List of countries by population growth rate

The population growth rate estimates (by United Nations) for the period 2005–2010 using the medium variant.

This article includes three lists of countries and self-governing dependent territories by population growth rate.

Methodology

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.

Countries

2005–2010 List by the United Nations	2012 List by the CIA World Factbook	2009 List by the World Bank
Rank Country Population growth rate (%) 1 Liberia 4.55 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 National Authority 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 Burma 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 Qatar 4.93 2 Zimbabwe 4.36 3 Niger 3.36 4 Uganda 3.30 5 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.17 6 Gaza Strip 3.11 7 Burundi 3.10 8 Burkina Faso 3.07 9 United Arab Emirates 3.06 10 Western Sahara 3.03 11 Mali 3.02 12 Ethiopia 2.90 13 Zambia 2.89 14 Benin 2.88 15 Tanzania 2.85 16 Republic of the Congo 2.85 17 Angola 2.78 18 Malawi 2.76 19 Rwanda 2.75 20 Togo 2.75 21 Madagascar 2.68 22 Bahrain 2.65 23 Guinea 2.64 24 Liberia 2.61 25 Equatorial Guinea 2.61 26 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.58 27 Yemen 2.58 28 Nigeria 2.55 29 Senegal 2.53 30 Timor-Leste 2.49 31 Kenya 2.44 32 British Virgin Islands 2.44 33 Mozambique 2.44 34 Eritrea 2.42 35 Iraq 2.35 36 Gambia, The 2.34 37 Mauritania 2.32 38 Djibouti 2.29 39 Sierra Leone 2.28 40 Cayman Islands 2.24 41 Afghanistan 2.22 42 Ghana 2.20 43 Solomon Islands 2.17 44 Anguilla 2.15 45 Central African Republic 2.14 46 Vanuatu 2.12 47 Cameroon 2.08 48 West Bank 2.06 49 Comoros 2.06 50 Cote d'Ivoire 2.04 51 Oman 2.04 52 Belize 2.01 53 Libya 2.01 54 Sao Tome and Principe 2.00 55 Singapore 1.99 56 Chad 1.98 57 Gabon 1.98 58 Guinea-Bissau 1.97 59 Guatemala 1.95 60 Papua New Guinea 1.94 61 Egypt 1.92 62 Algeria 1.92 63 Kuwait 1.88 64 Sudan 1.88 65 Marshall Islands 1.87 66 Philippines 1.87 67 Honduras 1.84 68 Tajikistan 1.82 69 Nepal 1.77 70 Brunei 1.69 71 Cambodia 1.69 72 Bolivia 1.66 73 Laos 1.66 74 Somalia 1.60 75 Bangladesh 1.58 76 Cyprus 1.57 77 Pakistan 1.55 78 Malaysia 1.54 79 Israel 1.54 80 Saudi Arabia 1.52 81 New Caledonia 1.49 82 Botswana 1.48 83 Mongolia 1.47 84 Venezuela 1.47 85 Cape Verde 1.43 86 Ecuador 1.42 87 Aruba 1.41 88 Panama 1.41 89 India 1.31 90 Dominican Republic 1.31 91 Costa Rica 1.29 92 Antigua and Barbuda 1.28 93 Paraguay 1.26 94 Iran 1.25 95 Kazakhstan 1.24 96 Kiribati 1.23 97 Suriname 1.22 98 Turkey 1.20 99 Swaziland 1.20 100 Bhutan 1.18 101 Turkmenistan 1.14 102 Christmas Island 1.14 103 Luxembourg 1.14 104 Colombia 1.13 105 Australia 1.13 106 Ireland 1.11 107 Mexico 1.09 108 Burma 1.07 109 Nicaragua 1.07 110 Morocco 1.05 111 Vietnam 1.05 112 Indonesia 1.03 113 French Polynesia 1.02 114 Azerbaijan 1.02 115 Peru 1.02 116 Argentina 1.00 117 San Marino 0.98 118 Tunisia 0.96 119 Uzbekistan 0.94 120 Seychelles 0.92 121 Switzerland 0.92 122 Sri Lanka 0.91 123 The Bahamas 0.90 124 United States 0.90 125 Kyrgyzstan 0.89 126 Haiti 0.89 127 Isle of Man 0.88 128 Chile 0.88 129 Macau 0.87 130 New Zealand 0.86 131 Brazil 0.86 132 Jersey 0.83 133 Namibia 0.82 134 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.81 135 Liechtenstein 0.80 136 Canada 0.78 137 Fiji 0.77 138 Tuvalu 0.73 139 Jamaica 0.71 140 Mauritius 0.71 141 Iceland 0.67 142 Spain 0.65 143 Nauru 0.61 144 Samoa 0.60 145 Bermuda 0.57 146 United Kingdom 0.55 147 Thailand 0.54 148 Grenada 0.54 149 Korea, North 0.54 150 France 0.50 151 Montserrat 0.48 152 China 0.48 153 Netherlands 0.45 154 Faroe Islands 0.45 155 Hong Kong 0.42 156 Guernsey 0.41 157 Italy 0.38 158 Saint Lucia 0.38 159 Palau 0.36 160 Malta 0.36 161 Wallis and Futuna 0.36 162 Barbados 0.35 163 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 0.35 164 Lesotho 0.33 165 Norway 0.33 166 El Salvador 0.30 167 Taiwan 0.29 168 Albania 0.38 169 Andorra 0.27 170 Gibraltar 0.27 171 Uruguay 0.24 172 Guam 0.24 173 Denmark 0.24 174 Macedonia 0.24 175 Dominica 0.22 176 Korea, South 0.20 177 Tonga 0.19 178 Portugal 0.18 179 Sweden 0.17 180 Armenia 0.11 181 Slovakia 0.10 182 Finland 0.07 183 Belgium 0.06 184 Greece 0.06 185 Greenland 0.04 186 Austria 0.03 187 Falkland Islands 0.01 188 Norfolk Island 0.01 189 Holy See 0.00 190 Pitcairn Islands 0.00 191 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0.00 192 Russia -0.01 193 Tokelau -0.01 194 Svalbard -0.03 195 Niue -0.03 196 Monaco -0.07 197 Poland −0.08 198 Japan −0.08 199 Trinidad and Tobago −0.09 200 Bosnia and Herzegovina −0.09 201 Croatia −0.09 202 Cuba −0.12 203 Maldives −0.13 204 Czech Republic −0.13 205 Belarus −0.18 206 Hungary −0.18 207 Slovenia −0.19 208 Germany −0.20 209 Romania −0.26 210 Lithuania −0.28 211 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines −0.31 212 Guyana −0.33 213 Georgia −0.33 214 Micronesia, Federated States of −0.34 215 Lebanon −0.38 216 South Africa −0.41 217 American Samoa −0.44 218 Puerto Rico −0.44 219 Serbia −0.46 220 United States Virgin Islands −0.50 221 Latvia −0.60 222 Ukraine −0.63 223 Montenegro −0.63 224 Estonia −0.65 225 Bulgaria −0.80 226 Syria −0.80 227 Northern Mariana Islands −0.96 228 Jordan −0.97 229 Saint Pierre and Miquelon −0.98 230 Moldova −1.01 231 Cook Islands -3.14	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 Burma 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