Country Comparison > Population growth rate

Rank	Country	Population growth rate (%)
1	South Sudan	3.83
2	Angola	3.52
3	Malawi	3.31
4	Burundi	3.25
5	Uganda	3.2
6	Niger	3.19
7	Mali	3.02
8	Burkina Faso	3
9	Zambia	2.93
10	Ethiopia	2.85
11	Tanzania	2.75
12	Benin	2.71
13	Western Sahara	2.7
14	Togo	2.64
15	Guinea	2.61
16	Cameroon	2.56
17	Iraq	2.55
18	Liberia	2.5
19	Madagascar	2.5
20	Mozambique	2.46
21	Rwanda	2.45
22	Egypt	2.45
23	Equatorial Guinea	2.44
24	Nigeria	2.43
25	Senegal	2.39
26	Sierra Leone	2.38
27	United Arab Emirates	2.37
28	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2.37
29	Afghanistan	2.36
30	East Timor	2.36
31	Gaza Strip	2.33
32	Yemen	2.28
33	Qatar	2.27
34	Bahrain	2.26
35	British Virgin Islands	2.25
36	Mauritania	2.17
37	Ghana	2.17
38	Djibouti	2.16
39	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.16
40	Central African Republic	2.12
41	Congo, Republic of the	2.11
42	Gambia, The	2.05
43	Jordan	2.05
44	Oman	2.03
45	Cayman Islands	2.01
46	Somalia	2
47	Luxembourg	1.98
48	Anguilla	1.97
49	Namibia	1.95
50	Solomon Islands	1.94
51	Gabon	1.92
52	Chad	1.86
53	Guinea-Bissau	1.86
54	Vanuatu	1.85
55	West Bank	1.84
56	Cote d'Ivoire	1.84
57	Singapore	1.82
58	Belize	1.8
59	Guatemala	1.75
60	Sao Tome and Principe	1.72
61	Papua New Guinea	1.71
62	Algeria	1.7
63	Kenya	1.69
64	Comoros	1.64
65	Sudan	1.64
66	Tajikistan	1.62
67	Honduras	1.6
68	Libya	1.58
69	Brunei	1.57
70	Philippines	1.57
71	Zimbabwe	1.56
72	Marshall Islands	1.55
73	Botswana	1.55
74	Cambodia	1.52
75	Bolivia	1.51
76	Laos	1.51
77	Israel	1.51
78	Kuwait	1.46
79	Saudi Arabia	1.45
80	Pakistan	1.43
81	Sint Maarten	1.42
82	Malaysia	1.37
83	Haiti	1.34
84	Cape Verde	1.33
85	New Caledonia	1.33
86	Ecuador	1.28
87	Aruba	1.27
88	Panama	1.27
89	Venezuela	1.24
90	Iran	1.24
91	Antigua and Barbuda	1.21
92	Dominican Republic	1.18
93	Mongolia	1.18
94	Paraguay	1.18
95	India	1.17
96	Costa Rica	1.16
97	Nepal	1.16
98	Ireland	1.15
99	Iceland	1.13
100	Kiribati	1.13
101	Mexico	1.12
102	Turkmenistan	1.12
103	Christmas Island	1.11
104	Swaziland	1.08
105	Bhutan	1.07
106	Kyrgyzstan	1.05
107	Kazakhstan	1.04
108	Bangladesh	1.04
109	Australia	1.03
110	Suriname	1.02
111	Norway	1.01
112	Tunisia	1.01
113	South Africa	0.99
114	Colombia	0.99
115	Nicaragua	0.98
116	Morocco	0.97
117	Peru	0.95
118	Uzbekistan	0.93
119	Vietnam	0.93
120	Argentina	0.91
121	Burma	0.91
122	French Polynesia	0.88
123	Azerbaijan	0.87
124	Indonesia	0.86
125	Eritrea	0.85
126	Tuvalu	0.85
127	United States	0.81
128	Sweden	0.81
129	Bahamas, The	0.81
130	Liechtenstein	0.8
131	New Zealand	0.79
132	Spain	0.78
133	Jersey	0.78
134	Chile	0.77
135	Seychelles	0.77
136	Sri Lanka	0.76
137	Macau	0.74
138	San Marino	0.74
139	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.73
140	Canada	0.73
141	Brazil	0.73
142	Belgium	0.7
143	Switzerland	0.69
144	Jamaica	0.68
145	Isle of Man	0.68
146	Fiji	0.6
147	Samoa	0.6
148	Mauritius	0.59
149	Faroe Islands	0.55
150	Korea, North	0.53
151	Nauru	0.53
152	Turkey	0.52
153	United Kingdom	0.52
154	Korea, South	0.48
155	Austria	0.47
156	Bermuda	0.45
157	Montserrat	0.45
158	Grenada	0.44
159	China	0.41
160	Curacao	0.4
161	France	0.39
162	Palau	0.39
163	Netherlands	0.39
164	Finland	0.36
165	Guyana	0.32
166	Hong Kong	0.32
167	Saint Lucia	0.32
168	Wallis and Futuna	0.32
169	Albania	0.31
170	Guernsey	0.3
171	Thailand	0.3
172	Lesotho	0.28
173	Barbados	0.28
174	Uruguay	0.27
175	Malta	0.26
176	Guam	0.26
177	El Salvador	0.25
178	Monaco	0.24
179	Gibraltar	0.23
180	Denmark	0.22
181	Italy	0.19
182	Dominica	0.18
183	Saint Helena	0.18
184	Taiwan	0.17
185	Macedonia	0.17
186	Czech Republic	0.12
187	Portugal	0.04
188	Andorra	0.03
189	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0.01
190	Norfolk Island	0.01
191	Pitcairn Islands	0
192	Holy See (Vatican City)	0
193	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0
194	Slovakia	-0.01
195	Tokelau	-0.01
196	Georgia	-0.02
197	Greenland	-0.03
198	Svalbard	-0.03
199	Niue	-0.03
200	Tonga	-0.05
201	Maldives	-0.06
202	Greece	-0.06
203	Russia	-0.08
204	Poland	-0.13
205	Germany	-0.16
206	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.16
207	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.2
208	Armenia	-0.21
209	Japan	-0.21
210	Belarus	-0.22
211	Hungary	-0.25
212	Virgin Islands	-0.25
213	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.25
214	Montenegro	-0.28
215	Cuba	-0.29
216	Slovenia	-0.31
217	Romania	-0.33
218	Ukraine	-0.41
219	Serbia	-0.46
220	Croatia	-0.5
221	Northern Mariana Islands	-0.51
222	Micronesia, Federated States of	-0.52
223	Estonia	-0.57
224	Bulgaria	-0.61
225	Moldova	-1.05
226	Latvia	-1.08
227	Lithuania	-1.08
228	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-1.08
229	Lebanon	-1.1
230	American Samoa	-1.3
231	Puerto Rico	-1.74
232	Cook Islands	-2.79

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, 2018