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Rank	Country	Population growth rate (%)
1	Syria	4.64
2	Niger	3.66
3	Angola	3.4
4	Benin	3.39
5	Uganda	3.35
6	Malawi	3.29
7	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	3.18
8	Chad	3.16
9	Burundi	2.94
10	Mali	2.93
11	Zambia	2.88
12	Cameroon	2.78
13	South Sudan	2.76
14	Guinea	2.76
15	Liberia	2.74
16	Tanzania	2.71
17	Sudan	2.69
18	Burkina Faso	2.63
19	Mozambique	2.6
20	Ethiopia	2.55
21	Togo	2.55
22	Nigeria	2.53
23	Guinea-Bissau	2.52
24	Western Sahara	2.51
25	Sierra Leone	2.44
26	Gabon	2.43
27	Afghanistan	2.39
28	Madagascar	2.37
29	Equatorial Guinea	2.34
30	Congo, Republic of the	2.29
31	Senegal	2.29
32	East Timor	2.25
33	Egypt	2.25
34	Somalia	2.25
35	Cote d'Ivoire	2.24
36	Kenya	2.18
37	Ghana	2.15
38	Iraq	2.13
39	British Virgin Islands	2.12
40	Gaza Strip	2.09
41	Central African Republic	2.08
42	Mauritania	2.07
43	Djibouti	2.05
44	Bahrain	2.05
45	Pakistan	2.04
46	Yemen	2
47	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.97
48	Oman	1.94
49	Zimbabwe	1.93
50	Libya	1.88

Definition: The average annual percent change in the population, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country. The rate may be positive or negative. The growth rate is a factor in determining how great a burden would be imposed on a country by the changing needs of its people for infrastructure (e.g., schools, hospitals, housing, roads), resources (e.g., food, water, electricity), and jobs. Rapid population growth can be seen as threatening by neighboring countries.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020