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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 1.662% and global population grew with total of 50,985,907 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇶🇦Qatar with a rate of 11.448%. Closely followed by 🇰🇼Kuwait with a population growth rate of 10.715%, and 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) with 9.323% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands with -3.0%. Followed by 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis with a population growth rate of -1.312%, and 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon with -0.63% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Latin America and the Caribbean with a rate of 2.773%. Closely followed by Africa with a population growth rate of 2.408%, and Oceania with a 2.15% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Central Asia had the highest population growth rate of 3.558%. Closely followed by Central America with a population growth rate of 3.181%, and Southern Africa with a 2.881% 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 3.539%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by Upper-middle-income countries with a rate of only 1.186%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1961

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1961

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇶🇦Qatar 11.448% 4,587
2 🇰🇼Kuwait 10.715% 36,363
3 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 9.323% 269
4 🇪🇭Western Sahara 9.107% 3,294
5 🇦🇩Andorra 7.688% 785
6 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 6.917% 2,420
7 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 5.496% 7,746
8 🇧🇸Bahamas 4.947% 5,946
9 🇯🇴Jordan 4.828% 43,054
10 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 4.69% 4,200
11 🇬🇫French Guiana 4.323% 1,404
12 🇮🇱Israel 4.185% 82,999
13 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 4.063% 7,259
14 🇩🇯Djibouti 3.931% 3,509
15 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 3.894% 338,387
16 🇰🇪Kenya 3.813% 306,776
17 🇧🇭Bahrain 3.81% 6,361
18 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 3.771% 145,116
19 🇬🇱Greenland 3.697% 1,236
20 🇱🇾Libya 3.652% 54,004
21 🇳🇷Nauru 3.641% 173
22 🇨🇷Costa Rica 3.617% 50,493
23 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 3.607% 1,607
24 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.539% 299,087
25 🇹🇯Tajikistan 3.523% 77,770
26 🇸🇷Suriname 3.521% 9,786
27 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 3.502% 398,200
28 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 3.472% 57,572
29 🇷🇪Réunion 3.47% 13,171
30 🇦🇲Armenia 3.45% 68,020
31 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 3.414% 146,982
32 🇳🇨New Caledonia 3.409% 2,864
33 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 3.341% 76,505
34 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 3.329% 320,844
35 🇲🇳Mongolia 3.326% 33,638
36 🇦🇱Albania 3.319% 58,715
37 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 3.306% 141,153
38 🇸🇬Singapore 3.298% 54,659
39 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 3.276% 111,640
40 🇲🇽Mexico 3.247% 1,215,440
41 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 3.227% 104,293
42 🇿🇲Zambia 3.169% 102,016
43 🇱🇧Lebanon 3.143% 58,240
44 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 3.126% 496
45 🇨🇴Colombia 3.108% 502,880
46 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 3.098% 121,609
47 🇱🇸Lesotho 3.08% 23,436
48 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 3.079% 276
49 🇫🇯Fiji 3.075% 12,747
50 🇦🇸American Samoa 3.045% 628
51 🇲🇾Malaysia 3.043% 245,735
52 🇳🇮Nicaragua 3.034% 55,969
53 🇹🇭Thailand 3.02% 827,310
54 🇧🇮Burundi 3.015% 84,901
55 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 3.006% 128
56 🇸🇩Sudan 2.989% 256,324
57 🇵🇦Panama 2.986% 34,658
58 🇧🇷Brazil 2.978% 2,243,269
59 🇵🇪Peru 2.978% 312,059
60 🇳🇪Niger 2.968% 106,899
61 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2.961% 1,536,186
62 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 2.949% 140,089
63 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.947% 124,351
64 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.939% 303,768
65 🇼🇸Samoa 2.939% 3,433
66 🇿🇦South Africa 2.937% 498,917
67 🇭🇳Honduras 2.894% 61,922
68 🇺🇬Uganda 2.87% 224,974
69 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 2.87% 6,163
70 🇸🇻El Salvador 2.869% 82,015
71 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.869% 136,313
72 🇵🇭Philippines 2.854% 837,280
73 🇹🇴Tonga 2.845% 1,974
74 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.842% 1,889
75 🇸🇳Senegal 2.83% 95,274
76 🇬🇾Guyana 2.788% 16,409
77 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.774% 609,889
78 🇬🇲Gambia 2.759% 11,333
79 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.759% 23,776
80 🇾🇹Mayotte 2.756% 741
81 🇮🇩Indonesia 2.732% 2,480,776
82 🇨🇭Switzerland 2.73% 148,365
83 🇹🇷Türkiye 2.706% 764,480
84 🇹🇰Tokelau 2.654% 49
85 🇮🇶Iraq 2.638% 191,496
86 🇧🇹Bhutan 2.634% 5,981
87 🇪🇬Egypt 2.615% 725,585
88 🇨🇬Congo 2.612% 28,302
89 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 2.6% 690,409
90 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.589% 134,779
91 🇸🇴Somalia 2.579% 75,977
92 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.574% 403,354
93 🇲🇦Morocco 2.572% 310,720
94 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.55% 77,672
95 🇰🇮Kiribati 2.521% 1,217
96 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.504% 557,941
97 🇧🇿Belize 2.504% 2,348
98 🇲🇻Maldives 2.491% 2,340
99 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.488% 3,403
100 🇻🇳Viet Nam 2.468% 829,799
101 🇧🇲Bermuda 2.465% 1,057
102 🇱🇷Liberia 2.45% 28,547
103 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 2.449% 78,706
104 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.435% 47,267
105 🇵🇫French Polynesia 2.422% 2,105
106 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 2.407% 241,277
107 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 2.407% 24,407
108 🇲🇼Malawi 2.398% 88,927
109 🇬🇭Ghana 2.393% 170,100
110 🇲🇺Mauritius 2.386% 16,542
111 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.357% 23,971
112 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 2.323% 391
113 🇮🇳India 2.31% 10,541,014
114 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.297% 46,756
115 🇵🇰Pakistan 2.277% 1,071,618
116 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 2.277% 6,467
117 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.271% 49,312
118 🇸🇿Eswatini 2.26% 7,977
119 🇧🇼Botswana 2.249% 11,795
120 🇳🇿New Zealand 2.231% 54,251
121 🇲🇲Myanmar 2.201% 488,766
122 🇵🇼Palau 2.189% 211
123 🇸🇲San Marino 2.177% 346
124 🇰🇭Cambodia 2.175% 123,199
125 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 2.1% 250,232
126 🇨🇱Chile 2.076% 172,553
127 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.07% 949,301
128 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.068% 78,260
129 🇬🇺Guam 2.064% 1,525
130 🇨🇺Cuba 2.057% 152,602
131 🇨🇰Cook Islands 2.037% 367
132 🇸🇨Seychelles 2.03% 894
133 🇦🇺Australia 2.026% 212,799
134 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.005% 138,682
135 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1.979% 173,912
136 🇳🇦Namibia 1.962% 11,797
137 🇳🇵Nepal 1.949% 202,062
138 🇮🇸Iceland 1.941% 3,475
139 🇰🇲Comoros 1.938% 3,850
140 🇹🇩Chad 1.937% 59,812
141 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 1.933% 16,723
142 🇨🇦Canada 1.925% 351,838
143 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 1.913% 165
144 🇾🇪Yemen 1.894% 106,918
145 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.885% 62,690
146 🇴🇲Oman 1.884% 10,294
147 🇭🇹Haiti 1.866% 74,152
148 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 1.864% 5,075
149 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.833% 31,347
150 🇲🇶Martinique 1.821% 5,383
151 🇬🇪Georgia 1.817% 74,976
152 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 1.783% 42,866
153 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.778% 1,523
154 🇬🇳Guinea 1.754% 62,779
155 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.748% 40,924
156 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1.669% 18,222
157 🇨🇲Cameroon 1.653% 85,963
158 🇹🇬Togo 1.642% 27,568
159 🇦🇷Argentina 1.632% 337,545
160 🇦🇼Aruba 1.631% 910
161 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 1.629% 127
162 🇺🇸United States of America 1.615% 2,892,651
163 🇧🇯Benin 1.598% 40,767
164 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.55% 7,375
165 🇩🇿Algeria 1.543% 178,930
166 🇨🇼Curaçao 1.492% 1,986
167 🇦🇴Angola 1.487% 80,934
168 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 1.454% 70,541
169 🇸🇰Slovakia 1.446% 60,516
170 🇸🇸South Sudan 1.43% 42,162
171 🇲🇰North Macedonia 1.392% 20,615
172 🇩🇲Dominica 1.379% 833
173 🇲🇱Mali 1.368% 74,127
174 🇳🇱Netherlands 1.361% 158,553
175 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1.358% 764
176 🇺🇦Ukraine 1.354% 586,957
177 🇱🇹Lithuania 1.353% 39,457
178 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1.338% 1,624,003
179 🇲🇪Montenegro 1.321% 6,334
180 🇱🇻Latvia 1.311% 28,617
181 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 1.283% 7,479
182 🇵🇱Poland 1.273% 380,817
183 🇧🇾Belarus 1.269% 107,785
184 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.249% 858
185 🇪🇪Estonia 1.241% 15,310
186 🇺🇾Uruguay 1.238% 31,714
187 🇯🇲Jamaica 1.236% 20,569
188 🇬🇦Gabon 1.194% 6,200
189 🇪🇸Spain 1.146% 352,048
190 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.139% 1,057
191 🇫🇷France 1.105% 510,022
192 🇱🇺Luxembourg 1.094% 3,464
193 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1.091% 25
194 🇬🇩Grenada 1.087% 1,034
195 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.082% 374
196 🇷🇸Serbia 1.071% 71,142
197 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.067% 6,346
198 🇳🇺Niue 1.038% 51
199 🇦🇮Anguilla 1.018% 59
200 🇹🇳Tunisia 1.0% 42,351
201 🇧🇬Bulgaria 0.97% 77,311
202 🇯🇵Japan 0.943% 899,521
203 🇯🇪Jersey 0.92% 580
204 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.912% 430
205 🇷🇴Romania 0.87% 161,971
206 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.857% 13,824
207 🇳🇴Norway 0.834% 30,124
208 🇩🇪Germany 0.8% 588,689
209 🇭🇷Croatia 0.772% 32,802
210 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 0.722% 16
211 🇧🇪Belgium 0.718% 65,824
212 🇩🇰Denmark 0.707% 32,624
213 🇫🇮Finland 0.665% 29,647
214 🇮🇹Italy 0.632% 314,721
215 🇬🇮Gibraltar 0.625% 137
216 🇦🇹Austria 0.612% 43,389
217 🇸🇪Sweden 0.609% 45,905
218 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.596% 314,892
219 🇹🇻Tuvalu 0.552% 30
220 🇧🇧Barbados 0.504% 1,178
221 🇭🇺Hungary 0.43% 43,113
222 🇸🇭Saint Helena 0.427% 23
223 🇲🇨Monaco 0.374% 82
224 🇨🇳China 0.369% 2,420,697
225 🇨🇿Czechia 0.283% 27,114
226 🇬🇷Greece 0.265% 22,587
227 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 0.216% 17
228 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 0.196% 11
229 🇻🇦Holy See 0.109% 1
230 🇵🇹Portugal 0.105% 9,325
231 🇮🇲Isle of Man 0.089% 43
232 🇮🇪Ireland 0.079% 2,219
233 🇲🇹Malta -0.411% -1,387
234 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.592% -71
235 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.63% -31
236 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -1.312% -738
237 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -3.0% -256

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1961

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Latin America and the Caribbean 2.773% 6,263,803
2 Africa 2.408% 7,010,554
3 Oceania 2.15% 348,595
4 Northern America 1.644% 3,246,751
5 Asia 1.618% 27,916,343
6 Europe 1.014% 6,199,861

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1961

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Central Asia 3.558% 871,078
2 Central America 3.181% 1,627,196
3 Southern Africa 2.881% 553,922
4 Western Asia 2.797% 1,908,326
5 South America 2.731% 4,188,571
6 Eastern Africa 2.711% 2,322,862
7 South-Eastern Asia 2.685% 5,948,411
8 Micronesia 2.673% 5,505
9 Polynesia 2.521% 8,381
10 Melanesia 2.472% 67,659
11 Northern Africa 2.39% 1,571,208
12 Southern Asia 2.371% 14,384,279
13 Western Africa 2.128% 1,860,717
14 Middle Africa 2.123% 701,845
15 Caribbean 2.094% 448,036
16 Australia/New Zealand 2.064% 267,050
17 Eastern Europe 1.226% 3,148,293
18 Western Europe 0.99% 1,518,779
19 Southern Europe 0.832% 989,092
20 Northern Europe 0.658% 543,697
21 Eastern Asia 0.597% 4,804,249

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1961

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 No income group available 3.539% 302,756
2 Lower-middle-income countries 2.393% 24,279,941
3 Low-income countries 2.336% 3,404,187
4 Middle-income countries 1.762% 37,477,160
5 High-income countries 1.246% 9,801,804
6 Upper-middle-income countries 1.186% 13,197,219

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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