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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1973

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In the year 1973, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.928% and global population grew with total of 75,588,605 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates with a rate of 11.295%. Closely followed by 🇶🇦Qatar with a population growth rate of 9.461%, and 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands with 8.718% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇳🇺Niue with -4.578%. Followed by 🇨🇰Cook Islands with a population growth rate of -3.083%, and 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea with -2.517% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.679%. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a population growth rate of 2.396%, and Asia with a 2.223% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Central America had the highest population growth rate of 2.984%. Closely followed by Southern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.921%, and Eastern Africa with a 2.896% 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 2.912%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.959%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1973

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1973

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 11.295% 49,820
2 🇶🇦Qatar 9.461% 15,480
3 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 8.718% 1,228
4 🇩🇯Djibouti 7.171% 12,711
5 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 7.022% 544
6 🇦🇩Andorra 6.5% 1,585
7 🇰🇼Kuwait 5.964% 57,869
8 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 5.381% 381,349
9 🇧🇭Bahrain 5.351% 13,730
10 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 5.322% 662
11 🇧🇼Botswana 5.072% 33,326
12 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 4.741% 3,533
13 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 4.549% 284,609
14 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4.215% 5,315
15 🇱🇾Libya 4.05% 84,410
16 🇾🇹Mayotte 3.553% 1,391
17 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 3.537% 534,897
18 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 3.492% 5,205
19 🇰🇪Kenya 3.47% 442,706
20 🇯🇴Jordan 3.455% 61,063
21 🇸🇩Sudan 3.438% 428,610
22 🇱🇸Lesotho 3.43% 38,951
23 🇮🇶Iraq 3.41% 370,686
24 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3.396% 4,444
25 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.367% 235,750
26 🇦🇴Angola 3.35% 220,327
27 🇧🇹Bhutan 3.297% 10,871
28 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 3.246% 185,399
29 🇳🇮Nicaragua 3.192% 85,621
30 🇻🇺Vanuatu 3.19% 3,052
31 🇨🇬Congo 3.102% 47,525
32 🇲🇽Mexico 3.086% 1,704,338
33 🇲🇬Madagascar 3.035% 220,567
34 🇹🇯Tajikistan 3.001% 98,340
35 🇬🇲Gambia 2.991% 17,270
36 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.985% 272,277
37 🇭🇳Honduras 2.984% 90,917
38 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.972% 36,476
39 🇳🇦Namibia 2.967% 24,476
40 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.956% 367,304
41 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.952% 125,727
42 🇸🇳Senegal 2.942% 140,363
43 🇰🇲Comoros 2.941% 7,756
44 🇲🇻Maldives 2.924% 3,946
45 🇴🇲Oman 2.923% 21,297
46 🇬🇫French Guiana 2.923% 1,482
47 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 2.901% 176
48 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 2.9% 380,078
49 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.881% 892,428
50 🇬🇭Ghana 2.88% 277,530
51 🇮🇱Israel 2.855% 91,759
52 🇿🇲Zambia 2.854% 132,800
53 🇿🇦South Africa 2.84% 692,416
54 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.836% 39,763
55 🇵🇰Pakistan 2.826% 1,816,803
56 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.809% 188,760
57 🇸🇿Eswatini 2.799% 13,453
58 🇾🇪Yemen 2.785% 206,607
59 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.755% 192,802
60 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.742% 65,615
61 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.737% 5,112
62 🇱🇷Liberia 2.702% 42,754
63 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.695% 588,977
64 🇹🇳Tunisia 2.68% 146,396
65 🇲🇼Malawi 2.678% 133,790
66 🇹🇭Thailand 2.672% 1,038,739
67 🇵🇦Panama 2.672% 44,001
68 🇳🇪Niger 2.664% 134,752
69 🇸🇲San Marino 2.662% 506
70 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.656% 815,268
71 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 2.644% 166
72 🇸🇴Somalia 2.637% 106,080
73 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.632% 36,221
74 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 2.623% 127,258
75 🇵🇪Peru 2.606% 382,367
76 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 2.592% 34,618
77 🇮🇩Indonesia 2.591% 3,231,201
78 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.587% 152,490
79 🇦🇱Albania 2.584% 65,113
80 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2.566% 1,639
81 🇦🇫Afghanistan 2.557% 295,909
82 🇨🇷Costa Rica 2.556% 51,275
83 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2.553% 1,816,442
84 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 2.533% 107,268
85 🇱🇧Lebanon 2.514% 64,605
86 🇹🇬Togo 2.491% 59,566
87 🇲🇦Morocco 2.486% 409,951
88 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.48% 1,478,097
89 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.474% 63,897
90 🇵🇭Philippines 2.458% 993,107
91 🇸🇸South Sudan 2.444% 86,569
92 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.432% 69,971
93 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.424% 268,168
94 🇺🇬Uganda 2.419% 269,631
95 🇩🇿Algeria 2.408% 355,975
96 🇧🇷Brazil 2.407% 2,494,894
97 🇸🇻El Salvador 2.402% 93,456
98 🇬🇺Guam 2.379% 2,262
99 🇵🇼Palau 2.36% 296
100 🇻🇳Viet Nam 2.321% 1,042,080
101 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.291% 61,217
102 🇹🇩Chad 2.283% 89,317
103 🇮🇳India 2.259% 13,466,055
104 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.245% 110,043
105 🇧🇯Benin 2.24% 72,277
106 🇨🇴Colombia 2.237% 500,951
107 🇹🇷Türkiye 2.222% 844,943
108 🇦🇲Armenia 2.203% 59,639
109 🇧🇸Bahamas 2.197% 4,252
110 🇳🇵Nepal 2.142% 285,642
111 🇪🇬Egypt 2.137% 793,103
112 🇸🇨Seychelles 2.132% 1,244
113 🇳🇿New Zealand 2.12% 63,180
114 🇧🇮Burundi 2.102% 75,086
115 🇨🇳China 2.101% 18,520,802
116 🇬🇦Gabon 2.09% 13,274
117 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 2.058% 66,354
118 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2.032% 1,676
119 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 2.008% 323,801
120 🇲🇲Myanmar 2.003% 584,202
121 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 1.96% 312,370
122 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 1.947% 674,640
123 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.946% 42,739
124 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 1.924% 253,344
125 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.909% 56,158
126 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.905% 111
127 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1.795% 458
128 🇭🇹Haiti 1.782% 88,050
129 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 1.774% 104,803
130 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1.76% 21,033
131 🇲🇱Mali 1.733% 111,857
132 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 1.726% 384
133 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.704% 97,628
134 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.7% 9,929
135 🇸🇬Singapore 1.675% 36,330
136 🇦🇷Argentina 1.672% 418,299
137 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 1.655% 47,594
138 🇬🇳Guinea 1.632% 72,564
139 🇦🇸American Samoa 1.626% 464
140 🇫🇯Fiji 1.621% 9,030
141 🇷🇪Réunion 1.61% 8,057
142 🇨🇱Chile 1.597% 164,602
143 🇳🇷Nauru 1.588% 111
144 🇮🇪Ireland 1.581% 48,397
145 🇯🇲Jamaica 1.546% 30,073
146 🇦🇺Australia 1.542% 208,431
147 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.531% 928
148 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1.524% 889
149 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.518% 1,641
150 🇼🇸Samoa 1.506% 2,252
151 🇹🇴Tonga 1.465% 1,327
152 🇯🇪Jersey 1.447% 1,031
153 🇬🇱Greenland 1.441% 691
154 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.416% 181,055
155 🇧🇿Belize 1.4% 1,776
156 🇲🇰North Macedonia 1.38% 23,802
157 🇵🇹Portugal 1.367% 122,424
158 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 1.365% 141
159 🇯🇵Japan 1.336% 1,465,723
160 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 1.329% 13,641
161 🇮🇸Iceland 1.328% 2,820
162 🇨🇺Cuba 1.312% 121,957
163 🇨🇦Canada 1.31% 294,660
164 🇲🇺Mauritius 1.309% 11,324
165 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 1.249% 7,532
166 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 1.238% 124
167 🇷🇴Romania 1.199% 247,369
168 🇰🇭Cambodia 1.129% 77,345
169 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.125% 447
170 🇸🇭Saint Helena 1.116% 67
171 🇲🇪Montenegro 1.088% 5,953
172 🇪🇸Spain 1.078% 376,133
173 🇬🇾Guyana 1.073% 7,831
174 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 1.067% 40,880
175 🇦🇼Aruba 1.06% 629
176 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.031% 1,051
177 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.025% 40,432
178 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.982% 45,561
179 🇺🇸United States of America 0.947% 1,962,819
180 🇹🇻Tuvalu 0.944% 56
181 🇱🇹Lithuania 0.916% 30,305
182 🇵🇱Poland 0.892% 296,609
183 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.876% 15,647
184 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.866% 116,421
185 🇪🇪Estonia 0.858% 12,017
186 🇬🇮Gibraltar 0.853% 235
187 🇷🇸Serbia 0.815% 59,930
188 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 0.81% 2,424
189 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 0.805% 20
190 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.78% 75
191 🇫🇷France 0.724% 375,246
192 🇱🇻Latvia 0.718% 17,645
193 🇲🇨Monaco 0.705% 177
194 🇧🇾Belarus 0.691% 64,739
195 🇩🇲Dominica 0.685% 482
196 🇬🇪Georgia 0.676% 33,127
197 🇮🇹Italy 0.675% 366,967
198 🇧🇬Bulgaria 0.649% 56,798
199 🇬🇷Greece 0.634% 54,932
200 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.627% 2,190
201 🇳🇴Norway 0.625% 24,767
202 🇺🇦Ukraine 0.608% 293,522
203 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.606% 38,195
204 🇨🇿Czechia 0.57% 56,459
205 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.559% 15,851
206 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.547% 723,492
207 🇫🇮Finland 0.542% 25,277
208 🇦🇹Austria 0.52% 39,433
209 🇩🇰Denmark 0.519% 25,992
210 🇦🇮Anguilla 0.5% 32
211 🇨🇾Cyprus 0.488% 3,177
212 🇧🇧Barbados 0.488% 1,195
213 🇸🇪Sweden 0.449% 36,639
214 🇨🇼Curaçao 0.441% 680
215 🇭🇷Croatia 0.395% 17,948
216 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.359% 190
217 🇲🇹Malta 0.351% 1,110
218 🇭🇺Hungary 0.323% 33,647
219 🇲🇸Montserrat 0.288% 33
220 🇧🇪Belgium 0.242% 23,498
221 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 0.22% 707
222 🇹🇰Tokelau 0.185% 3
223 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.176% 4
224 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.151% 84,689
225 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.068% 36
226 🇲🇶Martinique -0.022% -71
227 🇩🇪Germany -0.033% -25,758
228 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR -0.274% -679
229 🇬🇩Grenada -0.357% -349
230 🇸🇷Suriname -0.381% -1,510
231 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda -0.4% -258
232 🇻🇦Holy See -0.402% -3
233 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.418% -185
234 🇪🇭Western Sahara -0.89% -691
235 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea -2.517% -7,503
236 🇨🇰Cook Islands -3.083% -622
237 🇳🇺Niue -4.578% -216

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1973

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.679% 10,588,110
2 Latin America and the Caribbean 2.396% 7,382,427
3 Asia 2.223% 51,062,410
4 Oceania 1.775% 370,042
5 Northern America 0.982% 2,258,471
6 Europe 0.587% 3,927,145

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1973

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Central America 2.984% 2,223,874
2 Southern Africa 2.921% 802,622
3 Eastern Africa 2.896% 3,479,501
4 Western Asia 2.748% 2,629,562
5 Middle Africa 2.697% 1,189,134
6 Western Africa 2.521% 2,899,099
7 Northern Africa 2.506% 2,217,754
8 Micronesia 2.483% 6,922
9 South-Eastern Asia 2.438% 7,356,278
10 Southern Asia 2.352% 18,841,440
11 Melanesia 2.302% 83,726
12 South America 2.281% 4,714,775
13 Central Asia 2.275% 791,442
14 Eastern Asia 2.016% 21,443,688
15 Polynesia 1.762% 7,783
16 Caribbean 1.651% 443,778
17 Australia/New Zealand 1.647% 271,611
18 Southern Europe 0.906% 1,187,332
19 Eastern Europe 0.661% 1,859,076
20 Northern Europe 0.351% 310,951
21 Western Europe 0.339% 569,786

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1973

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 No income group available 2.912% 366,127
2 Low-income countries 2.583% 5,092,982
3 Lower-middle-income countries 2.362% 31,750,807
4 Middle-income countries 2.187% 61,522,810
5 Upper-middle-income countries 2.027% 29,772,003
6 High-income countries 0.959% 8,606,686

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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