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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1981

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In the year 1981, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.816% and global population grew with total of 82,245,033 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands with a rate of 12.591%. Closely followed by 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) with a population growth rate of 8.259%, and 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) with 6.74% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇦🇫Afghanistan with -13.883%. Followed by 🇳🇺Niue with a population growth rate of -4.45%, and 🇸🇴Somalia with -2.456% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 3.039%. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a population growth rate of 2.143%, and Asia with a 1.983% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Africa had the highest population growth rate of 3.36%. Closely followed by Micronesia with a population growth rate of 3.225%, and Eastern Africa with a 3.139% 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 2.777%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.752%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1981

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1981

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 12.591% 2,493
2 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 8.259% 1,098
3 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6.74% 2,829,012
4 🇪🇭Western Sahara 6.702% 8,502
5 🇶🇦Qatar 6.081% 17,845
6 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 6.069% 389,512
7 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 5.927% 65,170
8 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 5.665% 17,175
9 🇴🇲Oman 5.526% 58,416
10 🇱🇾Libya 5.509% 199,443
11 🇾🇹Mayotte 5.477% 2,898
12 🇰🇼Kuwait 4.908% 77,694
13 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 4.882% 386
14 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 4.692% 840
15 🇪🇹Ethiopia 4.666% 1,647,000
16 🇸🇬Singapore 4.614% 116,788
17 🇩🇯Djibouti 4.417% 15,150
18 🇧🇼Botswana 4.324% 41,935
19 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 4.322% 502
20 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 4.23% 1,354
21 🇯🇴Jordan 4.146% 96,412
22 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 4.022% 344,103
23 🇲🇼Malawi 3.941% 256,805
24 🇵🇰Pakistan 3.9% 3,345,449
25 🇦🇸American Samoa 3.88% 1,303
26 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 3.86% 443
27 🇸🇩Sudan 3.835% 681,781
28 🇬🇫French Guiana 3.831% 2,641
29 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 3.773% 282,891
30 🇦🇴Angola 3.643% 307,240
31 🇦🇩Andorra 3.635% 1,351
32 🇧🇭Bahrain 3.625% 13,540
33 🇰🇪Kenya 3.552% 589,621
34 🇾🇪Yemen 3.532% 348,975
35 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 3.464% 8,541
36 🇬🇲Gambia 3.463% 25,597
37 🇿🇦South Africa 3.431% 1,047,837
38 🇸🇿Eswatini 3.327% 20,521
39 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.301% 305,696
40 🇩🇿Algeria 3.3% 634,203
41 🇨🇲Cameroon 3.289% 289,925
42 🇹🇬Togo 3.247% 97,839
43 🇧🇹Bhutan 3.246% 14,537
44 🇷🇼Rwanda 3.244% 179,309
45 🇲🇾Malaysia 3.166% 424,120
46 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3.154% 5,093
47 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 3.144% 7,938
48 🇿🇲Zambia 3.121% 186,752
49 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 3.108% 5,966
50 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 3.048% 603,007
51 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 3.017% 2,407
52 🇭🇳Honduras 3.014% 115,801
53 🇳🇬Nigeria 3.006% 2,286,639
54 🇵🇸State of Palestine 2.988% 45,197
55 🇳🇪Niger 2.98% 188,380
56 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.96% 274,669
57 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.92% 803,020
58 🇱🇸Lesotho 2.909% 42,116
59 🇱🇷Liberia 2.907% 57,763
60 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.878% 43,651
61 🇧🇯Benin 2.875% 116,080
62 🇬🇭Ghana 2.828% 347,280
63 🇮🇶Iraq 2.809% 393,361
64 🇲🇻Maldives 2.808% 4,761
65 🇹🇯Tajikistan 2.804% 115,198
66 🇳🇮Nicaragua 2.782% 93,066
67 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.772% 86,978
68 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.756% 432,332
69 🇰🇲Comoros 2.755% 9,571
70 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2.74% 2,473,727
71 🇨🇷Costa Rica 2.73% 67,058
72 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.729% 194,838
73 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.722% 44,911
74 🇰🇭Cambodia 2.717% 143,597
75 🇪🇬Egypt 2.682% 1,210,932
76 🇬🇦Gabon 2.669% 20,509
77 🇲🇦Morocco 2.654% 530,383
78 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.653% 222,466
79 🇵🇭Philippines 2.641% 1,302,090
80 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.639% 76,724
81 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 2.62% 420,113
82 🇳🇷Nauru 2.603% 204
83 🇸🇳Senegal 2.601% 155,963
84 🇧🇿Belize 2.535% 3,771
85 🇬🇺Guam 2.489% 2,810
86 🇵🇪Peru 2.484% 442,044
87 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.481% 175,571
88 🇸🇸South Sudan 2.455% 109,176
89 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 2.424% 206
90 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.408% 41,963
91 🇫🇯Fiji 2.391% 15,722
92 🇵🇦Panama 2.364% 47,392
93 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 2.362% 138,616
94 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.344% 78,913
95 🇮🇳India 2.338% 16,455,039
96 🇻🇳Viet Nam 2.325% 1,249,251
97 🇮🇩Indonesia 2.323% 3,542,017
98 🇳🇵Nepal 2.319% 369,291
99 🇧🇷Brazil 2.307% 2,862,370
100 🇨🇴Colombia 2.291% 611,864
101 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 2.284% 37,605
102 🇵🇼Palau 2.282% 283
103 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.281% 263,851
104 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.271% 2,685
105 🇹🇳Tunisia 2.255% 152,399
106 🇲🇽Mexico 2.239% 1,542,584
107 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.203% 129,715
108 🇺🇬Uganda 2.191% 297,030
109 🇨🇬Congo 2.191% 40,966
110 🇹🇩Chad 2.183% 98,681
111 🇲🇱Mali 2.133% 164,101
112 🇮🇱Israel 2.109% 80,183
113 🇱🇧Lebanon 2.103% 63,269
114 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.077% 66,385
115 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 2.019% 67,414
116 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.994% 75,843
117 🇦🇱Albania 1.989% 55,510
118 🇹🇭Thailand 1.97% 917,605
119 🇬🇳Guinea 1.941% 99,851
120 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.934% 1,946
121 🇭🇹Haiti 1.932% 110,586
122 🇧🇮Burundi 1.917% 87,508
123 🇹🇷Türkiye 1.913% 886,191
124 🇹🇻Tuvalu 1.887% 142
125 🇲🇲Myanmar 1.852% 627,012
126 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 1.814% 91,787
127 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 1.731% 669,818
128 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 1.721% 316,883
129 🇧🇸Bahamas 1.677% 3,967
130 🇦🇺Australia 1.661% 248,262
131 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.621% 103,512
132 🇦🇷Argentina 1.613% 459,052
133 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.595% 991
134 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 1.581% 13,321
135 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 1.578% 238,272
136 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.575% 1,908
137 🇲🇺Mauritius 1.54% 14,924
138 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 1.504% 383
139 🇨🇳China 1.5% 14,967,879
140 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 1.492% 45
141 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 1.48% 273,808
142 🇷🇪Réunion 1.476% 8,280
143 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1.463% 4,796
144 🇨🇱Chile 1.457% 170,121
145 🇯🇲Jamaica 1.347% 29,280
146 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.34% 8,850
147 🇲🇰North Macedonia 1.311% 25,691
148 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.286% 561
149 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 1.246% 40,562
150 🇨🇦Canada 1.237% 307,317
151 🇮🇸Iceland 1.23% 2,837
152 🇬🇱Greenland 1.205% 611
153 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.15% 28,512
154 🇸🇲San Marino 1.14% 249
155 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 1.14% 12,937
156 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.103% 169,025
157 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1.049% 1,589
158 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 1.047% 125
159 🇸🇨Seychelles 1.044% 699
160 🇺🇸United States of America 1.012% 2,349,133
161 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 0.988% 40,422
162 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 0.943% 922
163 🇵🇱Poland 0.922% 331,172
164 🇯🇪Jersey 0.919% 708
165 🇸🇭Saint Helena 0.915% 59
166 🇳🇦Namibia 0.91% 9,033
167 🇬🇷Greece 0.909% 88,624
168 🇦🇲Armenia 0.888% 27,833
169 🇨🇾Cyprus 0.867% 5,971
170 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.865% 909
171 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.861% 36,037
172 🇮🇪Ireland 0.84% 28,981
173 🇬🇪Georgia 0.779% 40,544
174 🇧🇾Belarus 0.778% 75,295
175 🇼🇸Samoa 0.776% 1,286
176 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.751% 37,685
177 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.741% 400
178 🇱🇹Lithuania 0.707% 24,419
179 🇲🇪Montenegro 0.696% 4,107
180 🇪🇸Spain 0.648% 244,927
181 🇪🇪Estonia 0.621% 9,224
182 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.592% 37,627
183 🇫🇷France 0.588% 319,244
184 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.574% 799,262
185 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.574% 18,135
186 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 0.57% 1,894
187 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.561% 80,042
188 🇲🇹Malta 0.54% 1,860
189 🇭🇷Croatia 0.53% 24,725
190 🇨🇺Cuba 0.527% 51,899
191 🇦🇼Aruba 0.524% 326
192 🇵🇹Portugal 0.521% 51,284
193 🇲🇨Monaco 0.52% 142
194 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.511% 276
195 🇫🇮Finland 0.509% 24,442
196 🇷🇴Romania 0.488% 108,789
197 🇺🇦Ukraine 0.446% 223,645
198 🇸🇻El Salvador 0.437% 19,982
199 🇯🇵Japan 0.427% 507,901
200 🇦🇹Austria 0.402% 30,432
201 🇱🇻Latvia 0.397% 10,016
202 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.384% 11,390
203 🇦🇮Anguilla 0.363% 24
204 🇳🇴Norway 0.359% 14,731
205 🇷🇸Serbia 0.334% 26,183
206 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.319% 6,101
207 🇮🇲Isle of Man 0.316% 204
208 🇧🇬Bulgaria 0.312% 27,690
209 🇧🇧Barbados 0.307% 775
210 🇲🇶Martinique 0.281% 937
211 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 0.196% 127
212 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.187% 680
213 🇬🇮Gibraltar 0.16% 46
214 🇮🇹Italy 0.151% 85,304
215 🇸🇷Suriname 0.148% 557
216 🇧🇪Belgium 0.141% 13,844
217 🇨🇿Czechia 0.108% 11,103
218 🇬🇾Guyana 0.106% 825
219 🇹🇴Tonga 0.101% 99
220 🇨🇼Curaçao 0.066% 103
221 🇬🇩Grenada 0.066% 62
222 🇸🇪Sweden 0.061% 5,110
223 🇹🇰Tokelau 0.06% 1
224 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.045% 1
225 🇩🇪Germany 0.044% 34,866
226 🇬🇧United Kingdom -0.029% -16,099
227 🇩🇰Denmark -0.095% -4,856
228 🇭🇺Hungary -0.175% -18,708
229 🇻🇦Holy See -0.27% -2
230 🇩🇲Dominica -0.345% -252
231 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.356% -152
232 🇨🇰Cook Islands -0.528% -93
233 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.711% -80
234 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.878% -54
235 🇸🇴Somalia -2.456% -146,930
236 🇳🇺Niue -4.45% -151
237 🇦🇫Afghanistan -13.883% -1,654,616

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1981

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 3.039% 15,121,856
2 Latin America and the Caribbean 2.143% 7,896,074
3 Asia 1.983% 53,245,882
4 Americas 1.687% 10,553,481
5 Oceania 1.631% 380,043
6 Northern America 1.033% 2,657,407
7 Europe 0.422% 2,943,771

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1981

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Southern Africa 3.36% 1,161,442
2 Micronesia 3.225% 10,542
3 Eastern Africa 3.139% 4,727,122
4 Northern Africa 3.034% 3,417,643
5 Middle Africa 2.935% 1,607,974
6 Western Africa 2.902% 4,207,675
7 Western Asia 2.595% 3,019,321
8 Southern Asia 2.494% 24,075,472
9 South-Eastern Asia 2.329% 8,416,209
10 Central America 2.237% 2,065,225
11 South America 2.208% 5,432,356
12 Melanesia 2.172% 94,922
13 Central Asia 2.032% 856,903
14 Polynesia 1.635% 8,182
15 Australia/New Zealand 1.471% 266,397
16 Eastern Asia 1.407% 16,877,977
17 Caribbean 1.325% 398,493
18 Eastern Europe 0.552% 1,636,355
19 Southern Europe 0.492% 689,602
20 Western Europe 0.302% 517,260
21 Northern Europe 0.112% 100,554

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1981

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 No income group available 2.777% 441,220
2 Lower-middle-income countries 2.636% 39,018,932
3 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 2.555% 43,727,371
4 Middle-income countries 2.106% 69,830,678
5 Low-and-middle-income countries 2.101% 74,539,117
6 Low-income countries 2.035% 4,708,439
7 Upper-middle-income countries 1.679% 30,811,746
8 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 1.359% 38,074,548
9 High-income countries 0.752% 7,262,802

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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