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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1958

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In the year 1958, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.981% and global population grew with total of 57,774,134 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇰🇼Kuwait with a rate of 11.311%. Closely followed by 🇪🇭Western Sahara with a population growth rate of 9.329%, and 🇦🇩Andorra with 8.587% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇲🇸Montserrat with -2.589%. Followed by 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with a population growth rate of -2.198%, and 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands with -2.025% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Latin America and the Caribbean with a rate of 2.687%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 2.26%, and Asia with a 2.185% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Central Asia had the highest population growth rate of 3.246%. Closely followed by South-Eastern Asia with a population growth rate of 2.857%, and Melanesia with a 2.804% 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 3.766%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 1.355%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1958

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1958

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇰🇼Kuwait 11.311% 27,775
2 🇪🇭Western Sahara 9.329% 2,555
3 🇦🇩Andorra 8.587% 686
4 🇯🇴Jordan 6.153% 46,497
5 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 5.67% 4,347
6 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 5.481% 128
7 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 5.37% 6,421
8 🇸🇬Singapore 4.684% 68,825
9 🇶🇦Qatar 4.637% 1,495
10 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 4.531% 129,356
11 🇧🇸Bahamas 4.406% 4,600
12 🇵🇭Philippines 4.32% 1,136,152
13 🇬🇱Greenland 4.189% 1,235
14 🇬🇫French Guiana 4.057% 1,162
15 🇮🇱Israel 3.902% 68,462
16 🇷🇪Réunion 3.825% 12,965
17 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.78% 286,393
18 🇨🇷Costa Rica 3.642% 45,581
19 🇧🇭Bahrain 3.625% 5,403
20 🇦🇲Armenia 3.48% 61,750
21 🇬🇾Guyana 3.471% 18,585
22 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 3.413% 350,079
23 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 3.411% 296,695
24 🇳🇷Nauru 3.406% 145
25 🇸🇷Suriname 3.382% 8,473
26 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.365% 2,667
27 🇹🇯Tajikistan 3.351% 66,673
28 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 3.349% 103,334
29 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 3.324% 49,741
30 🇰🇪Kenya 3.302% 238,518
31 🇦🇱Albania 3.298% 52,801
32 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 3.258% 112,822
33 🇳🇨New Caledonia 3.223% 2,451
34 🇼🇸Samoa 3.212% 3,416
35 🇩🇯Djibouti 3.208% 2,579
36 🇦🇼Aruba 3.208% 1,649
37 🇫🇯Fiji 3.2% 12,067
38 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 3.194% 774,611
39 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 3.192% 249,762
40 🇩🇲Dominica 3.179% 1,779
41 🇬🇭Ghana 3.153% 204,253
42 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 3.146% 122
43 🇱🇾Libya 3.136% 41,881
44 🇷🇼Rwanda 3.123% 87,227
45 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 3.121% 120,910
46 🇿🇲Zambia 3.08% 90,274
47 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 3.074% 110,015
48 🇲🇳Mongolia 3.069% 28,102
49 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 3.065% 1,235
50 🇧🇷Brazil 3.053% 2,098,116
51 🇻🇳Viet Nam 3.032% 933,880
52 🇳🇮Nicaragua 3.025% 50,962
53 🇱🇸Lesotho 2.997% 20,809
54 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 2.95% 115,542
55 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 2.945% 127,835
56 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 2.942% 242
57 🇨🇴Colombia 2.94% 433,952
58 🇨🇼Curaçao 2.935% 3,662
59 🇭🇳Honduras 2.93% 57,435
60 🇳🇪Niger 2.928% 96,543
61 🇹🇷Türkiye 2.918% 758,841
62 🇺🇬Uganda 2.886% 207,490
63 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 2.885% 85,528
64 🇹🇴Tonga 2.883% 1,834
65 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.832% 209,139
66 🇱🇧Lebanon 2.821% 47,881
67 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.82% 267,498
68 🇵🇦Panama 2.814% 29,945
69 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 2.809% 311,927
70 🇸🇳Senegal 2.797% 86,524
71 🇵🇪Peru 2.782% 267,117
72 🇲🇽Mexico 2.775% 948,510
73 🇬🇩Grenada 2.769% 2,469
74 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.769% 120,901
75 🇸🇩Sudan 2.768% 217,609
76 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.757% 106,697
77 🇲🇦Morocco 2.755% 306,866
78 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.72% 51,176
79 🇬🇲Gambia 2.704% 10,234
80 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 2.697% 21,736
81 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.696% 1,648
82 🇹🇭Thailand 2.694% 677,032
83 🇾🇹Mayotte 2.692% 667
84 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.674% 3,386
85 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 2.668% 7,001
86 🇧🇿Belize 2.657% 2,305
87 🇵🇼Palau 2.63% 238
88 🇹🇰Tokelau 2.629% 45
89 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 2.604% 54,465
90 🇮🇩Indonesia 2.595% 2,174,763
91 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.563% 20,388
92 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.557% 123,207
93 🇲🇺Mauritius 2.541% 16,335
94 🇨🇦Canada 2.518% 430,950
95 🇨🇬Congo 2.493% 25,018
96 🇸🇻El Salvador 2.483% 65,500
97 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2.467% 1,177,905
98 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.46% 499,284
99 🇸🇴Somalia 2.45% 66,861
100 🇧🇹Bhutan 2.436% 5,127
101 🇿🇦South Africa 2.435% 382,314
102 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 2.387% 22,531
103 🇪🇬Egypt 2.386% 613,259
104 🇵🇫French Polynesia 2.38% 1,925
105 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.345% 42,372
106 🇸🇿Eswatini 2.331% 7,681
107 🇵🇰Pakistan 2.324% 1,017,878
108 🇲🇻Maldives 2.319% 2,025
109 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 2.303% 214,853
110 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.296% 46,575
111 🇰🇮Kiribati 2.289% 1,028
112 🇲🇼Malawi 2.259% 78,111
113 🇰🇭Cambodia 2.25% 119,195
114 🇱🇷Liberia 2.242% 24,325
115 🇳🇿New Zealand 2.237% 51,146
116 🇸🇲San Marino 2.209% 329
117 🇮🇳India 2.194% 9,354,309
118 🇨🇱Chile 2.156% 168,285
119 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.148% 312,985
120 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.125% 20,197
121 🇦🇺Australia 2.121% 208,933
122 🇲🇲Myanmar 2.118% 440,494
123 🇩🇿Algeria 2.115% 231,264
124 🇧🇼Botswana 2.091% 10,274
125 🇺🇸United States of America 2.076% 3,531,826
126 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 2.065% 327
127 🇨🇺Cuba 2.043% 142,517
128 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 2.039% 631
129 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.038% 72,521
130 🇲🇶Martinique 2.035% 5,668
131 🇮🇸Iceland 1.993% 3,357
132 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1.968% 286
133 🇰🇲Comoros 1.96% 3,678
134 🇨🇳China 1.95% 12,550,909
135 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.946% 61,069
136 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1.936% 1,031
137 🇭🇹Haiti 1.928% 72,403
138 🇬🇺Guam 1.911% 1,330
139 🇨🇲Cameroon 1.898% 93,596
140 🇹🇩Chad 1.892% 55,163
141 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.886% 10,620
142 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.885% 91
143 🇧🇮Burundi 1.846% 48,795
144 🇳🇬Nigeria 1.841% 795,766
145 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.813% 1,002
146 🇵🇱Poland 1.786% 510,535
147 🇴🇲Oman 1.754% 9,081
148 🇳🇵Nepal 1.725% 169,148
149 🇾🇪Yemen 1.71% 91,503
150 🇮🇶Iraq 1.7% 115,531
151 🇬🇳Guinea 1.688% 57,362
152 🇨🇰Cook Islands 1.688% 286
153 🇦🇷Argentina 1.687% 332,180
154 🇹🇬Togo 1.676% 26,774
155 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.67% 27,095
156 🇬🇪Georgia 1.668% 65,260
157 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 1.667% 4,305
158 🇸🇰Slovakia 1.644% 65,789
159 🇸🇨Seychelles 1.63% 678
160 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 1.582% 86
161 🇦🇴Angola 1.563% 81,060
162 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1.558% 1,813,631
163 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1.553% 3,149
164 🇪🇹Ethiopia 1.548% 322,281
165 🇳🇦Namibia 1.535% 8,760
166 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1.527% 15,886
167 🇧🇲Bermuda 1.503% 613
168 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.464% 486
169 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1.46% 121,697
170 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.441% 32,140
171 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.398% 6,361
172 🇲🇪Montenegro 1.397% 6,432
173 🇺🇦Ukraine 1.384% 575,318
174 🇺🇾Uruguay 1.357% 33,421
175 🇲🇨Monaco 1.342% 287
176 🇱🇹Lithuania 1.324% 37,059
177 🇳🇱Netherlands 1.316% 147,272
178 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 1.299% 60,439
179 🇧🇯Benin 1.298% 31,709
180 🇨🇭Switzerland 1.291% 67,105
181 🇲🇿Mozambique 1.289% 84,834
182 🇸🇸South Sudan 1.276% 36,115
183 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 1.26% 27
184 🇲🇰North Macedonia 1.237% 17,673
185 🇲🇱Mali 1.207% 62,881
186 🇱🇻Latvia 1.188% 24,976
187 🇯🇲Jamaica 1.138% 18,253
188 🇧🇾Belarus 1.128% 92,398
189 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 1.122% 86
190 🇷🇴Romania 1.117% 201,999
191 🇧🇬Bulgaria 1.015% 78,681
192 🇪🇸Spain 0.993% 296,478
193 🇯🇵Japan 0.986% 913,387
194 🇬🇦Gabon 0.983% 4,942
195 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.975% 15,311
196 🇫🇷France 0.975% 436,418
197 🇳🇺Niue 0.916% 44
198 🇯🇪Jersey 0.905% 555
199 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.899% 412
200 🇳🇴Norway 0.848% 29,865
201 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 0.811% 543
202 🇬🇷Greece 0.795% 66,679
203 🇹🇻Tuvalu 0.788% 42
204 🇹🇳Tunisia 0.784% 32,344
205 🇭🇷Croatia 0.764% 31,709
206 🇫🇮Finland 0.759% 33,113
207 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.718% 16
208 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 0.716% 645
209 🇷🇸Serbia 0.698% 45,295
210 🇲🇹Malta 0.683% 2,292
211 🇩🇰Denmark 0.673% 30,440
212 🇧🇪Belgium 0.65% 58,439
213 🇭🇺Hungary 0.633% 62,580
214 🇪🇪Estonia 0.626% 7,514
215 🇵🇹Portugal 0.623% 54,801
216 🇸🇪Sweden 0.619% 45,844
217 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.608% 1,888
218 🇮🇹Italy 0.567% 277,674
219 🇩🇪Germany 0.566% 408,064
220 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.54% 280,503
221 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.53% 40
222 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 0.488% 2,793
223 🇨🇿Czechia 0.488% 46,170
224 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 0.42% 35
225 🇧🇧Barbados 0.404% 931
226 🇸🇭Saint Helena 0.357% 19
227 🇦🇹Austria 0.316% 22,080
228 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 0.277% 6,464
229 🇬🇮Gibraltar 0.124% 27
230 🇻🇦Holy See 0.109% 1
231 🇦🇸American Samoa -0.105% -21
232 🇦🇮Anguilla -0.311% -18
233 🇮🇪Ireland -0.568% -16,133
234 🇮🇲Isle of Man -1.396% -702
235 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -2.025% -186
236 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR -2.198% -4,074
237 🇲🇸Montserrat -2.589% -327

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1958

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Latin America and the Caribbean 2.687% 5,589,050
2 Oceania 2.26% 342,696
3 Asia 2.185% 35,847,317
4 Africa 2.184% 5,926,769
5 Northern America 2.116% 3,964,715
6 Europe 1.028% 6,103,587

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1958

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Central Asia 3.246% 717,336
2 South-Eastern Asia 2.857% 5,816,763
3 Melanesia 2.804% 70,728
4 Central America 2.797% 1,306,935
5 South America 2.751% 3,883,494
6 Western Asia 2.7% 1,696,693
7 Southern Africa 2.417% 429,838
8 Polynesia 2.392% 7,385
9 Northern Africa 2.366% 1,445,778
10 Micronesia 2.36% 4,504
11 Eastern Africa 2.292% 1,818,325
12 Southern Asia 2.22% 12,562,227
13 Australia/New Zealand 2.142% 260,079
14 Western Africa 1.983% 1,628,121
15 Caribbean 1.981% 398,621
16 Middle Africa 1.947% 604,707
17 Eastern Asia 1.915% 15,054,298
18 Eastern Europe 1.431% 3,532,629
19 Southern Europe 0.82% 951,788
20 Western Europe 0.763% 1,141,880
21 Northern Europe 0.589% 477,290

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1958

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 No income group available 3.766% 288,868
2 Lower-middle-income countries 2.33% 22,004,060
3 Middle-income countries 2.205% 44,414,140
4 Upper-middle-income countries 2.094% 22,410,080
5 Low-income countries 2.058% 2,804,697
6 High-income countries 1.355% 10,266,429

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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