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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1980

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In the year 1980, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.801% and global population grew with total of 80,097,107 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands with a rate of 10.83%. Closely followed by 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates with a population growth rate of 10.163%, and 🇪🇭Western Sahara with 8.987% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇦🇫Afghanistan with -6.144%. Followed by 🇳🇺Niue with a population growth rate of -3.623%, and 🇹🇩Chad with -1.942% 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 2.202%, and Asia with a 1.956% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Africa had the highest population growth rate of 3.27%. Closely followed by Northern Africa with a population growth rate of 3.127%, and Western Africa with a 2.953% 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 2.828%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.83%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1980

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1980

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 10.83% 1,907
2 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 10.163% 103,140
3 🇪🇭Western Sahara 8.987% 10,541
4 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 8.978% 631,772
5 🇧🇮Burundi 6.323% 277,109
6 🇶🇦Qatar 6.32% 17,433
7 🇩🇯Djibouti 5.93% 19,314
8 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 5.881% 355,596
9 🇱🇾Libya 5.689% 194,775
10 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 5.529% 686
11 🇴🇲Oman 5.367% 53,728
12 🇾🇹Mayotte 5.328% 2,671
13 🇰🇼Kuwait 5.291% 79,594
14 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 4.755% 812
15 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 4.472% 497
16 🇵🇰Pakistan 4.469% 3,676,630
17 🇸🇩Sudan 4.465% 761,554
18 🇧🇭Bahrain 4.333% 15,551
19 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 4.172% 12,041
20 🇸🇴Somalia 4.049% 240,321
21 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 4.007% 303
22 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 3.986% 327,662
23 🇦🇩Andorra 3.977% 1,423
24 🇲🇼Malawi 3.912% 245,046
25 🇯🇴Jordan 3.861% 86,249
26 🇬🇫French Guiana 3.839% 2,547
27 🇨🇲Cameroon 3.741% 318,391
28 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.677% 1,464,964
29 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 3.676% 1,131
30 🇦🇴Angola 3.642% 296,231
31 🇰🇪Kenya 3.599% 576,476
32 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 3.486% 8,300
33 🇬🇲Gambia 3.478% 24,827
34 🇾🇪Yemen 3.448% 329,033
35 🇿🇦South Africa 3.376% 996,537
36 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.342% 299,357
37 🇸🇿Eswatini 3.32% 19,807
38 🇧🇹Bhutan 3.306% 14,326
39 🇦🇸American Samoa 3.275% 1,061
40 🇮🇶Iraq 3.204% 435,419
41 🇩🇿Algeria 3.186% 592,858
42 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3.18% 4,976
43 🇷🇼Rwanda 3.15% 168,634
44 🇳🇬Nigeria 3.146% 2,320,285
45 🇲🇾Malaysia 3.139% 407,560
46 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 3.098% 5,766
47 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 3.059% 2,368
48 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 3.058% 586,861
49 🇭🇳Honduras 3.043% 113,408
50 🇲🇬Madagascar 3.013% 271,287
51 🇿🇲Zambia 3.002% 174,160
52 🇳🇪Niger 2.994% 183,690
53 🇱🇷Liberia 2.979% 57,465
54 🇹🇬Togo 2.96% 86,459
55 🇸🇬Singapore 2.947% 71,830
56 🇱🇸Lesotho 2.914% 40,981
57 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.905% 775,813
58 🇰🇲Comoros 2.888% 9,752
59 🇳🇮Nicaragua 2.874% 93,476
60 🇵🇸State of Palestine 2.866% 42,093
61 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 2.86% 45,890
62 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.851% 42,017
63 🇹🇯Tajikistan 2.812% 112,335
64 🇲🇻Maldives 2.811% 4,634
65 🇧🇯Benin 2.803% 110,032
66 🇬🇭Ghana 2.791% 333,248
67 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.791% 425,827
68 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.733% 189,905
69 🇨🇷Costa Rica 2.717% 64,949
70 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.701% 43,373
71 🇪🇬Egypt 2.691% 1,182,690
72 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.689% 219,600
73 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.678% 81,760
74 🇲🇦Morocco 2.675% 520,534
75 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 2.626% 410,079
76 🇬🇦Gabon 2.604% 19,484
77 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.586% 73,244
78 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 2.582% 214
79 🇵🇭Philippines 2.568% 1,233,884
80 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.541% 175,299
81 🇧🇿Belize 2.534% 3,676
82 🇸🇳Senegal 2.516% 147,082
83 🇵🇪Peru 2.498% 433,667
84 🇸🇸South Sudan 2.473% 107,307
85 🇧🇼Botswana 2.463% 23,088
86 🇬🇺Guam 2.463% 2,713
87 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 2.448% 140,216
88 🇲🇽Mexico 2.438% 1,640,963
89 🇹🇻Tuvalu 2.417% 178
90 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.415% 41,079
91 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2.386% 2,099,619
92 🇫🇯Fiji 2.379% 15,271
93 🇳🇵Nepal 2.375% 369,343
94 🇻🇳Viet Nam 2.375% 1,246,827
95 🇵🇦Panama 2.369% 46,376
96 🇮🇩Indonesia 2.368% 3,526,973
97 🇮🇳India 2.361% 16,229,409
98 🇧🇷Brazil 2.351% 2,848,927
99 🇨🇴Colombia 2.32% 605,675
100 🇳🇷Nauru 2.314% 177
101 🇹🇳Tunisia 2.298% 151,780
102 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 2.291% 255
103 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.235% 128,703
104 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2.229% 2,196
105 🇨🇬Congo 2.219% 40,583
106 🇱🇧Lebanon 2.213% 65,166
107 🇮🇱Israel 2.176% 80,962
108 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.154% 2,491
109 🇲🇱Mali 2.13% 160,401
110 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 2.119% 105,156
111 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.102% 69,201
112 🇹🇷Türkiye 2.067% 938,559
113 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.064% 64,628
114 🇹🇭Thailand 2.046% 934,063
115 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 2.026% 66,288
116 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.993% 74,321
117 🇺🇬Uganda 1.992% 264,392
118 🇦🇱Albania 1.992% 54,484
119 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1.982% 4,878
120 🇭🇹Haiti 1.921% 107,877
121 🇲🇲Myanmar 1.915% 636,145
122 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.907% 12,393
123 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 1.856% 335,731
124 🇬🇳Guinea 1.821% 91,887
125 🇧🇸Bahamas 1.81% 4,209
126 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 1.787% 53
127 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 1.782% 264,608
128 🇲🇿Mozambique 1.764% 199,959
129 🇦🇷Argentina 1.591% 445,673
130 🇲🇺Mauritius 1.58% 15,080
131 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 1.57% 185
132 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.565% 957
133 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.564% 98,281
134 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 1.56% 12,937
135 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.546% 1,844
136 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1.511% 1,459
137 🇨🇱Chile 1.479% 170,212
138 🇨🇳China 1.439% 14,147,179
139 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 1.439% 361
140 🇦🇺Australia 1.409% 207,448
141 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 1.407% 45,208
142 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 1.399% 255,209
143 🇲🇰North Macedonia 1.364% 26,364
144 🇷🇪Réunion 1.339% 7,406
145 🇳🇦Namibia 1.335% 13,099
146 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1.328% 4,294
147 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1.305% 836
148 🇨🇦Canada 1.284% 315,078
149 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.27% 547
150 🇯🇲Jamaica 1.26% 27,040
151 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 1.234% 13,840
152 🇸🇲San Marino 1.214% 262
153 🇬🇱Greenland 1.207% 605
154 🇬🇷Greece 1.174% 113,352
155 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.13% 171,241
156 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 1.118% 426,347
157 🇮🇪Ireland 1.118% 38,193
158 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.111% 27,222
159 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1.107% 1,659
160 🇮🇸Iceland 1.038% 2,367
161 🇲🇪Montenegro 1.038% 6,070
162 🇸🇨Seychelles 1.025% 679
163 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 1.018% 41,227
164 🇺🇸United States of America 1.017% 2,336,792
165 🇵🇹Portugal 0.99% 96,639
166 🇦🇲Armenia 0.902% 28,034
167 🇵🇱Poland 0.893% 317,616
168 🇸🇻El Salvador 0.891% 40,453
169 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.89% 16,946
170 🇼🇸Samoa 0.867% 1,425
171 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.857% 35,546
172 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.847% 119,963
173 🇨🇾Cyprus 0.829% 5,662
174 🇪🇸Spain 0.814% 305,369
175 🇸🇭Saint Helena 0.798% 51
176 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.782% 38,921
177 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.778% 811
178 🇧🇾Belarus 0.775% 74,459
179 🇬🇪Georgia 0.744% 38,424
180 🇲🇨Monaco 0.734% 199
181 🇱🇹Lithuania 0.681% 23,362
182 🇮🇹Italy 0.681% 384,027
183 🇯🇵Japan 0.644% 762,694
184 🇪🇪Estonia 0.578% 8,528
185 🇷🇴Romania 0.574% 127,248
186 🇫🇷France 0.572% 308,658
187 🇲🇹Malta 0.551% 1,890
188 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.547% 758,488
189 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.503% 31,793
190 🇰🇭Cambodia 0.493% 25,650
191 🇺🇦Ukraine 0.49% 244,614
192 🇷🇸Serbia 0.474% 36,970
193 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.462% 248
194 🇬🇾Guyana 0.432% 3,348
195 🇯🇪Jersey 0.423% 324
196 🇨🇺Cuba 0.379% 37,151
197 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.379% 11,196
198 🇫🇮Finland 0.346% 16,555
199 🇭🇷Croatia 0.345% 15,999
200 🇳🇴Norway 0.328% 13,405
201 🇧🇬Bulgaria 0.326% 28,839
202 🇪🇹Ethiopia 0.302% 103,995
203 🇩🇪Germany 0.294% 230,464
204 🇬🇮Gibraltar 0.289% 83
205 🇧🇧Barbados 0.286% 719
206 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.283% 8,890
207 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 0.274% 177
208 🇱🇻Latvia 0.255% 6,406
209 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.242% 879
210 🇧🇪Belgium 0.217% 21,309
211 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 0.21% 697
212 🇦🇼Aruba 0.206% 128
213 🇹🇴Tonga 0.183% 179
214 🇸🇪Sweden 0.179% 14,869
215 🇨🇿Czechia 0.167% 17,118
216 🇲🇶Martinique 0.141% 467
217 🇦🇮Anguilla 0.121% 8
218 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.109% 61,076
219 🇨🇼Curaçao 0.106% 166
220 🇦🇹Austria 0.104% 7,868
221 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.097% 6
222 🇩🇲Dominica 0.079% 58
223 🇩🇰Denmark 0.038% 1,952
224 🇻🇦Holy See 0.0% 0
225 🇸🇷Suriname -0.105% -394
226 🇹🇰Tokelau -0.12% -2
227 🇭🇺Hungary -0.125% -13,367
228 🇬🇬Guernsey -0.141% -76
229 🇵🇼Palau -0.179% -22
230 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.355% -152
231 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -0.489% -11
232 🇨🇰Cook Islands -0.514% -91
233 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.82% -93
234 🇬🇩Grenada -1.094% -1,034
235 🇹🇩Chad -1.942% -87,667
236 🇳🇺Niue -3.623% -128
237 🇦🇫Afghanistan -6.144% -808,845

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1980

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.902% 14,016,662
2 Latin America and the Caribbean 2.202% 7,938,634
3 Asia 1.956% 51,476,754
4 Americas 1.722% 10,591,363
5 Oceania 1.42% 326,013
6 Northern America 1.042% 2,652,729
7 Europe 0.531% 3,686,315

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1980

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Southern Africa 3.27% 1,093,512
2 Northern Africa 3.127% 3,414,732
3 Western Africa 2.953% 4,158,529
4 Micronesia 2.912% 9,231
5 Western Asia 2.711% 3,072,281
6 Eastern Africa 2.698% 3,945,594
7 Middle Africa 2.635% 1,404,294
8 Southern Asia 2.476% 23,314,688
9 Central America 2.415% 2,178,600
10 South-Eastern Asia 2.314% 8,170,292
11 South America 2.235% 5,376,730
12 Melanesia 2.159% 92,349
13 Central Asia 2.035% 841,220
14 Polynesia 1.644% 8,095
15 Eastern Asia 1.359% 16,078,273
16 Caribbean 1.291% 383,304
17 Australia/New Zealand 1.211% 216,338
18 Southern Europe 0.82% 1,141,314
19 Eastern Europe 0.555% 1,635,163
20 Western Europe 0.423% 721,494
21 Northern Europe 0.21% 188,344

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1980

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 No income group available 2.828% 436,784
2 Lower-middle-income countries 2.597% 37,441,368
3 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 2.499% 41,696,439
4 Middle-income countries 2.077% 67,452,584
5 Low-and-middle-income countries 2.064% 71,707,655
6 Low-income countries 1.876% 4,255,071
7 Upper-middle-income countries 1.663% 30,011,216
8 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 1.374% 37,963,187
9 High-income countries 0.83% 7,951,971

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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