Country Comparison > Population growth rate

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	Togo	2.55
21	Ethiopia	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	Somalia	2.25
34	Egypt	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
51	Cayman Islands	1.88
52	Gambia, The	1.86
53	Rwanda	1.85
54	Anguilla	1.85
55	Namibia	1.84
56	Solomon Islands	1.82
57	Luxembourg	1.76
58	West Bank	1.75
59	Singapore	1.72
60	Vanuatu	1.71
61	Belize	1.7
62	Guatemala	1.67
63	Saudi Arabia	1.59
64	Papua New Guinea	1.58
65	Sao Tome and Principe	1.55
66	Philippines	1.51
67	Tajikistan	1.49
68	Brunei	1.49
69	United Arab Emirates	1.49
70	Algeria	1.48
71	Botswana	1.46
72	Israel	1.45
73	Comoros	1.44
74	Qatar	1.42
75	Bolivia	1.42
76	Laos	1.42
77	Marshall Islands	1.4
78	New Zealand	1.39
79	Cambodia	1.38
80	Australia	1.36
81	Malaysia	1.28
82	Cape Verde	1.26
83	Honduras	1.25
84	Haiti	1.25
85	New Caledonia	1.24
86	Kuwait	1.24
87	Panama	1.18
88	Ecuador	1.18
89	Aruba	1.18
90	Antigua and Barbuda	1.17
91	Paraguay	1.16
92	Cyprus	1.16
93	Christmas Island	1.11
94	India	1.09
95	Kiribati	1.07
96	Iran	1.07
97	Costa Rica	1.07
98	Turkmenistan	1.05
99	Mexico	1.02
100	Ireland	1.01
101	Bhutan	1
102	Iceland	1
103	South Africa	0.97
104	Bangladesh	0.97
105	Mongolia	0.95
106	Nicaragua	0.95
107	Morocco	0.95
108	Eritrea	0.94
109	Dominican Republic	0.94
110	Nepal	0.94
111	Kyrgyzstan	0.94
112	Suriname	0.93
113	Colombia	0.91
114	Peru	0.91
115	Uzbekistan	0.88
116	Tuvalu	0.86
117	Kazakhstan	0.86
118	Argentina	0.85
119	Burma	0.83
120	Jordan	0.83
121	Malta	0.83
122	Vietnam	0.82
123	Tunisia	0.81
124	Norway	0.81
125	Guyana	0.8
126	Canada	0.8
127	Sweden	0.79
128	El Salvador	0.78
129	French Polynesia	0.77
130	Indonesia	0.77
131	Swaziland	0.76
132	Azerbaijan	0.74
133	Liechtenstein	0.74
134	Bahamas, The	0.74
135	United States	0.71
136	Jersey	0.7
137	Chile	0.7
138	Venezuela	0.69
139	Seychelles	0.67
140	Kosovo	0.66
141	Brazil	0.66
142	Switzerland	0.65
143	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.65
144	Sri Lanka	0.65
145	Spain	0.65
146	San Marino	0.64
147	Macau	0.62
148	Belgium	0.61
149	Faroe Islands	0.61
150	Samoa	0.61
151	Montserrat	0.58
152	Isle of Man	0.57
153	Mauritius	0.53
154	Korea, North	0.5
155	United Kingdom	0.49
156	Fiji	0.48
157	Nauru	0.45
158	Denmark	0.44
159	Turkey	0.44
160	Monaco	0.39
161	Palau	0.39
162	Bermuda	0.37
163	Saint Martin	0.37
164	Korea, South	0.37
165	Grenada	0.37
166	Netherlands	0.37
167	France	0.34
168	Austria	0.33
169	China	0.29
170	Finland	0.28
171	Saint Lucia	0.28
172	Wallis and Futuna	0.27
173	Uruguay	0.27
174	Albania	0.27
175	Guernsey	0.25
176	Thailand	0.24
177	Barbados	0.22
178	Hong Kong	0.22
179	Guam	0.19
180	Gibraltar	0.19
181	Lesotho	0.17
182	Macedonia	0.14
183	Dominica	0.12
184	Saint Helena	0.11
185	Taiwan	0.1
186	Italy	0.09
187	Georgia	0.07
188	Czech Republic	0.05
189	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0.01
190	Norfolk Island	0.01
191	Slovenia	0
192	Pitcairn Islands	0
193	Holy See (Vatican City)	0
194	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0
195	Tokelau	-0.01
196	Svalbard	-0.03
197	Niue	-0.03
198	Slovakia	-0.06
199	Andorra	-0.07
200	Jamaica	-0.08
201	Greenland	-0.09
202	Maldives	-0.09
203	Russia	-0.17
204	Tonga	-0.19
205	Germany	-0.2
206	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.2
207	Poland	-0.2
208	Ukraine	-0.21
209	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.21
210	Saint Barthelemy	-0.24
211	Portugal	-0.24
212	Cuba	-0.25
213	Belarus	-0.28
214	Hungary	-0.29
215	Japan	-0.29
216	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.31
217	Armenia	-0.31
218	Greece	-0.32
219	Romania	-0.38
220	Montenegro	-0.38
221	Virgin Islands	-0.4
222	Serbia	-0.47
223	Croatia	-0.5
224	Northern Mariana Islands	-0.56
225	Micronesia, Federated States of	-0.62
226	Bulgaria	-0.66
227	Estonia	-0.67
228	Moldova	-1.09
229	Latvia	-1.13
230	Lithuania	-1.14
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-1.18
232	American Samoa	-1.42
233	Puerto Rico	-1.55
234	Cook Islands	-2.55
235	Lebanon	-8.06

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