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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1970

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In the year 1970, the world experienced a population growth rate of 2.045% and global population grew with total of 75,582,558 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates with a rate of 15.355%. Closely followed by 🇶🇦Qatar with a population growth rate of 12.735%, and 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands with 8.563% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇹🇰Tokelau with -3.384%. Followed by 🇳🇺Niue with a population growth rate of -1.852%, and 🇸🇲San Marino with -1.503% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Oceania with a rate of 2.783%. Closely followed by Africa with a population growth rate of 2.615%, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a 2.453% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Central America had the highest population growth rate of 3.059%. Closely followed by Southern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.955%, and Eastern Africa with a 2.895% 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 3.072%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 1.074%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1970

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1970

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 15.355% 45,681
2 🇶🇦Qatar 12.735% 15,008
3 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 8.563% 868
4 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 7.608% 476
5 🇦🇩Andorra 7.249% 1,439
6 🇰🇼Kuwait 7.154% 57,406
7 🇪🇭Western Sahara 6.713% 5,125
8 🇩🇯Djibouti 6.337% 9,146
9 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 5.542% 3,515
10 🇯🇴Jordan 5.469% 85,145
11 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 4.891% 515
12 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 4.478% 273,380
13 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 4.306% 1,032
14 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 4.227% 231,494
15 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4.201% 4,662
16 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 4.018% 5,357
17 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 3.915% 375
18 🇮🇱Israel 3.877% 112,709
19 🇰🇪Kenya 3.784% 434,145
20 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3.516% 4,145
21 🇱🇸Lesotho 3.508% 35,897
22 🇮🇶Iraq 3.479% 341,351
23 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 3.391% 461,803
24 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.355% 212,007
25 🇹🇬Togo 3.346% 73,516
26 🇧🇹Bhutan 3.269% 9,771
27 🇳🇮Nicaragua 3.254% 79,536
28 🇸🇷Suriname 3.244% 12,322
29 🇦🇺Australia 3.194% 402,237
30 🇲🇽Mexico 3.163% 1,590,411
31 🇾🇹Mayotte 3.154% 1,116
32 🇧🇸Bahamas 3.143% 5,629
33 🇻🇺Vanuatu 3.125% 2,719
34 🇹🇯Tajikistan 3.094% 92,596
35 🇷🇼Rwanda 3.075% 119,803
36 🇸🇩Sudan 3.068% 346,805
37 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.061% 347,567
38 🇲🇻Maldives 3.044% 3,751
39 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 3.041% 1,794
40 🇨🇬Congo 3.019% 42,175
41 🇺🇬Uganda 3.017% 311,245
42 🇲🇷Mauritania 3.011% 33,782
43 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 3.008% 156,513
44 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 3.002% 360,568
45 🇿🇦South Africa 2.985% 667,733
46 🇭🇳Honduras 2.98% 82,930
47 🇸🇳Senegal 2.951% 128,883
48 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.93% 194,520
49 🇳🇦Namibia 2.912% 21,965
50 🇬🇲Gambia 2.893% 15,295
51 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.884% 820,392
52 🇬🇱Greenland 2.868% 1,303
53 🇵🇼Palau 2.868% 326
54 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.867% 176,954
55 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 2.848% 8,180
56 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.846% 573,542
57 🇹🇭Thailand 2.845% 1,018,380
58 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.835% 62,410
59 🇬🇫French Guiana 2.829% 1,315
60 🇵🇦Panama 2.802% 42,484
61 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.791% 789,938
62 🇦🇱Albania 2.79% 64,860
63 🇵🇰Pakistan 2.782% 1,649,562
64 🇬🇭Ghana 2.762% 244,775
65 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 2.76% 123,526
66 🇳🇪Niger 2.733% 127,594
67 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 2.723% 158
68 🇿🇲Zambia 2.704% 115,790
69 🇮🇩Indonesia 2.692% 3,102,087
70 🇰🇲Comoros 2.689% 6,517
71 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.679% 146,070
72 🇨🇷Costa Rica 2.672% 49,579
73 🇸🇿Eswatini 2.655% 11,756
74 🇹🇳Tunisia 2.648% 133,667
75 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.643% 170,527
76 🇲🇦Morocco 2.643% 403,703
77 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 2.634% 255
78 🇵🇭Philippines 2.632% 985,257
79 🇴🇲Oman 2.616% 17,546
80 🇸🇴Somalia 2.615% 97,312
81 🇧🇭Bahrain 2.614% 5,817
82 🇨🇳China 2.613% 21,494,540
83 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 2.612% 391,736
84 🇱🇷Liberia 2.608% 38,165
85 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 2.602% 6,434
86 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.585% 32,902
87 🇾🇪Yemen 2.559% 175,096
88 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.549% 4,406
89 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.541% 32,877
90 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 2.508% 75,646
91 🇱🇾Libya 2.506% 47,844
92 🇧🇷Brazil 2.477% 2,386,742
93 🇲🇼Malawi 2.474% 114,412
94 🇦🇫Afghanistan 2.466% 265,175
95 🇸🇻El Salvador 2.466% 89,246
96 🇨🇴Colombia 2.443% 510,608
97 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 2.437% 514
98 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.406% 64,354
99 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.405% 247,896
100 🇧🇮Burundi 2.392% 83,649
101 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.389% 200,926
102 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.387% 59,411
103 🇬🇺Guam 2.376% 2,098
104 🇵🇪Peru 2.364% 320,585
105 🇸🇨Seychelles 2.361% 1,284
106 🇨🇦Canada 2.361% 506,076
107 🇱🇧Lebanon 2.359% 56,179
108 🇲🇲Myanmar 2.31% 630,301
109 🇹🇷Türkiye 2.3% 817,234
110 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 2.261% 338,183
111 🇪🇬Egypt 2.258% 785,285
112 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.248% 1,249,385
113 🇦🇲Armenia 2.242% 56,808
114 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.239% 53,925
115 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2.232% 1,507,467
116 🇩🇿Algeria 2.227% 307,222
117 🇮🇳India 2.223% 12,391,129
118 🇻🇳Viet Nam 2.207% 925,205
119 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.201% 100,921
120 🇳🇵Nepal 2.194% 274,310
121 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 2.193% 27,153
122 🇮🇲Isle of Man 2.192% 1,212
123 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 2.174% 269,370
124 🇨🇫Central African Republic 2.167% 44,799
125 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2.147% 1,666
126 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 2.112% 688,571
127 🇧🇯Benin 2.1% 63,486
128 🇬🇦Gabon 2.099% 12,534
129 🇦🇸American Samoa 2.091% 566
130 🇦🇴Angola 2.09% 126,001
131 🇹🇩Chad 2.024% 74,240
132 🇫🇯Fiji 1.994% 10,519
133 🇷🇪Réunion 1.988% 9,421
134 🇨🇰Cook Islands 1.964% 402
135 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.958% 54,399
136 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.942% 105,336
137 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.931% 1,109
138 🇧🇿Belize 1.912% 2,312
139 🇬🇮Gibraltar 1.851% 494
140 🇳🇷Nauru 1.831% 122
141 🇭🇹Haiti 1.815% 84,974
142 🇬🇳Guinea 1.814% 76,602
143 🇨🇺Cuba 1.807% 160,299
144 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.779% 9,856
145 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 1.735% 97,388
146 🇨🇱Chile 1.676% 164,569
147 🇹🇴Tonga 1.667% 1,442
148 🇸🇬Singapore 1.653% 34,075
149 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.653% 1,704
150 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 1.649% 9,755
151 🇼🇸Samoa 1.618% 2,310
152 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.612% 197,669
153 🇸🇭Saint Helena 1.597% 92
154 🇦🇷Argentina 1.592% 379,611
155 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.571% 87
156 🇧🇲Bermuda 1.548% 805
157 🇲🇱Mali 1.534% 94,365
158 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 1.529% 41,869
159 🇲🇺Mauritius 1.528% 12,685
160 🇲🇨Monaco 1.52% 369
161 🇳🇿New Zealand 1.487% 42,005
162 🇲🇰North Macedonia 1.397% 23,140
163 🇯🇲Jamaica 1.386% 25,763
164 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 1.345% 53,183
165 🇺🇸United States of America 1.342% 2,688,138
166 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.326% 1,306
167 🇬🇬Guernsey 1.305% 687
168 🇬🇾Guyana 1.279% 9,017
169 🇯🇵Japan 1.267% 1,335,344
170 🇸🇸South Sudan 1.254% 41,917
171 🇳🇱Netherlands 1.177% 153,489
172 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.158% 445
173 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.157% 44,138
174 🇧🇼Botswana 1.153% 6,829
175 🇨🇼Curaçao 1.109% 1,667
176 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 1.098% 40,754
177 🇷🇴Romania 1.085% 216,197
178 🇱🇹Lithuania 1.03% 33,074
179 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 1.021% 10,101
180 🇵🇸State of Palestine 0.936% 10,471
181 🇩🇲Dominica 0.923% 636
182 🇪🇸Spain 0.914% 308,736
183 🇲🇪Montenegro 0.91% 4,825
184 🇪🇪Estonia 0.908% 12,366
185 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.906% 85
186 🇫🇷France 0.885% 447,075
187 🇱🇻Latvia 0.87% 20,847
188 🇬🇪Georgia 0.851% 40,857
189 🇦🇮Anguilla 0.828% 52
190 🇧🇬Bulgaria 0.8% 68,706
191 🇮🇪Ireland 0.748% 21,969
192 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.741% 12,909
193 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.722% 32,636
194 🇷🇸Serbia 0.704% 50,671
195 🇧🇾Belarus 0.699% 64,144
196 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 0.687% 443
197 🇳🇴Norway 0.645% 25,013
198 🇹🇻Tuvalu 0.636% 37
199 🇯🇪Jersey 0.628% 429
200 🇵🇱Poland 0.625% 202,904
201 🇨🇾Cyprus 0.592% 3,796
202 🇸🇪Sweden 0.576% 46,251
203 🇮🇹Italy 0.575% 306,830
204 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 0.556% 1,771
205 🇩🇰Denmark 0.546% 26,879
206 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.534% 14,891
207 🇺🇦Ukraine 0.52% 245,680
208 🇮🇸Iceland 0.446% 912
209 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.405% 526,654
210 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.4% 222,589
211 🇧🇪Belgium 0.396% 38,098
212 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.393% 24,294
213 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 0.372% 9
214 🇭🇷Croatia 0.366% 16,436
215 🇧🇧Barbados 0.357% 862
216 🇦🇹Austria 0.32% 23,865
217 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.313% 1,062
218 🇩🇪Germany 0.31% 242,892
219 🇭🇺Hungary 0.307% 31,628
220 🇬🇷Greece 0.303% 25,867
221 🇲🇶Martinique 0.282% 921
222 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 0.265% 15
223 🇨🇿Czechia 0.14% 13,730
224 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -0.088% -2
225 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.132% -15
226 🇲🇹Malta -0.205% -646
227 🇬🇩Grenada -0.227% -224
228 🇻🇦Holy See -0.266% -2
229 🇫🇮Finland -0.343% -15,816
230 🇦🇼Aruba -0.452% -267
231 🇰🇭Cambodia -1.037% -69,536
232 🇵🇹Portugal -1.206% -104,757
233 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea -1.246% -3,948
234 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -1.332% -599
235 🇸🇲San Marino -1.503% -273
236 🇳🇺Niue -1.852% -96
237 🇹🇰Tokelau -3.384% -58

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1970

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Oceania 2.783% 542,141
2 Africa 2.615% 9,557,568
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 2.453% 7,027,329
4 Asia 2.41% 51,705,743
5 Northern America 1.441% 3,196,409
6 Europe 0.541% 3,553,368

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1970

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Central America 3.059% 2,082,568
2 Southern Africa 2.955% 744,180
3 Eastern Africa 2.895% 3,195,044
4 Australia/New Zealand 2.881% 444,242
5 Micronesia 2.861% 7,349
6 Western Asia 2.761% 2,431,827
7 Middle Africa 2.556% 1,041,536
8 South-Eastern Asia 2.482% 6,953,232
9 Northern Africa 2.47% 2,029,651
10 Eastern Asia 2.444% 24,340,868
11 Central Asia 2.428% 788,889
12 Melanesia 2.412% 81,717
13 Western Africa 2.382% 2,547,157
14 South America 2.321% 4,479,025
15 Southern Asia 2.296% 17,190,927
16 Polynesia 2.119% 8,833
17 Caribbean 1.827% 465,736
18 Southern Europe 0.612% 781,820
19 Western Europe 0.563% 931,658
20 Eastern Europe 0.523% 1,443,033
21 Northern Europe 0.454% 396,857

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1970

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 No income group available 3.072% 353,405
2 Low-income countries 2.613% 4,772,893
3 Upper-middle-income countries 2.333% 32,117,132
4 Middle-income countries 2.322% 61,116,039
5 Lower-middle-income countries 2.311% 28,998,907
6 High-income countries 1.074% 9,340,221

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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