Country Comparison > Population growth rate

Rank	Country	Population growth rate (%)
1	Syria	7.37
2	Angola	3.49
3	Malawi	3.31
4	Burundi	3.23
5	Chad	3.23
6	Uganda	3.18
7	Niger	3.16
8	Mali	2.98
9	Sudan	2.93
10	Zambia	2.91
11	Ethiopia	2.83
12	Burkina Faso	2.76
13	Guinea	2.75
14	Tanzania	2.74
15	Gabon	2.73
16	Benin	2.68
17	Western Sahara	2.64
18	Togo	2.61
19	Liberia	2.59
20	Cameroon	2.54
21	Nigeria	2.54
22	Iraq	2.5
23	Guinea-Bissau	2.48
24	Mozambique	2.46
25	Madagascar	2.46
26	Equatorial Guinea	2.41
27	Sierra Leone	2.4
28	Egypt	2.38
29	Afghanistan	2.37
30	Senegal	2.36
31	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2.33
32	East Timor	2.32
33	Rwanda	2.3
34	Cote d'Ivoire	2.3
35	Gaza Strip	2.25
36	British Virgin Islands	2.2
37	Bahrain	2.19
38	Congo, Republic of the	2.17
39	Yemen	2.17
40	Ghana	2.16
41	Mauritania	2.14
42	Djibouti	2.13
43	Central African Republic	2.11
44	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.09
45	Somalia	2.08
46	Jordan	2.02
47	Oman	2
48	Gambia, The	1.99
49	Cayman Islands	1.96
50	Qatar	1.95
51	Anguilla	1.92
52	Namibia	1.91
53	Solomon Islands	1.9
54	Luxembourg	1.9
55	West Bank	1.81
56	Vanuatu	1.81
57	Belize	1.8
58	Singapore	1.79
59	Guatemala	1.72
60	Zimbabwe	1.68
61	Papua New Guinea	1.67
62	Sao Tome and Principe	1.66
63	Saudi Arabia	1.63
64	Algeria	1.63
65	Tajikistan	1.58
66	Comoros	1.57
67	Kenya	1.57
68	Honduras	1.56
69	Brunei	1.55
70	Philippines	1.55
71	Botswana	1.52
72	Marshall Islands	1.5
73	Israel	1.49
74	Laos	1.48
75	Bolivia	1.48
76	Cambodia	1.48
77	Libya	1.45
78	United Arab Emirates	1.44
79	Pakistan	1.41
80	Kuwait	1.38
81	Malaysia	1.34
82	Cape Verde	1.32
83	Haiti	1.31
84	New Caledonia	1.3
85	Ecuador	1.25
86	Aruba	1.24
87	Panama	1.24
88	Venezuela	1.21
89	Antigua and Barbuda	1.2
90	Iran	1.19
91	Paraguay	1.17
92	India	1.14
93	Costa Rica	1.13
94	Kiribati	1.12
95	Christmas Island	1.11
96	Mongolia	1.11
97	Ireland	1.11
98	Turkmenistan	1.1
99	Nepal	1.09
100	Mexico	1.09
101	Iceland	1.08
102	Bhutan	1.05
103	Bangladesh	1.02
104	Kyrgyzstan	1.02
105	Australia	1.01
106	Suriname	1
107	Malta	0.99
108	Dominican Republic	0.99
109	Kazakhstan	0.98
110	Colombia	0.97
111	Nicaragua	0.97
112	South Africa	0.97
113	Tunisia	0.95
114	Morocco	0.95
115	Norway	0.94
116	Peru	0.94
117	Uzbekistan	0.91
118	Vietnam	0.9
119	Eritrea	0.89
120	Argentina	0.89
121	Burma	0.89
122	Tuvalu	0.86
123	French Polynesia	0.85
124	Indonesia	0.83
125	Azerbaijan	0.83
126	Swaziland	0.82
127	United States	0.8
128	Sweden	0.8
129	Bahamas, The	0.79
130	Liechtenstein	0.78
131	New Zealand	0.77
132	Jersey	0.76
133	Chile	0.75
134	Seychelles	0.74
135	Spain	0.73
136	Sri Lanka	0.73
137	Canada	0.72
138	Brazil	0.71
139	Macau	0.71
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.7
141	San Marino	0.7
142	Switzerland	0.68
143	Belgium	0.67
144	Isle of Man	0.65
145	Samoa	0.61
146	Denmark	0.59
147	Faroe Islands	0.58
148	Mauritius	0.57
149	Fiji	0.56
150	Korea, North	0.52
151	Nauru	0.51
152	United Kingdom	0.51
153	Turkey	0.49
154	Guyana	0.48
155	Korea, South	0.44
156	Montserrat	0.43
157	Bermuda	0.43
158	Austria	0.42
159	Grenada	0.42
160	Palau	0.4
161	Netherlands	0.38
162	France	0.37
163	China	0.37
164	Finland	0.33
165	Saint Lucia	0.31
166	Wallis and Futuna	0.3
167	Monaco	0.3
168	Albania	0.3
169	Hong Kong	0.29
170	Thailand	0.29
171	Guernsey	0.28
172	Uruguay	0.27
173	Barbados	0.26
174	El Salvador	0.25
175	Lesotho	0.24
176	Guam	0.23
177	Gibraltar	0.21
178	Macedonia	0.19
179	Dominica	0.17
180	Italy	0.16
181	Taiwan	0.15
182	Saint Helena	0.14
183	Czech Republic	0.1
184	Ukraine	0.04
185	Slovenia	0.03
186	Norfolk Island	0.01
187	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0.01
188	Georgia	0.01
189	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0
190	Pitcairn Islands	0
191	Holy See (Vatican City)	0
192	Tokelau	-0.01
193	Andorra	-0.01
194	Slovakia	-0.02
195	Svalbard	-0.03
196	Niue	-0.03
197	Greenland	-0.04
198	Jamaica	-0.05
199	Maldives	-0.06
200	Greece	-0.07
201	Tonga	-0.1
202	Russia	-0.11
203	Poland	-0.16
204	Germany	-0.17
205	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.17
206	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.23
207	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.23
208	Belarus	-0.24
209	Japan	-0.24
210	Armenia	-0.25
211	Hungary	-0.26
212	Cuba	-0.27
213	Portugal	-0.27
214	Virgin Islands	-0.3
215	Montenegro	-0.34
216	Romania	-0.35
217	Serbia	-0.47
218	Croatia	-0.51
219	Northern Mariana Islands	-0.52
220	Micronesia, Federated States of	-0.55
221	Estonia	-0.6
222	Bulgaria	-0.63
223	Moldova	-1.06
224	Latvia	-1.1
225	Lithuania	-1.1
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-1.13
227	South Sudan	-1.16
228	American Samoa	-1.35
229	Puerto Rico	-1.7
230	Cook Islands	-2.72
231	Lebanon	-3.13

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, 2019

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