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Countries by Population Growth Rate

Countries by Population Growth Rate 2026

🇨🇫 Central African Republic has the highest population growth rate in the world at 3.28% per year, while 🇲🇫 Saint Martin has the lowest at -4.16% per year. 237 countries ranked, UN World Population Prospects 2024 data.

Annual growth combines natural change (births minus deaths) with net migration. Rates above 2% — found mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Gulf — double a population in under 35 years. A growing number of countries in Europe and East Asia are below zero, meaning their populations are already shrinking.

Highest

3.28%

🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Median country

0.72%

🇧🇳 Brunei

Lowest

-4.16%

🇲🇫 Saint Martin

Countries ranked

237

2026 values

#	Country	Population growth rate (per year)	Population
1	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	3.28%	5,698,984
2	🇸🇴 Somalia	3.24%	20,305,907
3	🇳🇪 Niger	3.13%	28,814,878
4	🇨🇩 DR Congo	3.13%	116,452,162
5	🇸🇾 Syria	3.04%	26,472,497
6	🇾🇹 Mayotte	3.04%	347,536
7	🇸🇩 Sudan	3.03%	53,282,719
8	🇦🇴 Angola	2.95%	40,215,180
9	🇲🇱 Mali	2.85%	25,932,275
10	🇴🇲 Oman	2.82%	5,671,458
11	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2.79%	72,563,780
12	🇲🇿 Mozambique	2.79%	36,639,850
13	🇾🇪 Yemen	2.76%	42,961,653
14	🇿🇲 Zambia	2.72%	22,521,915
15	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	2.71%	45,047,068
16	🇲🇷 Mauritania	2.69%	5,461,319
17	🇺🇬 Uganda	2.62%	52,761,470
18	🇹🇩 Chad	2.60%	21,560,380
19	🇹🇰 Tokelau	2.60%	2,691
20	🇲🇼 Malawi	2.53%	22,785,535
21	🇨🇲 Cameroon	2.49%	30,640,817
22	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2.48%	138,902,185
23	🇧🇯 Benin	2.36%	15,170,420
24	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	2.34%	33,494,346
25	🇲🇬 Madagascar	2.34%	33,522,052
26	🇨🇬 Congo	2.33%	6,637,786
27	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	2.32%	1,984,468
28	🇧🇮 Burundi	2.31%	14,729,157
29	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	2.30%	858,288
30	🇸🇳 Senegal	2.26%	19,366,548
31	🇬🇳 Guinea	2.21%	15,441,992
32	🇱🇷 Liberia	2.18%	5,853,949
33	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	2.16%	342,564
34	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	2.15%	24,601,700
35	🇬🇲 Gambia	2.15%	2,884,079
36	🇹🇬 Togo	2.13%	9,930,918
37	🇯🇴 Jordan	2.12%	11,589,532
38	🇷🇼 Rwanda	2.12%	14,889,693
39	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	2.10%	2,297,808
40	🇪🇷 Eritrea	2.07%	3,682,669
41	🇬🇦 Gabon	2.05%	2,647,400
42	🇮🇶 Iraq	2.05%	48,007,437
43	🇳🇬 Nigeria	2.03%	242,431,832
44	🇸🇸 South Sudan	2.02%	12,436,037
45	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	1.96%	8,996,744
46	🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe	1.94%	244,994
47	🇵🇸 Palestine	1.90%	5,692,790
48	🇰🇪 Kenya	1.89%	58,636,412
49	🇳🇦 Namibia	1.89%	3,153,246
50	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1.88%	17,273,580
51	🇧🇭 Bahrain	1.81%	1,675,572
52	🇰🇲 Comoros	1.79%	899,010
53	🇬🇭 Ghana	1.77%	35,697,557
54	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	1.75%	37,724,223
55	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	1.74%	10,978,598
56	🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	1.73%	77,196
57	🇬🇮 Gibraltar	1.73%	40,867
58	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	1.69%	35,165,787
59	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	1.69%	11,574,682
60	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	1.68%	10,947,848
61	🇶🇦 Qatar	1.65%	3,173,559
62	🇧🇶 Caribbean Netherlands	1.65%	31,913
63	🇬🇫 French Guiana	1.65%	318,872
64	🇧🇼 Botswana	1.60%	2,603,388
65	🇭🇳 Honduras	1.59%	11,184,760
66	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1.59%	259,299,792
67	🇪🇭 Western Sahara	1.58%	610,813
68	🇸🇨 Seychelles	1.53%	134,959
69	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	1.48%	7,736,632
70	🇬🇹 Guatemala	1.47%	18,967,978
71	🇪🇬 Egypt	1.44%	120,101,175
72	🇰🇮 Kiribati	1.41%	138,445
73	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	1.40%	7,400,464
74	🇰🇼 Kuwait	1.39%	5,102,773
75	🇻🇦 Vatican City	1.38%	506
76	🇮🇱 Israel	1.36%	9,647,689
77	🇧🇿 Belize	1.33%	428,644
78	🇩🇯 Djibouti	1.31%	1,199,459
79	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	1.31%	1,436,923
80	🇧🇴 Bolivia	1.31%	12,749,291
81	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	1.25%	7,097,329
82	🇱🇦 Laos	1.25%	7,974,018
83	🇩🇿 Algeria	1.20%	48,028,334
84	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	1.19%	177,818,044
85	🇵🇦 Panama	1.17%	4,625,718
86	🇵🇾 Paraguay	1.15%	7,095,279
87	🇱🇾 Libya	1.12%	7,539,852
88	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	1.11%	21,083,626
89	🇸🇽 Sint Maarten	1.11%	44,447
90	🇰🇭 Cambodia	1.10%	18,051,219
91	🇲🇾 Malaysia	1.10%	36,385,115
92	🇱🇸 Lesotho	1.09%	2,389,336
93	🇲🇳 Mongolia	1.09%	3,556,798
94	🇭🇹 Haiti	1.08%	12,037,506
95	🇸🇿 Eswatini	1.08%	1,269,859
96	🇿🇦 South Africa	1.05%	65,453,084
97	🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy	1.05%	11,550
98	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	0.99%	687,448
99	🇵🇪 Peru	0.97%	34,922,148
100	🇦🇩 Andorra	0.96%	83,753
101	🇨🇴 Colombia	0.92%	53,936,226
102	🇮🇸 Iceland	0.92%	402,329
103	🇦🇺 Australia	0.91%	27,227,096
104	🇮🇪 Ireland	0.88%	5,356,950
105	🇫🇴 Faroe Islands	0.87%	56,526
106	🇮🇳 India	0.86%	1,476,625,576
107	🇪🇨 Ecuador	0.84%	18,444,506
108	🇱🇧 Lebanon	0.84%	5,897,467
109	🇲🇦 Morocco	0.84%	38,762,441
110	🇳🇨 New Caledonia	0.83%	297,892
111	🇸🇷 Suriname	0.83%	645,256
112	🇨🇾 Cyprus	0.80%	1,382,334
113	🇨🇦 Canada	0.79%	40,467,728
114	🇵🇭 Philippines	0.79%	117,724,472
115	🇲🇽 Mexico	0.78%	132,997,658
116	🇮🇷 Iran	0.76%	93,168,497
117	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	0.75%	11,609,500
118	🇮🇩 Indonesia	0.74%	287,886,782
119	🇧🇳 Brunei	0.72%	469,775
120	🇧🇹 Bhutan	0.70%	802,214
121	🇬🇺 Guam	0.69%	170,185
122	🇳🇿 New Zealand	0.65%	5,287,479
123	🇳🇷 Nauru	0.64%	12,101
124	🇲🇲 Myanmar	0.59%	55,184,819
125	🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands	0.58%	47,148
126	🇬🇾 Guyana	0.58%	840,890
127	🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	0.57%	40,368
128	🇸🇬 Singapore	0.56%	5,905,748
129	🇼🇸 Samoa	0.56%	220,528
130	🇻🇳 Vietnam	0.55%	102,177,431
131	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	0.53%	10,454,855
132	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	0.52%	69,931,528
133	🇹🇳 Tunisia	0.52%	12,415,138
134	🇳🇱 Netherlands	0.51%	18,448,775
135	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	0.50%	23,348,315
136	🇺🇸 United States	0.49%	349,035,494
137	🇦🇮 Anguilla	0.47%	14,817
138	🇷🇪 Réunion	0.45%	886,298
139	🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands	0.44%	39,936
140	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	0.43%	94,626
141	🇫🇲 Micronesia	0.43%	114,182
142	🇫🇯 Fiji	0.43%	937,282
143	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	0.42%	529,630
144	🇻🇪 Venezuela	0.42%	28,633,711
145	🇨🇭 Switzerland	0.42%	9,007,798
146	🇨🇱 Chile	0.41%	19,945,850
147	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0.41%	5,174,789
148	🇸🇻 El Salvador	0.40%	6,391,254
149	🇸🇪 Sweden	0.39%	10,701,046
150	🇧🇸 Bahamas	0.38%	404,628
151	🇲🇹 Malta	0.37%	549,011
152	🇳🇴 Norway	0.37%	5,652,989
153	🇲🇻 Maldives	0.35%	531,517
154	🇧🇷 Brazil	0.34%	213,562,666
155	🇳🇺 Niue	0.33%	1,822
156	🇦🇷 Argentina	0.33%	46,003,734
157	🇩🇰 Denmark	0.31%	6,023,520
158	🇹🇷 Türkiye	0.30%	87,926,082
159	🇲🇴 Macau	0.23%	723,188
160	🇰🇵 North Korea	0.22%	26,633,691
161	🇵🇫 French Polynesia	0.21%	283,076
162	🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	0.17%	180,488
163	🇬🇬 Guernsey	0.15%	64,610
164	🇳🇵 Nepal	0.14%	29,629,410
165	🇫🇷 France	0.14%	66,746,401
166	🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.13%	46,992
167	🇧🇪 Belgium	0.12%	11,774,642
168	🇯🇪 Jersey	0.10%	104,106
169	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	0.10%	1,513,268
170	🇸🇲 San Marino	0.09%	33,605
171	🇧🇧 Barbados	0.03%	282,724
172	🇬🇩 Grenada	0.03%	117,362
173	🇦🇼 Aruba	-0.02%	108,164
174	🇨🇼 Curaçao	-0.03%	185,440
175	🇬🇪 Georgia	-0.06%	3,804,642
176	🇦🇹 Austria	-0.07%	9,107,266
177	🇺🇾 Uruguay	-0.07%	3,382,537
178	🇮🇲 Isle of Man	-0.08%	84,054
179	🇫🇮 Finland	-0.08%	5,621,739
180	🇹🇭 Thailand	-0.09%	71,559,614
181	🇪🇸 Spain	-0.10%	47,850,793
182	🇫🇰 Falkland Islands	-0.12%	3,465
183	🇸🇮 Slovenia	-0.13%	2,114,574
184	🇰🇷 South Korea	-0.14%	51,600,388
185	🇧🇲 Bermuda	-0.15%	64,459
186	🇯🇲 Jamaica	-0.16%	2,833,404
187	🇵🇹 Portugal	-0.16%	10,395,362
188	🇸🇰 Slovakia	-0.16%	5,451,342
189	🇨🇿 Czechia	-0.20%	10,527,780
190	🇨🇳 China	-0.22%	1,412,914,089
191	🇷🇺 Russia	-0.23%	143,394,458
192	🇬🇱 Greenland	-0.23%	55,629
193	🇩🇪 Germany	-0.23%	83,644,258
194	🇲🇺 Mauritius	-0.27%	1,265,059
195	🇵🇼 Palau	-0.30%	17,614
196	🇽🇰 Kosovo	-0.31%	1,666,992
197	🇭🇺 Hungary	-0.34%	9,585,818
198	🇬🇵 Guadeloupe	-0.36%	372,453
199	🇵🇱 Poland	-0.38%	37,843,188
200	🇮🇹 Italy	-0.39%	58,926,166
201	🇨🇺 Cuba	-0.42%	10,892,659
202	🇹🇴 Tonga	-0.43%	103,291
203	🇬🇷 Greece	-0.43%	9,897,116
204	🇹🇼 Taiwan	-0.44%	23,011,292
205	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	-0.46%	7,378,602
206	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	-0.47%	3,222,688
207	🇪🇪 Estonia	-0.53%	1,331,062
208	🇩🇲 Dominica	-0.53%	65,511
209	🇲🇪 Montenegro	-0.54%	626,233
210	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	-0.56%	1,804,062
211	🇯🇵 Japan	-0.56%	122,427,731
212	🇷🇴 Romania	-0.58%	18,800,605
213	🇲🇨 Monaco	-0.58%	38,087
214	🇭🇷 Croatia	-0.66%	3,822,345
215	🇷🇸 Serbia	-0.66%	6,641,964
216	🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.68%	99,244
217	🇧🇾 Belarus	-0.69%	8,937,018
218	🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna	-0.72%	11,113
219	🇦🇲 Armenia	-0.72%	2,930,915
220	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	-0.73%	6,667,660
221	🇦🇱 Albania	-0.74%	2,751,025
222	🇺🇦 Ukraine	-0.74%	39,535,848
223	🇱🇻 Latvia	-0.78%	1,835,935
224	🇲🇶 Martinique	-0.80%	337,711
225	🇱🇹 Lithuania	-0.82%	2,797,338
226	🇲🇸 Montserrat	-0.83%	4,328
227	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.84%	3,114,242
228	🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands	-0.89%	83,400
229	🇲🇩 Moldova	-0.98%	2,961,253
230	🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-1.14%	5,513
231	🇸🇭 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	-1.15%	5,148
232	🇹🇻 Tuvalu	-1.24%	9,362
233	🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands	-1.30%	42,914
234	🇦🇸 American Samoa	-1.54%	45,318
235	🇨🇰 Cook Islands	-3.26%	12,826
236	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	-3.28%	35,075
237	🇲🇫 Saint Martin	-4.16%	23,898

FAQ

Which country has the highest population growth rate in the world?

Central African Republic has the highest population growth rate in the world at 3.28% per year (2026, UN World Population Prospects 2024).

Which country has the lowest population growth rate?

Saint Martin has the lowest population growth rate at -4.16% per year (2026).

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant, 2026 values. Retrieved 2026-07-07.

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