Countries by population growth
Somalia had the highest population growth of 215 countries in 2021, at 3.66%. Qatar had the lowest, at -10.93%. The median was 0.86% and the figure for the World was 0.83%. Source: the World Bank.
Top 40 countries, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2021 (%) | Change on 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 3.66 | -0.14 pts |
| 2 | Chad | 3.44 | +0.26 pts |
| 3 | Niger | 3.25 | -0.05 pts |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.24 | +0.02 pts |
| 5 | Uganda | 3.22 | -0.12 pts |
| 6 | Angola | 3.18 | -0.09 pts |
| 7 | Mali | 3.06 | +0.04 pts |
| 8 | Tanzania | 3 | +0.01 pts |
| 9 | Mozambique | 2.96 | -0.01 pts |
| 10 | Namibia | 2.95 | +0.04 pts |
| 11 | Mauritania | 2.89 | -0.03 pts |
| 12 | Zambia | 2.82 | -0.09 pts |
| 13 | Maldives | 2.76 | -0.15 pts |
| 14 | Yemen | 2.74 | -0.13 pts |
| 15 | Burundi | 2.72 | -0.18 pts |
| 16 | Syria | 2.72 | -0.65 pts |
| 17 | Sudan | 2.69 | +0.01 pts |
| 18 | Ethiopia | 2.67 | -0.04 pts |
| 19 | Cameroon | 2.65 | -0.07 pts |
| 20 | Malawi | 2.59 | -0.04 pts |
| 21 | Benin | 2.59 | -0.07 pts |
| 22 | Senegal | 2.54 | -0.09 pts |
| 23 | Madagascar | 2.52 | -0.05 pts |
| 24 | Guinea | 2.51 | -0.05 pts |
| 25 | Côte d’Ivoire | 2.47 | -0.06 pts |
| 26 | Palestine | 2.46 | -0.03 pts |
| 27 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.44 | -0.3 pts |
| 28 | Solomon Islands | 2.4 | +0.18 pts |
| 29 | Republic of the Congo | 2.39 | -0 pts |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 2.38 | -0.06 pts |
| 31 | Gambia | 2.37 | -0 pts |
| 32 | Afghanistan | 2.36 | -0.8 pts |
| 33 | Vanuatu | 2.32 | -0.01 pts |
| 34 | Gabon | 2.31 | -0.08 pts |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 2.27 | -0.03 pts |
| 36 | Iraq | 2.24 | +0.02 pts |
| 37 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.24 | -0.05 pts |
| 38 | Tajikistan | 2.21 | -0.07 pts |
| 39 | Rwanda | 2.19 | -0.05 pts |
| 40 | Bahrain | 2.16 | +2.94 pts |
| 41 | Liberia | 2.11 | +0.04 pts |
| 42 | Nigeria | 2.1 | -0.03 pts |
| 43 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 2.06 | +0.18 pts |
| 44 | Cayman Islands | 2.05 | +0.06 pts |
| 45 | Turkmenistan | 2.02 | -0.1 pts |
| 46 | Papua New Guinea | 1.99 | -0.14 pts |
| 47 | Comoros | 1.98 | +0.01 pts |
| 48 | Ghana | 1.96 | -0.03 pts |
| 49 | Uzbekistan | 1.94 | +0.07 pts |
| 50 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.91 | -0.87 pts |
| 51 | Kenya | 1.9 | -0.06 pts |
| 52 | Pakistan | 1.89 | +0.08 pts |
| 53 | Togo | 1.88 | -0.3 pts |
| 54 | Gibraltar | 1.88 | -0.02 pts |
| 55 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.84 | -0.21 pts |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 1.84 | +2.31 pts |
| 57 | Jordan | 1.83 | +0.04 pts |
| 58 | Timor-Leste | 1.8 | -0.11 pts |
| 59 | British Virgin Islands | 1.8 | -0.21 pts |
| 60 | Kiribati | 1.79 | +0.05 pts |
| 61 | Eritrea | 1.77 | +0.21 pts |
| 62 | Nepal | 1.74 | -0.19 pts |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 1.73 | +0.07 pts |
| 64 | Central African Republic | 1.69 | +0.04 pts |
| 65 | Mongolia | 1.68 | -0.12 pts |
| 66 | Israel | 1.68 | -0.08 pts |
| 67 | Honduras | 1.67 | -0.09 pts |
| 68 | Iceland | 1.64 | +0.02 pts |
| 69 | Algeria | 1.62 | -0.09 pts |
| 70 | South Sudan | 1.55 | -1.05 pts |
| 71 | South Africa | 1.54 | -0.08 pts |
| 72 | Luxembourg | 1.52 | -0.15 pts |
| 73 | Botswana | 1.49 | +0.05 pts |
| 74 | Egypt | 1.49 | -0.13 pts |
| 75 | Cambodia | 1.48 | +0.01 pts |
| 76 | Djibouti | 1.44 | -0.06 pts |
| 77 | Laos | 1.44 | -0.05 pts |
| 78 | Ireland | 1.4 | +0.13 pts |
| 79 | Guatemala | 1.38 | -0.09 pts |
| 80 | Faroe Islands | 1.38 | -0.1 pts |
| 81 | Sint Maarten | 1.36 | -0.17 pts |
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 1.33 | -0.08 pts |
| 83 | Libya | 1.27 | -0.08 pts |
| 84 | Andorra | 1.26 | +0.09 pts |
| 85 | Monaco | 1.25 | +1.4 pts |
| 86 | Paraguay | 1.21 | -0.14 pts |
| 87 | Panama | 1.21 | -0.17 pts |
| 88 | Nicaragua | 1.2 | -0.05 pts |
| 89 | Haiti | 1.16 | -0.09 pts |
| 90 | Eswatini | 1.16 | +0.07 pts |
| 91 | Belize | 1.15 | -0.13 pts |
| 92 | Malaysia | 1.15 | -0.18 pts |
| 93 | Cyprus | 1.15 | -0.05 pts |
| 94 | Lesotho | 1.15 | -0.04 pts |
| 95 | Colombia | 1.1 | -0.34 pts |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 1.08 | +0.54 pts |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 1.04 | -0 pts |
| 98 | Bolivia | 1.02 | -0.21 pts |
| 99 | Morocco | 1.01 | -0.02 pts |
| 100 | Guyana | 0.99 | +1.01 pts |
| 101 | Guam | 0.96 | +0.75 pts |
| 102 | Peru | 0.96 | -0.23 pts |
| 103 | Brunei | 0.96 | -0.1 pts |
| 104 | Türkiye | 0.91 | -0.06 pts |
| 105 | Suriname | 0.91 | -0.17 pts |
| 106 | Philippines | 0.91 | -0.24 pts |
| 107 | Vietnam | 0.87 | -0.06 pts |
| 108 | Samoa | 0.86 | -0.16 pts |
| 109 | Iran | 0.83 | +0.06 pts |
| 110 | India | 0.82 | -0.15 pts |
| 111 | Bangladesh | 0.81 | -0.02 pts |
| 112 | Seychelles | 0.81 | -0.05 pts |
| 113 | Ecuador | 0.77 | -0.41 pts |
| 114 | Switzerland | 0.77 | +0.03 pts |
| 115 | Liechtenstein | 0.72 | -0.15 pts |
| 116 | Indonesia | 0.7 | -0.15 pts |
| 117 | Bhutan | 0.7 | +0.03 pts |
| 118 | Myanmar | 0.7 | -0.01 pts |
| 119 | Mexico | 0.67 | -0.15 pts |
| 120 | Micronesia | 0.64 | +0.06 pts |
| 121 | Portugal | 0.63 | +0.52 pts |
| 122 | Tunisia | 0.62 | -0.21 pts |
| 123 | Sweden | 0.6 | -0.12 pts |
| 124 | Nauru | 0.57 | +0.08 pts |
| 125 | Canada | 0.55 | -0.53 pts |
| 126 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.55 | +0.02 pts |
| 127 | Norway | 0.53 | -0.05 pts |
| 128 | Netherlands | 0.52 | -0.03 pts |
| 129 | Malta | 0.51 | -1.76 pts |
| 130 | Costa Rica | 0.51 | -0.18 pts |
| 131 | Greenland | 0.51 | +0.25 pts |
| 132 | Chile | 0.44 | -0.45 pts |
| 133 | Azerbaijan | 0.44 | -0.24 pts |
| 134 | Austria | 0.44 | +0.02 pts |
| 135 | Denmark | 0.43 | +0.14 pts |
| 136 | Brazil | 0.43 | -0.15 pts |
| 137 | Bermuda | 0.41 | -0.02 pts |
| 138 | Belgium | 0.41 | -0.02 pts |
| 139 | Cape Verde | 0.38 | +0.27 pts |
| 140 | North Korea | 0.37 | -0.01 pts |
| 141 | New Caledonia | 0.36 | +0.16 pts |
| 142 | France | 0.36 | +0.03 pts |
| 143 | United Kingdom | 0.36 | +0.19 pts |
| 144 | El Salvador | 0.34 | +0.14 pts |
| 145 | Grenada | 0.3 | -0.01 pts |
| 146 | Lebanon | 0.28 | +1.88 pts |
| 147 | Slovenia | 0.27 | -0.4 pts |
| 148 | Argentina | 0.27 | -0.22 pts |
| 149 | Jamaica | 0.24 | -0.02 pts |
| 150 | New Zealand | 0.24 | -1.79 pts |
| 151 | French Polynesia | 0.21 | +0.15 pts |
| 152 | Finland | 0.21 | +0.06 pts |
| 153 | Fiji | 0.19 | +0.18 pts |
| 154 | Spain | 0.18 | -0.33 pts |
| 155 | Barbados | 0.16 | -0.02 pts |
| 156 | United States | 0.16 | -0.25 pts |
| 157 | Saint Lucia | 0.15 | -0.18 pts |
| 158 | Australia | 0.14 | -1.09 pts |
| 159 | Bahamas | 0.13 | -0.17 pts |
| 160 | Thailand | 0.12 | -0.05 pts |
| 161 | Estonia | 0.11 | -0.09 pts |
| 162 | China | 0.09 | -0.15 pts |
| 163 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.06 | -0.14 pts |
| 164 | Isle of Man | 0.05 | -0.08 pts |
| 165 | Germany | 0.04 | -0.04 pts |
| 166 | Armenia | 0.03 | +0.06 pts |
| 167 | Mauritius | 0.03 | +0.02 pts |
| 168 | Palau | -0.05 | -0.02 pts |
| 169 | Uruguay | -0.07 | -0.12 pts |
| 170 | Lithuania | -0.07 | -0.05 pts |
| 171 | South Korea | -0.13 | -0.27 pts |
| 172 | Tonga | -0.2 | -0.24 pts |
| 173 | Slovakia | -0.21 | -0.3 pts |
| 174 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -0.23 | -0.05 pts |
| 175 | Montenegro | -0.25 | -0.22 pts |
| 176 | Russia | -0.34 | -0.2 pts |
| 177 | Georgia | -0.38 | -0.45 pts |
| 178 | U.S. Virgin Islands | -0.4 | -0.04 pts |
| 179 | Hungary | -0.41 | -0.16 pts |
| 180 | Macao | -0.42 | -2.4 pts |
| 181 | Japan | -0.46 | -0.17 pts |
| 182 | Cuba | -0.49 | -0.25 pts |
| 183 | Oman | -0.49 | +1.02 pts |
| 184 | Italy | -0.52 | -0.03 pts |
| 185 | Dominica | -0.55 | -0.1 pts |
| 186 | Puerto Rico | -0.58 | +0.06 pts |
| 187 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.66 | -0.05 pts |
| 188 | Bulgaria | -0.66 | +0.34 pts |
| 189 | Venezuela | -0.73 | +0.99 pts |
| 190 | Romania | -0.75 | -0.2 pts |
| 191 | Aruba | -0.82 | -0.25 pts |
| 192 | Belarus | -0.83 | -0.4 pts |
| 193 | Latvia | -0.84 | -0.14 pts |
| 194 | Ukraine | -0.86 | -0.24 pts |
| 195 | Kuwait | -0.9 | +0.05 pts |
| 196 | Croatia | -0.9 | -0.01 pts |
| 197 | Hong Kong | -0.91 | -0.55 pts |
| 198 | Serbia | -0.94 | -0.28 pts |
| 199 | Curaçao | -0.99 | +0.26 pts |
| 200 | North Macedonia | -1.03 | +0.05 pts |
| 201 | American Samoa | -1.08 | -0.19 pts |
| 202 | Northern Mariana Islands | -1.16 | +0.09 pts |
| 203 | Greece | -1.21 | -0.99 pts |
| 204 | Poland | -1.43 | -0.24 pts |
| 205 | San Marino | -1.5 | -1.81 pts |
| 206 | Moldova | -1.5 | -0.41 pts |
| 207 | Albania | -1.54 | 0 pts |
| 208 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.66 | -0.27 pts |
| 209 | Czechia | -1.81 | -2.06 pts |
| 210 | Tuvalu | -1.99 | -0.26 pts |
| 211 | Saudi Arabia | -2.46 | -7.3 pts |
| 212 | Marshall Islands | -3.19 | -0.18 pts |
| 213 | Singapore | -4.17 | -3.86 pts |
| 214 | Saint Martin | -5.91 | +1.6 pts |
| 215 | Qatar | -10.93 | -16.65 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.
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Which country has the highest population growth?
Somalia, with 3.66% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest population growth?
Qatar, with -10.93% in 2021.
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