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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 1.772% and global population grew with total of 77,373,564 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇸🇴Somalia with a rate of 13.523%. Closely followed by 🇪🇭Western Sahara with a population growth rate of 13.446%, and 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates with 11.613% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇳🇺Niue with -2.598%. Followed by 🇸🇷Suriname with a population growth rate of -1.289%, and 🇦🇫Afghanistan with -1.063% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.902%. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a population growth rate of 2.275%, and Asia with a 1.912% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 3.022%. Closely followed by Northern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.979%, and Western Africa with a 2.883% 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 2.899%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.826%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1979

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1979

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇸🇴Somalia 13.523% 730,336
2 🇪🇭Western Sahara 13.446% 14,042
3 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 11.613% 105,379
4 🇩🇯Djibouti 7.684% 23,260
5 🇶🇦Qatar 6.496% 16,908
6 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 6.067% 700
7 🇰🇼Kuwait 5.892% 83,186
8 🇴🇲Oman 5.445% 52,440
9 🇱🇾Libya 5.115% 144,054
10 🇧🇼Botswana 5.021% 44,857
11 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 4.953% 479,423
12 🇾🇹Mayotte 4.952% 2,458
13 🇧🇭Bahrain 4.579% 15,873
14 🇦🇩Andorra 4.488% 1,532
15 🇸🇩Sudan 4.269% 681,805
16 🇬🇫French Guiana 4.027% 2,585
17 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 3.963% 649
18 🇰🇭Cambodia 3.822% 231,268
19 🇲🇼Malawi 3.821% 230,317
20 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 3.776% 301,895
21 🇵🇰Pakistan 3.666% 2,837,462
22 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 3.575% 390
23 🇰🇪Kenya 3.503% 547,205
24 🇲🇿Mozambique 3.472% 386,292
25 🇦🇴Angola 3.459% 278,192
26 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.438% 1,279,120
27 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 3.427% 7,737
28 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.419% 294,060
29 🇯🇴Jordan 3.412% 72,944
30 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.337% 864,326
31 🇾🇪Yemen 3.319% 295,371
32 🇸🇿Eswatini 3.308% 19,155
33 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 3.301% 1,020
34 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 3.287% 3,097
35 🇬🇲Gambia 3.286% 22,838
36 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 3.273% 612,030
37 🇧🇹Bhutan 3.255% 13,087
38 🇰🇲Comoros 3.252% 10,344
39 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 3.229% 5,874
40 🇷🇼Rwanda 3.22% 163,360
41 🇬🇭Ghana 3.125% 359,786
42 🇭🇳Honduras 3.111% 113,945
43 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3.088% 4,896
44 🇮🇶Iraq 3.061% 405,098
45 🇳🇬Nigeria 3.046% 2,155,110
46 🇳🇪Niger 3.045% 182,269
47 🇩🇿Algeria 3.035% 551,356
48 🇱🇷Liberia 2.969% 55,675
49 🇿🇲Zambia 2.957% 164,213
50 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.923% 254,063
51 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2.917% 2,162
52 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.891% 42,311
53 🇹🇯Tajikistan 2.881% 113,311
54 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 2.878% 211
55 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.836% 419,347
56 🇵🇸State of Palestine 2.803% 39,596
57 🇱🇸Lesotho 2.796% 38,267
58 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.789% 229,889
59 🇲🇽Mexico 2.781% 1,834,434
60 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 2.774% 210
61 🇲🇻Maldives 2.747% 4,404
62 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 2.746% 80
63 🇨🇷Costa Rica 2.735% 64,244
64 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.684% 43,309
65 🇵🇭Philippines 2.681% 1,264,112
66 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.672% 211,670
67 🇿🇦South Africa 2.647% 759,635
68 🇧🇯Benin 2.634% 98,321
69 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.629% 177,477
70 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.597% 334,361
71 🇳🇮Nicaragua 2.597% 83,466
72 🇹🇻Tuvalu 2.595% 196
73 🇹🇬Togo 2.593% 71,597
74 🇲🇦Morocco 2.59% 496,334
75 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.571% 77,116
76 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.569% 2,963
77 🇪🇬Egypt 2.55% 1,087,084
78 🇬🇦Gabon 2.525% 18,437
79 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 2.521% 392,282
80 🇹🇳Tunisia 2.517% 161,494
81 🇳🇦Namibia 2.495% 23,888
82 🇵🇪Peru 2.491% 424,881
83 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.48% 169,014
84 🇫🇯Fiji 2.474% 15,556
85 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.449% 68,439
86 🇸🇳Senegal 2.424% 134,897
87 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2.42% 2,299
88 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.4% 39,774
89 🇮🇩Indonesia 2.395% 3,465,771
90 🇸🇸South Sudan 2.391% 97,836
91 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 2.373% 157,930
92 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2.36% 1,933,161
93 🇧🇷Brazil 2.354% 2,811,879
94 🇹🇩Chad 2.346% 103,296
95 🇵🇦Panama 2.342% 44,772
96 🇳🇵Nepal 2.332% 355,343
97 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 2.313% 130,092
98 🇨🇬Congo 2.29% 40,945
99 🇨🇴Colombia 2.287% 584,934
100 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 2.276% 35,309
101 🇮🇳India 2.239% 15,252,540
102 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.229% 125,060
103 🇺🇬Uganda 2.168% 282,086
104 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 2.155% 104,999
105 🇹🇭Thailand 2.133% 954,916
106 🇧🇿Belize 2.125% 3,013
107 🇲🇱Mali 2.073% 149,610
108 🇹🇷Türkiye 2.054% 886,859
109 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.052% 62,420
110 🇱🇧Lebanon 2.02% 58,609
111 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.995% 65,828
112 🇧🇸Bahamas 1.994% 4,376
113 🇬🇺Guam 1.983% 2,137
114 🇭🇹Haiti 1.973% 109,218
115 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.948% 70,514
116 🇲🇲Myanmar 1.945% 638,323
117 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 1.936% 5,304
118 🇦🇸American Samoa 1.919% 615
119 🇸🇻El Salvador 1.912% 84,777
120 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1.898% 983,569
121 🇧🇮Burundi 1.89% 78,178
122 🇦🇱Albania 1.865% 53,880
123 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 1.861% 307
124 🇮🇱Israel 1.835% 67,437
125 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 1.827% 268,250
126 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.824% 58,967
127 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.745% 2,085
128 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 1.74% 309,574
129 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.73% 1,034
130 🇬🇳Guinea 1.718% 83,934
131 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 1.686% 415
132 🇸🇬Singapore 1.604% 37,814
133 🇦🇷Argentina 1.597% 440,566
134 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 1.579% 49,990
135 🇲🇺Mauritius 1.556% 14,631
136 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.509% 210,618
137 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 1.496% 170
138 🇲🇰North Macedonia 1.471% 27,654
139 🇨🇱Chile 1.46% 165,071
140 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 1.439% 16,003
141 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 1.422% 251,886
142 🇦🇲Armenia 1.421% 44,022
143 🇨🇳China 1.417% 13,716,852
144 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 1.398% 152
145 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.349% 84,969
146 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1.346% 850
147 🇯🇲Jamaica 1.294% 27,268
148 🇷🇪Réunion 1.293% 7,040
149 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.28% 544
150 🇸🇲San Marino 1.257% 265
151 🇬🇷Greece 1.228% 112,924
152 🇮🇪Ireland 1.219% 40,870
153 🇺🇸United States of America 1.201% 2,648,634
154 🇦🇺Australia 1.156% 167,908
155 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.144% 7,681
156 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1.134% 1,667
157 🇨🇦Canada 1.132% 274,264
158 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 1.1% 415,301
159 🇵🇹Portugal 1.087% 105,285
160 🇮🇸Iceland 1.077% 2,432
161 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.032% 24,667
162 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.015% 6,440
163 🇲🇪Montenegro 1.011% 5,899
164 🇵🇱Poland 0.973% 342,394
165 🇲🇨Monaco 0.965% 259
166 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.961% 47,387
167 🇲🇹Malta 0.957% 3,163
168 🇸🇨Seychelles 0.926% 599
169 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.921% 17,357
170 🇼🇸Samoa 0.884% 1,446
171 🇱🇹Lithuania 0.878% 30,655
172 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 0.869% 35,365
173 🇪🇸Spain 0.825% 306,791
174 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.809% 33,688
175 🇸🇭Saint Helena 0.804% 51
176 🇪🇹Ethiopia 0.786% 273,175
177 🇯🇵Japan 0.78% 910,658
178 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 0.773% 6,351
179 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 0.742% 2,329
180 🇷🇸Serbia 0.708% 54,716
181 🇬🇪Georgia 0.649% 33,168
182 🇷🇴Romania 0.643% 141,438
183 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.641% 90,061
184 🇬🇾Guyana 0.639% 4,951
185 🇧🇾Belarus 0.632% 61,697
186 🇱🇻Latvia 0.608% 15,538
187 🇳🇷Nauru 0.58% 44
188 🇪🇪Estonia 0.571% 8,391
189 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.558% 766,864
190 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.555% 593
191 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 0.537% 347
192 🇧🇧Barbados 0.509% 1,284
193 🇫🇷France 0.498% 266,341
194 🇭🇷Croatia 0.485% 22,576
195 🇺🇦Ukraine 0.481% 239,178
196 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.475% 13,962
197 🇬🇮Gibraltar 0.433% 124
198 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.427% 26
199 🇦🇼Aruba 0.426% 264
200 🇨🇿Czechia 0.402% 41,187
201 🇨🇺Cuba 0.397% 38,814
202 🇯🇪Jersey 0.369% 276
203 🇩🇲Dominica 0.366% 266
204 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 0.347% 1,156
205 🇳🇴Norway 0.314% 12,801
206 🇮🇹Italy 0.313% 175,704
207 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.293% 18,434
208 🇫🇮Finland 0.277% 13,193
209 🇭🇺Hungary 0.257% 27,433
210 🇹🇴Tonga 0.247% 238
211 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.214% 778
212 🇨🇼Curaçao 0.195% 306
213 🇸🇪Sweden 0.186% 15,395
214 🇹🇰Tokelau 0.182% 3
215 🇲🇶Martinique 0.173% 575
216 🇧🇪Belgium 0.16% 15,715
217 🇩🇰Denmark 0.158% 8,093
218 🇧🇬Bulgaria 0.141% 12,658
219 🇬🇱Greenland 0.127% 63
220 🇦🇮Anguilla 0.107% 7
221 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.078% 43,883
222 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.008% 249
223 🇧🇲Bermuda -0.065% -35
224 🇦🇹Austria -0.101% -7,588
225 🇻🇦Holy See -0.136% -1
226 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR -0.184% -453
227 🇩🇪Germany -0.187% -145,432
228 🇬🇬Guernsey -0.247% -131
229 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.365% -42
230 🇨🇰Cook Islands -0.468% -83
231 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.508% -220
232 🇬🇩Grenada -0.626% -596
233 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -0.665% -15
234 🇵🇼Palau -0.789% -97
235 🇦🇫Afghanistan -1.063% -138,028
236 🇸🇷Suriname -1.289% -4,866
237 🇳🇺Niue -2.598% -97

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1979

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.902% 13,578,267
2 Latin America and the Caribbean 2.275% 8,061,862
3 Asia 1.912% 49,433,532
4 Oceania 1.205% 272,711
5 Northern America 1.194% 2,922,952
6 Europe 0.45% 3,104,240

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1979

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 3.022% 1,567,355
2 Northern Africa 2.979% 3,136,169
3 Western Africa 2.883% 3,910,279
4 Eastern Africa 2.858% 4,078,662
5 Southern Africa 2.726% 885,802
6 Central America 2.709% 2,397,665
7 Western Asia 2.698% 3,043,023
8 Southern Asia 2.367% 21,805,339
9 South-Eastern Asia 2.303% 7,981,415
10 South America 2.232% 5,277,141
11 Melanesia 2.172% 90,343
12 Central Asia 2.145% 855,164
13 Micronesia 2.139% 6,607
14 Polynesia 1.545% 7,604
15 Eastern Asia 1.352% 15,748,591
16 Caribbean 1.318% 387,056
17 Australia/New Zealand 0.952% 168,157
18 Southern Europe 0.694% 956,866
19 Eastern Europe 0.585% 1,715,601
20 Northern Europe 0.215% 192,790
21 Western Europe 0.141% 238,983

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1979

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 No income group available 2.899% 433,772
2 Low-income countries 2.556% 5,896,127
3 Lower-middle-income countries 2.42% 37,485,338
4 Middle-income countries 1.992% 63,238,411
5 Upper-middle-income countries 1.584% 25,753,073
6 High-income countries 0.826% 7,805,254

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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