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Top 20 by Population growth rate

196 countries

Full Rankings — Population growth rate

Rank Country Value
1 South Sudan 4.5200
2 Niger 3.6500
3 Somalia 3.3200
4 Angola 3.3200
5 Benin 3.2600
6 Uganda 3.1300
7 Equatorial Guinea 3.1000
8 Congo DR 3.0900
9 Chad 2.9800
10 Burundi 2.9600
11 Mali 2.8800
12 Mauritania 2.8800
13 Afghanistan 2.8600
14 Tanzania 2.8500
15 Guinea 2.7400
16 Guinea-Bissau 2.5500
17 Sudan 2.5400
18 Mozambique 2.5300
19 Zambia 2.5100
20 Ukraine 2.4200
21 Senegal 2.4000
22 Burkina Faso 2.3900
23 Nigeria 2.3900
24 Togo 2.3700
25 Cameroon 2.3700
26 Congo 2.3600
27 Gabon 2.3500
28 Ethiopia 2.3400
29 Cote d'Ivoire 2.3300
30 Liberia 2.2700
31 Sierra Leone 2.2400
32 Yemen 2.2200
33 Papua New Guinea 2.2200
34 Malawi 2.1600
35 Madagascar 2.1500
36 Kenya 2.1500
37 Ghana 2.1200
38 The Gambia 2.0900
39 Rwanda 2.0000
40 Iraq 1.9400
41 Tajikistan 1.8900
42 Djibouti 1.8400
43 Pakistan 1.8200
44 Zimbabwe 1.8200
45 Namibia 1.7600
46 Central African Republic 1.7400
47 Saudi Arabia 1.7200
48 Oman 1.7000
49 Jordan 1.6800
50 Syria 1.6300
51 Solomon Islands 1.6200
52 Israel 1.5900
53 Australia 1.5900
54 Vanuatu 1.5100
55 Algeria 1.4700
56 Belize 1.4700
57 Panama 1.4400
58 Egypt 1.4000
59 Sao Tome and Principe 1.3900
60 Brunei 1.3700
61 Libya 1.3500
62 Botswana 1.3200
63 Timor-Leste 1.2800
64 Honduras 1.2800
65 Comoros 1.2600
66 Uzbekistan 1.2600
67 Luxembourg 1.2600
68 Haiti 1.2200
69 Marshall Islands 1.2200
70 Laos 1.2200
71 Eritrea 1.1600
72 Cape Verde 1.1200
73 Antigua and Barbuda 1.0900
74 The Bahamas 1.0800
75 Mongolia 1.0800
76 Kuwait 1.0700
77 South Africa 1.0600
78 Paraguay 1.0600
79 Suriname 1.0400
80 Bolivia 1.0100
81 Guatemala 0.9900
82 Kiribati 0.9800
83 Malaysia 0.9700
84 Cambodia 0.9500
85 Bhutan 0.9300
86 Nicaragua 0.9200
87 Bangladesh 0.9100
88 Ecuador 0.9100
89 Cyprus 0.8900
90 Venezuela 0.8800
91 Turkmenistan 0.8800
92 Eswatini 0.8700
93 Vietnam 0.8600
94 Singapore 0.8500
95 New Zealand 0.8300
96 Kazakhstan 0.8300
97 Iceland 0.8200
98 Morocco 0.8100
99 Mexico 0.8100
100 Ireland 0.8000
101 Bahrain 0.7900
102 Dominican Republic 0.7800
103 Monaco 0.7600
104 Tuvalu 0.7500
105 Costa Rica 0.7500
106 Kyrgyzstan 0.7500
107 Philippines 0.7400
108 Canada 0.7300
109 Kosovo 0.7300
110 Lesotho 0.7300
111 India 0.7200
112 Switzerland 0.7200
113 Indonesia 0.7000
114 Burma 0.6900
115 Liechtenstein 0.6800
116 Nepal 0.6600
117 Samoa 0.6600
118 Malta 0.6500
119 Denmark 0.6400
120 United Arab Emirates 0.6200
121 Turkey 0.5900
122 Brazil 0.5800
123 Norway 0.5700
124 Qatar 0.5700
125 San Marino 0.5500
126 Peru 0.5500
127 Colombia 0.5400
128 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.5300
129 Seychelles 0.5300
130 Sweden 0.5100
131 Chile 0.4600
132 United States 0.4500
133 Belgium 0.4500
134 Azerbaijan 0.4000
135 North Korea 0.4000
136 United Kingdom 0.4000
137 Tunisia 0.3800
138 Palau 0.3800
139 Fiji 0.3800
140 Nauru 0.3700
141 Guyana 0.3500
142 El Salvador 0.3400
143 Netherlands 0.3000
144 Austria 0.2800
145 Argentina 0.2600
146 Jamaica 0.2500
147 Saint Lucia 0.2500
148 Grenada 0.2400
149 Sri Lanka 0.2200
150 France 0.2000
151 Thailand 0.1300
152 Spain 0.1200
153 North Macedonia 0.0800
154 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0800
155 Mauritius 0.0600
156 Finland 0.0200
157 Vatican City 0.0000
158 Czechia -0.0200
159 Dominica -0.0400
160 Italy -0.0500
161 Uruguay -0.0600
162 Slovakia -0.0700
163 China -0.0800
164 South Korea -0.0900
165 Portugal -0.1100
166 Andorra -0.1200
167 Germany -0.1300
168 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.1500
169 Slovenia -0.1600
170 Maldives -0.2400
171 Hungary -0.2900
172 Greece -0.3500
173 Tonga -0.3700
174 Barbados -0.4200
175 Belarus -0.4400
176 Armenia -0.4500
177 Georgia -0.4500
178 Japan -0.4500
179 Montenegro -0.4600
180 Estonia -0.4700
181 Russia -0.4900
182 Croatia -0.5300
183 Moldova -0.5700
184 Serbia -0.6000
185 Cuba -0.6000
186 Bulgaria -0.6600
187 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.6700
188 Lithuania -0.7100
189 Micronesia -0.7700
190 Lebanon -0.7700
191 Romania -0.8600
192 Iran -0.8700
193 Poland -0.9800
194 Albania -1.0600
195 Latvia -1.2700
196 Mayotte -5.1686

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