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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1964

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In the year 1964, the world experienced a population growth rate of 2.153% and global population grew with total of 70,327,532 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇶🇦Qatar with a rate of 12.083%. Closely followed by 🇰🇼Kuwait with a population growth rate of 9.998%, and 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) with 8.875% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau with -2.429%. Followed by 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis with a population growth rate of -2.233%, and 🇲🇹Malta with -0.943% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Latin America and the Caribbean with a rate of 2.722%. Closely followed by Asia with a population growth rate of 2.527%, and Africa with a 2.514% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Central Asia had the highest population growth rate of 3.33%. Closely followed by Central America with a population growth rate of 3.229%, and Southern Africa with a 3.023% 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 3.358%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 1.204%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1964

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1964

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇶🇦Qatar 12.083% 6,943
2 🇰🇼Kuwait 9.998% 46,525
3 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 8.875% 338
4 🇪🇭Western Sahara 8.478% 3,987
5 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 6.876% 2,963
6 🇦🇩Andorra 6.78% 860
7 🇳🇷Nauru 5.49% 301
8 🇩🇯Djibouti 5.488% 5,648
9 🇯🇴Jordan 5.458% 56,177
10 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 5.071% 8,381
11 🇬🇫French Guiana 4.635% 1,723
12 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 4.591% 4,724
13 🇮🇱Israel 4.467% 100,853
14 🇧🇸Bahamas 4.218% 5,853
15 🇰🇪Kenya 3.964% 358,571
16 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 3.895% 168,283
17 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 3.895% 7,842
18 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 3.775% 368,350
19 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 3.726% 178,628
20 🇧🇭Bahrain 3.616% 6,747
21 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3.591% 3,418
22 🇧🇮Burundi 3.517% 106,660
23 🇬🇱Greenland 3.516% 1,308
24 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 3.467% 608
25 🇹🇯Tajikistan 3.457% 84,772
26 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 3.449% 435,604
27 🇸🇷Suriname 3.446% 10,692
28 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 3.418% 338
29 🇨🇷Costa Rica 3.361% 52,119
30 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.35% 313,882
31 🇲🇽Mexico 3.335% 1,378,342
32 🇮🇶Iraq 3.331% 266,415
33 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 3.292% 60,455
34 🇱🇾Libya 3.286% 54,276
35 🇸🇩Sudan 3.265% 307,092
36 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 3.251% 82,319
37 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 3.244% 7,666
38 🇦🇸American Samoa 3.196% 724
39 🇿🇲Zambia 3.184% 112,791
40 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 3.135% 117,616
41 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 3.129% 146
42 🇦🇱Albania 3.124% 60,875
43 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 3.121% 134,535
44 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.105% 161,533
45 🇿🇦South Africa 3.075% 572,022
46 🇳🇮Nicaragua 3.06% 61,838
47 🇫🇯Fiji 3.044% 13,856
48 🇵🇦Panama 3.043% 38,689
49 🇱🇸Lesotho 3.042% 25,377
50 🇹🇭Thailand 3.039% 912,109
51 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 3.037% 1,495
52 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3.025% 1,717,389
53 🇺🇬Uganda 3.023% 258,914
54 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 3.006% 141,260
55 🇨🇴Colombia 3.005% 533,105
56 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.989% 337,407
57 🇧🇹Bhutan 2.976% 7,364
58 🇷🇪Réunion 2.973% 12,385
59 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.948% 2,137
60 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.94% 703,940
61 🇦🇲Armenia 2.939% 63,796
62 🇳🇪Niger 2.935% 115,541
63 🇧🇿Belize 2.932% 2,984
64 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.925% 151,601
65 🇾🇹Mayotte 2.92% 855
66 🇵🇪Peru 2.92% 334,068
67 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 2.917% 308,919
68 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.915% 134,337
69 🇭🇳Honduras 2.904% 67,791
70 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.897% 255,980
71 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.895% 27,145
72 🇧🇷Brazil 2.865% 2,356,954
73 🇱🇧Lebanon 2.849% 57,846
74 🇸🇳Senegal 2.838% 103,983
75 🇹🇴Tonga 2.81% 2,123
76 🇮🇩Indonesia 2.805% 2,767,317
77 🇬🇲Gambia 2.77% 12,362
78 🇳🇨New Caledonia 2.768% 2,553
79 🇵🇭Philippines 2.758% 880,216
80 🇨🇬Congo 2.757% 32,368
81 🇨🇳China 2.71% 19,090,455
82 🇸🇬Singapore 2.707% 49,050
83 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.677% 454,143
84 🇻🇳Viet Nam 2.666% 973,214
85 🇸🇻El Salvador 2.658% 82,276
86 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.654% 638,818
87 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.636% 29,104
88 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.633% 148,247
89 🇪🇬Egypt 2.626% 788,325
90 🇸🇴Somalia 2.592% 82,507
91 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.585% 3,816
92 🇰🇮Kiribati 2.548% 1,327
93 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 2.534% 89,054
94 🇹🇷Türkiye 2.529% 774,238
95 🇱🇷Liberia 2.51% 31,501
96 🇲🇦Morocco 2.504% 326,648
97 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.493% 27,276
98 🇵🇰Pakistan 2.49% 1,258,901
99 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.484% 51,936
100 🇸🇿Eswatini 2.46% 9,312
101 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 2.453% 443
102 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 2.447% 312,863
103 🇲🇼Malawi 2.444% 97,514
104 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.438% 79,552
105 🇲🇻Maldives 2.436% 2,466
106 🇼🇸Samoa 2.433% 3,080
107 🇬🇭Ghana 2.409% 184,030
108 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 2.407% 259,269
109 🇧🇼Botswana 2.401% 13,497
110 🇬🇮Gibraltar 2.382% 556
111 🇳🇦Namibia 2.377% 15,264
112 🇵🇼Palau 2.375% 245
113 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.359% 131,066
114 🇬🇾Guyana 2.332% 14,833
115 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 2.331% 193
116 🇸🇨Seychelles 2.316% 1,089
117 🇧🇲Bermuda 2.309% 1,062
118 🇹🇬Togo 2.298% 40,736
119 🇮🇳India 2.298% 11,236,148
120 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.28% 53,014
121 🇲🇲Myanmar 2.261% 536,716
122 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 2.238% 24,343
123 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 2.211% 631,244
124 🇳🇺Niue 2.211% 115
125 🇲🇺Mauritius 2.185% 16,221
126 🇦🇫Afghanistan 2.172% 203,164
127 🇴🇲Oman 2.172% 12,615
128 🇰🇭Cambodia 2.15% 129,884
129 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.148% 1,049,454
130 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.118% 46,080
131 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.116% 155,826
132 🇨🇺Cuba 2.108% 166,584
133 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.106% 84,843
134 🇸🇲San Marino 2.092% 354
135 🇬🇺Guam 2.08% 1,635
136 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 2.074% 5,990
137 🇳🇵Nepal 2.048% 225,282
138 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 2.017% 185
139 🇨🇫Central African Republic 2.013% 36,465
140 🇾🇪Yemen 2.011% 120,109
141 🇸🇸South Sudan 1.99% 61,460
142 🇰🇲Comoros 1.98% 4,172
143 🇦🇺Australia 1.948% 216,806
144 🇹🇩Chad 1.94% 63,496
145 🇨🇱Chile 1.937% 170,922
146 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.9% 46,975
147 🇳🇿New Zealand 1.89% 48,950
148 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 1.867% 164
149 🇨🇦Canada 1.857% 358,804
150 🇭🇹Haiti 1.851% 77,655
151 🇧🇯Benin 1.821% 48,917
152 🇬🇳Guinea 1.814% 68,497
153 🇩🇿Algeria 1.784% 217,289
154 🇮🇸Iceland 1.728% 3,267
155 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 1.707% 58,379
156 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1.698% 996
157 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 1.694% 15,469
158 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 1.687% 39
159 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.667% 58,481
160 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.629% 8,132
161 🇬🇪Georgia 1.623% 70,617
162 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.587% 1,429
163 🇦🇷Argentina 1.582% 343,494
164 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.577% 80
165 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 1.563% 79,322
166 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 1.532% 38,694
167 🇨🇼Curaçao 1.422% 1,977
168 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 1.382% 4,138
169 🇨🇭Switzerland 1.381% 79,937
170 🇬🇦Gabon 1.38% 7,449
171 🇲🇱Mali 1.375% 77,669
172 🇲🇶Martinique 1.373% 4,252
173 🇺🇸United States of America 1.367% 2,559,291
174 🇹🇳Tunisia 1.344% 58,983
175 🇳🇱Netherlands 1.341% 162,544
176 🇩🇲Dominica 1.329% 835
177 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.328% 476
178 🇲🇨Monaco 1.283% 292
179 🇯🇲Jamaica 1.267% 21,860
180 🇦🇴Angola 1.218% 69,090
181 🇬🇬Guernsey 1.207% 587
182 🇪🇪Estonia 1.202% 15,356
183 🇲🇰North Macedonia 1.184% 18,111
184 🇪🇸Spain 1.184% 375,821
185 🇱🇻Latvia 1.175% 26,590
186 🇲🇪Montenegro 1.162% 5,779
187 🇫🇷France 1.141% 543,591
188 🇯🇵Japan 1.132% 1,112,937
189 🇱🇹Lithuania 1.123% 33,932
190 🇦🇼Aruba 1.122% 653
191 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.108% 1,063
192 🇺🇾Uruguay 1.084% 28,748
193 🇺🇦Ukraine 1.07% 480,827
194 🇱🇺Luxembourg 1.064% 3,473
195 🇸🇰Slovakia 1.025% 44,290
196 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 0.994% 706
197 🇨🇰Cook Islands 0.98% 182
198 🇵🇱Poland 0.979% 302,869
199 🇯🇪Jersey 0.962% 625
200 🇮🇹Italy 0.949% 483,837
201 🇮🇲Isle of Man 0.927% 460
202 🇧🇾Belarus 0.908% 79,701
203 🇦🇮Anguilla 0.905% 54
204 🇷🇸Serbia 0.899% 61,525
205 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.872% 1,094,029
206 🇧🇬Bulgaria 0.855% 69,923
207 🇩🇪Germany 0.851% 641,903
208 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.848% 14,033
209 🇸🇪Sweden 0.831% 63,937
210 🇨🇾Cyprus 0.797% 4,882
211 🇩🇰Denmark 0.79% 37,271
212 🇵🇸State of Palestine 0.782% 8,934
213 🇳🇴Norway 0.773% 28,567
214 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.717% 386,070
215 🇧🇪Belgium 0.712% 66,604
216 🇬🇩Grenada 0.695% 678
217 🇭🇷Croatia 0.684% 29,701
218 🇦🇹Austria 0.664% 47,941
219 🇻🇦Holy See 0.651% 6
220 🇷🇴Romania 0.595% 113,055
221 🇹🇰Tokelau 0.583% 11
222 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 0.566% 45
223 🇮🇪Ireland 0.513% 14,556
224 🇨🇿Czechia 0.443% 42,860
225 🇫🇮Finland 0.393% 17,902
226 🇧🇧Barbados 0.383% 908
227 🇹🇻Tuvalu 0.326% 18
228 🇭🇺Hungary 0.297% 30,063
229 🇸🇭Saint Helena 0.293% 16
230 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 0.284% 16
231 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0% 0
232 🇵🇹Portugal -0.012% -1,100
233 🇬🇷Greece -0.114% -9,694
234 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.576% -68
235 🇲🇹Malta -0.943% -3,108
236 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -2.233% -1,189
237 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau -2.429% -14,341

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1964

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Latin America and the Caribbean 2.722% 6,678,559
2 Asia 2.527% 46,884,697
3 Africa 2.514% 7,881,049
4 Oceania 2.029% 349,982
5 Northern America 1.413% 2,920,545
6 Europe 0.892% 5,612,700

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1964

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Central Asia 3.33% 904,815
2 Central America 3.229% 1,818,376
3 Southern Africa 3.023% 635,472
4 Eastern Africa 2.839% 2,640,448
5 Western Asia 2.807% 2,086,498
6 Polynesia 2.733% 9,835
7 South-Eastern Asia 2.732% 6,570,357
8 Micronesia 2.666% 5,949
9 South America 2.644% 4,396,801
10 Eastern Asia 2.519% 21,709,103
11 Northern Africa 2.483% 1,756,600
12 Southern Asia 2.396% 15,613,923
13 Melanesia 2.326% 68,442
14 Middle Africa 2.265% 800,773
15 Western Africa 2.194% 2,047,756
16 Caribbean 2.036% 463,382
17 Australia/New Zealand 1.937% 265,756
18 Western Europe 0.979% 1,546,728
19 Southern Europe 0.919% 1,120,380
20 Eastern Europe 0.875% 2,315,996
21 Northern Europe 0.747% 629,596

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1964

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 No income group available 3.358% 318,542
2 Upper-middle-income countries 2.505% 29,910,856
3 Low-income countries 2.482% 3,886,692
4 Middle-income countries 2.464% 56,301,108
5 Lower-middle-income countries 2.419% 26,390,252
6 High-income countries 1.204% 9,821,190

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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