Population growth rate, estimates and projections to 2100
Average exponential rate of change of the total population over the year, in percent, including births, deaths and migration. UN estimates up to 2023 and medium-variant projections from 2024.
Highest in 2023
5.86%
South Sudan
Lowest in 2023
-5.40%
Saint Martin (French part)
Countries ranked for 2023
216
216 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% per year. Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
Flags: f Projection (medium variant) . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 216 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is South Sudan (5.86%) and the lowest Saint Martin (French part) (-5.40%).
- Half of the countries are above 0.93% and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 64 countries and fell in 151.
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All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 South Sudan 5.86%
- 2 Chad 5.71%
- 3 Syria 4.92%
- 4 Oman 4.59%
- 5 United Arab Emirates 3.70%
- 6 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 3.57%
- 7 Central African Republic 3.41%
- 8 Niger 3.31%
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.26%
- 10 Angola 3.06%
- 11 Yemen 3.03%
- 12 Mali 2.97%
- 13 Mauritania 2.95%
- 14 Mozambique 2.94%
- 15 Tanzania 2.88%
- 16 Afghanistan 2.85%
- 17 Zambia 2.83%
- 18 Armenia 2.79%
- 19 Uganda 2.78%
- 20 Burundi 2.71%
- 21 Cameroon 2.64%
- 22 Ethiopia 2.59%
- 23 Malawi 2.57%
- 24 Benin 2.51%
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 2.45%
- 26 Madagascar 2.45%
- 27 Guinea 2.45%
- 28 Republic of the Congo 2.42%
- 29 Equatorial Guinea 2.39%
- 30 Saudi Arabia 2.39%
- 31 Solomon Islands 2.38%
- 32 Namibia 2.37%
- 33 Gibraltar 2.33%
- 34 Senegal 2.33%
- 35 Togo 2.32%
- 36 Bahrain 2.31%
- 37 Gambia 2.30%
- 38 Vanuatu 2.30%
- 39 Burkina Faso 2.26%
- 40 Qatar 2.24%
- 41 Guinea-Bissau 2.23%
- 42 Liberia 2.20%
- 43 Sierra Leone 2.18%
- 44 Gabon 2.18%
- 45 Rwanda 2.18%
- 46 Iraq 2.15%
- 47 Nigeria 2.10%
- 48 Uzbekistan 2.01%
- 49 São Tomé and Príncipe 2.00%
- 50 Kenya 1.97%
- 51 Cayman Islands 1.97%
- 52 Seychelles 1.96%
- 53 Tajikistan 1.96%
- 54 Comoros 1.91%
- 55 Ghana 1.90%
- 56 Kuwait 1.88%
- 57 Montenegro 1.86%
- 58 Egypt 1.82%
- 59 Eritrea 1.81%
- 60 Turkmenistan 1.80%
- 61 Papua New Guinea 1.80%
- 62 British Virgin Islands 1.76%
- 63 Honduras 1.70%
- 64 Zimbabwe 1.68%
- 65 Iceland 1.64%
- 66 Botswana 1.64%
- 67 Kyrgyzstan 1.61%
- 68 Jordan 1.60%
- 69 Guatemala 1.55%
- 70 West Bank and Gaza 1.52%
- 71 Kiribati 1.50%
- 72 Pakistan 1.48%
- 73 Belize 1.46%
- 74 Algeria 1.44%
- 75 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.44%
- 76 Israel 1.42%
- 77 Andorra 1.39%
- 78 Macao SAR, China 1.39%
- 79 Bolivia 1.38%
- 80 Djibouti 1.38%
- 81 Laos 1.38%
- 82 Nicaragua 1.36%
- 83 Faroe Islands 1.33%
- 84 Kazakhstan 1.32%
- 85 South Africa 1.32%
- 86 Mongolia 1.30%
- 87 Malta 1.29%
- 88 Panama 1.29%
- 89 Cambodia 1.25%
- 90 Paraguay 1.25%
- 91 Malaysia 1.24%
- 92 Luxembourg 1.24%
- 93 Canada 1.22%
- 94 Bangladesh 1.21%
- 95 Ireland 1.19%
- 96 Haiti 1.17%
- 97 Lesotho 1.12%
- 98 Peru 1.12%
- 99 Iran 1.12%
- 100 Norway 1.11%
- 101 Colombia 1.10%
- 102 Timor-Leste 1.08%
- 103 Cyprus 1.02%
- 104 Libya 1.01%
- 105 Morocco 1.00%
- 106 Australia 0.99%
- 107 New Caledonia 0.97%
- 108 Eswatini 0.94%
- 109 Suriname 0.91%
- 110 Lithuania 0.89%
- 111 India 0.89%
- 112 Mexico 0.88%
- 113 Ecuador 0.87%
- 114 Dominican Republic 0.86%
- 115 Brunei 0.84%
- 116 Philippines 0.84%
- 117 New Zealand 0.83%
- 118 Indonesia 0.83%
- 119 Netherlands 0.81%
- 120 Singapore 0.81%
- 121 Guam 0.78%
- 122 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.75%
- 123 United Kingdom 0.70%
- 124 Liechtenstein 0.70%
- 125 Bhutan 0.69%
- 126 Myanmar 0.69%
- 127 Tunisia 0.65%
- 128 Viet Nam 0.64%
- 129 Samoa 0.63%
- 130 Switzerland 0.62%
- 131 United States 0.58%
- 132 Sri Lanka 0.58%
- 133 Chile 0.57%
- 134 Sweden 0.56%
- 135 Guyana 0.55%
- 136 Denmark 0.53%
- 137 Fiji 0.52%
- 138 Naoero 0.51%
- 139 Antigua and Barbuda 0.50%
- 140 Costa Rica 0.49%
- 141 Cabo Verde 0.49%
- 142 Micronesia 0.47%
- 143 Bahamas 0.46%
- 144 El Salvador 0.46%
- 145 Lebanon 0.43%
- 146 Brazil 0.41%
- 147 Finland 0.39%
- 148 Trinidad and Tobago 0.38%
- 149 Venezuela 0.35%
- 150 Argentina 0.35%
- 151 Germany 0.35%
- 152 Maldives 0.32%
- 153 North Korea 0.32%
- 154 Saint Lucia 0.27%
- 155 Belgium 0.25%
- 156 French Polynesia 0.25%
- 157 Türkiye 0.23%
- 158 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.19%
- 159 France 0.17%
- 160 Aruba 0.13%
- 161 Grenada 0.13%
- 162 Puerto Rico (US) 0.12%
- 163 Slovenia 0.08%
- 164 Hungary 0.07%
- 165 Slovakia 0.06%
- 166 Curaçao 0.04%
- 167 Barbados 0.03%
- 168 Sudan 0.02%
- 169 Georgia 0.02%
- 170 Isle of Man 0.02%
- 171 Spain 0.02%
- 172 Estonia 0.00%
- 173 Jamaica 0.00%
- 174 Portugal 0.00%
- 175 Uruguay -0.04%
- 176 Thailand -0.04%
- 177 South Korea -0.04%
- 178 Bermuda -0.08%
- 179 Austria -0.12%
- 180 Nepal -0.14%
- 181 Greenland -0.14%
- 182 Mauritius -0.17%
- 183 Italy -0.22%
- 184 Palau -0.23%
- 185 China -0.24%
- 186 Hong Kong SAR, China -0.26%
- 187 Azerbaijan -0.26%
- 188 Poland -0.26%
- 189 Latvia -0.29%
- 190 Russia -0.32%
- 191 Czechia -0.34%
- 192 Croatia -0.34%
- 193 Cuba -0.35%
- 194 Tonga -0.42%
- 195 Serbia -0.44%
- 196 North Macedonia -0.47%
- 197 Dominica -0.47%
- 198 Japan -0.48%
- 199 Bulgaria -0.52%
- 200 Romania -0.53%
- 201 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.59%
- 202 Belarus -0.65%
- 203 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.70%
- 204 Albania -0.71%
- 205 San Marino -0.74%
- 206 Moldova -0.89%
- 207 Monaco -0.92%
- 208 US Virgin Islands -0.93%
- 209 Kosovo -1.07%
- 210 Ukraine -1.55%
- 211 American Samoa -1.60%
- 212 Tuvalu -1.80%
- 213 Greece -2.08%
- 214 Northern Mariana Islands -2.11%
- 215 Marshall Islands -3.32%
- 216 Saint Martin (French part) -5.40%
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