# Countries by population growth, 2025

All 215 values come from World Bank for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population_growth`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: World Bank, Population growth, annual % (SP.POP.GROW) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population growth, annual % (SP.POP.GROW). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-growth/countries
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population-growth/countries.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 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 | 3.34 |
| 9 | Niger | 3.22 |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.2 |
| 11 | Georgia | 3.18 |
| 12 | Angola | 3 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 2.92 |
| 14 | Mali | 2.9 |
| 15 | Yemen | 2.89 |
| 16 | Tanzania | 2.86 |
| 17 | Mozambique | 2.85 |
| 18 | Mauritania | 2.78 |
| 19 | Zambia | 2.77 |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 2.77 |
| 21 | Uganda | 2.7 |
| 22 | Cameroon | 2.56 |
| 23 | Malawi | 2.56 |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 2.55 |
| 25 | Burundi | 2.41 |
| 26 | Côte d’Ivoire | 2.4 |
| 27 | Benin | 2.4 |
| 28 | Madagascar | 2.4 |
| 29 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.4 |
| 30 | Sudan | 2.38 |
| 31 | Republic of the Congo | 2.36 |
| 32 | Solomon Islands | 2.35 |
| 33 | Palestine | 2.33 |
| 34 | Guinea | 2.31 |
| 35 | Senegal | 2.3 |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 2.23 |
| 37 | Gambia | 2.23 |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 2.21 |
| 39 | Togo | 2.18 |
| 40 | Rwanda | 2.17 |
| 41 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.16 |
| 42 | Gabon | 2.11 |
| 43 | Iraq | 2.1 |
| 44 | Liberia | 2.09 |
| 45 | Nigeria | 2.06 |
| 46 | Namibia | 2.05 |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 2.04 |
| 48 | South Sudan | 2.03 |
| 49 | Gibraltar | 2.01 |
| 50 | Eritrea | 2 |
| 51 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 1.98 |
| 52 | Kenya | 1.93 |
| 53 | Malta | 1.89 |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 1.88 |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 1.88 |
| 56 | Comoros | 1.85 |
| 57 | Cayman Islands | 1.85 |
| 58 | Ghana | 1.83 |
| 59 | Tajikistan | 1.83 |
| 60 | Papua New Guinea | 1.75 |
| 61 | Armenia | 1.74 |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.66 |
| 63 | Honduras | 1.65 |
| 64 | Turkmenistan | 1.65 |
| 65 | Ireland | 1.63 |
| 66 | Botswana | 1.61 |
| 67 | Pakistan | 1.56 |
| 68 | Egypt | 1.56 |
| 69 | Australia | 1.53 |
| 70 | Guatemala | 1.52 |
| 71 | Iceland | 1.51 |
| 72 | Luxembourg | 1.46 |
| 73 | Kiribati | 1.45 |
| 74 | Liechtenstein | 1.41 |
| 75 | Belize | 1.39 |
| 76 | Bolivia | 1.35 |
| 77 | Laos | 1.32 |
| 78 | Algeria | 1.32 |
| 79 | Sint Maarten | 1.31 |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 1.31 |
| 81 | Djibouti | 1.31 |
| 82 | Timor-Leste | 1.27 |
| 83 | Mongolia | 1.25 |
| 84 | Panama | 1.22 |
| 85 | Singapore | 1.22 |
| 86 | Bangladesh | 1.22 |
| 87 | Kazakhstan | 1.21 |
| 88 | Paraguay | 1.2 |
| 89 | Israel | 1.2 |
| 90 | Cambodia | 1.18 |
| 91 | Malaysia | 1.17 |
| 92 | Andorra | 1.17 |
| 93 | South Africa | 1.15 |
| 94 | Haiti | 1.13 |
| 95 | Seychelles | 1.13 |
| 96 | Lesotho | 1.1 |
| 97 | Eswatini | 1.07 |
| 98 | Libya | 1.04 |
| 99 | Peru | 1.04 |
| 100 | Spain | 1.03 |
| 101 | Portugal | 1.03 |
| 102 | Colombia | 1.01 |
| 103 | Switzerland | 0.96 |
| 104 | Canada | 0.94 |
| 105 | Iran | 0.92 |
| 106 | New Caledonia | 0.92 |
| 107 | Cyprus | 0.91 |
| 108 | Morocco | 0.91 |
| 109 | India | 0.89 |
| 110 | Suriname | 0.85 |
| 111 | Ecuador | 0.85 |
| 112 | Mexico | 0.83 |
| 113 | Philippines | 0.81 |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 0.81 |
| 115 | Indonesia | 0.78 |
| 116 | Brunei | 0.78 |
| 117 | Lebanon | 0.75 |
| 118 | Bahrain | 0.73 |
| 119 | Aruba | 0.73 |
| 120 | Guam | 0.73 |
| 121 | Belgium | 0.7 |
| 122 | Norway | 0.69 |
| 123 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.69 |
| 124 | British Virgin Islands | 0.66 |
| 125 | New Zealand | 0.65 |
| 126 | Nauru | 0.65 |
| 127 | Bhutan | 0.65 |
| 128 | Myanmar | 0.64 |
| 129 | Vietnam | 0.6 |
| 130 | Samoa | 0.59 |
| 131 | Guyana | 0.59 |
| 132 | Tunisia | 0.58 |
| 133 | Denmark | 0.54 |
| 134 | United States | 0.52 |
| 135 | Netherlands | 0.52 |
| 136 | Chile | 0.48 |
| 137 | Faroe Islands | 0.47 |
| 138 | Finland | 0.47 |
| 139 | Fiji | 0.47 |
| 140 | Cape Verde | 0.47 |
| 141 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.46 |
| 142 | Micronesia | 0.46 |
| 143 | Costa Rica | 0.45 |
| 144 | Bahamas | 0.44 |
| 145 | Azerbaijan | 0.43 |
| 146 | El Salvador | 0.43 |
| 147 | Türkiye | 0.42 |
| 148 | Venezuela | 0.39 |
| 149 | San Marino | 0.39 |
| 150 | Brazil | 0.38 |
| 151 | Maldives | 0.35 |
| 152 | Argentina | 0.34 |
| 153 | Austria | 0.33 |
| 154 | United Kingdom | 0.3 |
| 155 | North Korea | 0.27 |
| 156 | Croatia | 0.26 |
| 157 | Sweden | 0.25 |
| 158 | France | 0.25 |
| 159 | French Polynesia | 0.23 |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 0.23 |
| 161 | Curaçao | 0.19 |
| 162 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.17 |
| 163 | Slovenia | 0.17 |
| 164 | Greece | 0.08 |
| 165 | Grenada | 0.08 |
| 166 | Barbados | 0.06 |
| 167 | Lithuania | 0.02 |
| 168 | Greenland | -0.01 |
| 169 | Germany | -0.03 |
| 170 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.04 |
| 171 | Isle of Man | -0.05 |
| 172 | Uruguay | -0.06 |
| 173 | Italy | -0.06 |
| 174 | Montenegro | -0.06 |
| 175 | Thailand | -0.07 |
| 176 | Jamaica | -0.07 |
| 177 | Russia | -0.11 |
| 178 | Nepal | -0.11 |
| 179 | Bermuda | -0.13 |
| 180 | Bulgaria | -0.13 |
| 181 | South Korea | -0.13 |
| 182 | Slovakia | -0.15 |
| 183 | Macao | -0.16 |
| 184 | Mauritius | -0.16 |
| 185 | Romania | -0.17 |
| 186 | Czechia | -0.17 |
| 187 | China | -0.17 |
| 188 | Palau | -0.18 |
| 189 | North Macedonia | -0.19 |
| 190 | Jordan | -0.28 |
| 191 | Hong Kong | -0.34 |
| 192 | Poland | -0.34 |
| 193 | Cuba | -0.39 |
| 194 | Tonga | -0.42 |
| 195 | Estonia | -0.43 |
| 196 | Japan | -0.49 |
| 197 | Hungary | -0.5 |
| 198 | Dominica | -0.51 |
| 199 | Belarus | -0.51 |
| 200 | Puerto Rico | -0.55 |
| 201 | U.S. Virgin Islands | -0.56 |
| 202 | Serbia | -0.57 |
| 203 | Kuwait | -0.65 |
| 204 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.69 |
| 205 | Sri Lanka | -0.73 |
| 206 | Monaco | -0.75 |
| 207 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.77 |
| 208 | Latvia | -0.99 |
| 209 | Albania | -1.17 |
| 210 | American Samoa | -1.59 |
| 211 | Tuvalu | -1.61 |
| 212 | Northern Mariana Islands | -1.68 |
| 213 | Moldova | -1.75 |
| 214 | Marshall Islands | -3.43 |
| 215 | Saint Martin | -4.65 |