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Countries by population growth

Qatar had the highest population growth of 214 countries in 2022, at 5.91%. Ukraine had the lowest, at -7.62%. The median was 1% and the figure for the World was 0.87%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest5.91Qatar
Lowest-7.62Ukraine
Median1214 countries
World0.87History

Top 40 countries, 2022

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QatarQatar: 5.91 %5.91KuwaitKuwait: 5.11 %5.11United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 5.09 %5.09OmanOman: 4.98 %4.98Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia: 4.42 %4.42SyriaSyria: 3.78 %3.78ChadChad: 3.46 %3.46SingaporeSingapore: 3.31 %3.31NigerNiger: 3.25 %3.25Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 3.22 %3.22AngolaAngola: 3.14 %3.14SomaliaSomalia: 3.03 %3.03MaliMali: 3.01 %3.01UgandaUganda: 3.01 %3.01TanzaniaTanzania: 2.95 %2.95MozambiqueMozambique: 2.95 %2.95MauritaniaMauritania: 2.93 %2.93YemenYemen: 2.87 %2.87NamibiaNamibia: 2.78 %2.78ZambiaZambia: 2.76 %2.76BurundiBurundi: 2.71 %2.71SudanSudan: 2.7 %2.7CameroonCameroon: 2.63 %2.63EthiopiaEthiopia: 2.62 %2.62MalawiMalawi: 2.57 %2.57BeninBenin: 2.55 %2.55Côte d’IvoireCôte d’Ivoire: 2.52 %2.52IcelandIceland: 2.51 %2.51Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 2.51 %2.51GuineaGuinea: 2.48 %2.48MadagascarMadagascar: 2.48 %2.48MaltaMalta: 2.47 %2.47SenegalSenegal: 2.47 %2.47PalestinePalestine: 2.43 %2.43Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo: 2.4 %2.4Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 2.39 %2.39GambiaGambia: 2.32 %2.32VanuatuVanuatu: 2.32 %2.32Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 2.31 %2.31IraqIraq: 2.29 %2.29
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Qatar5.91+16.83 pts
2Kuwait5.11+6.01 pts
3United Arab Emirates5.09+3.25 pts
4Oman4.98+5.47 pts
5Saudi Arabia4.42+6.88 pts
6Syria3.78+1.07 pts
7Chad3.46+0.01 pts
8Singapore3.31+7.48 pts
9Niger3.25-0 pts
10Democratic Republic of the Congo3.22-0.01 pts
11Angola3.14-0.04 pts
12Somalia3.03-0.63 pts
13Mali3.01-0.05 pts
14Uganda3.01-0.21 pts
15Tanzania2.95-0.05 pts
16Mozambique2.95-0.01 pts
17Mauritania2.93+0.04 pts
18Yemen2.87+0.13 pts
19Namibia2.78-0.18 pts
20Zambia2.76-0.05 pts
21Burundi2.71-0.02 pts
22Sudan2.7+0.01 pts
23Cameroon2.63-0.03 pts
24Ethiopia2.62-0.05 pts
25Malawi2.57-0.03 pts
26Benin2.55-0.04 pts
27Côte d’Ivoire2.52+0.04 pts
28Iceland2.51+0.87 pts
29Equatorial Guinea2.51+0.08 pts
30Guinea2.48-0.02 pts
31Madagascar2.48-0.03 pts
32Malta2.47+1.96 pts
33Senegal2.47-0.07 pts
34Palestine2.43-0.03 pts
35Republic of the Congo2.40 pts
36Solomon Islands2.39-0.01 pts
37Gambia2.32-0.05 pts
38Vanuatu2.320 pts
39Burkina Faso2.31-0.07 pts
40Iraq2.29+0.05 pts
41Gabon2.25-0.06 pts
42Guinea-Bissau2.240 pts
43Sierra Leone2.23-0.05 pts
44Rwanda2.19-0 pts
45Liberia2.14+0.03 pts
46Tajikistan2.14-0.07 pts
47Cayman Islands2.09+0.04 pts
48Nigeria2.09-0 pts
49Gibraltar2.02+0.14 pts
50Luxembourg2.02+0.5 pts
51Uzbekistan2.01+0.07 pts
52Ireland1.98+0.59 pts
53Israel1.97+0.28 pts
54Comoros1.94-0.04 pts
55São Tomé and Príncipe1.94-0.12 pts
56Turkmenistan1.93-0.1 pts
57Kenya1.92+0.02 pts
58Ghana1.92-0.04 pts
59Papua New Guinea1.88-0.11 pts
60Belize1.85+0.7 pts
61Canada1.84+1.29 pts
62Kyrgyzstan1.79-0.04 pts
63Eritrea1.75-0.02 pts
64Pakistan1.75-0.14 pts
65Zimbabwe1.71-0.02 pts
66Jordan1.7-0.13 pts
67Andorra1.7+0.43 pts
68Honduras1.68+0.01 pts
69Togo1.66-0.23 pts
70Kiribati1.62-0.17 pts
71Botswana1.59+0.1 pts
72Algeria1.59-0.03 pts
73Czechia1.57+3.38 pts
74Maldives1.53-1.23 pts
75Egypt1.49-0 pts
76Mongolia1.47-0.22 pts
77Kazakhstan1.46+0.13 pts
78Afghanistan1.44-0.92 pts
79South Sudan1.42-0.13 pts
80South Africa1.41-0.13 pts
81Laos1.41-0.03 pts
82Timor-Leste1.41-0.39 pts
83Guatemala1.41+0.03 pts
84Djibouti1.4-0.04 pts
85Sint Maarten1.36-0.01 pts
86Bahrain1.34-0.82 pts
87British Virgin Islands1.34-0.46 pts
88Estonia1.34+1.23 pts
89Cambodia1.33-0.15 pts
90Turks and Caicos Islands1.33-0.59 pts
91Australia1.29+1.15 pts
92Nicaragua1.28+0.08 pts
93Panama1.27+0.06 pts
94Libya1.23-0.03 pts
95Iran1.2+0.37 pts
96Malaysia1.2+0.05 pts
97Bolivia1.16+0.14 pts
98Faroe Islands1.14-0.24 pts
99Paraguay1.13-0.08 pts
100Haiti1.13-0.03 pts
101Lesotho1.08-0.07 pts
102Colombia1.07-0.03 pts
103Cyprus1.06-0.09 pts
104Monaco1.04-0.2 pts
105Bangladesh1.02+0.21 pts
106Eswatini1.02-0.14 pts
107Morocco1.010 pts
108Türkiye0.98+0.07 pts
109United Kingdom0.98+0.62 pts
110Dominican Republic0.96-0.08 pts
111Peru0.96-0 pts
112Austria0.96+0.52 pts
113Netherlands0.95+0.43 pts
114Norway0.9+0.36 pts
115Guam0.88-0.08 pts
116Suriname0.85-0.06 pts
117Switzerland0.83+0.06 pts
118Lithuania0.82+0.9 pts
119Nepal0.81-0.93 pts
120Belgium0.81+0.4 pts
121Brunei0.8-0.16 pts
122Ecuador0.8+0.02 pts
123Liechtenstein0.79+0.07 pts
124India0.79-0.03 pts
125Denmark0.79+0.35 pts
126Nauru0.78+0.22 pts
127Philippines0.76-0.15 pts
128Mexico0.75+0.09 pts
129Guyana0.75-0.23 pts
130Vietnam0.75-0.12 pts
131Indonesia0.75+0.04 pts
132Spain0.72+0.54 pts
133Bhutan0.7-0 pts
134Portugal0.7+0.07 pts
135Samoa0.69-0.17 pts
136Myanmar0.69-0.01 pts
137Sweden0.68+0.08 pts
138New Caledonia0.67+0.3 pts
139Cape Verde0.6+0.21 pts
140Tunisia0.59-0.04 pts
141United States0.57+0.41 pts
142Antigua and Barbuda0.53-0.02 pts
143France0.5+0.15 pts
144Chile0.5+0.05 pts
145Lebanon0.46+0.18 pts
146Micronesia0.44-0.2 pts
147Costa Rica0.43-0.08 pts
148El Salvador0.39+0.05 pts
149North Korea0.37-0 pts
150Brazil0.36-0.07 pts
151Fiji0.3+0.1 pts
152Bahamas0.29+0.16 pts
153Finland0.27+0.06 pts
154Armenia0.23+0.21 pts
155Argentina0.21-0.06 pts
156French Polynesia0.210 pts
157Grenada0.19-0.11 pts
158Slovenia0.19-0.08 pts
159Bermuda0.16-0.26 pts
160Saint Lucia0.14-0.01 pts
161Sri Lanka0.11-0.96 pts
162Georgia0.1+0.48 pts
163Barbados0.06-0.1 pts
164Jamaica0.05-0.19 pts
165Azerbaijan0.04-0.4 pts
166Isle of Man0.03-0.02 pts
167Greenland0.01-0.49 pts
168Thailand0.01-0.11 pts
169China-0.01-0.1 pts
170Germany-0.02-0.06 pts
171New Zealand-0.06-0.3 pts
172Venezuela-0.09+0.64 pts
173Saint Kitts and Nevis-0.12+0.11 pts
174Trinidad and Tobago-0.13-0.19 pts
175Palau-0.14-0.08 pts
176Uruguay-0.17-0.1 pts
177South Korea-0.19-0.06 pts
178Italy-0.2+0.31 pts
179Montenegro-0.23+0.01 pts
180Hungary-0.27+0.14 pts
181Latvia-0.27+0.57 pts
182Central African Republic-0.28-1.96 pts
183Slovakia-0.28-0.07 pts
184North Macedonia-0.29+0.73 pts
185Mauritius-0.3-0.33 pts
186Russia-0.35-0.01 pts
187Aruba-0.36+0.46 pts
188Romania-0.39+0.36 pts
189Curaçao-0.41+0.58 pts
190Tonga-0.43-0.22 pts
191U.S. Virgin Islands-0.43-0.04 pts
192Poland-0.43+1 pts
193Japan-0.44+0.02 pts
194Dominica-0.56-0.01 pts
195Cuba-0.56-0.08 pts
196Croatia-0.6+0.3 pts
197Bulgaria-0.65+0.01 pts
198Macao-0.76-0.34 pts
199Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-0.78-0.11 pts
200Belarus-0.8+0.02 pts
201Hong Kong-0.910 pts
202Bosnia and Herzegovina-1.24+0.42 pts
203Greece-1.26-0.05 pts
204Puerto Rico-1.31-0.74 pts
205San Marino-1.46+0.04 pts
206Albania-1.54-0 pts
207American Samoa-1.81-0.73 pts
208Northern Mariana Islands-1.94-0.77 pts
209Tuvalu-2-0.01 pts
210Serbia-2.52-1.57 pts
211Moldova-2.62-1.12 pts
212Marshall Islands-3.17+0.02 pts
213Saint Martin-3.71+2.2 pts
214Ukraine-7.62-6.76 pts

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About this ranking

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. 1 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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 5.91% in 2022, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest population growth?

Ukraine, with -7.62% in 2022.

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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. 1 countries have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.

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