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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1961

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In the year 1961, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.665% and global population grew with total of 51,031,933 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇶🇦Qatar with a rate of 11.449%. Closely followed by 🇰🇼Kuwait with a population growth rate of 10.691%, and 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) with 9.47% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with -4.859%. Followed by 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands with a population growth rate of -4.083%, and 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis with -1.422% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Latin America and the Caribbean with a rate of 2.763%. Closely followed by Africa with a population growth rate of 2.407%, and Americas with a 2.314% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Central Asia had the highest population growth rate of 3.454%. Closely followed by Central America with a population growth rate of 3.139%, and Micronesia with a 2.887% 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 3.517%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 1.229%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1961

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1961

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇶🇦Qatar 11.449% 4,538
2 🇰🇼Kuwait 10.691% 36,951
3 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 9.47% 281
4 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 7.703% 2,728
5 🇦🇩Andorra 7.658% 787
6 🇪🇭Western Sahara 7.554% 2,471
7 🇧🇸Bahamas 5.008% 6,118
8 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 4.929% 6,800
9 🇯🇴Jordan 4.818% 43,235
10 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 4.526% 4,187
11 🇱🇾Libya 4.158% 64,675
12 🇬🇫French Guiana 4.059% 1,314
13 🇧🇭Bahrain 4.04% 6,961
14 🇩🇯Djibouti 3.972% 3,550
15 🇮🇱Israel 3.856% 75,445
16 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 3.851% 327,998
17 🇳🇷Nauru 3.834% 183
18 🇰🇪Kenya 3.791% 302,765
19 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 3.727% 141,983
20 🇨🇷Costa Rica 3.707% 51,078
21 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 3.671% 92,737
22 🇬🇱Greenland 3.639% 1,216
23 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 3.582% 410,218
24 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 3.529% 1,574
25 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.527% 298,179
26 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 3.457% 526
27 🇳🇨New Caledonia 3.362% 2,774
28 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 3.336% 76,354
29 🇦🇲Armenia 3.323% 64,050
30 🇸🇷Suriname 3.307% 9,021
31 🇷🇪Réunion 3.293% 12,251
32 🇹🇯Tajikistan 3.276% 71,475
33 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 3.23% 314,657
34 🇲🇳Mongolia 3.203% 32,320
35 🇸🇩Sudan 3.202% 276,472
36 🇵🇭Philippines 3.198% 920,789
37 🇲🇽Mexico 3.193% 1,209,642
38 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 3.192% 140
39 🇱🇧Lebanon 3.18% 58,834
40 🇿🇲Zambia 3.143% 102,277
41 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 3.139% 128,967
42 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 3.138% 123,325
43 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 3.137% 105,805
44 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 3.129% 53,037
45 🇨🇴Colombia 3.093% 497,780
46 🇸🇬Singapore 3.048% 50,908
47 🇧🇮Burundi 3.045% 86,309
48 🇫🇯Fiji 3.045% 12,711
49 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.04% 672,479
50 🇧🇷Brazil 3.003% 2,240,247
51 🇵🇦Panama 2.993% 34,709
52 🇳🇮Nicaragua 2.991% 54,918
53 🇱🇸Lesotho 2.988% 22,672
54 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.975% 124,550
55 🇦🇸American Samoa 2.967% 613
56 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 2.957% 266
57 🇹🇭Thailand 2.952% 816,083
58 🇿🇦South Africa 2.931% 495,578
59 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 2.926% 6,292
60 🇵🇪Peru 2.924% 306,315
61 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 2.912% 140,237
62 🇳🇪Niger 2.905% 104,795
63 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.897% 295,172
64 🇧🇹Bhutan 2.894% 6,673
65 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2.872% 1,531,009
66 🇺🇬Uganda 2.862% 224,993
67 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.843% 134,254
68 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.833% 1,877
69 🇾🇹Mayotte 2.824% 755
70 🇭🇳Honduras 2.821% 59,831
71 🇸🇳Senegal 2.819% 96,874
72 🇸🇻El Salvador 2.803% 80,452
73 🇮🇩Indonesia 2.795% 2,537,732
74 🇹🇴Tonga 2.766% 1,882
75 🇨🇭Switzerland 2.729% 148,294
76 🇹🇷Türkiye 2.716% 790,718
77 🇬🇲Gambia 2.701% 11,044
78 🇹🇰Tokelau 2.665% 49
79 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 2.655% 4,602
80 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.654% 22,455
81 🇧🇲Bermuda 2.637% 1,137
82 🇼🇸Samoa 2.636% 3,044
83 🇪🇬Egypt 2.632% 726,400
84 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.625% 81,536
85 🇬🇺Guam 2.618% 1,867
86 🇮🇶Iraq 2.61% 187,780
87 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.604% 136,579
88 🇸🇴Somalia 2.603% 76,846
89 🇨🇬Congo 2.603% 28,229
90 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.601% 212,351
91 🇲🇦Morocco 2.584% 308,237
92 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.579% 403,867
93 🇵🇰Pakistan 2.572% 1,206,794
94 🇦🇱Albania 2.568% 43,625
95 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 2.558% 25,868
96 🇵🇼Palau 2.512% 240
97 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.49% 545,434
98 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 2.487% 667,790
99 🇰🇮Kiribati 2.479% 1,198
100 🇲🇻Maldives 2.473% 2,311
101 🇱🇷Liberia 2.465% 28,780
102 🇧🇿Belize 2.464% 2,307
103 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 2.434% 240,943
104 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 2.426% 409
105 🇬🇭Ghana 2.424% 173,591
106 🇮🇳India 2.411% 10,764,105
107 🇸🇲San Marino 2.399% 379
108 🇲🇼Malawi 2.398% 89,078
109 🇻🇳Viet Nam 2.392% 798,978
110 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.369% 23,584
111 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.333% 47,743
112 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.312% 44,568
113 🇧🇼Botswana 2.276% 12,015
114 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.269% 3,242
115 🇸🇿Eswatini 2.262% 7,992
116 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.257% 48,979
117 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 2.239% 6,412
118 🇾🇪Yemen 2.233% 126,296
119 🇳🇿New Zealand 2.23% 54,190
120 🇰🇭Cambodia 2.217% 123,510
121 🇬🇾Guyana 2.2% 12,814
122 🇲🇲Myanmar 2.192% 486,787
123 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 2.15% 257,798
124 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 2.144% 67,408
125 🇸🇨Seychelles 2.084% 919
126 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.082% 957,618
127 🇨🇱Chile 2.062% 171,629
128 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 2.058% 177
129 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.05% 77,461
130 🇵🇫French Polynesia 2.043% 1,745
131 🇨🇺Cuba 2.039% 150,644
132 🇦🇺Australia 2.034% 213,624
133 🇹🇩Chad 2.021% 62,877
134 🇳🇦Namibia 2.012% 12,131
135 🇨🇰Cook Islands 2.012% 363
136 🇦🇫Afghanistan 2.01% 185,200
137 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 2.007% 17,319
138 🇨🇦Canada 1.941% 354,403
139 🇳🇵Nepal 1.932% 199,323
140 🇮🇸Iceland 1.929% 3,453
141 🇲🇿Mozambique 1.918% 131,064
142 🇲🇶Martinique 1.918% 5,649
143 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 1.91% 5,249
144 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.895% 32,864
145 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.88% 62,945
146 🇬🇪Georgia 1.848% 76,301
147 🇭🇹Haiti 1.824% 71,655
148 🇺🇸United States of America 1.799% 3,300,192
149 🇴🇲Oman 1.796% 9,693
150 🇬🇳Guinea 1.762% 63,762
151 🇹🇬Togo 1.748% 29,764
152 🇰🇲Comoros 1.746% 3,512
153 🇧🇯Benin 1.721% 44,044
154 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 1.686% 40,492
155 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 1.671% 133
156 🇲🇺Mauritius 1.668% 11,554
157 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1.663% 18,141
158 🇦🇷Argentina 1.66% 344,122
159 🇨🇼Curaçao 1.655% 2,223
160 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.634% 1,403
161 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.609% 37,083
162 🇨🇲Cameroon 1.574% 82,483
163 🇸🇸South Sudan 1.558% 46,382
164 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.543% 7,335
165 🇱🇹Lithuania 1.541% 43,337
166 🇩🇿Algeria 1.484% 172,543
167 🇲🇰North Macedonia 1.48% 21,537
168 🇲🇱Mali 1.477% 80,990
169 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 1.452% 70,376
170 🇸🇰Slovakia 1.446% 60,530
171 🇳🇱Netherlands 1.432% 166,638
172 🇲🇪Montenegro 1.416% 6,764
173 🇯🇲Jamaica 1.406% 23,523
174 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1.394% 788
175 🇦🇼Aruba 1.366% 759
176 🇧🇾Belarus 1.327% 110,391
177 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1.325% 1,611,792
178 🇺🇦Ukraine 1.291% 560,239
179 🇵🇱Poland 1.27% 380,745
180 🇺🇾Uruguay 1.237% 31,685
181 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 1.233% 7,184
182 🇱🇻Latvia 1.229% 26,519
183 🇩🇲Dominica 1.204% 725
184 🇬🇩Grenada 1.193% 1,137
185 🇪🇪Estonia 1.19% 14,703
186 🇬🇦Gabon 1.189% 6,164
187 🇹🇳Tunisia 1.161% 50,093
188 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.149% 397
189 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1.136% 26
190 🇪🇸Spain 1.126% 345,537
191 🇱🇺Luxembourg 1.101% 3,484
192 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.043% 975
193 🇯🇪Jersey 1.036% 666
194 🇫🇷France 1.024% 480,186
195 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.014% 697
196 🇷🇸Serbia 1.008% 68,227
197 🇨🇾Cyprus 0.989% 5,890
198 🇦🇴Angola 0.987% 52,313
199 🇧🇬Bulgaria 0.95% 75,378
200 🇳🇺Niue 0.928% 45
201 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.92% 437
202 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.885% 14,327
203 🇹🇻Tuvalu 0.885% 50
204 🇯🇵Japan 0.88% 855,247
205 🇦🇮Anguilla 0.842% 49
206 🇳🇴Norway 0.835% 30,123
207 🇧🇧Barbados 0.809% 1,886
208 🇩🇰Denmark 0.78% 35,955
209 🇭🇷Croatia 0.711% 30,012
210 🇩🇪Germany 0.7% 513,745
211 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.687% 363,297
212 🇧🇪Belgium 0.676% 61,872
213 🇫🇮Finland 0.665% 29,672
214 🇮🇹Italy 0.639% 318,309
215 🇦🇹Austria 0.609% 43,133
216 🇸🇪Sweden 0.585% 43,971
217 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 0.543% 12
218 🇷🇴Romania 0.536% 98,720
219 🇸🇭Saint Helena 0.482% 26
220 🇬🇷Greece 0.436% 36,810
221 🇬🇮Gibraltar 0.434% 95
222 🇭🇺Hungary 0.425% 42,645
223 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 0.411% 33
224 🇨🇳China 0.329% 2,155,120
225 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 0.302% 17
226 🇲🇨Monaco 0.301% 66
227 🇨🇿Czechia 0.293% 28,026
228 🇮🇪Ireland 0.113% 3,191
229 🇻🇦Holy See 0.109% 1
230 🇵🇹Portugal 0.069% 6,155
231 🇮🇲Isle of Man 0.05% 24
232 🇲🇹Malta -0.055% -181
233 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.482% -24
234 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.644% -77
235 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -1.422% -787
236 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -4.083% -339
237 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR -4.859% -149,457

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1961

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Latin America and the Caribbean 2.763% 6,227,121
2 Africa 2.407% 7,000,568
3 Americas 2.314% 9,884,045
4 Oceania 2.155% 349,467
5 Northern America 1.812% 3,656,924
6 Asia 1.616% 27,767,210
7 Europe 0.986% 6,030,643

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1961

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Central Asia 3.454% 843,521
2 Central America 3.139% 1,617,487
3 Micronesia 2.887% 5,854
4 Southern Africa 2.874% 550,388
5 Western Asia 2.792% 1,873,574
6 South America 2.733% 4,169,415
7 South-Eastern Asia 2.719% 6,007,639
8 Eastern Africa 2.697% 2,297,885
9 Melanesia 2.481% 68,347
10 Southern Asia 2.474% 14,808,837
11 Northern Africa 2.437% 1,600,891
12 Polynesia 2.27% 7,452
13 Western Africa 2.139% 1,876,661
14 Australia/New Zealand 2.071% 267,814
15 Caribbean 2.068% 440,219
16 Middle Africa 2.045% 674,743
17 Eastern Europe 1.183% 3,035,874
18 Western Europe 0.921% 1,417,827
19 Southern Europe 0.826% 981,197
20 Northern Europe 0.722% 595,745
21 Eastern Asia 0.524% 4,233,639

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1961

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 No income group available 3.517% 300,926
2 Lower-middle-income countries 2.429% 22,289,582
3 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 2.42% 25,587,014
4 Low-income countries 2.366% 3,297,432
5 Low-and-middle-income countries 1.81% 40,989,520
6 Middle-income countries 1.774% 37,692,088
7 Upper-middle-income countries 1.276% 15,402,506
8 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 1.258% 25,137,581
9 High-income countries 1.229% 9,735,075

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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