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Countries by population growth, 2025

The United Arab Emirates had the highest population growth of 215 countries in 2025, at 4.68%. Saint Martin had the lowest, at -4.65%. The median was 0.91% and the figure for the World was 0.91%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest4.68United Arab Emirates
Lowest-4.65Saint Martin
Median0.91215 countries
World0.91History

Top 40 countries, 2025

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United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 4.68 %4.68Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 4.63 %4.63OmanOman: 3.96 %3.96QatarQatar: 3.92 %3.92SyriaSyria: 3.77 %3.77ChadChad: 3.41 %3.41Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 3.37 %3.37SomaliaSomalia: 3.34 %3.34NigerNiger: 3.22 %3.22Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 3.2 %3.2GeorgiaGeorgia: 3.18 %3.18AngolaAngola: 3 %3UkraineUkraine: 2.92 %2.92MaliMali: 2.9 %2.9YemenYemen: 2.89 %2.89TanzaniaTanzania: 2.86 %2.86MozambiqueMozambique: 2.85 %2.85MauritaniaMauritania: 2.78 %2.78ZambiaZambia: 2.77 %2.77AfghanistanAfghanistan: 2.77 %2.77UgandaUganda: 2.7 %2.7CameroonCameroon: 2.56 %2.56MalawiMalawi: 2.56 %2.56EthiopiaEthiopia: 2.55 %2.55BurundiBurundi: 2.41 %2.41Côte d’IvoireCôte d’Ivoire: 2.4 %2.4BeninBenin: 2.4 %2.4MadagascarMadagascar: 2.4 %2.4Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 2.4 %2.4SudanSudan: 2.38 %2.38Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo: 2.36 %2.36Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 2.35 %2.35PalestinePalestine: 2.33 %2.33GuineaGuinea: 2.31 %2.31SenegalSenegal: 2.3 %2.3VanuatuVanuatu: 2.23 %2.23GambiaGambia: 2.23 %2.23Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 2.21 %2.21TogoTogo: 2.18 %2.18RwandaRwanda: 2.17 %2.17
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2025 (%)Change on 2024
1United Arab Emirates4.680 pts
2Saudi Arabia4.630 pts
3Oman3.96-0.54 pts
4Qatar3.92-3.4 pts
5Syria3.77-0.7 pts
6Chad3.41-1.54 pts
7Central African Republic3.37-0.03 pts
8Somalia3.34-0.14 pts
9Niger3.22-0.06 pts
10Democratic Republic of the Congo3.2-0.04 pts
11Georgia3.18+0.6 pts
12Angola3-0.04 pts
13Ukraine2.92+2.58 pts
14Mali2.9-0.04 pts
15Yemen2.89-0.09 pts
16Tanzania2.86-0.02 pts
17Mozambique2.85-0.07 pts
18Mauritania2.78-0.11 pts
19Zambia2.77-0.04 pts
20Afghanistan2.77-0.07 pts
21Uganda2.7-0.05 pts
22Cameroon2.56-0.05 pts
23Malawi2.56-0.02 pts
24Ethiopia2.55-0.03 pts
25Burundi2.41-0.18 pts
26Côte d’Ivoire2.4-0.03 pts
27Benin2.4-0.06 pts
28Madagascar2.4-0.04 pts
29Equatorial Guinea2.4-0.01 pts
30Sudan2.38+1.57 pts
31Republic of the Congo2.36-0.03 pts
32Solomon Islands2.35-0.02 pts
33Palestine2.33-0.03 pts
34Guinea2.31-0.09 pts
35Senegal2.3-0.02 pts
36Vanuatu2.23-0.04 pts
37Gambia2.23-0.05 pts
38Burkina Faso2.21-0.04 pts
39Togo2.18-0.02 pts
40Rwanda2.17+0.03 pts
41Guinea-Bissau2.16-0.04 pts
42Gabon2.11-0.04 pts
43Iraq2.1-0.02 pts
44Liberia2.09-0.07 pts
45Nigeria2.06-0.02 pts
46Namibia2.05-0.19 pts
47Sierra Leone2.04-0.09 pts
48South Sudan2.03-1.89 pts
49Gibraltar2.01-0.2 pts
50Eritrea2+0.14 pts
51São Tomé and Príncipe1.98-0.02 pts
52Kenya1.93-0.03 pts
53Malta1.89-0.98 pts
54Zimbabwe1.88+0.1 pts
55Uzbekistan1.88-0.09 pts
56Comoros1.85-0.04 pts
57Cayman Islands1.85-0.08 pts
58Ghana1.83-0.04 pts
59Tajikistan1.83-0.09 pts
60Papua New Guinea1.75-0.04 pts
61Armenia1.74-0.57 pts
62Kyrgyzstan1.66-0.04 pts
63Honduras1.65-0.03 pts
64Turkmenistan1.65-0.11 pts
65Ireland1.63+0.05 pts
66Botswana1.61-0.02 pts
67Pakistan1.56+0.05 pts
68Egypt1.56-0.18 pts
69Australia1.53-0.45 pts
70Guatemala1.52-0.02 pts
71Iceland1.51+1.3 pts
72Luxembourg1.46-0.12 pts
73Kiribati1.45-0.04 pts
74Liechtenstein1.41-0.1 pts
75Belize1.39-0.05 pts
76Bolivia1.35-0.02 pts
77Laos1.32-0.04 pts
78Algeria1.32-0.08 pts
79Sint Maarten1.31-0.08 pts
80Nicaragua1.31-0.03 pts
81Djibouti1.31-0.05 pts
82Timor-Leste1.27+0.09 pts
83Mongolia1.25-0 pts
84Panama1.22-0.04 pts
85Singapore1.22-0.77 pts
86Bangladesh1.220 pts
87Kazakhstan1.21-0.07 pts
88Paraguay1.2-0.03 pts
89Israel1.2-0.34 pts
90Cambodia1.18-0.05 pts
91Malaysia1.17-0.05 pts
92Andorra1.17-0.16 pts
93South Africa1.15-0.1 pts
94Haiti1.13-0.03 pts
95Seychelles1.13-0.18 pts
96Lesotho1.1-0.01 pts
97Eswatini1.07+0.07 pts
98Libya1.04+0.02 pts
99Peru1.04-0.05 pts
100Spain1.03+0.01 pts
101Portugal1.03-0.07 pts
102Colombia1.01-0.06 pts
103Switzerland0.96-0.35 pts
104Canada0.94-2.05 pts
105Iran0.92-0.13 pts
106New Caledonia0.92-0.03 pts
107Cyprus0.91-0.07 pts
108Morocco0.91-0.06 pts
109India0.89-0 pts
110Suriname0.85-0.03 pts
111Ecuador0.85-0.01 pts
112Mexico0.83-0.03 pts
113Philippines0.81-0.01 pts
114Dominican Republic0.81-0.04 pts
115Indonesia0.78-0.03 pts
116Brunei0.78-0.04 pts
117Lebanon0.75+0.18 pts
118Bahrain0.73-0 pts
119Aruba0.73+0.14 pts
120Guam0.73-0.03 pts
121Belgium0.7+0.03 pts
122Norway0.69-0.26 pts
123Turks and Caicos Islands0.69-0.04 pts
124British Virgin Islands0.66-0.58 pts
125New Zealand0.65-1.06 pts
126Nauru0.65+0.05 pts
127Bhutan0.65-0 pts
128Myanmar0.64-0.03 pts
129Vietnam0.6-0.03 pts
130Samoa0.59-0.04 pts
131Guyana0.59+0.02 pts
132Tunisia0.58-0.05 pts
133Denmark0.54+0.03 pts
134United States0.52-0.44 pts
135Netherlands0.52-0.13 pts
136Chile0.48-0.06 pts
137Faroe Islands0.47+0.03 pts
138Finland0.47-0.17 pts
139Fiji0.47-0.03 pts
140Cape Verde0.47-0.02 pts
141Antigua and Barbuda0.46-0.02 pts
142Micronesia0.46-0.01 pts
143Costa Rica0.45-0.03 pts
144Bahamas0.44-0.03 pts
145Azerbaijan0.43-0.05 pts
146El Salvador0.43-0.02 pts
147Türkiye0.42+0.19 pts
148Venezuela0.39+0.02 pts
149San Marino0.39+0.04 pts
150Brazil0.38-0.02 pts
151Maldives0.35+0.01 pts
152Argentina0.34-0.01 pts
153Austria0.33-0.18 pts
154United Kingdom0.3-0.8 pts
155North Korea0.27-0.03 pts
156Croatia0.26+0.09 pts
157Sweden0.25-0.06 pts
158France0.25-0.02 pts
159French Polynesia0.23-0.01 pts
160Saint Lucia0.23-0.03 pts
161Curaçao0.19-0.66 pts
162Saint Kitts and Nevis0.17-0.01 pts
163Slovenia0.17-0.16 pts
164Greece0.08+0.11 pts
165Grenada0.08-0.03 pts
166Barbados0.06+0.01 pts
167Lithuania0.02-0.56 pts
168Greenland-0.01+0.04 pts
169Germany-0.03-0.31 pts
170Trinidad and Tobago-0.04-0.1 pts
171Isle of Man-0.05-0.04 pts
172Uruguay-0.06-0.01 pts
173Italy-0.06-0.01 pts
174Montenegro-0.06-0.06 pts
175Thailand-0.07-0.02 pts
176Jamaica-0.07-0.05 pts
177Russia-0.11-0 pts
178Nepal-0.11+0.04 pts
179Bermuda-0.13-0.03 pts
180Bulgaria-0.13-0.05 pts
181South Korea-0.13-0.2 pts
182Slovakia-0.15-0.07 pts
183Macao-0.16-1.36 pts
184Mauritius-0.16+0.07 pts
185Romania-0.17-0.12 pts
186Czechia-0.17-0.54 pts
187China-0.17-0.05 pts
188Palau-0.18-0 pts
189North Macedonia-0.190 pts
190Jordan-0.28-1.27 pts
191Hong Kong-0.34-0.18 pts
192Poland-0.34+0.01 pts
193Cuba-0.39-0.02 pts
194Tonga-0.42-0.01 pts
195Estonia-0.43-0.58 pts
196Japan-0.49-0.06 pts
197Hungary-0.5-0.19 pts
198Dominica-0.51-0.05 pts
199Belarus-0.51-0.01 pts
200Puerto Rico-0.55-0.51 pts
201U.S. Virgin Islands-0.56-0.05 pts
202Serbia-0.57-0.01 pts
203Kuwait-0.65-1.55 pts
204Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-0.69+0.01 pts
205Sri Lanka-0.73-0.18 pts
206Monaco-0.75+0.08 pts
207Bosnia and Herzegovina-0.77-0.11 pts
208Latvia-0.99-0.05 pts
209Albania-1.17+0.28 pts
210American Samoa-1.59+0.02 pts
211Tuvalu-1.61+0.14 pts
212Northern Mariana Islands-1.68+0.26 pts
213Moldova-1.75+0.53 pts
214Marshall Islands-3.43-0.08 pts
215Saint Martin-4.65+0.52 pts

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Exponential rate of change of the mid-year population from the previous year to the reported year, as a percentage. Includes births, deaths and migration.

Total change, not natural increase (births minus deaths). World Bank series.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population growth, annual % (SP.POP.GROW). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which country has the highest population growth?

The United Arab Emirates, with 4.68% in 2025, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population growth?

Saint Martin, with -4.65% in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Population growth, annual % (SP.POP.GROW). Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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