Population growth estimates and projections by country, 2023
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.
216 places ranked for 2023. Highest: South Sudan (5.86%). Lowest: Saint Martin (French part) (-5.40%). The median is 0.93%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
- 216. Saint Martin (French part) -5.40%
- 215. Marshall Islands -3.32%
- 214. Northern Mariana Islands -2.11%
- 213. Greece -2.08%
- 212. Tuvalu -1.80%
- 211. American Samoa -1.60%
- 210. Ukraine -1.55%
- 209. Kosovo -1.07%
- 208. US Virgin Islands -0.93%
- 207. Monaco -0.92%
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 216. Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024.
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.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 5.86% | 2023 | |
| 2 | Chad | 5.71% | 2023 | |
| 3 | Syria | 4.92% | 2023 | |
| 4 | Oman | 4.59% | 2023 | |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 3.70% | 2023 | |
| 6 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 3.57% | 2023 | |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 3.41% | 2023 | |
| 8 | Niger | 3.31% | 2023 | |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.26% | 2023 | |
| 10 | Angola | 3.06% | 2023 | |
| 11 | Yemen | 3.03% | 2023 | |
| 12 | Mali | 2.97% | 2023 | |
| 13 | Mauritania | 2.95% | 2023 | |
| 14 | Mozambique | 2.94% | 2023 | |
| 15 | Tanzania | 2.88% | 2023 | |
| 16 | Afghanistan | 2.85% | 2023 | |
| 17 | Zambia | 2.83% | 2023 | |
| 18 | Armenia | 2.79% | 2023 | |
| 19 | Uganda | 2.78% | 2023 | |
| 20 | Burundi | 2.71% | 2023 | |
| 21 | Cameroon | 2.64% | 2023 | |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 2.59% | 2023 | |
| 23 | Malawi | 2.57% | 2023 | |
| 24 | Benin | 2.51% | 2023 | |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.45% | 2023 | |
| 26 | Madagascar | 2.45% | 2023 | |
| 27 | Guinea | 2.45% | 2023 | |
| 28 | Republic of the Congo | 2.42% | 2023 | |
| 29 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.39% | 2023 | |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 2.39% | 2023 | |
| 31 | Solomon Islands | 2.38% | 2023 | |
| 32 | Namibia | 2.37% | 2023 | |
| 33 | Gibraltar | 2.33% | 2023 | |
| 34 | Senegal | 2.33% | 2023 | |
| 35 | Togo | 2.32% | 2023 | |
| 36 | Bahrain | 2.31% | 2023 | |
| 37 | Gambia | 2.30% | 2023 | |
| 38 | Vanuatu | 2.30% | 2023 | |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 2.26% | 2023 | |
| 40 | Qatar | 2.24% | 2023 | |
| 41 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.23% | 2023 | |
| 42 | Liberia | 2.20% | 2023 | |
| 43 | Sierra Leone | 2.18% | 2023 | |
| 44 | Gabon | 2.18% | 2023 | |
| 45 | Rwanda | 2.18% | 2023 | |
| 46 | Iraq | 2.15% | 2023 | |
| 47 | Nigeria | 2.10% | 2023 | |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 2.01% | 2023 | |
| 49 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 2.00% | 2023 | |
| 50 | Kenya | 1.97% | 2023 | |
| 51 | Cayman Islands | 1.97% | 2023 | |
| 52 | Seychelles | 1.96% | 2023 | |
| 53 | Tajikistan | 1.96% | 2023 | |
| 54 | Comoros | 1.91% | 2023 | |
| 55 | Ghana | 1.90% | 2023 | |
| 56 | Kuwait | 1.88% | 2023 | |
| 57 | Montenegro | 1.86% | 2023 | |
| 58 | Egypt | 1.82% | 2023 | |
| 59 | Eritrea | 1.81% | 2023 | |
| 60 | Turkmenistan | 1.80% | 2023 | |
| 61 | Papua New Guinea | 1.80% | 2023 | |
| 62 | British Virgin Islands | 1.76% | 2023 | |
| 63 | Honduras | 1.70% | 2023 | |
| 64 | Zimbabwe | 1.68% | 2023 | |
| 65 | Iceland | 1.64% | 2023 | |
| 66 | Botswana | 1.64% | 2023 | |
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.61% | 2023 | |
| 68 | Jordan | 1.60% | 2023 | |
| 69 | Guatemala | 1.55% | 2023 | |
| 70 | West Bank and Gaza | 1.52% | 2023 | |
| 71 | Kiribati | 1.50% | 2023 | |
| 72 | Pakistan | 1.48% | 2023 | |
| 73 | Belize | 1.46% | 2023 | |
| 74 | Algeria | 1.44% | 2023 | |
| 75 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.44% | 2023 | |
| 76 | Israel | 1.42% | 2023 | |
| 77 | Andorra | 1.39% | 2023 | |
| 78 | Macao SAR, China | 1.39% | 2023 | |
| 79 | Bolivia | 1.38% | 2023 | |
| 80 | Djibouti | 1.38% | 2023 | |
| 81 | Laos | 1.38% | 2023 | |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 1.36% | 2023 | |
| 83 | Faroe Islands | 1.33% | 2023 | |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 1.32% | 2023 | |
| 85 | South Africa | 1.32% | 2023 | |
| 86 | Mongolia | 1.30% | 2023 | |
| 87 | Malta | 1.29% | 2023 | |
| 88 | Panama | 1.29% | 2023 | |
| 89 | Cambodia | 1.25% | 2023 | |
| 90 | Paraguay | 1.25% | 2023 | |
| 91 | Malaysia | 1.24% | 2023 | |
| 92 | Luxembourg | 1.24% | 2023 | |
| 93 | Canada | 1.22% | 2023 | |
| 94 | Bangladesh | 1.21% | 2023 | |
| 95 | Ireland | 1.19% | 2023 | |
| 96 | Haiti | 1.17% | 2023 | |
| 97 | Lesotho | 1.12% | 2023 | |
| 98 | Peru | 1.12% | 2023 | |
| 99 | Iran | 1.12% | 2023 | |
| 100 | Norway | 1.11% | 2023 | |
| 101 | Colombia | 1.10% | 2023 | |
| 102 | Timor-Leste | 1.08% | 2023 | |
| 103 | Cyprus | 1.02% | 2023 | |
| 104 | Libya | 1.01% | 2023 | |
| 105 | Morocco | 1.00% | 2023 | |
| 106 | Australia | 0.99% | 2023 | |
| 107 | New Caledonia | 0.97% | 2023 | |
| 108 | Eswatini | 0.94% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Suriname | 0.91% | 2023 | |
| 110 | Lithuania | 0.89% | 2023 | |
| 111 | India | 0.89% | 2023 | |
| 112 | Mexico | 0.88% | 2023 | |
| 113 | Ecuador | 0.87% | 2023 | |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 0.86% | 2023 | |
| 115 | Brunei | 0.84% | 2023 | |
| 116 | Philippines | 0.84% | 2023 | |
| 117 | New Zealand | 0.83% | 2023 | |
| 118 | Indonesia | 0.83% | 2023 | |
| 119 | Netherlands | 0.81% | 2023 | |
| 120 | Singapore | 0.81% | 2023 | |
| 121 | Guam | 0.78% | 2023 | |
| 122 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.75% | 2023 | |
| 123 | United Kingdom | 0.70% | 2023 | |
| 124 | Liechtenstein | 0.70% | 2023 | |
| 125 | Bhutan | 0.69% | 2023 | |
| 126 | Myanmar | 0.69% | 2023 | |
| 127 | Tunisia | 0.65% | 2023 | |
| 128 | Viet Nam | 0.64% | 2023 | |
| 129 | Samoa | 0.63% | 2023 | |
| 130 | Switzerland | 0.62% | 2023 | |
| 131 | United States | 0.58% | 2023 | |
| 132 | Sri Lanka | 0.58% | 2023 | |
| 133 | Chile | 0.57% | 2023 | |
| 134 | Sweden | 0.56% | 2023 | |
| 135 | Guyana | 0.55% | 2023 | |
| 136 | Denmark | 0.53% | 2023 | |
| 137 | Fiji | 0.52% | 2023 | |
| 138 | Naoero | 0.51% | 2023 | |
| 139 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.50% | 2023 | |
| 140 | Costa Rica | 0.49% | 2023 | |
| 141 | Cabo Verde | 0.49% | 2023 | |
| 142 | Micronesia | 0.47% | 2023 | |
| 143 | Bahamas | 0.46% | 2023 | |
| 144 | El Salvador | 0.46% | 2023 | |
| 145 | Lebanon | 0.43% | 2023 | |
| 146 | Brazil | 0.41% | 2023 | |
| 147 | Finland | 0.39% | 2023 | |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.38% | 2023 | |
| 149 | Venezuela | 0.35% | 2023 | |
| 150 | Argentina | 0.35% | 2023 | |
| 151 | Germany | 0.35% | 2023 | |
| 152 | Maldives | 0.32% | 2023 | |
| 153 | North Korea | 0.32% | 2023 | |
| 154 | Saint Lucia | 0.27% | 2023 | |
| 155 | Belgium | 0.25% | 2023 | |
| 156 | French Polynesia | 0.25% | 2023 | |
| 157 | Türkiye | 0.23% | 2023 | |
| 158 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.19% | 2023 | |
| 159 | France | 0.17% | 2023 | |
| 160 | Aruba | 0.13% | 2023 | |
| 161 | Grenada | 0.13% | 2023 | |
| 162 | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.12% | 2023 | |
| 163 | Slovenia | 0.08% | 2023 | |
| 164 | Hungary | 0.07% | 2023 | |
| 165 | Slovakia | 0.06% | 2023 | |
| 166 | Curaçao | 0.04% | 2023 | |
| 167 | Barbados | 0.03% | 2023 | |
| 168 | Sudan | 0.02% | 2023 | |
| 169 | Georgia | 0.02% | 2023 | |
| 170 | Isle of Man | 0.02% | 2023 | |
| 171 | Spain | 0.02% | 2023 | |
| 172 | Estonia | 0.00% | 2023 | |
| 173 | Jamaica | 0.00% | 2023 | |
| 174 | Portugal | 0.00% | 2023 | |
| 175 | Uruguay | -0.04% | 2023 | |
| 176 | Thailand | -0.04% | 2023 | |
| 177 | South Korea | -0.04% | 2023 | |
| 178 | Bermuda | -0.08% | 2023 | |
| 179 | Austria | -0.12% | 2023 | |
| 180 | Nepal | -0.14% | 2023 | |
| 181 | Greenland | -0.14% | 2023 | |
| 182 | Mauritius | -0.17% | 2023 | |
| 183 | Italy | -0.22% | 2023 | |
| 184 | Palau | -0.23% | 2023 | |
| 185 | China | -0.24% | 2023 | |
| 186 | Hong Kong SAR, China | -0.26% | 2023 | |
| 187 | Azerbaijan | -0.26% | 2023 | |
| 188 | Poland | -0.26% | 2023 | |
| 189 | Latvia | -0.29% | 2023 | |
| 190 | Russia | -0.32% | 2023 | |
| 191 | Czechia | -0.34% | 2023 | |
| 192 | Croatia | -0.34% | 2023 | |
| 193 | Cuba | -0.35% | 2023 | |
| 194 | Tonga | -0.42% | 2023 | |
| 195 | Serbia | -0.44% | 2023 | |
| 196 | North Macedonia | -0.47% | 2023 | |
| 197 | Dominica | -0.47% | 2023 | |
| 198 | Japan | -0.48% | 2023 | |
| 199 | Bulgaria | -0.52% | 2023 | |
| 200 | Romania | -0.53% | 2023 | |
| 201 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.59% | 2023 | |
| 202 | Belarus | -0.65% | 2023 | |
| 203 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.70% | 2023 | |
| 204 | Albania | -0.71% | 2023 | |
| 205 | San Marino | -0.74% | 2023 | |
| 206 | Moldova | -0.89% | 2023 | |
| 207 | Monaco | -0.92% | 2023 | |
| 208 | US Virgin Islands | -0.93% | 2023 | |
| 209 | Kosovo | -1.07% | 2023 | |
| 210 | Ukraine | -1.55% | 2023 | |
| 211 | American Samoa | -1.60% | 2023 | |
| 212 | Tuvalu | -1.80% | 2023 | |
| 213 | Greece | -2.08% | 2023 | |
| 214 | Northern Mariana Islands | -2.11% | 2023 | |
| 215 | Marshall Islands | -3.32% | 2023 | |
| 216 | Saint Martin (French part) | -5.40% | 2023 |
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 2023, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2023 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by UN Population Division; 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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