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Countries by population growth

Qatar had the highest population growth of 215 countries in 2014, at 11.58%. Syria had the lowest, at -6.65%. The median was 1.21% and the figure for the World was 1.21%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest11.58Qatar
Lowest-6.65Syria
Median1.21215 countries
World1.21History

Top 40 countries, 2014

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QatarQatar: 11.58 %11.58LebanonLebanon: 9.99 %9.99JordanJordan: 9.54 %9.54MacaoMacao: 4.91 %4.91BahrainBahrain: 4.78 %4.78United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 4.65 %4.65KuwaitKuwait: 4.41 %4.41OmanOman: 4.3 %4.3Turks and Caicos IslandsTurks and Caicos Islands: 4.07 %4.07Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 3.91 %3.91British Virgin IslandsBritish Virgin Islands: 3.89 %3.89AngolaAngola: 3.73 %3.73NigerNiger: 3.69 %3.69AfghanistanAfghanistan: 3.63 %3.63Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 3.63 %3.63SomaliaSomalia: 3.59 %3.59ChadChad: 3.57 %3.57IraqIraq: 3.53 %3.53BurundiBurundi: 3.39 %3.39Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 3.39 %3.39GabonGabon: 3.36 %3.36MaldivesMaldives: 3.33 %3.33ZambiaZambia: 3.17 %3.17SenegalSenegal: 3.17 %3.17MaliMali: 3.16 %3.16TanzaniaTanzania: 3.08 %3.08YemenYemen: 3.07 %3.07CameroonCameroon: 3.03 %3.03MauritaniaMauritania: 3.01 %3.01Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 2.97 %2.97BeninBenin: 2.96 %2.96UgandaUganda: 2.95 %2.95MozambiqueMozambique: 2.9 %2.9GambiaGambia: 2.84 %2.84MalawiMalawi: 2.8 %2.8SudanSudan: 2.71 %2.71EthiopiaEthiopia: 2.68 %2.68MadagascarMadagascar: 2.68 %2.68NigeriaNigeria: 2.64 %2.64Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau: 2.63 %2.63
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2014 (%)Change on 2013
1Qatar11.58+0.91 pts
2Lebanon9.99+0.74 pts
3Jordan9.54+4.34 pts
4Macao4.91+0.77 pts
5Bahrain4.78+1.19 pts
6United Arab Emirates4.65+0.65 pts
7Kuwait4.41-0.58 pts
8Oman4.3-3.47 pts
9Turks and Caicos Islands4.07-0.57 pts
10Equatorial Guinea3.91-0.09 pts
11British Virgin Islands3.89-0.48 pts
12Angola3.73-0.12 pts
13Niger3.69-0.07 pts
14Afghanistan3.63+0.21 pts
15Solomon Islands3.63-0.03 pts
16Somalia3.59+0.36 pts
17Chad3.570 pts
18Iraq3.53-1.19 pts
19Burundi3.39-0.2 pts
20Democratic Republic of the Congo3.39-0.01 pts
21Gabon3.36-0.16 pts
22Maldives3.33-0.04 pts
23Zambia3.17-0.03 pts
24Senegal3.17+0.2 pts
25Mali3.16+0.24 pts
26Tanzania3.08+0.07 pts
27Yemen3.07+0.02 pts
28Cameroon3.03+0.22 pts
29Mauritania3.01-0.12 pts
30Burkina Faso2.97-0.03 pts
31Benin2.96+0.01 pts
32Uganda2.95+0.08 pts
33Mozambique2.9+0.01 pts
34Gambia2.84-0.08 pts
35Malawi2.8-0.03 pts
36Sudan2.71+0.4 pts
37Ethiopia2.68-0.04 pts
38Madagascar2.68-0.04 pts
39Nigeria2.64-0.07 pts
40Guinea-Bissau2.63-0.03 pts
41Papua New Guinea2.62-0.08 pts
42Namibia2.61+0.01 pts
43Cayman Islands2.53-0.09 pts
44Tajikistan2.51+0.01 pts
45Guinea2.48+0.04 pts
46Saudi Arabia2.45-2.96 pts
47Côte d’Ivoire2.42+0.43 pts
48Rwanda2.42+0.01 pts
49Republic of the Congo2.42-0.01 pts
50Sierra Leone2.39-0.07 pts
51Ghana2.36-0.04 pts
52Luxembourg2.36+0.05 pts
53Palestine2.34-0.06 pts
54Kenya2.34-0.13 pts
55Egypt2.28-0.03 pts
56Turkmenistan2.26+0.04 pts
57Sint Maarten2.26-0.09 pts
58Vanuatu2.24+0.01 pts
59Kyrgyzstan2.2+0.01 pts
60Mongolia2.19+0.12 pts
61Comoros2.18+0.06 pts
62Nauru2.12-0.29 pts
63Belize2.11-0.02 pts
64Liberia2.08-0.12 pts
65Algeria2.04+0.02 pts
66Togo2.02-0.14 pts
67Malta2.02+0.89 pts
68Timor-Leste1.98-0.09 pts
69Honduras1.94-0.04 pts
70Libya1.93-0.08 pts
71Israel1.92+0.05 pts
72Monaco1.9-0.2 pts
73Guatemala1.9-0.06 pts
74São Tomé and Príncipe1.86-0.08 pts
75Djibouti1.8-0.05 pts
76Panama1.73-0.01 pts
77Malaysia1.71+0.01 pts
78Uzbekistan1.66+0.1 pts
79South Africa1.66+0.01 pts
80New Zealand1.66+0.89 pts
81Philippines1.64-0.24 pts
82New Caledonia1.58-0.31 pts
83Seychelles1.56-0.29 pts
84Bolivia1.54-0.03 pts
85Cyprus1.5-0.07 pts
86Pakistan1.5-0.13 pts
87Australia1.49-0.23 pts
88Cambodia1.48-0.01 pts
89Kazakhstan1.47+0.03 pts
90Haiti1.47-0.04 pts
91Botswana1.45-0.05 pts
92Paraguay1.45+0.01 pts
93Ecuador1.43-0.07 pts
94Laos1.38-0.03 pts
95Nicaragua1.37-0.02 pts
96Zimbabwe1.37-0.04 pts
97Türkiye1.35+0.06 pts
98Curaçao1.35+0.21 pts
99Iran1.34+0.04 pts
100Brunei1.34-0.04 pts
101Kiribati1.3-0.08 pts
102Singapore1.3-0.32 pts
103India1.26-0.07 pts
104Azerbaijan1.25-0.05 pts
105Gibraltar1.25+0.07 pts
106Morocco1.23-0.06 pts
107Switzerland1.22+0.07 pts
108Vietnam1.21+0.03 pts
109Mexico1.21-0.09 pts
110Dominican Republic1.19-0.03 pts
111Tunisia1.19-0 pts
112Indonesia1.18-0.07 pts
113Lesotho1.14+0.06 pts
114Venezuela1.14-0.07 pts
115Norway1.13-0.08 pts
116Iceland1.11+0.17 pts
117Suriname1.11-0.02 pts
118Bhutan1.08-0.03 pts
119Costa Rica1.07-0.04 pts
120Aruba1.07-0.43 pts
121Argentina1.03+0.04 pts
122Canada1-0.05 pts
123Chile1+0.04 pts
124Peru0.99+0.09 pts
125Sweden0.99+0.14 pts
126Dominica0.94+0.08 pts
127Sri Lanka0.93+3.73 pts
128Bangladesh0.91-0.03 pts
129Colombia0.89-0.06 pts
130Samoa0.89-0.01 pts
131Bahamas0.88-0.04 pts
132Myanmar0.83-0.02 pts
133Brazil0.81-0 pts
134United States0.8+0.04 pts
135Antigua and Barbuda0.79-0.12 pts
136Austria0.78+0.19 pts
137United Kingdom0.75+0.08 pts
138Ireland0.73+0.2 pts
139Liechtenstein0.71-0.18 pts
140Hong Kong0.7+0.3 pts
141Eritrea0.67-0.55 pts
142China0.63-0.04 pts
143South Korea0.63+0.17 pts
144South Sudan0.61-3.13 pts
145French Polynesia0.60 pts
146Grenada0.57-0.06 pts
147Guyana0.56+0.06 pts
148Eswatini0.56+0.01 pts
149Thailand0.53-0.06 pts
150Denmark0.51+0.09 pts
151North Korea0.48+0.01 pts
152France0.47-0.04 pts
153Belgium0.44-0.03 pts
154Saint Lucia0.44-0.01 pts
155Germany0.42+0.14 pts
156Finland0.41-0.05 pts
157El Salvador0.39-0.01 pts
158Palau0.38+1.04 pts
159Faroe Islands0.38+0.47 pts
160Jamaica0.36-0.04 pts
161Netherlands0.36+0.07 pts
162Trinidad and Tobago0.36-0.04 pts
163Uruguay0.33+0.03 pts
164Russia0.30 pts
165Nepal0.3+0.1 pts
166Micronesia0.25+0.04 pts
167Barbados0.25-0.02 pts
168Montenegro0.19-0 pts
169Mauritius0.18-0.06 pts
170Fiji0.13-0.02 pts
171Czechia0.11+0.07 pts
172Slovenia0.1-0.04 pts
173Slovakia0.1-0.01 pts
174Saint Martin0.08-0.3 pts
175Belarus0.06+0.09 pts
176Georgia0.05+0.35 pts
177Saint Kitts and Nevis0.04-0.03 pts
178Cape Verde0.02-0.03 pts
179Italy0.02-0.18 pts
180Moldova-0.06-0.03 pts
181Bermuda-0.07+0.04 pts
182Poland-0.07-0.01 pts
183Cuba-0.11-0.07 pts
184Japan-0.13+0.01 pts
185U.S. Virgin Islands-0.15-0.01 pts
186Tuvalu-0.15-0.77 pts
187Estonia-0.26+0.09 pts
188North Macedonia-0.27+0.1 pts
189Armenia-0.27-0.2 pts
190Guam-0.29-0.07 pts
191Isle of Man-0.3-0.07 pts
192Spain-0.31+0.05 pts
193Greenland-0.33+0.24 pts
194Ukraine-0.34-0.15 pts
195Romania-0.37-0 pts
196Hungary-0.4+0.08 pts
197Central African Republic-0.42-1.1 pts
198Tonga-0.44-0.08 pts
199Serbia-0.490 pts
200Portugal-0.54+0.01 pts
201Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-0.56-0 pts
202Greece-0.67+0.06 pts
203Croatia-0.77-0.14 pts
204Lithuania-0.81+0.12 pts
205Latvia-0.94+0.13 pts
206American Samoa-1-0.11 pts
207Northern Mariana Islands-1.11-0.21 pts
208San Marino-1.18+0.11 pts
209Bulgaria-1.21+0.8 pts
210Bosnia and Herzegovina-1.28+0.34 pts
211Puerto Rico-1.29-0.47 pts
212Albania-1.540 pts
213Marshall Islands-1.76-0.32 pts
214Andorra-1.96+0.2 pts
215Syria-6.65-1.73 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?

Qatar, with 11.58% in 2014, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population growth?

Syria, with -6.65% in 2014.

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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