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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1979

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In the year 1979, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.786% and global population grew with total of 78,036,310 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇪🇭Western Sahara with a rate of 13.59%. Closely followed by 🇸🇴Somalia with a population growth rate of 13.486%, and 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates with 11.442% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇳🇺Niue with -3.039%. Followed by 🇦🇫Afghanistan with a population growth rate of -1.199%, and 🇸🇷Suriname with -1.074% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.918%. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a population growth rate of 2.233%, and Asia with a 1.949% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 3.046%. Closely followed by Northern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.936%, and Western Africa with a 2.907% 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 2.906%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.802%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1979

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1979

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇪🇭Western Sahara 13.59% 14,245
2 🇸🇴Somalia 13.486% 733,753
3 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 11.442% 104,239
4 🇩🇯Djibouti 7.652% 23,290
5 🇶🇦Qatar 6.595% 17,054
6 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 5.87% 688
7 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 5.84% 333,002
8 🇰🇼Kuwait 5.828% 82,941
9 🇱🇾Libya 5.762% 186,288
10 🇧🇼Botswana 5.368% 48,397
11 🇴🇲Oman 5.326% 50,536
12 🇾🇹Mayotte 5.154% 2,452
13 🇧🇭Bahrain 4.511% 15,491
14 🇦🇩Andorra 4.455% 1,528
15 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 4.373% 465
16 🇸🇩Sudan 3.948% 645,553
17 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 3.939% 644
18 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 3.914% 309,231
19 🇬🇫French Guiana 3.876% 2,474
20 🇰🇭Cambodia 3.861% 196,478
21 🇲🇼Malawi 3.791% 228,514
22 🇲🇿Mozambique 3.762% 414,865
23 🇵🇰Pakistan 3.686% 2,911,311
24 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.565% 1,369,779
25 🇦🇴Angola 3.532% 277,098
26 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 3.507% 8,064
27 🇰🇪Kenya 3.487% 539,110
28 🇯🇴Jordan 3.453% 74,360
29 🇬🇲Gambia 3.398% 23,438
30 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.373% 292,149
31 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.372% 872,820
32 🇧🇹Bhutan 3.36% 14,083
33 🇾🇪Yemen 3.353% 309,294
34 🇸🇿Eswatini 3.307% 19,084
35 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 3.274% 608,602
36 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3.186% 4,828
37 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 3.165% 941
38 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 3.115% 2,338
39 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 3.111% 5,612
40 🇮🇶Iraq 3.097% 407,833
41 🇳🇬Nigeria 3.095% 2,212,515
42 🇰🇲Comoros 3.084% 10,108
43 🇭🇳Honduras 3.07% 110,975
44 🇬🇭Ghana 3.062% 355,137
45 🇷🇼Rwanda 3.06% 158,803
46 🇲🇬Madagascar 3.04% 265,617
47 🇩🇿Algeria 3.039% 548,181
48 🇿🇲Zambia 2.984% 168,050
49 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 2.977% 2,811
50 🇳🇪Niger 2.975% 177,141
51 🇱🇷Liberia 2.97% 55,615
52 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 2.927% 236
53 🇱🇸Lesotho 2.908% 39,722
54 🇹🇯Tajikistan 2.905% 112,794
55 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 2.902% 212
56 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.842% 421,504
57 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 2.832% 44,172
58 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.831% 40,552
59 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 2.794% 81
60 🇵🇸State of Palestine 2.787% 39,792
61 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.752% 226,763
62 🇨🇷Costa Rica 2.723% 63,338
63 🇧🇯Benin 2.708% 103,413
64 🇿🇦South Africa 2.699% 772,854
65 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.698% 214,416
66 🇲🇻Maldives 2.692% 4,316
67 🇹🇬Togo 2.663% 75,620
68 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.659% 41,559
69 🇵🇭Philippines 2.648% 1,239,389
70 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.633% 178,089
71 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 2.62% 398,620
72 🇹🇻Tuvalu 2.603% 187
73 🇳🇮Nicaragua 2.6% 82,280
74 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.582% 76,775
75 🇲🇦Morocco 2.576% 488,175
76 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.552% 70,445
77 🇬🇦Gabon 2.543% 18,545
78 🇲🇽Mexico 2.532% 1,661,975
79 🇪🇬Egypt 2.524% 1,080,880
80 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.52% 169,531
81 🇳🇦Namibia 2.505% 24,120
82 🇸🇸South Sudan 2.494% 105,545
83 🇵🇪Peru 2.492% 421,955
84 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2.48% 2,387
85 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 2.478% 138,479
86 🇳🇷Nauru 2.478% 185
87 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.432% 2,749
88 🇸🇳Senegal 2.427% 138,405
89 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.425% 40,275
90 🇮🇩Indonesia 2.41% 3,504,439
91 🇮🇳India 2.409% 16,167,149
92 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.403% 303,441
93 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2.401% 2,063,101
94 🇹🇩Chad 2.393% 107,804
95 🇵🇦Panama 2.385% 45,589
96 🇫🇯Fiji 2.385% 14,953
97 🇧🇷Brazil 2.369% 2,804,353
98 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 2.343% 155,721
99 🇳🇵Nepal 2.342% 355,689
100 🇹🇳Tunisia 2.289% 147,772
101 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.263% 127,400
102 🇨🇬Congo 2.255% 40,338
103 🇨🇴Colombia 2.242% 572,068
104 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 2.238% 369
105 🇮🇱Israel 2.214% 80,620
106 🇧🇿Belize 2.183% 3,093
107 🇺🇬Uganda 2.175% 282,765
108 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 2.151% 104,471
109 🇬🇺Guam 2.132% 2,295
110 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 2.083% 5,023
111 🇹🇭Thailand 2.078% 929,112
112 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.077% 63,713
113 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 2.062% 365,749
114 🇱🇧Lebanon 2.05% 59,089
115 🇲🇱Mali 2.035% 150,097
116 🇦🇱Albania 1.998% 53,579
117 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 1.984% 5,553
118 🇧🇮Burundi 1.98% 83,242
119 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.971% 72,049
120 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.961% 62,892
121 🇹🇷Türkiye 1.928% 858,213
122 🇭🇹Haiti 1.923% 105,930
123 🇧🇸Bahamas 1.921% 4,385
124 🇲🇲Myanmar 1.918% 625,165
125 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1.902% 976,955
126 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 1.866% 272,112
127 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.844% 59,541
128 🇸🇻El Salvador 1.775% 79,534
129 🇬🇳Guinea 1.702% 84,387
130 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.654% 995
131 🇦🇸American Samoa 1.651% 522
132 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 1.645% 52,076
133 🇦🇷Argentina 1.595% 439,730
134 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 1.587% 184
135 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.566% 96,867
136 🇲🇺Mauritius 1.552% 14,578
137 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.552% 9,912
138 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 1.517% 375
139 🇷🇪Réunion 1.49% 8,127
140 🇬🇷Greece 1.485% 141,469
141 🇨🇱Chile 1.476% 167,331
142 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.429% 1,680
143 🇨🇳China 1.404% 13,603,767
144 🇲🇰North Macedonia 1.399% 26,666
145 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 1.398% 251,423
146 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1.325% 838
147 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.303% 554
148 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 1.297% 14,369
149 🇸🇲San Marino 1.257% 268
150 🇮🇪Ireland 1.205% 40,684
151 🇯🇲Jamaica 1.194% 25,304
152 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.183% 177,264
153 🇦🇺Australia 1.164% 169,176
154 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1.155% 1,711
155 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 1.151% 434,068
156 🇨🇦Canada 1.148% 278,129
157 🇸🇬Singapore 1.124% 26,842
158 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.083% 26,259
159 🇵🇹Portugal 1.076% 104,005
160 🇮🇸Iceland 1.068% 2,410
161 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1.048% 3,348
162 🇺🇸United States of America 0.98% 2,230,351
163 🇲🇨Monaco 0.971% 261
164 🇸🇨Seychelles 0.969% 636
165 🇦🇲Armenia 0.968% 29,793
166 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.963% 47,497
167 🇵🇱Poland 0.961% 338,649
168 🇲🇪Montenegro 0.958% 5,547
169 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.922% 17,380
170 🇼🇸Samoa 0.893% 1,455
171 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 0.883% 35,422
172 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.844% 34,706
173 🇪🇸Spain 0.83% 309,015
174 🇸🇭Saint Helena 0.82% 52
175 🇪🇹Ethiopia 0.805% 275,730
176 🇨🇾Cyprus 0.796% 5,392
177 🇯🇵Japan 0.776% 911,706
178 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.748% 105,072
179 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 0.724% 5,933
180 🇱🇹Lithuania 0.705% 24,004
181 🇬🇪Georgia 0.689% 35,321
182 🇬🇾Guyana 0.683% 5,262
183 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 0.675% 74
184 🇷🇴Romania 0.65% 143,047
185 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.637% 659
186 🇧🇾Belarus 0.592% 56,472
187 🇪🇪Estonia 0.569% 8,353
188 🇲🇹Malta 0.564% 1,922
189 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.547% 753,677
190 🇷🇸Serbia 0.505% 39,165
191 🇫🇷France 0.469% 251,673
192 🇨🇺Cuba 0.468% 45,729
193 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 0.467% 300
194 🇧🇬Bulgaria 0.456% 40,250
195 🇺🇦Ukraine 0.448% 222,928
196 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.439% 12,904
197 🇯🇪Jersey 0.43% 328
198 🇬🇮Gibraltar 0.416% 119
199 🇻🇦Holy See 0.405% 3
200 🇨🇿Czechia 0.404% 41,376
201 🇭🇷Croatia 0.386% 17,876
202 🇳🇴Norway 0.314% 12,802
203 🇮🇹Italy 0.312% 175,382
204 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.293% 18,471
205 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 0.287% 948
206 🇫🇮Finland 0.278% 13,266
207 🇹🇴Tonga 0.278% 271
208 🇩🇲Dominica 0.26% 190
209 🇭🇺Hungary 0.258% 27,595
210 🇦🇼Aruba 0.255% 158
211 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.243% 15
212 🇱🇻Latvia 0.242% 6,060
213 🇦🇮Anguilla 0.228% 15
214 🇧🇪Belgium 0.226% 22,145
215 🇸🇪Sweden 0.224% 18,572
216 🇩🇰Denmark 0.205% 10,493
217 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.205% 744
218 🇲🇶Martinique 0.164% 543
219 🇩🇪Germany 0.134% 104,484
220 🇨🇼Curaçao 0.127% 198
221 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.118% 63
222 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.117% 65,604
223 🇬🇱Greenland 0.106% 53
224 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.018% 563
225 🇧🇧Barbados -0.084% -210
226 🇦🇹Austria -0.103% -7,738
227 🇹🇰Tokelau -0.12% -2
228 🇬🇬Guernsey -0.17% -92
229 🇨🇰Cook Islands -0.405% -72
230 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.412% -47
231 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.497% -214
232 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -0.75% -17
233 🇵🇼Palau -0.892% -110
234 🇬🇩Grenada -0.911% -870
235 🇸🇷Suriname -1.074% -4,056
236 🇦🇫Afghanistan -1.199% -163,666
237 🇳🇺Niue -3.039% -111

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1979

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.918% 13,689,770
2 Latin America and the Caribbean 2.233% 7,872,966
3 Asia 1.949% 50,310,400
4 Americas 1.717% 10,381,577
5 Oceania 1.216% 275,485
6 Northern America 0.996% 2,508,611
7 Europe 0.489% 3,379,078

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1979

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 3.046% 1,577,567
2 Northern Africa 2.936% 3,111,094
3 Western Africa 2.907% 3,975,865
4 Eastern Africa 2.898% 4,121,067
5 Southern Africa 2.787% 904,177
6 Western Asia 2.621% 2,891,986
7 Central America 2.518% 2,216,315
8 Southern Asia 2.503% 22,993,874
9 South-Eastern Asia 2.283% 7,876,886
10 Micronesia 2.27% 7,013
11 South America 2.237% 5,262,099
12 Melanesia 2.179% 91,190
13 Central Asia 2.053% 831,172
14 Polynesia 1.557% 7,543
15 Eastern Asia 1.347% 15,716,482
16 Caribbean 1.347% 394,552
17 Australia/New Zealand 0.96% 169,739
18 Southern Europe 0.704% 972,802
19 Eastern Europe 0.582% 1,706,913
20 Western Europe 0.292% 495,487
21 Northern Europe 0.227% 203,876

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1979

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 No income group available 2.906% 436,219
2 Low-income countries 2.551% 5,660,854
3 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 2.521% 41,029,801
4 Lower-middle-income countries 2.516% 35,368,947
5 Low-and-middle-income countries 2.056% 69,980,520
6 Middle-income countries 2.022% 64,319,666
7 Upper-middle-income countries 1.631% 28,950,719
8 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 1.342% 36,569,342
9 High-income countries 0.802% 7,618,623

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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