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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1971

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In the year 1971, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.962% and global population grew with total of 73,962,954 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates with a rate of 13.715%. Closely followed by 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands with a population growth rate of 12.464%, and 🇶🇦Qatar with 11.411% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇹🇰Tokelau with -3.196%. Followed by 🇳🇺Niue with a population growth rate of -2.384%, and 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea with -1.942% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Oceania with a rate of 2.71%. Closely followed by Africa with a population growth rate of 2.59%, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a 2.432% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Central America had the highest population growth rate of 3.025%. Closely followed by Southern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.885%, and Eastern Africa with a 2.869% 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 2.978%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 1.094%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1971

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1971

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 13.715% 47,176
2 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 12.464% 1,404
3 🇶🇦Qatar 11.411% 15,171
4 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 7.055% 475
5 🇦🇩Andorra 6.958% 1,483
6 🇩🇯Djibouti 6.841% 10,546
7 🇰🇼Kuwait 6.348% 54,490
8 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 5.885% 654
9 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 5.693% 3,820
10 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 4.809% 307,554
11 🇧🇭Bahrain 4.787% 11,055
12 🇯🇴Jordan 4.446% 72,745
13 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 4.408% 252,068
14 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4.283% 4,959
15 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 3.815% 5,289
16 🇮🇱Israel 3.639% 109,844
17 🇵🇼Palau 3.595% 422
18 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3.512% 4,288
19 🇰🇪Kenya 3.502% 416,593
20 🇱🇸Lesotho 3.482% 36,898
21 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.467% 226,647
22 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 3.451% 486,249
23 🇮🇶Iraq 3.406% 345,811
24 🇾🇹Mayotte 3.33% 1,217
25 🇧🇹Bhutan 3.275% 10,113
26 🇸🇩Sudan 3.262% 380,626
27 🇳🇮Nicaragua 3.243% 81,891
28 🇻🇺Vanuatu 3.157% 2,835
29 🇲🇽Mexico 3.134% 1,626,327
30 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 3.067% 164,496
31 🇨🇬Congo 3.067% 44,165
32 🇲🇻Maldives 3.066% 3,896
33 🇦🇺Australia 3.043% 395,361
34 🇸🇷Suriname 3.034% 11,894
35 🇲🇬Madagascar 3.025% 206,892
36 🇹🇯Tajikistan 3.023% 93,288
37 🇭🇳Honduras 3.019% 86,567
38 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.014% 352,833
39 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.987% 34,543
40 🇳🇦Namibia 2.972% 23,090
41 🇸🇳Senegal 2.954% 132,860
42 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.946% 118,270
43 🇬🇲Gambia 2.917% 15,875
44 🇹🇬Togo 2.917% 66,140
45 🇬🇫French Guiana 2.896% 1,385
46 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 2.886% 356,950
47 🇿🇦South Africa 2.859% 658,536
48 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.842% 180,504
49 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.827% 827,563
50 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.809% 63,594
51 🇧🇼Botswana 2.808% 16,962
52 🇰🇲Comoros 2.776% 6,914
53 🇵🇦Panama 2.776% 43,283
54 🇹🇭Thailand 2.755% 1,014,159
55 🇿🇲Zambia 2.744% 120,706
56 🇬🇭Ghana 2.736% 249,191
57 🇦🇱Albania 2.733% 65,302
58 🇦🇴Angola 2.731% 168,696
59 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.724% 792,759
60 🇵🇪Peru 2.722% 378,609
61 🇸🇿Eswatini 2.713% 12,339
62 🇴🇲Oman 2.711% 18,675
63 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 2.705% 124,414
64 🇺🇬Uganda 2.704% 287,007
65 🇧🇸Bahamas 2.702% 4,983
66 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.695% 178,600
67 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.65% 548,896
68 🇳🇪Niger 2.65% 127,125
69 🇮🇩Indonesia 2.649% 3,135,396
70 🇾🇪Yemen 2.649% 186,082
71 🇱🇧Lebanon 2.642% 64,510
72 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.631% 34,926
73 🇨🇷Costa Rica 2.624% 49,998
74 🇹🇳Tunisia 2.617% 135,606
75 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.608% 34,070
76 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2.596% 1,575
77 🇱🇾Libya 2.576% 50,442
78 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.574% 144,111
79 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.569% 221,502
80 🇵🇭Philippines 2.569% 987,064
81 🇲🇦Morocco 2.566% 402,196
82 🇬🇺Guam 2.555% 2,312
83 🇸🇴Somalia 2.554% 97,512
84 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 2.552% 152
85 🇲🇼Malawi 2.536% 120,265
86 🇱🇷Liberia 2.532% 38,024
87 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.514% 4,457
88 🇵🇰Pakistan 2.507% 1,526,255
89 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 2.496% 31,638
90 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 2.467% 245
91 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 2.456% 377,757
92 🇻🇳Viet Nam 2.448% 1,050,346
93 🇧🇷Brazil 2.436% 2,406,084
94 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.428% 66,544
95 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 2.421% 139
96 🇸🇨Seychelles 2.417% 1,346
97 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.397% 61,100
98 🇸🇻El Salvador 2.389% 88,594
99 🇨🇳China 2.373% 20,007,407
100 🇧🇮Burundi 2.368% 84,823
101 🇦🇫Afghanistan 2.366% 260,596
102 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 2.331% 93,884
103 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.314% 244,202
104 🇨🇴Colombia 2.288% 489,711
105 🇩🇿Algeria 2.279% 321,490
106 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.275% 56,056
107 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.265% 1,287,316
108 🇲🇲Myanmar 2.262% 631,381
109 🇹🇷Türkiye 2.257% 820,699
110 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 2.244% 69,323
111 🇵🇸State of Palestine 2.231% 25,344
112 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.223% 104,228
113 🇮🇳India 2.211% 12,604,624
114 🇦🇲Armenia 2.172% 56,284
115 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 2.159% 330,207
116 🇧🇯Benin 2.15% 66,389
117 🇪🇬Egypt 2.145% 762,683
118 🇳🇵Nepal 2.136% 272,859
119 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 2.074% 262,395
120 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 2.06% 685,882
121 🇬🇦Gabon 2.045% 12,469
122 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2.045% 1,620
123 🇨🇫Central African Republic 2.034% 42,935
124 🇹🇩Chad 2.032% 76,039
125 🇸🇲San Marino 1.982% 361
126 🇸🇸South Sudan 1.969% 66,880
127 🇫🇯Fiji 1.898% 10,213
128 🇷🇪Réunion 1.892% 9,142
129 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.881% 53,273
130 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1.87% 1,055
131 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.859% 1,088
132 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.853% 102,452
133 🇨🇦Canada 1.837% 402,128
134 🇭🇹Haiti 1.81% 86,249
135 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.775% 10,008
136 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.758% 99
137 🇬🇳Guinea 1.741% 74,824
138 🇨🇰Cook Islands 1.717% 358
139 🇦🇸American Samoa 1.707% 471
140 🇬🇱Greenland 1.695% 788
141 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 1.687% 46,930
142 🇨🇺Cuba 1.682% 151,847
143 🇧🇿Belize 1.674% 2,060
144 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 1.662% 94,866
145 🇳🇿New Zealand 1.661% 47,645
146 🇨🇱Chile 1.635% 163,223
147 🇸🇬Singapore 1.625% 34,064
148 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.602% 1,679
149 🇳🇷Nauru 1.593% 108
150 🇵🇹Portugal 1.592% 138,531
151 🇹🇴Tonga 1.592% 1,399
152 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 1.585% 341
153 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1.584% 391
154 🇦🇷Argentina 1.575% 381,542
155 🇼🇸Samoa 1.569% 2,276
156 🇲🇱Mali 1.508% 94,218
157 🇯🇲Jamaica 1.503% 28,343
158 🇯🇪Jersey 1.47% 1,014
159 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1.467% 4,305
160 🇲🇺Mauritius 1.414% 11,908
161 🇮🇪Ireland 1.399% 41,550
162 🇸🇭Saint Helena 1.334% 78
163 🇯🇵Japan 1.32% 1,409,688
164 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.289% 160,398
165 🇲🇰North Macedonia 1.27% 21,317
166 🇲🇨Monaco 1.26% 310
167 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 1.238% 12,378
168 🇱🇺Luxembourg 1.227% 4,195
169 🇺🇸United States of America 1.218% 2,471,016
170 🇮🇸Iceland 1.21% 2,494
171 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.178% 1,174
172 🇬🇾Guyana 1.158% 8,267
173 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.15% 447
174 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 1.15% 28
175 🇷🇴Romania 1.137% 229,055
176 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.12% 43,224
177 🇳🇱Netherlands 1.096% 144,562
178 🇪🇸Spain 1.094% 373,274
179 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 1.057% 39,640
180 🇱🇹Lithuania 1.048% 33,981
181 🇲🇪Montenegro 1.048% 5,613
182 🇬🇮Gibraltar 1.012% 274
183 🇨🇼Curaçao 0.984% 1,496
184 🇪🇪Estonia 0.962% 13,224
185 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 0.917% 90
186 🇫🇷France 0.877% 447,149
187 🇱🇻Latvia 0.865% 20,923
188 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.846% 80
189 🇺🇦Ukraine 0.823% 391,660
190 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.814% 14,280
191 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.804% 36,635
192 🇵🇱Poland 0.773% 252,697
193 🇹🇻Tuvalu 0.769% 45
194 🇳🇴Norway 0.761% 29,715
195 🇧🇾Belarus 0.734% 67,817
196 🇬🇪Georgia 0.681% 32,955
197 🇰🇭Cambodia 0.674% 45,134
198 🇧🇬Bulgaria 0.67% 57,913
199 🇷🇸Serbia 0.661% 47,868
200 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.654% 40,668
201 🇦🇮Anguilla 0.632% 40
202 🇩🇲Dominica 0.624% 433
203 🇩🇰Denmark 0.609% 30,167
204 🇫🇮Finland 0.595% 27,422
205 🇮🇹Italy 0.592% 317,295
206 🇸🇪Sweden 0.57% 45,985
207 🇦🇹Austria 0.568% 42,615
208 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.556% 726,645
209 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.555% 15,563
210 🇨🇾Cyprus 0.531% 3,423
211 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.449% 236
212 🇧🇧Barbados 0.43% 1,043
213 🇬🇷Greece 0.427% 36,604
214 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.41% 228,886
215 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 0.41% 1,312
216 🇭🇷Croatia 0.373% 16,838
217 🇧🇪Belgium 0.372% 35,940
218 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.356% 189
219 🇲🇸Montserrat 0.298% 34
220 🇨🇿Czechia 0.284% 27,880
221 🇭🇺Hungary 0.274% 28,369
222 🇩🇪Germany 0.243% 190,738
223 🇧🇩Bangladesh 0.236% 161,220
224 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.132% 3
225 🇲🇶Martinique 0.118% 387
226 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 0.091% 59
227 🇲🇹Malta 0.005% 16
228 🇻🇦Holy See -0.133% -1
229 🇬🇩Grenada -0.298% -294
230 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.384% -171
231 🇪🇭Western Sahara -0.532% -419
232 🇦🇼Aruba -0.532% -313
233 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR -0.536% -1,339
234 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau -0.686% -4,077
235 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea -1.942% -6,059
236 🇳🇺Niue -2.384% -121
237 🇹🇰Tokelau -3.196% -53

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1971

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Oceania 2.71% 542,613
2 Africa 2.59% 9,713,925
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 2.432% 7,140,359
4 Asia 2.247% 49,335,991
5 Northern America 1.278% 2,874,267
6 Europe 0.659% 4,355,799

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1971

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Central America 3.025% 2,122,831
2 Southern Africa 2.885% 747,825
3 Eastern Africa 2.869% 3,259,097
4 Australia/New Zealand 2.793% 443,006
5 Micronesia 2.763% 7,300
6 Western Asia 2.762% 2,500,918
7 Middle Africa 2.553% 1,067,361
8 South-Eastern Asia 2.515% 7,223,587
9 Northern Africa 2.437% 2,052,623
10 Melanesia 2.408% 83,564
11 Western Africa 2.363% 2,587,018
12 South America 2.304% 4,549,902
13 Eastern Asia 2.25% 22,938,412
14 Central Asia 2.236% 743,553
15 Southern Asia 2.081% 15,929,521
16 Polynesia 2.054% 8,743
17 Caribbean 1.801% 467,626
18 Southern Europe 0.866% 1,113,917
19 Eastern Europe 0.67% 1,858,311
20 Western Europe 0.545% 906,518
21 Northern Europe 0.543% 477,053

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1971

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 No income group available 2.978% 353,077
2 Low-income countries 2.567% 4,810,532
3 Lower-middle-income countries 2.207% 28,323,527
4 Middle-income countries 2.199% 59,178,154
5 Upper-middle-income countries 2.191% 30,854,627
6 High-income countries 1.094% 9,621,191

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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