NationsTreeRanking · latest available · data as of 26 October 2026 · printed 27 Oct 2026
Population growth (%)
How fast the population changed over the year, including births, deaths and migration. Negative means the population is shrinking. Ranked from largest to smallest.
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · SP.POP.GROW
Top 5 over time
Dashed line: world median| # | Country | Region | Population growth% | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United Arab Emirates |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 4.68% | 2025 |
| 2 |  Saudi Arabia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 4.63% | 2025 |
| 3 |  Oman |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.96% | 2025 |
| 4 |  Qatar |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.92% | 2025 |
| 5 |  Syria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.77% | 2025 |
| 6 |  Chad |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.41% | 2025 |
| 7 |  Central African Republic |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.37% | 2025 |
| 8 |  Somalia, Fed. Rep. |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.34% | 2025 |
| 9 |  Niger |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.22% | 2025 |
| 10 |  DR Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.20% | 2025 |
| 11 |  Georgia |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.18% | 2025 |
| 12 |  Angola |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.00% | 2025 |
| 13 |  Ukraine |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.92% | 2025 |
| 14 |  Mali |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.90% | 2025 |
| 15 |  Yemen |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.89% | 2025 |
| 16 |  Tanzania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.86% | 2025 |
| 17 |  Mozambique |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.85% | 2025 |
| 18 |  Mauritania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.78% | 2025 |
| 19 |  Zambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.77% | 2025 |
| 20 |  Afghanistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.77% | 2025 |
| 21 |  Uganda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.70% | 2025 |
| 22 |  Cameroon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.56% | 2025 |
| 23 |  Malawi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.56% | 2025 |
| 24 |  Ethiopia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.55% | 2025 |
| 25 |  Burundi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.41% | 2025 |
| 26 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.40% | 2025 |
| 27 |  Benin |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.40% | 2025 |
| 28 |  Madagascar |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.40% | 2025 |
| 29 |  Equatorial Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.40% | 2025 |
| 30 |  Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.38% | 2025 |
| 31 |  Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.36% | 2025 |
| 32 |  Solomon Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 2.35% | 2025 |
| 33 |  Palestine |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.33% | 2025 |
| 34 |  Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.31% | 2025 |
| 35 |  Senegal |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.30% | 2025 |
| 36 |  Vanuatu |
East Asia & Pacific | 2.23% | 2025 |
| 37 |  Gambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.23% | 2025 |
| 38 |  Burkina Faso |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.21% | 2025 |
| 39 |  Togo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.18% | 2025 |
| 40 |  Rwanda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.17% | 2025 |
| 41 |  Guinea-Bissau |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.16% | 2025 |
| 42 |  Gabon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.11% | 2025 |
| 43 |  Iraq |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.10% | 2025 |
| 44 |  Liberia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.09% | 2025 |
| 45 |  Nigeria |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.06% | 2025 |
| 46 |  Namibia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.05% | 2025 |
| 47 |  Sierra Leone |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.04% | 2025 |
| 48 |  South Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.03% | 2025 |
| 49 |  Gibraltar |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.01% | 2025 |
| 50 |  Eritrea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.00% | 2025 |
| 51 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.98% | 2025 |
| 52 |  Kenya |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.93% | 2025 |
| 53 |  Malta |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.89% | 2025 |
| 54 |  Zimbabwe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.88% | 2025 |
| 55 |  Uzbekistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.88% | 2025 |
| 56 |  Comoros |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.85% | 2025 |
| 57 |  Cayman Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.85% | 2025 |
| 58 |  Ghana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.83% | 2025 |
| 59 |  Tajikistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.83% | 2025 |
| 60 |  Papua New Guinea |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.75% | 2025 |
| 61 |  Armenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.74% | 2025 |
| 62 |  Kyrgyzstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.66% | 2025 |
| 63 |  Honduras |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.65% | 2025 |
| 64 |  Turkmenistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.65% | 2025 |
| 65 |  Ireland |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.63% | 2025 |
| 66 |  Botswana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.61% | 2025 |
| 67 |  Pakistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.56% | 2025 |
| 68 |  Egypt |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.56% | 2025 |
| 69 |  Australia |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.53% | 2025 |
| 70 |  Guatemala |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.52% | 2025 |
| 71 |  Iceland |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.51% | 2025 |
| 72 |  Luxembourg |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.46% | 2025 |
| 73 |  Kiribati |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.45% | 2025 |
| 74 |  Liechtenstein |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.41% | 2025 |
| 75 |  Belize |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.39% | 2025 |
| 76 |  Bolivia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.35% | 2025 |
| 77 |  Laos |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.32% | 2025 |
| 78 |  Algeria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.32% | 2025 |
| 79 |  Sint Maarten |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.31% | 2025 |
| 80 |  Nicaragua |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.31% | 2025 |
| 81 |  Djibouti |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.31% | 2025 |
| 82 |  Timor-Leste |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.27% | 2025 |
| 83 |  Mongolia |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.25% | 2025 |
| 84 |  Panama |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.22% | 2025 |
| 85 |  Singapore |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.22% | 2025 |
| 86 |  Bangladesh |
South Asia | 1.22% | 2025 |
| 87 |  Kazakhstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.21% | 2025 |
| 88 |  Paraguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.20% | 2025 |
| 89 |  Israel |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.20% | 2025 |
| 90 |  Cambodia |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.18% | 2025 |
| 91 |  Malaysia |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.17% | 2025 |
| 92 |  Andorra |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.17% | 2025 |
| 93 |  South Africa |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.15% | 2025 |
| 94 |  Haiti |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.13% | 2025 |
| 95 |  Seychelles |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.13% | 2025 |
| 96 |  Lesotho |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.10% | 2025 |
| 97 |  Eswatini |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.07% | 2025 |
| 98 |  Libya |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.04% | 2025 |
| 99 |  Peru |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.04% | 2025 |
| 100 |  Spain |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.03% | 2025 |
| 101 |  Portugal |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.03% | 2025 |
| 102 |  Colombia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.01% | 2025 |
| 103 |  Switzerland |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.96% | 2025 |
| 104 |  Canada |
North America | 0.94% | 2025 |
| 105 |  Iran |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.92% | 2025 |
| 106 |  New Caledonia |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.92% | 2025 |
| 107 |  Cyprus |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.91% | 2025 |
| 108 |  Morocco |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.91% | 2025 |
| 109 |  India |
South Asia | 0.89% | 2025 |
| 110 |  Suriname |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.85% | 2025 |
| 111 |  Ecuador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.85% | 2025 |
| 112 |  Mexico |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.83% | 2025 |
| 113 |  Philippines |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.81% | 2025 |
| 114 |  Dominican Republic |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.81% | 2025 |
| 115 |  Indonesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.78% | 2025 |
| 116 |  Brunei |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.78% | 2025 |
| 117 |  Lebanon |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.75% | 2025 |
| 118 |  Bahrain |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.73% | 2025 |
| 119 |  Aruba |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.73% | 2025 |
| 120 |  Guam |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.73% | 2025 |
| 121 |  Belgium |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.70% | 2025 |
| 122 |  Norway |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.69% | 2025 |
| 123 |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.69% | 2025 |
| 124 |  British Virgin Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.66% | 2025 |
| 125 |  New Zealand |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.65% | 2025 |
| 126 |  Naoero |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.65% | 2025 |
| 127 |  Bhutan |
South Asia | 0.65% | 2025 |
| 128 |  Myanmar |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.64% | 2025 |
| 129 |  Vietnam |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.60% | 2025 |
| 130 |  Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.59% | 2025 |
| 131 |  Guyana |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.59% | 2025 |
| 132 |  Tunisia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.58% | 2025 |
| 133 |  Denmark |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.54% | 2025 |
| 134 |  United States |
North America | 0.52% | 2025 |
| 135 |  Netherlands |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.52% | 2025 |
| 136 |  Chile |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.48% | 2025 |
| 137 |  Faroe Islands |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.47% | 2025 |
| 138 |  Finland |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.47% | 2025 |
| 139 |  Fiji |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.47% | 2025 |
| 140 |  Cabo Verde |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.47% | 2025 |
| 141 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.46% | 2025 |
| 142 |  Micronesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.46% | 2025 |
| 143 |  Costa Rica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.45% | 2025 |
| 144 |  Bahamas |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.44% | 2025 |
| 145 |  Azerbaijan |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.43% | 2025 |
| 146 |  El Salvador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.43% | 2025 |
| 147 |  Türkiye |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.42% | 2025 |
| 148 |  Venezuela |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.39% | 2025 |
| 149 |  San Marino |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.39% | 2025 |
| 150 |  Brazil |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.38% | 2025 |
| 151 |  Maldives |
South Asia | 0.35% | 2025 |
| 152 |  Argentina |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.34% | 2025 |
| 153 |  Austria |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.33% | 2025 |
| 154 |  United Kingdom |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.30% | 2025 |
| 155 |  North Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.27% | 2025 |
| 156 |  Croatia |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.26% | 2025 |
| 157 |  Sweden |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.25% | 2025 |
| 158 |  France |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.25% | 2025 |
| 159 |  French Polynesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.23% | 2025 |
| 160 |  Saint Lucia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.23% | 2025 |
| 161 | CHIChannel Islands | Europe & Central Asia | 0.20% | 2025 |
| 162 |  Curaçao |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.19% | 2025 |
| 163 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.17% | 2025 |
| 164 |  Slovenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.17% | 2025 |
| 165 |  Greece |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.08% | 2025 |
| 166 |  Grenada |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.08% | 2025 |
| 167 |  Barbados |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.06% | 2025 |
| 168 |  Lithuania |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.02% | 2025 |
| 169 |  Greenland |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.01% | 2025 |
| 170 |  Germany |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.03% | 2025 |
| 171 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Latin America & Caribbean | -0.04% | 2025 |
| 172 |  Isle of Man |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.05% | 2025 |
| 173 |  Uruguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | -0.06% | 2025 |
| 174 |  Italy |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.06% | 2025 |
| 175 |  Montenegro |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.06% | 2025 |
| 176 |  Thailand |
East Asia & Pacific | -0.07% | 2025 |
| 177 |  Jamaica |
Latin America & Caribbean | -0.07% | 2025 |
| 178 |  Russia |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.11% | 2025 |
| 179 |  Nepal |
South Asia | -0.11% | 2025 |
| 180 |  Bermuda |
North America | -0.13% | 2025 |
| 181 |  Bulgaria |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.13% | 2025 |
| 182 |  South Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | -0.13% | 2025 |
| 183 |  Slovakia |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.15% | 2025 |
| 184 |  Macao |
East Asia & Pacific | -0.16% | 2025 |
| 185 |  Mauritius |
Sub-Saharan Africa | -0.16% | 2025 |
| 186 |  Romania |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.17% | 2025 |
| 187 |  Czechia |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.17% | 2025 |
| 188 |  China |
East Asia & Pacific | -0.17% | 2025 |
| 189 |  Palau |
East Asia & Pacific | -0.18% | 2025 |
| 190 |  North Macedonia |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.19% | 2025 |
| 191 |  Jordan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | -0.28% | 2025 |
| 192 |  Hong Kong |
East Asia & Pacific | -0.34% | 2025 |
| 193 |  Poland |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.34% | 2025 |
| 194 |  Cuba |
Latin America & Caribbean | -0.39% | 2025 |
| 195 |  Tonga |
East Asia & Pacific | -0.42% | 2025 |
| 196 |  Estonia |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.43% | 2025 |
| 197 |  Japan |
East Asia & Pacific | -0.49% | 2025 |
| 198 |  Hungary |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.50% | 2025 |
| 199 |  Dominica |
Latin America & Caribbean | -0.51% | 2025 |
| 200 |  Belarus |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.51% | 2025 |
| 201 |  Puerto Rico (US) |
Latin America & Caribbean | -0.55% | 2025 |
| 202 |  US Virgin Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | -0.56% | 2025 |
| 203 |  Serbia |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.57% | 2025 |
| 204 |  Kuwait |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | -0.65% | 2025 |
| 205 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Latin America & Caribbean | -0.69% | 2025 |
| 206 |  Sri Lanka |
South Asia | -0.73% | 2025 |
| 207 |  Monaco |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.75% | 2025 |
| 208 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.77% | 2025 |
| 209 |  Latvia |
Europe & Central Asia | -0.99% | 2025 |
| 210 | XKXKosovo | Europe & Central Asia | -1.10% | 2025 |
| 211 |  Albania |
Europe & Central Asia | -1.17% | 2025 |
| 212 |  American Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | -1.59% | 2025 |
| 213 |  Tuvalu |
East Asia & Pacific | -1.61% | 2025 |
| 214 |  Northern Mariana Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | -1.68% | 2025 |
| 215 |  Moldova |
Europe & Central Asia | -1.75% | 2025 |
| 216 |  Marshall Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | -3.43% | 2025 |
| 217 |  Saint Martin |
Latin America & Caribbean | -4.65% | 2025 |
Latest value per country. Ranked: countries with data from the last 5 years of the series; older values are listed below without a rank. 217 ranked.