Population growth (annual %) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: Derived from total population. Population source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision, (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statist

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Niger 3.77 2020
2 Equatorial Guinea 3.41 2020
3 Uganda 3.27 2020
4 Angola 3.22 2020
5 Dem. Rep. Congo 3.14 2020
6 Burundi 3.08 2020
7 Mali 2.97 2020
8 Chad 2.96 2020
9 Tanzania 2.94 2020
10 The Gambia 2.90 2020
11 Mozambique 2.89 2020
12 Zambia 2.89 2020
13 Somalia 2.87 2020
14 Burkina Faso 2.82 2020
15 Guinea 2.79 2020
16 Senegal 2.71 2020
17 Mauritania 2.70 2020
18 Benin 2.69 2020
19 Malawi 2.65 2020
20 Madagascar 2.64 2020
21 Cameroon 2.55 2020
22 Rwanda 2.54 2020
23 Nigeria 2.54 2020
24 Ethiopia 2.54 2020
25 Côte d'Ivoire 2.54 2020
26 Congo 2.53 2020
27 Guinea-Bissau 2.42 2020
28 Gabon 2.42 2020
29 Liberia 2.41 2020
30 Togo 2.40 2020
31 Sudan 2.39 2020
32 Kenya 2.25 2020
33 Comoros 2.17 2020
34 Ghana 2.13 2020
35 Sierra Leone 2.07 2020
36 Botswana 2.06 2020
37 Egypt 1.92 2020
38 São Tomé and Principe 1.89 2020
39 Namibia 1.84 2020
40 Algeria 1.84 2020
41 Central African Republic 1.77 2020
42 Zimbabwe 1.47 2020
43 Djibouti 1.47 2020
44 Libya 1.38 2020
45 Eritrea 1.36 2011
46 South Africa 1.27 2020
47 Morocco 1.20 2020
48 Cabo Verde 1.09 2020
49 Tunisia 1.05 2020
50 Eswatini 1.04 2020
51 Seychelles 0.85 2020
52 Lesotho 0.80 2020
53 Mauritius 0.00 2020

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Statistical Concept and Methodology: Total population growth rates are calculated on the assumption that rate of growth is constant between two points in time. The growth rate is computed using the exponential growth formula: r = ln(pn/p0)/n, where r is the exponential rate of growth, ln() is the natural logarithm, pn is the end period population, p0 is the beginning period population, and n is the number of years in between. Note that this is not the geometric growth rate used to compute compound growth over discrete periods. For information on total population from which the growth rates are calculated, see total population (SP.POP.TOTL).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual