Population growth rate

The average annual percent change in the population, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country. The rate may be positive or negative. The growth rate is a factor in determining how great a burden would be imposed on a country by the changing needs of its people for infrastructure (e.g., schools, hospitals, housing, roads), resources (e.g., food, water, electricity), and jobs. Rapid population growth can be seen as threatening by neighboring countries.

• Afghanistan

  2.3% (2022 est.)

• Albania

  0.22% (2022 est.)

• Algeria

  1.34% (2022 est.)

• American Samoa

  -1.92% (2022 est.)

• Andorra

  -0.1% (2022 est.)

• Angola

  3.36% (2022 est.)

• Anguilla

  1.8% (2022 est.)

• Antigua and Barbuda

  1.15% (2022 est.)

• Argentina

  0.82% (2022 est.)

• Armenia

  -0.38% (2022 est.)

• Aruba

  1.14% (2022 est.)

• Ashmore and Cartier Islands

  0.32% (2021 est.)

• Australia

  1.25% (2022 est.)

• Austria

  0.32% (2022 est.)

• Azerbaijan

  0.67% (2022 est.)

• Bahamas, The

  0.82% (2022 est.)

• Bahrain

  0.88% (2022 est.)

• Bangladesh

  0.93% (2022 est.)

• Barbados

  0.26% (2022 est.)

• Belarus

  -0.31% (2022 est.)

• Belgium

  0.57% (2022 est.)

• Belize

  1.64% (2022 est.)

• Benin

  3.34% (2022 est.)

• Bermuda

  0.34% (2022 est.)

• Bhutan

  0.97% (2022 est.)

• Bolivia

  1.12% (2022 est.)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  -0.22% (2022 est.)

• Botswana

  1.4% (2022 est.)

• Brazil

  0.7% (2022 est.)

• British Virgin Islands

  1.91% (2022 est.)

• Brunei

  1.45% (2022 est.)

• Bulgaria

  -0.67% (2022 est.)

• Burkina Faso

  2.53% (2022 est.)

• Burma

  0.78% (2022 est.)

• Burundi

  3.63% (2022 est.)

• Cabo Verde

  1.21% (2022 est.)

• Cambodia

  1.08% (2022 est.)

• Cameroon

  2.75% (2022 est.)

• Canada

  0.75% (2022 est.)

• Cayman Islands

  1.83% (2022 est.)

• Central African Republic

  1.78% (2022 est.)

• Chad

  3.09% (2022 est.)

• Chile

  0.66% (2022 est.)

• China

  0.19% (2022 est.)

• Christmas Island

  1.11% (2014 est.)

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  NA

• Colombia

  0.59% (2022 est.)

• Comoros

  1.37% (2022 est.)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  3.14% (2022 est.)

• Congo, Republic of the

  2.34% (2022 est.)

• Cook Islands

  -2.39% (2022 est.)

• Costa Rica

  1.01% (2022 est.)

• Cote d'Ivoire

  2.19% (2022 est.)

• Croatia

  -0.47% (2022 est.)

• Cuba

  -0.21% (2022 est.)

• Curacao

  0.32% (2022 est.)

• Cyprus

  1.06% (2022 est.)

• Czechia

  0.02% (2022 est.)

• Denmark

  0.44% (2022 est.)

• Djibouti

  1.97% (2022 est.)

• Dominica

  0.05% (2022 est.)

• Dominican Republic

  0.91% (2022 est.)

• Ecuador

  1.13% (2022 est.)

• Egypt

  1.68% (2022 est.)

• El Salvador

  0.57% (2022 est.)

• Equatorial Guinea

  3.5% (2022 est.)

• Eritrea

  1.03% (2022 est.)

• Estonia

  -0.71% (2022 est.)

• Eswatini

  0.75% (2022 est.)

• Ethiopia

  2.46% (2022 est.)

• European Union

  (2021 est.) 0.10%

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  0.01% (2014 est.)

• Faroe Islands

  0.63% (2022 est.)

• Fiji

  0.44% (2022 est.)

• Finland

  0.24% (2022 est.)

• France

  0.32% (2022 est.)

• French Polynesia

  0.73% (2022 est.)

• Gabon

  2.4% (2022 est.)

• Gambia, The

  2.29% (2022 est.)

• Gaza Strip

  2.02% (2022 est.)

• Georgia

  0.03% (2022 est.)

• Germany

  -0.11% (2022 est.)

• Ghana

  2.23% (2022 est.)

• Gibraltar

  0.19% (2022 est.)

• Greece

  -0.34% (2022 est.)

• Greenland

  -0.02% (2022 est.)

• Grenada

  0.32% (2022 est.)

• Guam

  0.16% (2022 est.)

• Guatemala

  1.58% (2022 est.)

• Guernsey

  0.23% (2022 est.)

• Guinea

  2.76% (2022 est.)

• Guinea-Bissau

  2.53% (2022 est.)

• Guyana

  0.24% (2022 est.)

• Haiti

  1.2% (2022 est.)

• Holy See (Vatican City)

  0% (2014 est.)

• Honduras

  1.19% (2022 est.)

• Hong Kong

  0.17% (2022 est.)

• Hungary

  -0.3% (2022 est.)

• Iceland

  0.93% (2022 est.)

• India

  0.67% (2022 est.)

• Indonesia

  0.79% (2022 est.)

• Iran

  0.98% (2022 est.)

• Iraq

  2% (2022 est.)

• Ireland

  0.94% (2022 est.)

• Isle of Man

  0.52% (2022 est.)

• Israel

  1.44% (2022 est.)

• Italy

  -0.13% (2022 est.)

• Jamaica

  0.08% (2022 est.)

• Japan

  -0.39% (2022 est.)

• Jersey

  0.64% (2022 est.)

• Jordan

  0.81% (2022 est.)

• Kazakhstan

  0.77% (2022 est.)

• Kenya

  2.12% (2022 est.)

• Kiribati

  1.04% (2022 est.)

• Korea, North

  0.46% (2022 est.)

• Korea, South

  0.24% (2022 est.)

• Kosovo

  0.57% (2022 est.)

• Kuwait

  1.17% (2022 est.)

• Kyrgyzstan

  0.86% (2022 est.)

• Laos

  1.34% (2022 est.)

• Latvia

  -1.11% (2022 est.)

• Lebanon

  0.66% (2022 est.)

• Lesotho

  0.76% (2022 est.)

• Liberia

  2.73% (2022 est.)

• Libya

  1.65% (2022 est.)

• Liechtenstein

  0.72% (2022 est.)

• Lithuania

  -1.04% (2022 est.)

• Luxembourg

  1.64% (2022 est.)

• Macau

  0.75% (2022 est.)

• Madagascar

  2.27% (2022 est.)

• Malawi

  2.34% (2022 est.)

• Malaysia

  1.03% (2022 est.)

• Maldives

  -0.14% (2022 est.)

• Mali

  2.95% (2022 est.)

• Malta

  0.67% (2022 est.)

• Marshall Islands

  1.34% (2022 est.)

• Mauritania

  1.99% (2022 est.)

• Mauritius

  0.1% (2022 est.)

• Mexico

  0.51% (2022 est.)

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  -0.67% (2022 est.)

• Moldova

  -1.12% (2022 est.)

• Monaco

  0.6% (2022 est.)

• Mongolia

  0.88% (2022 est.)

• Montenegro

  -0.41% (2022 est.)

• Montserrat

  0.5% (2022 est.)

• Morocco

  0.91% (2022 est.)
  
  note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

• Mozambique

  2.56% (2022 est.)

• Namibia

  1.82% (2022 est.)

• Nauru

  0.42% (2022 est.)

• Nepal

  0.78% (2022 est.)

• Netherlands

  0.36% (2022 est.)

• New Caledonia

  1.19% (2022 est.)

• New Zealand

  1.17% (2022 est.)

• Nicaragua

  0.92% (2022 est.)

• Niger

  3.66% (2022 est.)

• Nigeria

  2.53% (2022 est.)

• Niue

  -0.03% (2021 est.)

• Norfolk Island

  0.01% (2014 est.)

• North Macedonia

  0.12% (2022 est.)

• Northern Mariana Islands

  -0.35% (2022 est.)

• Norway

  0.8% (2022 est.)

• Oman

  1.84% (2022 est.)

• Pakistan

  1.95% (2022 est.)

• Palau

  0.39% (2022 est.)

• Panama

  1.53% (2022 est.)

• Papua New Guinea

  2.35% (2022 est.)

• Paracel Islands

  0.75% (2021 est.)

• Paraguay

  1.14% (2022 est.)

• Peru

  0.51% (2022 est.)

• Philippines

  1.6% (2022 est.)

• Pitcairn Islands

  0% (2014 est.)

• Poland

  -0.26% (2022 est.)

• Portugal

  -0.2% (2022 est.)

• Puerto Rico

  -1.38% (2022 est.)

• Qatar

  1.04% (2022 est.)

• Romania

  -1.09% (2022 est.)

• Russia

  -0.22% (2022 est.)

• Rwanda

  1.74% (2022 est.)

• Saint Barthelemy

  -0.16% (2022 est.)

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  0.13% (2022 est.)

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  0.61% (2022 est.)

• Saint Lucia

  0.29% (2022 est.)

• Saint Martin

  0.33% (2022 est.)

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  -1.2% (2022 est.)

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  -0.17% (2022 est.)

• Samoa

  0.63% (2022 est.)

• San Marino

  0.61% (2022 est.)

• Sao Tome and Principe

  1.48% (2022 est.)

• Saudi Arabia

  1.63% (2022 est.)

• Senegal

  2.57% (2022 est.)

• Serbia

  -0.75% (2022 est.)

• Seychelles

  0.64% (2022 est.)

• Sierra Leone

  2.49% (2022 est.)

• Singapore

  0.92% (2022 est.)

• Sint Maarten

  1.23% (2022 est.)

• Slovakia

  -0.1% (2022 est.)

• Slovenia

  -0.06% (2022 est.)

• Solomon Islands

  1.72% (2022 est.)

• Somalia

  2.42% (2022 est.)

• South Africa

  0.93% (2022 est.)

• South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  NA

• South Sudan

  4.91% (2022 est.)

• Spain

  0.13% (2022 est.)

• Spratly Islands

  NA

• Sri Lanka

  0.61% (2022 est.)

• Sudan

  2.55% (2022 est.)

• Suriname

  1.13% (2022 est.)

• Svalbard

  -0.03% (2019 est.)

• Sweden

  0.5% (2022 est.)

• Switzerland

  0.65% (2022 est.)

• Syria

  5.91% (2022 est.)

• Taiwan

  0.04% (2022 est.)

• Tajikistan

  1.4% (2022 est.)

• Tanzania

  2.78% (2022 est.)

• Thailand

  0.23% (2022 est.)

• Timor-Leste

  2.15% (2022 est.)

• Togo

  2.48% (2022 est.)

• Tokelau

  -0.01% (2019 est.)

• Tonga

  -0.26% (2022 est.)

• Trinidad and Tobago

  0.14% (2022 est.)

• Tunisia

  0.69% (2022 est.)

• Turkey (Turkiye)

  0.67% (2022 est.)

• Turkmenistan

  0.99% (2022 est.)

• Turks and Caicos Islands

  1.86% (2022 est.)

• Tuvalu

  0.83% (2022 est.)

• Uganda

  3.27% (2022 est.)

• Ukraine

  -0.5% (2022 est.)

• United Arab Emirates

  0.58% (2022 est.)

• United Kingdom

  0.53% (2022 est.)

• United States

  0.69% (2022 est.)

• Uruguay

  0.27% (2022 est.)

• Uzbekistan

  0.83% (2022 est.)

• Vanuatu

  1.63% (2022 est.)

• Venezuela

  2.43% (2022 est.)

• Vietnam

  0.97% (2022 est.)

• Virgin Islands

  -0.45% (2022 est.)

• Wallis and Futuna

  0.25% (2022 est.)

• West Bank

  1.69% (2022 est.)

• World

  1.03% (2021 est.)
  
  note: this rate results in about 154 net additions to the worldwide population every minute or 2.6 people every second

• Yemen

  1.88% (2022 est.)

• Zambia

  2.9% (2022 est.)

• Zimbabwe

  1.95% (2022 est.)