Ethiopia 2.51 30 Tanzania 2.47 31 Guatemala 2.47 32 Senegal 2.46 33 Comoros 2.46 34 Kuwait 2.44 35 French Guiana 2.41 36 Equatorial Guinea 2.38 37 Vanuatu 2.38 38 Solomon Islands 2.33 39 Nigeria 2.27 40 Saudi Arabia 2.24 41 Cape Verde 2.23 42 Marshall Islands 2.23 43 Sudan 2.22 44 Guinea 2.16 45 Republic of the Congo 2.11 46 Qatar 2.11 47 Belize 2.08 48 Brunei 2.05 49 Sierra Leone 2.04 50 American Samoa 2.01 51 Papua New Guinea 2.00 52 Cameroon 2.00 53 Ghana 1.99 54 Oman 1.97 55 Nepal 1.97 56 Libya 1.97 57 Honduras 1.95 58 Mozambique 1.95 59 Northern Mariana Islands 1.95 60 Zambia 1.91 61 Djibouti 1.90 62 Pakistan 1.84 63 Cote d'Ivoire 1.84 64 Iraq 1.84 65 Central African Republic 1.83 66 Paraguay 1.80 67 Bahrain 1.79 68 Bolivia 1.77 69 Ireland 1.77 70 Maldives 1.76 71 Egypt 1.76 72 Cambodia 1.74 73 Laos 1.74 74 Philippines 1.72 75 Malaysia 1.69 76 Bangladesh 1.67 77 Venezuela 1.67 78 Israel 1.66 79 Panama 1.65 80 Sao Tome and Principe 1.61 81 Haiti 1.58 82 Kiribati 1.58 83 New Caledonia 1.54 84 Tajikistan 1.51 85 Algeria 1.51 86 Cayman Islands 1.51 87 Costa Rica 1.50 88 Gabon 1.48 89 Dominican Republic 1.47 90 India 1.46 91 Uzbekistan 1.44 92 Bhutan 1.43 93 Anguilla 1.41 94 El Salvador 1.37 95 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.37 96 Iran 1.35 97 Netherlands Antilles 1.33 98 Vietnam 1.32 99 Turkmenistan 1.32 100 Namibia 1.32 101 French Polynesia 1.31 102 Nicaragua 1.31 103 Guam 1.30 104 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.27 105 Colombia 1.27 106 Réunion 1.27 107 Brazil 1.26 108 Turkey 1.26 109 Botswana 1.23 110 Saint Helena 1.23 111 Morocco 1.20 112 Bahamas 1.20 113 Singapore 1.19 - World 1.17 114 Indonesia 1.16 115 Antigua and Barbuda 1.16 116 Peru 1.15 117 Montserrat 1.15 118 Luxembourg 1.13 119 British Virgin Islands 1.13 120 Mexico 1.12 121 Saint Lucia 1.12 122 Kyrgyzstan 1.10 123 Tunisia 1.08 124 Ecuador 1.07 125 Cyprus 1.06 126 Lebanon 1.05 127 Australia 1.01 128 Chile 1.00 129 Argentina 1.00 130 Hong Kong 1.00 131 United States 0.97 132 Mongolia 0.96 133 Zimbabwe 0.95 134 Canada 0.90 135 New Zealand 0.90 136 Liechtenstein 0.89 137 Samoa 0.87 138 Myanmar 0.85 139 Iceland 0.84 140 San Marino 0.81 141 Mauritius 0.78 142 Spain 0.77 143 Azerbaijan 0.75 144 Kazakhstan 0.71 145 Macau 0.70 146 Guadeloupe 0.68 147 Faroe Islands 0.68 148 Thailand 0.66 149 Wallis and Futuna 0.66 150 Lesotho 0.63 151 Swaziland 0.63 152 Norway 0.62 153 Fiji 0.62 154 Greenland 0.60 155 Falkland Islands 0.59 156 Albania 0.57 157 Suriname 0.56 158 South Africa 0.55 159 Puerto Rico 0.55 160 Jamaica 0.54 161 Tonga 0.50 162 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.50 163 Sweden 0.49 164 France 0.49 165 Seychelles 0.49 166 United Kingdom 0.48 167 People's Republic of China 0.48 168 Sri Lanka 0.47 169 Micronesia 0.46 170 Malta 0.43 171 Tuvalu 0.42 172 Palau 0.41 173 Switzerland 0.38 174 Portugal 0.37 175 Trinidad and Tobago 0.37 176 Austria 0.36 177 Andorra 0.36 178 Republic of China (Taiwan) 0.36 179 North Korea 0.34 180 Monaco 0.33 181 South Korea 0.33 182 Barbados 0.32 183 Finland 0.29 184 Nauru 0.29 185 Uruguay 0.29 186 Martinique 0.28 187 Bermuda 0.25 188 Belgium 0.24 189 Netherlands 0.21 190 Greece 0.21 191 Denmark 0.21 192 Channel Islands 0.19 193 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.13 194 Italy 0.13 195 Serbia 0.13 196 Gibraltar 0.08 197 Macedonia 0.08 198 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.07 199 Vatican City 0.05 200 Isle of Man 0.04 201 Slovakia 0.03 202 Grenada 0.02 203 Slovenia 0.01 204 Aruba 0.01 205 Pitcairn Islands 0.00 206 Cuba -0.01 207 Japan -0.02 208 Tokelau -0.03 209 United States Virgin Islands -0.03 210 Czech Republic -0.03 211 Germany -0.07 212 Croatia -0.09 213 Poland -0.15 214 Armenia -0.21 215 Guyana -0.22 216 Montenegro -0.27 217 Dominica -0.29 218 Hungary -0.29 219 Estonia -0.35 220 Romania -0.45 221 Russia -0.51 222 Latvia -0.52 223 Lithuania -0.53 224 Belarus -0.55 225 Bulgaria -0.72 226 Ukraine -0.76 227 Georgia -0.79 228 Moldova -0.90 229 Niue -1.85 230 Cook Islands -2.23	Rank Country Population growth rate (%) 1 Zimbabwe 4.31 2 Niger 3.64 3 Uganda 3.58 4 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.49 5 Burundi 3.46 6 United Arab Emirates 3.28 7 Gaza Strip 3.20 8 Ethiopia 3.19 9 Western Sahara 3.10 10 Burkina Faso 3.09 11 Zambia 3.06 12 Madagascar 2.97 13 Benin 2.91 14 Congo, Republic of the 2.84 15 Bahrain 2.81 16 Rwanda 2.79 17 Malawi 2.76 18 Togo 2.76 19 Comoros 2.70 20 Liberia 2.66 21 Yemen 2.65 22 Guinea 2.65 23 Equatorial Guinea 2.64 24 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.61 25 Mali 2.61 26 Senegal 2.56 27 Sudan 2.48 28 Eritrea 2.47 29 Kenya 2.46 30 Mozambique 2.44 31 Iraq 2.40 32 Gambia, The 2.40 33 Afghanistan 2.38 34 Mauritania 2.35 35 Cayman Islands 2.29 36 Sierra Leone 2.25 37 Djibouti 2.24 38 Solomon Islands 2.22 39 Anguilla 2.17 40 Central African Republic 2.15 41 Cameroon 2.12 42 West Bank 2.10 43 Cote d'Ivoire 2.08 44 Libya 2.06 45 Belize 2.06 46 Sao Tome and Principe 2.05 47 Angola 2.03 48 Oman 2.02 49 Chad 2.01 50 Tanzania 2.00 51 Gabon 2.00 52 Guinea-Bissau 1.99 53 Guatemala 1.99 54 Kuwait 1.99 55 Papua New Guinea 1.99 56 Timor-Leste 1.98 57 Egypt 1.96 58 Marshall Islands 1.95 59 Nigeria 1.94 60 Philippines 1.90 61 Honduras 1.89 62 Tajikistan 1.85 63 Ghana 1.82 64 British Virgin Islands 1.74 65 Brunei 1.71 66 Cambodia 1.70 67 Bolivia 1.69 68 Laos 1.68 69 Botswana 1.66 70 Cyprus 1.62 71 Somalia 1.60 72 Nepal 1.60 73 Israel 1.58 74 Malaysia 1.58 75 Pakistan 1.57 76 Bangladesh 1.57 77 Saudi Arabia 1.54 78 New Caledonia 1.52 79 Venezuela 1.49 80 Mongolia 1.49 81 Cape Verde 1.45 82 Ecuador 1.44 83 Aruba 1.44 84 Panama 1.44 85 Kyrgyzstan 1.43 86 India 1.34 87 Vanuatu 1.34 88 Dominican Republic 1.33 89 French Polynesia 1.33 90 Costa Rica 1.31 91 Antigua and Barbuda 1.29 92 Paraguay 1.28 93 Kiribati 1.25 94 Iran 1.25 95 Turkey 1.24 96 American Samoa 1.21 97 Swaziland 1.20 98 Bhutan 1.20 99 Algeria 1.17 100 Colombia 1.16 101 Australia 1.15 102 Luxembourg 1.15 103 Turkmenistan 1.14 104 Brazil 1.13 105 Mexico 1.10 106 Nicaragua 1.09 107 Suriname 1.09 108 Burma 1.08 109 Vietnam 1.08 110 Indonesia 1.07 111 Morocco 1.07 112 Ireland 1.06 113 San Marino 1.04 114 Peru 1.03 115 Argentina 1.02 116 Jordan 0.98 117 Tunisia 0.98 118 United States 0.96 119 Seychelles 0.95 120 Uzbekistan 0.94 121 Sri Lanka 0.93 122 Bahamas, The 0.92 123 Isle of Man 0.92 124 Syria 0.91 125 New Zealand 0.88 126 Macau 0.88 127 Namibia 0.87 128 Azerbaijan 0.85 129 Jersey 0.84 130 Chile 0.84 131 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.82 132 Singapore 0.82 133 Qatar 0.81 134 Fiji 0.80 135 Canada 0.79 136 Haiti 0.79 137 Jamaica 0.73 138 Mauritius 0.73 139 Tuvalu 0.70 140 Iceland 0.69 141 Liechtenstein 0.65 142 Nauru 0.61 143 Samoa 0.60 144 Bermuda 0.59 145 Spain 0.57 146 Thailand 0.57 147 United Kingdom 0.56 148 Grenada 0.55 149 Korea, North 0.54 150 France 0.50 151 China 0.49 152 Hong Kong 0.45 153 Montserrat 0.45 154 Guernsey 0.44 155 Faroe Islands 0.43 156 Italy 0.42 157 Kazakhstan 0.40 158 Saint Lucia 0.39 159 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 0.38 160 Malta 0.38 161 Netherlands 0.37 162 Barbados 0.37 163 Palau 0.36 164 Wallis and Futuna 0.36 165 Lesotho 0.33 166 Andorra 0.33 167 Norway 0.33 168 El Salvador 0.32 169 Gibraltar 0.27 170 Albania 0.27 171 Puerto Rico 0.25 172 Denmark 0.25 173 Macedonia 0.25 174 Lebanon 0.24 175 Tonga 0.24 176 Uruguay 0.23 177 Korea, South 0.23 178 Dominica 0.21 179 Portugal 0.21 180 Switzerland 0.21 181 Taiwan 0.19 182 Sweden 0.16 183 Slovakia 0.12 184 Greece 0.08 185 Finland 0.08 186 Belgium 0.07 187 Armenia 0.06 188 Greenland 0.05 189 Austria 0.03 190 Falkland Islands 0.01 191 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.01 192 Norfolk Island 0.01 193 Holy See 0.00 194 Christmas Island 0.00 195 Pitcairn Islands 0.00 196 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0.00 197 Tokelau -0.01 198 Svalbard -0.02 199 Niue -0.03 200 Poland -0.06 201 Moldova -0.07 202 Croatia -0.08 203 Virgin Islands -0.08 204 Trinidad and Tobago -0.09 205 Cuba -0.10 206 Czech Republic -0.12 207 Monaco -0.12 208 Maldives -0.15 209 Slovenia -0.16 210 Hungary -0.17 211 Germany -0.21 212 Romania -0.25 213 Lithuania -0.28 214 Japan -0.28 215 Micronesia, Federated States of -0.31 216 Georgia -0.33 217 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.33 218 Belarus -0.36 219 South Africa -0.38 220 Guyana -0.44 221 Serbia -0.47 222 Russia -0.47 223 Latvia -0.60 224 Ukraine -0.62 225 Estonia -0.64 226 Montenegro -0.71 227 Bulgaria -0.78 228 Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.97 229 Cook Islands -3.20 230 Northern Mariana Islands -4.00	Rank Country Population growth rate (%) 1 Qatar 9.56 2 Liberia 4.17 3 Niger 3.91 4 Belize 3.39 5 Burkina Faso 3.38 6 Uganda 3.27 7 Timor-Leste 3.16 8 Benin 3.10 9 Singapore 3.02 10 Eritrea 2.93 11 Tanzania 2.91 12 Yemen 2.85 13 Rwanda 2.81 14 Burundi 2.80 15 Malawi 2.77 16 Mayotte 2.75 17 DR Congo 2.71 18 Gambia, The 2.68 19 Afghanistan 2.66 20 Madagascar 2.65 21 West Bank 2.65 22 Chad 2.64 23 Kenya 2.64 24 Angola 2.61 25 Senegal 2.61 26 Ethiopia 2.58 27 Equatorial Guinea 2.56 28 Iraq 2.52 29 United Arab Emirates 2.50 30 Vanuatu 2.50 31 Zambia 2.47 32 Guatemala 2.46 33 Syrian Arab Republic 2.45 34 Togo 2.45 35 Sierra Leone 2.43 36 Solomon Islands 2.42 37 Kuwait 2.41 38 Comoros 2.38 39 Guinea 2.37 40 Mali 2.37 41 Jordan 2.36 42 Papua New Guinea 2.33 43 Saudi Arabia 2.33 44 Mauritania 2.32 45 Cote d'Ivoire 2.32 46 Nigeria 2.30 47 Somalia 2.29 48 Mozambique 2.26 49 Marshall Islands 2.25 50 Cameroon 2.24 51 Macau 2.22 52 Guinea-Bissau 2.22 53 Sudan 2.21 54 Pakistan 2.14 55 Oman 2.13 56 Ghana 2.06 57 Australia 2.05 58 Bahrain 2.03 59 Honduras 1.99 60 Libya 1.99 61 Namibia 1.99 62 Central African Republic 1.90 63 Brunei Darussalam 1.87 64 Luxembourg 1.87 65 Congo, Republic of the 1.86 66 Laos 1.84 67 Gabon 1.81 68 Israel 1.80 69 Philippines 1.79 70 Nepal 1.79 71 Egypt 1.79 72 Northern Mariana Islands 1.78 73 Paraguay 1.76 74 Djibouti 1.75 75 Bolivia 1.73 76 Tajikistan 1.68 77 Malaysia 1.66 78 Cambodia 1.66 79 Uzbekistan 1.65 80 American Samoa 1.62 81 Panama 1.61 82 Andorra 1.61 83 Sao Tome and Principe 1.60 84 Venezuela 1.59 85 Haiti 1.57 86 Kiribati 1.53 87 Bhutan 1.52 88 Algeria 1.51 89 Netherlands Antilles 1.50 90 Botswana 1.48 91 New Caledonia 1.46 92 Swaziland 1.45 93 Maldives 1.43 94 Colombia 1.43 95 Cape Verde 1.38 96 Bangladesh 1.38 97 Dominican Republic 1.37 98 Kazakhstan 1.36 99 San Marino 1.34 100 India 1.34 101 Cayman Islands 1.34 102 Nicaragua 1.32 103 Costa Rica 1.32 104 Iran 1.31 105 Turkmenistan 1.31 106 Canada 1.28 107 French Polynesia 1.28 108 Vietnam 1.23 109 Guam 1.23 110 Norway 1.23 111 Morocco 1.22 112 Turkey 1.21 113 Bahamas 1.19 114 Seychelles 1.16 115 Azerbaijan 1.16 - World 1.16 116 Indonesia 1.15 117 Peru 1.13 118 Mongolia 1.12 119 Antigua and Barbuda 1.11 120 St. Lucia 1.10 121 New Zealand 1.09 122 Switzerland 1.09 123 Slovenia 1.08 124 South Africa 1.07 125 Ecuador 1.06 126 Mexico 1.01 127 Tunisia 1.01 128 Aruba 1.01 129 Cyprus 0.99 130 Chile 0.98 131 Argentina 0.98 132 Myanmar 0.92 133 Brazil 0.91 134 Suriname 0.89 135 Sweden 0.89 136 Spain 0.88 137 United States 0.86 138 Lesotho 0.85 139 Kyrgyzstan 0.82 140 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.82 141 Liechtenstein 0.79 142 Belgium 0.75 143 Malta 0.73 144 Sri Lanka 0.73 145 Lebanon 0.71 146 United Kingdom 0.70 147 Italy 0.65 148 Denmark 0.65 149 Czech Republic 0.63 150 Fiji 0.61 151 Palau 0.58 152 Thailand 0.56 153 Ireland 0.56 154 Kosovo 0.56 155 Dominica 0.55 156 France 0.54 157 Netherlands 0.52 158 Iceland 0.52 159 China 0.51 160 Mauritius 0.51 161 Zimbabwe 0.48 162 El Salvador 0.47 163 Finland 0.47 164 Jamaica 0.46 165 Greece 0.41 166 Trinidad and Tobago 0.39 167 Tonga 0.39 168 Albania 0.38 169 Grenada 0.38 170 Hong Kong 0.37 171 North Korea 0.37 172 Uruguay 0.33 173 Austria 0.33 174 Puerto Rico 0.32 175 Bermuda 0.31 176 Montenegro 0.30 177 Monaco 0.33 178 South Korea 0.29 179 Micronesia 0.28 180 Faroe Islands 0.27 181 Barbados 0.26 182 Slovak Republic 0.21 182 Armenia 0.19 184 Channel Islands 0.18 185 Portugal 0.09 186 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.08 187 Poland 0.06 188 Macedonia 0.06 189 Cuba 0.00 190 Samoa -0.01 191 United States Virgin Islands -0.01 192 Estonia -0.02 193 Croatia -0.05 194 Isle of Man -0.06 195 Russian Federation -0.07 196 Japan -0.11 197 Guyana -0.12 198 Romania -0.15 199 Hungary -0.16 200 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.17 201 Belarus -0.18 202 Germany -0.28 203 Serbia -0.42 204 Greenland -0.48 205 Latvia -0.49 206 Bulgaria -0.50 207 Ukraine -0.54 208 Lithuania -0.55 209 Moldova -0.83 210 Georgia -0.83

See also

• World population