Population growth by country, 2025
The exponential rate of growth of midyear population from the previous year to this year.
217 places ranked for 2025. Highest: United Arab Emirates (4.68%). Lowest: Saint Martin (French part) (-4.65%). The median is 0.89%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
- 217. Saint Martin (French part) -4.65%
- 216. Marshall Islands -3.43%
- 215. Moldova -1.75%
- 214. Northern Mariana Islands -1.68%
- 213. Tuvalu -1.61%
- 212. American Samoa -1.59%
- 211. Albania -1.17%
- 210. Kosovo -1.10%
- 209. Latvia -0.99%
- 208. Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.77%
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 217. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
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).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 4.68% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 4.63% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Oman | 3.96% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Qatar | 3.92% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Syria | 3.77% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Chad | 3.41% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 3.37% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 3.34% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Niger | 3.22% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.20% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Georgia | 3.18% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Angola | 3.00% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Ukraine | 2.92% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Mali | 2.90% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Yemen | 2.89% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Tanzania | 2.86% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Mozambique | 2.85% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Mauritania | 2.78% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Zambia | 2.77% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 2.77% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Uganda | 2.70% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Cameroon | 2.56% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Malawi | 2.56% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 2.55% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Burundi | 2.41% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.40% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Benin | 2.40% | 2025 | |
| 28 | Madagascar | 2.40% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.40% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Sudan | 2.38% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Republic of the Congo | 2.36% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Solomon Islands | 2.35% | 2025 | |
| 33 | West Bank and Gaza | 2.33% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Guinea | 2.31% | 2025 | |
| 35 | Senegal | 2.30% | 2025 | |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 2.23% | 2025 | |
| 37 | Gambia | 2.23% | 2025 | |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 2.21% | 2025 | |
| 39 | Togo | 2.18% | 2025 | |
| 40 | Rwanda | 2.17% | 2025 | |
| 41 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.16% | 2025 | |
| 42 | Gabon | 2.11% | 2025 | |
| 43 | Iraq | 2.10% | 2025 | |
| 44 | Liberia | 2.09% | 2025 | |
| 45 | Nigeria | 2.06% | 2025 | |
| 46 | Namibia | 2.05% | 2025 | |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 2.04% | 2025 | |
| 48 | South Sudan | 2.03% | 2025 | |
| 49 | Gibraltar | 2.01% | 2025 | |
| 50 | Eritrea | 2.00% | 2025 | |
| 51 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 1.98% | 2025 | |
| 52 | Kenya | 1.93% | 2025 | |
| 53 | Malta | 1.89% | 2025 | |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 1.88% | 2025 | |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 1.88% | 2025 | |
| 56 | Comoros | 1.85% | 2025 | |
| 57 | Cayman Islands | 1.85% | 2025 | |
| 58 | Ghana | 1.83% | 2025 | |
| 59 | Tajikistan | 1.83% | 2025 | |
| 60 | Papua New Guinea | 1.75% | 2025 | |
| 61 | Armenia | 1.74% | 2025 | |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.66% | 2025 | |
| 63 | Honduras | 1.65% | 2025 | |
| 64 | Turkmenistan | 1.65% | 2025 | |
| 65 | Ireland | 1.63% | 2025 | |
| 66 | Botswana | 1.61% | 2025 | |
| 67 | Pakistan | 1.56% | 2025 | |
| 68 | Egypt | 1.56% | 2025 | |
| 69 | Australia | 1.53% | 2025 | |
| 70 | Guatemala | 1.52% | 2025 | |
| 71 | Iceland | 1.51% | 2025 | |
| 72 | Luxembourg | 1.46% | 2025 | |
| 73 | Kiribati | 1.45% | 2025 | |
| 74 | Liechtenstein | 1.41% | 2025 | |
| 75 | Belize | 1.39% | 2025 | |
| 76 | Bolivia | 1.35% | 2025 | |
| 77 | Laos | 1.32% | 2025 | |
| 78 | Algeria | 1.32% | 2025 | |
| 79 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.31% | 2025 | |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 1.31% | 2025 | |
| 81 | Djibouti | 1.31% | 2025 | |
| 82 | Timor-Leste | 1.27% | 2025 | |
| 83 | Mongolia | 1.25% | 2025 | |
| 84 | Panama | 1.22% | 2025 | |
| 85 | Singapore | 1.22% | 2025 | |
| 86 | Bangladesh | 1.22% | 2025 | |
| 87 | Kazakhstan | 1.21% | 2025 | |
| 88 | Paraguay | 1.20% | 2025 | |
| 89 | Israel | 1.20% | 2025 | |
| 90 | Cambodia | 1.18% | 2025 | |
| 91 | Malaysia | 1.17% | 2025 | |
| 92 | Andorra | 1.17% | 2025 | |
| 93 | South Africa | 1.15% | 2025 | |
| 94 | Haiti | 1.13% | 2025 | |
| 95 | Seychelles | 1.13% | 2025 | |
| 96 | Lesotho | 1.10% | 2025 | |
| 97 | Eswatini | 1.07% | 2025 | |
| 98 | Libya | 1.04% | 2025 | |
| 99 | Peru | 1.04% | 2025 | |
| 100 | Spain | 1.03% | 2025 | |
| 101 | Portugal | 1.03% | 2025 | |
| 102 | Colombia | 1.01% | 2025 | |
| 103 | Switzerland | 0.96% | 2025 | |
| 104 | Canada | 0.94% | 2025 | |
| 105 | Iran | 0.92% | 2025 | |
| 106 | New Caledonia | 0.92% | 2025 | |
| 107 | Cyprus | 0.91% | 2025 | |
| 108 | Morocco | 0.91% | 2025 | |
| 109 | India | 0.89% | 2025 | |
| 110 | Suriname | 0.85% | 2025 | |
| 111 | Ecuador | 0.85% | 2025 | |
| 112 | Mexico | 0.83% | 2025 | |
| 113 | Philippines | 0.81% | 2025 | |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 0.81% | 2025 | |
| 115 | Indonesia | 0.78% | 2025 | |
| 116 | Brunei | 0.78% | 2025 | |
| 117 | Lebanon | 0.75% | 2025 | |
| 118 | Bahrain | 0.73% | 2025 | |
| 119 | Aruba | 0.73% | 2025 | |
| 120 | Guam | 0.73% | 2025 | |
| 121 | Belgium | 0.70% | 2025 | |
| 122 | Norway | 0.69% | 2025 | |
| 123 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.69% | 2025 | |
| 124 | British Virgin Islands | 0.66% | 2025 | |
| 125 | New Zealand | 0.65% | 2025 | |
| 126 | Naoero | 0.65% | 2025 | |
| 127 | Bhutan | 0.65% | 2025 | |
| 128 | Myanmar | 0.64% | 2025 | |
| 129 | Viet Nam | 0.60% | 2025 | |
| 130 | Samoa | 0.59% | 2025 | |
| 131 | Guyana | 0.59% | 2025 | |
| 132 | Tunisia | 0.58% | 2025 | |
| 133 | Denmark | 0.54% | 2025 | |
| 134 | United States | 0.52% | 2025 | |
| 135 | Netherlands | 0.52% | 2025 | |
| 136 | Chile | 0.48% | 2025 | |
| 137 | Faroe Islands | 0.47% | 2025 | |
| 138 | Finland | 0.47% | 2025 | |
| 139 | Fiji | 0.47% | 2025 | |
| 140 | Cabo Verde | 0.47% | 2025 | |
| 141 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.46% | 2025 | |
| 142 | Micronesia | 0.46% | 2025 | |
| 143 | Costa Rica | 0.45% | 2025 | |
| 144 | Bahamas | 0.44% | 2025 | |
| 145 | Azerbaijan | 0.43% | 2025 | |
| 146 | El Salvador | 0.43% | 2025 | |
| 147 | Türkiye | 0.42% | 2025 | |
| 148 | Venezuela | 0.39% | 2025 | |
| 149 | San Marino | 0.39% | 2025 | |
| 150 | Brazil | 0.38% | 2025 | |
| 151 | Maldives | 0.35% | 2025 | |
| 152 | Argentina | 0.34% | 2025 | |
| 153 | Austria | 0.33% | 2025 | |
| 154 | United Kingdom | 0.30% | 2025 | |
| 155 | North Korea | 0.27% | 2025 | |
| 156 | Croatia | 0.26% | 2025 | |
| 157 | Sweden | 0.25% | 2025 | |
| 158 | France | 0.25% | 2025 | |
| 159 | French Polynesia | 0.23% | 2025 | |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 0.23% | 2025 | |
| 161 | Channel Islands | 0.20% | 2025 | |
| 162 | Curaçao | 0.19% | 2025 | |
| 163 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.17% | 2025 | |
| 164 | Slovenia | 0.17% | 2025 | |
| 165 | Greece | 0.08% | 2025 | |
| 166 | Grenada | 0.08% | 2025 | |
| 167 | Barbados | 0.06% | 2025 | |
| 168 | Lithuania | 0.02% | 2025 | |
| 169 | Greenland | -0.01% | 2025 | |
| 170 | Germany | -0.03% | 2025 | |
| 171 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.04% | 2025 | |
| 172 | Isle of Man | -0.05% | 2025 | |
| 173 | Uruguay | -0.06% | 2025 | |
| 174 | Italy | -0.06% | 2025 | |
| 175 | Montenegro | -0.06% | 2025 | |
| 176 | Thailand | -0.07% | 2025 | |
| 177 | Jamaica | -0.07% | 2025 | |
| 178 | Russia | -0.11% | 2025 | |
| 179 | Nepal | -0.11% | 2025 | |
| 180 | Bermuda | -0.13% | 2025 | |
| 181 | Bulgaria | -0.13% | 2025 | |
| 182 | South Korea | -0.13% | 2025 | |
| 183 | Slovakia | -0.15% | 2025 | |
| 184 | Macao SAR, China | -0.16% | 2025 | |
| 185 | Mauritius | -0.16% | 2025 | |
| 186 | Romania | -0.17% | 2025 | |
| 187 | Czechia | -0.17% | 2025 | |
| 188 | China | -0.17% | 2025 | |
| 189 | Palau | -0.18% | 2025 | |
| 190 | North Macedonia | -0.19% | 2025 | |
| 191 | Jordan | -0.28% | 2025 | |
| 192 | Hong Kong SAR, China | -0.34% | 2025 | |
| 193 | Poland | -0.34% | 2025 | |
| 194 | Cuba | -0.39% | 2025 | |
| 195 | Tonga | -0.42% | 2025 | |
| 196 | Estonia | -0.43% | 2025 | |
| 197 | Japan | -0.49% | 2025 | |
| 198 | Hungary | -0.50% | 2025 | |
| 199 | Dominica | -0.51% | 2025 | |
| 200 | Belarus | -0.51% | 2025 | |
| 201 | Puerto Rico (US) | -0.55% | 2025 | |
| 202 | US Virgin Islands | -0.56% | 2025 | |
| 203 | Serbia | -0.57% | 2025 | |
| 204 | Kuwait | -0.65% | 2025 | |
| 205 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.69% | 2025 | |
| 206 | Sri Lanka | -0.73% | 2025 | |
| 207 | Monaco | -0.75% | 2025 | |
| 208 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.77% | 2025 | |
| 209 | Latvia | -0.99% | 2025 | |
| 210 | Kosovo | -1.10% | 2025 | |
| 211 | Albania | -1.17% | 2025 | |
| 212 | American Samoa | -1.59% | 2025 | |
| 213 | Tuvalu | -1.61% | 2025 | |
| 214 | Northern Mariana Islands | -1.68% | 2025 | |
| 215 | Moldova | -1.75% | 2025 | |
| 216 | Marshall Islands | -3.43% | 2025 | |
| 217 | Saint Martin (French part) | -4.65% | 2025 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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