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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1953

-1 year 1953 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1953, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.9% and global population grew with total of 50,051,867 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇪🇭Western Sahara with a rate of 8.952%. Closely followed by 🇯🇴Jordan with a population growth rate of 7.114%, and 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates with 6.056% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with -1.18%. Followed by 🇮🇲Isle of Man with a population growth rate of -1.123%, and 🇲🇸Montserrat with -0.909% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Latin America and the Caribbean with a rate of 2.645%. Closely followed by Asia with a population growth rate of 2.153%, and Africa with a 2.149% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Central Asia had the highest population growth rate of 2.779%. Closely followed by Central America with a population growth rate of 2.76%, and South America with a 2.715% population growth.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that No income group available has the highest population growth rate of 4.085%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 1.225%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1953

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1953

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇪🇭Western Sahara 8.952% 1,518
2 🇯🇴Jordan 7.114% 38,691
3 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 6.056% 5,458
4 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 6.036% 3,473
5 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 5.41% 94
6 🇸🇬Singapore 5.312% 63,068
7 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 4.493% 101,723
8 🇮🇱Israel 4.199% 61,987
9 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 4.148% 396
10 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.101% 255,679
11 🇵🇭Philippines 3.906% 825,346
12 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 3.818% 128
13 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 3.653% 308,729
14 🇷🇪Réunion 3.615% 10,059
15 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 3.546% 67,082
16 🇨🇷Costa Rica 3.525% 36,195
17 🇷🇼Rwanda 3.437% 82,413
18 🇹🇯Tajikistan 3.227% 54,885
19 🇶🇦Qatar 3.224% 862
20 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 3.202% 240,100
21 🇩🇯Djibouti 3.194% 2,187
22 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 3.151% 82,077
23 🇧🇭Bahrain 3.149% 4,042
24 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 3.112% 95,457
25 🇬🇭Ghana 3.063% 170,089
26 🇳🇪Niger 3.057% 87,385
27 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.057% 2,053
28 🇬🇾Guyana 3.054% 13,883
29 🇿🇲Zambia 3.047% 77,503
30 🇧🇷Brazil 3.029% 1,769,981
31 🇰🇼Kuwait 3.002% 5,045
32 🇹🇷Türkiye 2.955% 678,366
33 🇸🇩Sudan 2.946% 199,278
34 🇹🇴Tonga 2.929% 1,578
35 🇸🇷Suriname 2.882% 6,120
36 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2.87% 1,002
37 🇳🇮Nicaragua 2.867% 41,572
38 🇧🇿Belize 2.857% 2,157
39 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 2.85% 591,984
40 🇱🇧Lebanon 2.839% 41,677
41 🇵🇫French Polynesia 2.821% 1,960
42 🇺🇬Uganda 2.811% 175,642
43 🇨🇦Canada 2.806% 417,942
44 🇲🇽Mexico 2.78% 831,071
45 🇭🇳Honduras 2.779% 47,014
46 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 2.776% 6,440
47 🇵🇪Peru 2.76% 230,342
48 🇧🇹Bhutan 2.749% 5,067
49 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 2.738% 81,193
50 🇦🇲Armenia 2.736% 40,869
51 🇦🇱Albania 2.733% 36,717
52 🇨🇴Colombia 2.712% 345,666
53 🇦🇼Aruba 2.688% 1,243
54 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 2.679% 18,801
55 🇹🇭Thailand 2.669% 590,091
56 🇬🇱Greenland 2.661% 660
57 🇨🇼Curaçao 2.644% 2,909
58 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.634% 88,212
59 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.633% 173,612
60 🇧🇸Bahamas 2.632% 2,322
61 🇵🇦Panama 2.628% 24,389
62 🇸🇴Somalia 2.625% 63,079
63 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.619% 99,511
64 🇸🇳Senegal 2.618% 72,189
65 🇦🇮Anguilla 2.617% 144
66 🇬🇲Gambia 2.596% 8,594
67 🇩🇿Algeria 2.577% 251,798
68 🇲🇦Morocco 2.576% 248,257
69 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.557% 42,201
70 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.538% 108,284
71 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.531% 207,823
72 🇲🇶Martinique 2.521% 6,268
73 🇮🇶Iraq 2.52% 152,826
74 🇰🇪Kenya 2.515% 155,515
75 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 2.487% 166,547
76 🇵🇼Palau 2.487% 199
77 🇫🇯Fiji 2.462% 8,154
78 🇪🇬Egypt 2.461% 557,163
79 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.46% 437,239
80 🇸🇿Eswatini 2.444% 7,155
81 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.426% 2,819
82 🇳🇿New Zealand 2.425% 49,658
83 🇮🇩Indonesia 2.369% 1,743,106
84 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 2.368% 91,233
85 🇲🇺Mauritius 2.349% 13,431
86 🇮🇸Iceland 2.333% 3,517
87 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.325% 42,024
88 🇸🇻El Salvador 2.321% 54,345
89 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.308% 31,155
90 🇵🇰Pakistan 2.304% 880,878
91 🇧🇼Botswana 2.297% 10,198
92 🇨🇬Congo 2.261% 20,177
93 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.252% 36,222
94 🇻🇳Viet Nam 2.249% 601,641
95 🇳🇷Nauru 2.247% 83
96 🇮🇳India 2.232% 8,259,013
97 🇾🇹Mayotte 2.221% 484
98 🇼🇸Samoa 2.207% 2,092
99 🇰🇭Cambodia 2.175% 101,797
100 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 2.17% 17,987
101 🇿🇦South Africa 2.168% 301,194
102 🇹🇻Tuvalu 2.164% 112
103 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.147% 60,746
104 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.134% 14,922
105 🇰🇮Kiribati 2.124% 855
106 🇱🇸Lesotho 2.106% 12,942
107 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 2.106% 156
108 🇹🇳Tunisia 2.103% 80,700
109 🇰🇲Comoros 2.082% 3,594
110 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.078% 1,048
111 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 2.074% 68,691
112 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2.066% 904,777
113 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 2.06% 38,363
114 🇨🇱Chile 2.056% 144,589
115 🇨🇳China 2.047% 11,824,094
116 🇧🇮Burundi 2.039% 49,033
117 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.034% 265,868
118 🇱🇷Liberia 2.025% 19,728
119 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 2.024% 979
120 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 2.023% 167,436
121 🇨🇺Cuba 1.994% 125,363
122 🇦🇺Australia 1.98% 174,584
123 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1.98% 1,075
124 🇲🇼Malawi 1.969% 61,415
125 🇲🇲Myanmar 1.955% 367,218
126 🇱🇾Libya 1.93% 22,835
127 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 1.91% 50,993
128 🇳🇵Nepal 1.891% 168,651
129 🇪🇹Ethiopia 1.889% 352,811
130 🇦🇷Argentina 1.886% 340,179
131 🇲🇻Maldives 1.87% 1,468
132 🇲🇰North Macedonia 1.866% 24,624
133 🇸🇰Slovakia 1.858% 68,008
134 🇳🇬Nigeria 1.834% 723,420
135 🇨🇰Cook Islands 1.82% 284
136 🇹🇩Chad 1.813% 48,287
137 🇹🇬Togo 1.79% 26,426
138 🇬🇩Grenada 1.774% 1,423
139 🇵🇱Poland 1.762% 460,389
140 🇲🇪Montenegro 1.757% 7,512
141 🇪🇷Eritrea 1.74% 14,871
142 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 1.737% 4,148
143 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 1.728% 250
144 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 1.72% 128
145 🇯🇲Jamaica 1.709% 25,801
146 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1.707% 489
147 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.705% 55,259
148 🇸🇸South Sudan 1.685% 44,011
149 🇾🇪Yemen 1.685% 81,528
150 🇨🇲Cameroon 1.674% 75,992
151 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1.653% 1,104
152 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.637% 13,429
153 🇬🇳Guinea 1.626% 51,433
154 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.617% 24,403
155 🇭🇹Haiti 1.604% 54,853
156 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.588% 8,204
157 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 1.522% 110
158 🇺🇸United States of America 1.495% 2,409,061
159 🇬🇫French Guiana 1.43% 348
160 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1.428% 1,539,956
161 🇲🇹Malta 1.424% 4,405
162 🇲🇱Mali 1.379% 67,634
163 🇴🇲Oman 1.366% 6,489
164 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1.335% 108,086
165 🇬🇪Georgia 1.326% 48,197
166 🇧🇲Bermuda 1.318% 512
167 🇨🇭Switzerland 1.288% 62,806
168 🇺🇦Ukraine 1.286% 498,916
169 🇳🇦Namibia 1.249% 6,659
170 🇯🇵Japan 1.248% 1,127,522
171 🇭🇷Croatia 1.237% 49,561
172 🇸🇮Slovenia 1.232% 18,456
173 🇧🇾Belarus 1.229% 90,362
174 🇦🇴Angola 1.222% 57,496
175 🇷🇴Romania 1.222% 208,404
176 🇺🇾Uruguay 1.211% 27,957
177 🇩🇲Dominica 1.199% 616
178 🇸🇲San Marino 1.191% 160
179 🇲🇿Mozambique 1.173% 71,799
180 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 1.173% 51,142
181 🇱🇹Lithuania 1.16% 29,179
182 🇧🇧Barbados 1.154% 2,530
183 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 1.145% 24
184 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.142% 53
185 🇮🇹Italy 1.139% 540,212
186 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.126% 23,309
187 🇬🇺Guam 1.124% 703
188 🇫🇮Finland 1.121% 46,394
189 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1.115% 10,842
190 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.112% 4,748
191 🇷🇸Serbia 1.099% 68,033
192 🇳🇱Netherlands 1.097% 115,093
193 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.083% 686
194 🇯🇪Jersey 1.071% 636
195 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1.07% 2,049
196 🇪🇪Estonia 1.056% 12,065
197 🇭🇺Hungary 1.035% 99,258
198 🇫🇷France 1.018% 440,031
199 🇳🇴Norway 1.005% 33,785
200 🇧🇯Benin 0.93% 21,449
201 🇩🇰Denmark 0.91% 39,751
202 🇸🇨Seychelles 0.873% 343
203 🇬🇷Greece 0.868% 68,054
204 🇧🇬Bulgaria 0.842% 62,473
205 🇱🇻Latvia 0.792% 15,565
206 🇪🇸Spain 0.781% 223,602
207 🇨🇿Czechia 0.776% 70,999
208 🇬🇦Gabon 0.681% 3,283
209 🇻🇦Holy See 0.668% 6
210 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 0.628% 3,504
211 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 0.602% 13,705
212 🇸🇪Sweden 0.582% 41,727
213 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 0.579% 77
214 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.567% 1,710
215 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 0.541% 40
216 🇵🇹Portugal 0.534% 45,792
217 🇧🇪Belgium 0.511% 44,714
218 🇬🇮Gibraltar 0.477% 103
219 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.462% 234,413
220 🇦🇸American Samoa 0.437% 86
221 🇹🇰Tokelau 0.381% 6
222 🇲🇨Monaco 0.319% 66
223 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.232% 107
224 🇸🇭Saint Helena 0.207% 11
225 🇩🇪Germany 0.192% 134,567
226 🇦🇩Andorra 0.188% 10
227 🇦🇹Austria 0.1% 6,909
228 🇳🇺Niue 0.066% 3
229 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 0.028% 9
230 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea -0.029% -2,925
231 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands -0.181% -9
232 🇱🇨Saint Lucia -0.187% -176
233 🇮🇪Ireland -0.454% -13,305
234 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR -0.663% -1,323
235 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.909% -115
236 🇮🇲Isle of Man -1.123% -607
237 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -1.18% -26

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1953

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Latin America and the Caribbean 2.645% 4,799,981
2 Asia 2.153% 31,355,111
3 Africa 2.149% 5,214,268
4 Oceania 2.138% 289,159
5 Americas 2.133% 7,628,209
6 Northern America 1.606% 2,828,228
7 Europe 0.986% 5,565,120

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1953

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Central Asia 2.779% 531,050
2 Central America 2.76% 1,124,955
3 South America 2.715% 3,325,710
4 Western Asia 2.619% 1,412,089
5 South-Eastern Asia 2.55% 4,516,124
6 Northern Africa 2.528% 1,361,549
7 Melanesia 2.495% 55,353
8 Polynesia 2.376% 6,517
9 Eastern Africa 2.263% 1,589,754
10 Southern Asia 2.207% 10,932,615
11 Southern Africa 2.143% 338,148
12 Australia/New Zealand 2.064% 224,242
13 Eastern Asia 1.965% 13,963,233
14 Caribbean 1.918% 349,316
15 Western Africa 1.909% 1,424,477
16 Micronesia 1.791% 3,047
17 Middle Africa 1.777% 500,340
18 Eastern Europe 1.371% 3,149,758
19 Southern Europe 1.048% 1,165,980
20 Northern Europe 0.563% 443,236
21 Western Europe 0.558% 806,146

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1953

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 No income group available 4.085% 258,016
2 Lower-middle-income countries 2.222% 16,858,274
3 Middle-income countries 2.168% 38,870,120
4 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 2.166% 18,985,112
5 Low-and-middle-income countries 2.146% 40,996,958
6 Upper-middle-income countries 2.129% 22,011,846
7 Low-income countries 1.808% 2,126,838
8 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 1.759% 30,802,299
9 High-income countries 1.225% 8,790,453

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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