Population growth
The exponential rate of growth of midyear population from the previous year to this year.
Highest in 2025
4.68%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest in 2025
-4.65%
Saint Martin (French part)
Euro area, 2025
0.30%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025
217
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
217 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.91% | 0.52% | -0.17% | 0.89% |
| 2024 | 0.96% | 0.96% | -0.12% | 0.89% |
| 2023 | 0.93% | 0.82% | -0.10% | 0.88% |
| 2022 | 0.87% | 0.57% | -0.01% | 0.79% |
| 2021 | 0.83% | 0.16% | 0.09% | 0.82% |
| 2020 | 0.98% | 0.41% | 0.24% | 0.97% |
| 2019 | 1.05% | 0.52% | 0.35% | 1.04% |
| 2018 | 1.08% | 0.59% | 0.47% | 1.10% |
| 2017 | 1.13% | 0.69% | 0.61% | 1.16% |
| 2016 | 1.16% | 0.79% | 0.57% | 1.19% |
| 2015 | 1.18% | 0.80% | 0.58% | 1.19% |
| 2014 | 1.21% | 0.80% | 0.63% | 1.26% |
| 2013 | 1.23% | 0.76% | 0.67% | 1.33% |
| 2012 | 1.26% | 0.80% | 0.68% | 1.37% |
| 2011 | 1.22% | 0.79% | 0.55% | 1.42% |
| 2010 | 1.22% | 0.85% | 0.48% | 1.45% |
| 2009 | 1.25% | 0.88% | 0.50% | 1.45% |
| 2008 | 1.27% | 0.95% | 0.51% | 1.44% |
| 2007 | 1.26% | 0.95% | 0.52% | 1.51% |
| 2006 | 1.27% | 0.96% | 0.56% | 1.56% |
| 2005 | 1.27% | 0.92% | 0.59% | 1.63% |
| 2004 | 1.29% | 0.93% | 0.59% | 1.70% |
| 2003 | 1.29% | 0.86% | 0.62% | 1.73% |
| 2002 | 1.31% | 0.93% | 0.67% | 1.81% |
| 2001 | 1.34% | 0.99% | 0.73% | 1.87% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 217 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is United Arab Emirates (4.68%) and the lowest Saint Martin (French part) (-4.65%).
- Half of the countries are above 0.89% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 44 countries and fell in 173.
- The figure for the world was 0.91% in 2025, against 0.98% in 2020 (−0.07 percentage points).
About this measure
Source and dates
All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 United Arab Emirates 4.68%
- 2 Saudi Arabia 4.63%
- 3 Oman 3.96%
- 4 Qatar 3.92%
- 5 Syria 3.77%
- 6 Chad 3.41%
- 7 Central African Republic 3.37%
- 8 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 3.34%
- 9 Niger 3.22%
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.20%
- 11 Georgia 3.18%
- 12 Angola 3.00%
- 13 Ukraine 2.92%
- 14 Mali 2.90%
- 15 Yemen 2.89%
- 16 Tanzania 2.86%
- 17 Mozambique 2.85%
- 18 Mauritania 2.78%
- 19 Zambia 2.77%
- 20 Afghanistan 2.77%
- 21 Uganda 2.70%
- 22 Cameroon 2.56%
- 23 Malawi 2.56%
- 24 Ethiopia 2.55%
- 25 Burundi 2.41%
- 26 Côte d'Ivoire 2.40%
- 27 Benin 2.40%
- 28 Madagascar 2.40%
- 29 Equatorial Guinea 2.40%
- 30 Sudan 2.38%
- 31 Republic of the Congo 2.36%
- 32 Solomon Islands 2.35%
- 33 West Bank and Gaza 2.33%
- 34 Guinea 2.31%
- 35 Senegal 2.30%
- 36 Vanuatu 2.23%
- 37 Gambia 2.23%
- 38 Burkina Faso 2.21%
- 39 Togo 2.18%
- 40 Rwanda 2.17%
- 41 Guinea-Bissau 2.16%
- 42 Gabon 2.11%
- 43 Iraq 2.10%
- 44 Liberia 2.09%
- 45 Nigeria 2.06%
- 46 Namibia 2.05%
- 47 Sierra Leone 2.04%
- 48 South Sudan 2.03%
- 49 Gibraltar 2.01%
- 50 Eritrea 2.00%
- 51 São Tomé and Príncipe 1.98%
- 52 Kenya 1.93%
- 53 Malta 1.89%
- 54 Zimbabwe 1.88%
- 55 Uzbekistan 1.88%
- 56 Comoros 1.85%
- 57 Cayman Islands 1.85%
- 58 Ghana 1.83%
- 59 Tajikistan 1.83%
- 60 Papua New Guinea 1.75%
- 61 Armenia 1.74%
- 62 Kyrgyzstan 1.66%
- 63 Honduras 1.65%
- 64 Turkmenistan 1.65%
- 65 Ireland 1.63%
- 66 Botswana 1.61%
- 67 Pakistan 1.56%
- 68 Egypt 1.56%
- 69 Australia 1.53%
- 70 Guatemala 1.52%
- 71 Iceland 1.51%
- 72 Luxembourg 1.46%
- 73 Kiribati 1.45%
- 74 Liechtenstein 1.41%
- 75 Belize 1.39%
- 76 Bolivia 1.35%
- 77 Laos 1.32%
- 78 Algeria 1.32%
- 79 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.31%
- 80 Nicaragua 1.31%
- 81 Djibouti 1.31%
- 82 Timor-Leste 1.27%
- 83 Mongolia 1.25%
- 84 Panama 1.22%
- 85 Singapore 1.22%
- 86 Bangladesh 1.22%
- 87 Kazakhstan 1.21%
- 88 Paraguay 1.20%
- 89 Israel 1.20%
- 90 Cambodia 1.18%
- 91 Malaysia 1.17%
- 92 Andorra 1.17%
- 93 South Africa 1.15%
- 94 Haiti 1.13%
- 95 Seychelles 1.13%
- 96 Lesotho 1.10%
- 97 Eswatini 1.07%
- 98 Libya 1.04%
- 99 Peru 1.04%
- 100 Spain 1.03%
- 101 Portugal 1.03%
- 102 Colombia 1.01%
- 103 Switzerland 0.96%
- 104 Canada 0.94%
- 105 Iran 0.92%
- 106 New Caledonia 0.92%
- 107 Cyprus 0.91%
- 108 Morocco 0.91%
- 109 India 0.89%
- 110 Suriname 0.85%
- 111 Ecuador 0.85%
- 112 Mexico 0.83%
- 113 Philippines 0.81%
- 114 Dominican Republic 0.81%
- 115 Indonesia 0.78%
- 116 Brunei 0.78%
- 117 Lebanon 0.75%
- 118 Bahrain 0.73%
- 119 Aruba 0.73%
- 120 Guam 0.73%
- 121 Belgium 0.70%
- 122 Norway 0.69%
- 123 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.69%
- 124 British Virgin Islands 0.66%
- 125 New Zealand 0.65%
- 126 Naoero 0.65%
- 127 Bhutan 0.65%
- 128 Myanmar 0.64%
- 129 Viet Nam 0.60%
- 130 Samoa 0.59%
- 131 Guyana 0.59%
- 132 Tunisia 0.58%
- 133 Denmark 0.54%
- 134 United States 0.52%
- 135 Netherlands 0.52%
- 136 Chile 0.48%
- 137 Faroe Islands 0.47%
- 138 Finland 0.47%
- 139 Fiji 0.47%
- 140 Cabo Verde 0.47%
- 141 Antigua and Barbuda 0.46%
- 142 Micronesia 0.46%
- 143 Costa Rica 0.45%
- 144 Bahamas 0.44%
- 145 Azerbaijan 0.43%
- 146 El Salvador 0.43%
- 147 Türkiye 0.42%
- 148 Venezuela 0.39%
- 149 San Marino 0.39%
- 150 Brazil 0.38%
- 151 Maldives 0.35%
- 152 Argentina 0.34%
- 153 Austria 0.33%
- 154 United Kingdom 0.30%
- 155 North Korea 0.27%
- 156 Croatia 0.26%
- 157 Sweden 0.25%
- 158 France 0.25%
- 159 French Polynesia 0.23%
- 160 Saint Lucia 0.23%
- 161 Channel Islands 0.20%
- 162 Curaçao 0.19%
- 163 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.17%
- 164 Slovenia 0.17%
- 165 Greece 0.08%
- 166 Grenada 0.08%
- 167 Barbados 0.06%
- 168 Lithuania 0.02%
- 169 Greenland -0.01%
- 170 Germany -0.03%
- 171 Trinidad and Tobago -0.04%
- 172 Isle of Man -0.05%
- 173 Uruguay -0.06%
- 174 Italy -0.06%
- 175 Montenegro -0.06%
- 176 Thailand -0.07%
- 177 Jamaica -0.07%
- 178 Russia -0.11%
- 179 Nepal -0.11%
- 180 Bermuda -0.13%
- 181 Bulgaria -0.13%
- 182 South Korea -0.13%
- 183 Slovakia -0.15%
- 184 Macao SAR, China -0.16%
- 185 Mauritius -0.16%
- 186 Romania -0.17%
- 187 Czechia -0.17%
- 188 China -0.17%
- 189 Palau -0.18%
- 190 North Macedonia -0.19%
- 191 Jordan -0.28%
- 192 Hong Kong SAR, China -0.34%
- 193 Poland -0.34%
- 194 Cuba -0.39%
- 195 Tonga -0.42%
- 196 Estonia -0.43%
- 197 Japan -0.49%
- 198 Hungary -0.50%
- 199 Dominica -0.51%
- 200 Belarus -0.51%
- 201 Puerto Rico (US) -0.55%
- 202 US Virgin Islands -0.56%
- 203 Serbia -0.57%
- 204 Kuwait -0.65%
- 205 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.69%
- 206 Sri Lanka -0.73%
- 207 Monaco -0.75%
- 208 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.77%
- 209 Latvia -0.99%
- 210 Kosovo -1.10%
- 211 Albania -1.17%
- 212 American Samoa -1.59%
- 213 Tuvalu -1.61%
- 214 Northern Mariana Islands -1.68%
- 215 Moldova -1.75%
- 216 Marshall Islands -3.43%
- 217 Saint Martin (French part) -4.65%
- East Asia and Pacific 0.11%
- Euro area 0.30%
- Europe and Central Asia 0.43%
- European Union 0.20%
- Latin America and Caribbean 0.66%
- Middle East and North Africa 1.81%
- North America 0.57%
- OECD members 0.39%
- South Asia 0.88%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.43%
- World 0.91%
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