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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1972

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In the year 1972, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.971% and global population grew with total of 75,783,949 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates with a rate of 13.189%. Closely followed by 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands with a population growth rate of 10.876%, and 🇶🇦Qatar with 10.414% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇳🇺Niue with -3.924%. Followed by 🇨🇰Cook Islands with a population growth rate of -2.663%, and 🇧🇮Burundi with -2.431% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.627%. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a population growth rate of 2.399%, and Asia with a 2.284% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Africa had the highest population growth rate of 2.931%. Closely followed by Central America with a population growth rate of 2.917%, and Micronesia with a 2.746% 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 2.94%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 1.014%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1972

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1972

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 13.189% 50,705
2 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 10.876% 1,373
3 🇶🇦Qatar 10.414% 15,243
4 🇩🇯Djibouti 6.965% 11,575
5 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 6.899% 509
6 🇦🇩Andorra 6.728% 1,544
7 🇰🇼Kuwait 6.09% 56,035
8 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 5.757% 677
9 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 5.479% 3,939
10 🇧🇭Bahrain 5.351% 12,953
11 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 5.214% 14,240
12 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 4.912% 191,797
13 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4.618% 5,538
14 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 4.537% 268,055
15 🇧🇼Botswana 4.329% 26,942
16 🇯🇴Jordan 3.796% 65,081
17 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 3.625% 524,793
18 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 3.611% 5,134
19 🇵🇼Palau 3.51% 428
20 🇱🇸Lesotho 3.494% 38,224
21 🇰🇪Kenya 3.475% 424,093
22 🇮🇶Iraq 3.449% 359,721
23 🇸🇩Sudan 3.437% 430,580
24 🇧🇹Bhutan 3.405% 11,244
25 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.39% 231,411
26 🇦🇴Angola 3.352% 206,947
27 🇱🇾Libya 3.345% 74,450
28 🇰🇲Comoros 3.26% 8,479
29 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3.26% 3,973
30 🇨🇬Congo 3.124% 46,433
31 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 3.117% 172,766
32 🇹🇯Tajikistan 3.099% 96,797
33 🇬🇫French Guiana 3.093% 1,522
34 🇵🇸State of Palestine 3.092% 36,010
35 🇾🇹Mayotte 3.069% 1,142
36 🇭🇳Honduras 3.054% 89,225
37 🇲🇻Maldives 3.039% 3,980
38 🇳🇦Namibia 3.03% 24,369
39 🇲🇽Mexico 3.016% 1,629,300
40 🇻🇺Vanuatu 3.01% 2,756
41 🇲🇷Mauritania 3.0% 35,046
42 🇸🇳Senegal 2.993% 141,893
43 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.983% 360,928
44 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.963% 209,565
45 🇮🇱Israel 2.947% 90,758
46 🇬🇲Gambia 2.934% 16,294
47 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.927% 191,060
48 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.913% 900,659
49 🇵🇰Pakistan 2.9% 1,843,557
50 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.897% 122,256
51 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 2.888% 359,983
52 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.885% 250,811
53 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 2.874% 170
54 🇬🇭Ghana 2.868% 270,636
55 🇿🇦South Africa 2.867% 676,914
56 🇴🇲Oman 2.851% 19,971
57 🇿🇲Zambia 2.845% 129,971
58 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 2.825% 181
59 🇾🇪Yemen 2.782% 207,495
60 🇸🇿Eswatini 2.775% 12,923
61 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 2.773% 128,991
62 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.76% 37,720
63 🇵🇦Panama 2.742% 43,864
64 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2.739% 1,962,354
65 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.733% 186,038
66 🇳🇮Nicaragua 2.708% 69,678
67 🇹🇬Togo 2.698% 64,349
68 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2.696% 1,679
69 🇳🇪Niger 2.677% 131,292
70 🇹🇭Thailand 2.672% 1,013,475
71 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.67% 567,340
72 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.643% 776,459
73 🇸🇴Somalia 2.643% 104,131
74 🇮🇩Indonesia 2.64% 3,221,706
75 🇵🇪Peru 2.624% 372,863
76 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.593% 147,361
77 🇱🇷Liberia 2.585% 39,872
78 🇲🇼Malawi 2.58% 125,771
79 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 2.579% 411,996
80 🇨🇷Costa Rica 2.569% 49,782
81 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 2.56% 105,393
82 🇹🇳Tunisia 2.547% 137,458
83 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.536% 58,614
84 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 2.522% 605
85 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.515% 32,921
86 🇲🇦Morocco 2.507% 399,222
87 🇦🇫Afghanistan 2.502% 296,574
88 🇱🇧Lebanon 2.491% 62,507
89 🇧🇸Bahamas 2.49% 4,882
90 🇸🇨Seychelles 2.468% 1,404
91 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.46% 4,551
92 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.45% 1,435,910
93 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.431% 68,098
94 🇧🇷Brazil 2.428% 2,431,160
95 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.388% 254,959
96 🇦🇱Albania 2.381% 54,505
97 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.373% 62,363
98 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.36% 58,987
99 🇹🇩Chad 2.353% 91,622
100 🇹🇷Türkiye 2.352% 903,938
101 🇸🇻El Salvador 2.347% 90,290
102 🇬🇺Guam 2.343% 2,170
103 🇩🇿Algeria 2.325% 335,351
104 🇧🇯Benin 2.321% 74,445
105 🇪🇬Egypt 2.311% 838,054
106 🇨🇴Colombia 2.308% 503,644
107 🇺🇬Uganda 2.292% 249,532
108 🇮🇳India 2.272% 12,958,991
109 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 2.258% 71,656
110 🇵🇭Philippines 2.246% 884,927
111 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.241% 107,586
112 🇨🇳China 2.225% 19,211,762
113 🇲🇲Myanmar 2.206% 627,139
114 🇳🇵Nepal 2.191% 284,611
115 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 2.191% 28,513
116 🇻🇳Viet Nam 2.118% 919,591
117 🇸🇸South Sudan 2.117% 75,005
118 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 2.114% 326,628
119 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2.11% 1,710
120 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 2.056% 266,226
121 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 2.054% 696,927
122 🇬🇦Gabon 2.051% 12,736
123 🇦🇲Armenia 2.048% 52,779
124 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 2.037% 211
125 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 1.994% 255,428
126 🇸🇲San Marino 1.932% 363
127 🇳🇿New Zealand 1.929% 56,303
128 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.912% 41,753
129 🇭🇹Haiti 1.907% 91,802
130 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.874% 1,120
131 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.848% 52,010
132 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 1.805% 397
133 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.788% 96,229
134 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 1.758% 102,073
135 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.75% 10,025
136 🇷🇪Réunion 1.739% 8,451
137 🇬🇳Guinea 1.701% 75,361
138 🇮🇸Iceland 1.699% 3,555
139 🇲🇱Mali 1.698% 110,100
140 🇸🇬Singapore 1.661% 35,942
141 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 1.655% 46,735
142 🇹🇴Tonga 1.651% 1,442
143 🇫🇯Fiji 1.645% 9,054
144 🇦🇺Australia 1.642% 218,442
145 🇦🇸American Samoa 1.64% 459
146 🇨🇱Chile 1.627% 165,576
147 🇦🇷Argentina 1.598% 393,910
148 🇬🇱Greenland 1.596% 754
149 🇯🇪Jersey 1.584% 1,132
150 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1.543% 885
151 🇮🇪Ireland 1.541% 46,800
152 🇲🇰North Macedonia 1.538% 26,408
153 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 1.511% 138
154 🇨🇺Cuba 1.508% 137,558
155 🇯🇲Jamaica 1.488% 28,739
156 🇵🇹Portugal 1.44% 126,922
157 🇧🇿Belize 1.439% 1,794
158 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.411% 82
159 🇲🇺Mauritius 1.392% 11,881
160 🇼🇸Samoa 1.388% 2,005
161 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.381% 1,464
162 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 1.258% 12,764
163 🇷🇴Romania 1.236% 254,124
164 🇸🇭Saint Helena 1.231% 73
165 🇯🇵Japan 1.224% 1,336,598
166 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 1.221% 125
167 🇬🇾Guyana 1.217% 8,785
168 🇨🇦Canada 1.198% 266,261
169 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.172% 459
170 🇱🇺Luxembourg 1.164% 4,029
171 🇪🇸Spain 1.141% 394,210
172 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.091% 7,215
173 🇰🇭Cambodia 1.085% 72,425
174 🇺🇸United States of America 1.057% 2,250,435
175 🇲🇪Montenegro 1.035% 5,594
176 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.02% 39,269
177 🇱🇹Lithuania 1.013% 32,453
178 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 1.009% 5,921
179 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 1.004% 37,282
180 🇲🇨Monaco 0.989% 246
181 🇬🇮Gibraltar 0.956% 261
182 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.935% 914
183 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.924% 42,485
184 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.923% 16,314
185 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 0.897% 22
186 🇪🇪Estonia 0.889% 12,336
187 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.887% 118,348
188 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.868% 54,365
189 🇵🇱Poland 0.865% 285,748
190 🇫🇷France 0.833% 430,989
191 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 0.806% 2,396
192 🇳🇴Norway 0.777% 30,571
193 🇺🇦Ukraine 0.765% 366,752
194 🇱🇻Latvia 0.764% 18,312
195 🇩🇲Dominica 0.756% 530
196 🇮🇹Italy 0.742% 400,943
197 🇦🇼Aruba 0.732% 431
198 🇬🇷Greece 0.725% 64,174
199 🇦🇮Anguilla 0.718% 46
200 🇳🇷Nauru 0.705% 48
201 🇬🇪Georgia 0.696% 33,942
202 🇧🇾Belarus 0.69% 63,139
203 🇷🇸Serbia 0.661% 49,045
204 🇩🇰Denmark 0.638% 31,866
205 🇨🇼Curaçao 0.626% 960
206 🇫🇮Finland 0.591% 27,433
207 🇦🇹Austria 0.59% 44,474
208 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.577% 759,712
209 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.534% 15,067
210 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.439% 10
211 🇧🇬Bulgaria 0.428% 36,693
212 🇨🇿Czechia 0.423% 41,656
213 🇲🇹Malta 0.411% 1,352
214 🇭🇷Croatia 0.396% 17,814
215 🇧🇧Barbados 0.339% 846
216 🇩🇪Germany 0.334% 262,835
217 🇭🇺Hungary 0.325% 33,735
218 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.301% 159
219 🇧🇪Belgium 0.277% 26,884
220 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.263% 147,522
221 🇸🇪Sweden 0.182% 14,812
222 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 0.13% 417
223 🇲🇸Montserrat 0.106% 12
224 🇲🇶Martinique 0.075% 246
225 🇹🇰Tokelau 0.061% 1
226 🇬🇩Grenada 0.018% 18
227 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.011% 6
228 🇹🇻Tuvalu -0.123% -7
229 🇻🇦Holy See -0.136% -1
230 🇸🇷Suriname -0.352% -1,399
231 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.363% -160
232 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda -0.378% -244
233 🇪🇭Western Sahara -0.656% -513
234 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea -2.263% -7,004
235 🇧🇮Burundi -2.431% -87,913
236 🇨🇰Cook Islands -2.663% -553
237 🇳🇺Niue -3.924% -192

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1972

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.627% 10,120,368
2 Latin America and the Caribbean 2.399% 7,193,779
3 Asia 2.284% 51,119,149
4 Oceania 1.824% 373,697
5 Americas 1.815% 9,711,470
6 Northern America 1.071% 2,517,691
7 Europe 0.67% 4,459,265

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1972

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Southern Africa 2.931% 779,372
2 Central America 2.917% 2,121,294
3 Micronesia 2.746% 7,423
4 Western Asia 2.728% 2,493,790
5 Eastern Africa 2.714% 3,153,093
6 Middle Africa 2.681% 1,147,575
7 Northern Africa 2.55% 2,214,602
8 Central Asia 2.508% 853,276
9 Western Africa 2.503% 2,825,726
10 South-Eastern Asia 2.417% 7,113,421
11 Southern Asia 2.39% 18,517,398
12 Melanesia 2.357% 84,262
13 South America 2.294% 4,609,699
14 Eastern Asia 2.121% 22,141,264
15 Caribbean 1.76% 462,786
16 Polynesia 1.714% 7,267
17 Australia/New Zealand 1.693% 274,745
18 Southern Europe 0.944% 1,227,230
19 Eastern Europe 0.687% 1,921,326
20 Western Europe 0.562% 942,567
21 Northern Europe 0.417% 368,142

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1972

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 No income group available 2.94% 360,160
2 Low-income countries 2.524% 4,659,220
3 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 2.385% 32,729,310
4 Lower-middle-income countries 2.363% 28,070,090
5 Low-and-middle-income countries 2.259% 66,341,588
6 Middle-income countries 2.241% 61,682,368
7 Upper-middle-income countries 2.148% 33,612,278
8 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 1.736% 42,694,062
9 High-income countries 1.014% 9,081,784

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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