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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1983

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In the year 1983, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.766% and global population grew with total of 82,848,112 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) with a rate of 20.597%. Closely followed by 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands with a population growth rate of 11.931%, and 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) with 9.614% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇳🇺Niue with -5.677%. Followed by 🇨🇰Cook Islands with a population growth rate of -1.415%, and 🇲🇸Montserrat with -0.57% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.758%. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a population growth rate of 2.09%, and Asia with a 1.947% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Micronesia had the highest population growth rate of 3.321%. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.913%, and Western Asia with a 2.864% 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 2.668%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.731%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1983

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1983

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 20.597% 2,256
2 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 11.931% 3,050
3 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 9.614% 1,530
4 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 7.928% 276
5 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 6.37% 21,444
6 🇬🇫French Guiana 5.861% 4,530
7 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 5.7% 70,527
8 🇴🇲Oman 5.633% 67,839
9 🇶🇦Qatar 5.408% 17,865
10 🇳🇷Nauru 5.351% 419
11 🇾🇹Mayotte 5.317% 3,254
12 🇰🇼Kuwait 4.881% 84,716
13 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 4.742% 556,854
14 🇱🇾Libya 4.687% 160,426
15 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 4.625% 405
16 🇯🇴Jordan 4.466% 112,285
17 🇦🇩Andorra 4.438% 1,794
18 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 4.339% 849
19 🇰🇭Cambodia 4.099% 282,063
20 🇵🇸State of Palestine 4.016% 64,406
21 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 3.964% 1,426
22 🇲🇼Malawi 3.938% 277,928
23 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3.842% 5,350
24 🇦🇸American Samoa 3.828% 1,406
25 🇰🇪Kenya 3.746% 676,739
26 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 3.735% 9,944
27 🇾🇪Yemen 3.688% 377,498
28 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 3.637% 337,505
29 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 3.618% 293,286
30 🇦🇴Angola 3.612% 335,073
31 🇧🇼Botswana 3.576% 37,930
32 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.56% 1,567,345
33 🇬🇲Gambia 3.549% 28,228
34 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 3.5% 431
35 🇧🇭Bahrain 3.479% 14,081
36 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.479% 342,184
37 🇩🇯Djibouti 3.471% 12,763
38 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 3.421% 724,135
39 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 3.411% 8,833
40 🇵🇰Pakistan 3.387% 3,084,676
41 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 3.381% 7,016
42 🇩🇿Algeria 3.371% 697,066
43 🇷🇼Rwanda 3.363% 197,041
44 🇹🇬Togo 3.359% 104,999
45 🇸🇿Eswatini 3.231% 21,175
46 🇸🇴Somalia 3.201% 196,626
47 🇬🇭Ghana 3.161% 410,350
48 🇿🇲Zambia 3.15% 198,183
49 🇮🇶Iraq 3.121% 465,069
50 🇱🇷Liberia 3.072% 64,783
51 🇧🇹Bhutan 3.072% 14,010
52 🇳🇪Niger 3.02% 204,343
53 🇭🇳Honduras 2.982% 123,385
54 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.957% 48,671
55 🇹🇩Chad 2.885% 140,197
56 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.862% 215,510
57 🇧🇯Benin 2.856% 119,147
58 🇹🇯Tajikistan 2.844% 125,168
59 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2.843% 2,364
60 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.792% 93,331
61 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.787% 271,447
62 🇨🇷Costa Rica 2.777% 72,831
63 🇱🇸Lesotho 2.776% 42,478
64 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2.767% 2,519,360
65 🇪🇬Egypt 2.764% 1,308,808
66 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.758% 49,643
67 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.757% 799,702
68 🇳🇦Namibia 2.734% 28,245
69 🇿🇦South Africa 2.732% 870,394
70 🇬🇦Gabon 2.709% 21,973
71 🇸🇳Senegal 2.701% 166,662
72 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.694% 202,327
73 🇸🇩Sudan 2.692% 504,337
74 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.671% 440,905
75 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.67% 246,667
76 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.67% 381,540
77 🇲🇻Maldives 2.649% 4,751
78 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.631% 93,218
79 🇰🇲Comoros 2.606% 9,281
80 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.558% 224,998
81 🇳🇮Nicaragua 2.541% 91,081
82 🇹🇳Tunisia 2.54% 180,139
83 🇺🇬Uganda 2.536% 360,889
84 🇲🇦Morocco 2.53% 538,622
85 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.526% 77,859
86 🇹🇰Tokelau 2.526% 42
87 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 2.491% 427,291
88 🇵🇭Philippines 2.484% 1,296,995
89 🇵🇼Palau 2.475% 321
90 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.453% 44,791
91 🇵🇪Peru 2.44% 459,333
92 🇻🇳Viet Nam 2.437% 1,389,121
93 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.421% 3,068
94 🇫🇯Fiji 2.42% 16,784
95 🇳🇵Nepal 2.406% 402,705
96 🇬🇺Guam 2.379% 2,833
97 🇮🇱Israel 2.372% 94,393
98 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 2.363% 40,317
99 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.357% 901,123
100 🇧🇿Belize 2.343% 3,656
101 🇵🇦Panama 2.327% 48,833
102 🇹🇷Türkiye 2.309% 1,085,931
103 🇨🇴Colombia 2.306% 646,614
104 🇧🇮Burundi 2.298% 108,613
105 🇸🇬Singapore 2.297% 58,912
106 🇸🇸South Sudan 2.282% 102,728
107 🇮🇳India 2.264% 16,888,190
108 🇮🇩Indonesia 2.239% 3,555,500
109 🇧🇷Brazil 2.229% 2,919,556
110 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 2.208% 79,172
111 🇵🇫French Polynesia 2.199% 3,937
112 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.196% 267,040
113 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 2.182% 134,108
114 🇬🇳Guinea 2.181% 115,228
115 🇲🇱Mali 2.154% 169,393
116 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.145% 1,702,419
117 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 2.143% 84,063
118 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.127% 130,198
119 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.109% 69,667
120 🇲🇲Myanmar 2.081% 737,325
121 🇨🇬Congo 2.033% 39,681
122 🇭🇹Haiti 2.016% 120,885
123 🇹🇭Thailand 1.999% 973,021
124 🇲🇽Mexico 1.981% 1,428,077
125 🇸🇻El Salvador 1.947% 91,327
126 🇧🇸Bahamas 1.905% 4,506
127 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 1.831% 6,308
128 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.817% 1,165
129 🇷🇪Réunion 1.783% 10,287
130 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.748% 260,146
131 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.741% 12,318
132 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.728% 2,219
133 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.702% 1,747
134 🇬🇩Grenada 1.669% 1,639
135 🇱🇧Lebanon 1.624% 50,467
136 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 1.598% 83,928
137 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 1.582% 13,797
138 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.577% 105,167
139 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 1.574% 630,562
140 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1.567% 2,415
141 🇦🇷Argentina 1.559% 457,990
142 🇲🇨Monaco 1.544% 432
143 🇦🇱Albania 1.472% 45,460
144 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 1.467% 278,317
145 🇯🇲Jamaica 1.466% 32,725
146 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 1.443% 270,818
147 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 1.424% 371
148 🇨🇱Chile 1.405% 168,262
149 🇨🇳China 1.398% 14,384,085
150 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1.385% 4,583
151 🇲🇺Mauritius 1.379% 13,763
152 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 1.359% 170
153 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 1.354% 211,991
154 🇦🇺Australia 1.276% 196,258
155 🇬🇱Greenland 1.239% 644
156 🇹🇻Tuvalu 1.235% 100
157 🇮🇸Iceland 1.221% 2,895
158 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.211% 8,020
159 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 1.193% 13,977
160 🇦🇲Armenia 1.164% 37,690
161 🇲🇶Martinique 1.147% 3,904
162 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.119% 27,915
163 🇳🇿New Zealand 1.116% 35,918
164 🇬🇷Greece 1.101% 106,109
165 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1.101% 1,107
166 🇯🇪Jersey 1.093% 844
167 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 1.09% 36,393
168 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.054% 471
169 🇺🇸United States of America 1.044% 2,405,078
170 🇵🇱Poland 0.973% 355,475
171 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 0.973% 41,030
172 🇲🇹Malta 0.969% 3,324
173 🇨🇦Canada 0.966% 245,002
174 🇱🇹Lithuania 0.909% 32,834
175 🇦🇼Aruba 0.889% 566
176 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.888% 38,299
177 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.881% 54
178 🇨🇺Cuba 0.799% 79,733
179 🇬🇪Georgia 0.788% 41,439
180 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.778% 426
181 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.771% 1,085,548
182 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.77% 413
183 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.758% 90
184 🇲🇰North Macedonia 0.752% 14,852
185 🇸🇲San Marino 0.751% 165
186 🇪🇪Estonia 0.716% 10,775
187 🇸🇭Saint Helena 0.715% 47
188 🇱🇻Latvia 0.707% 18,557
189 🇸🇨Seychelles 0.69% 461
190 🇸🇷Suriname 0.662% 2,512
191 🇧🇾Belarus 0.66% 66,023
192 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.648% 32,953
193 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.614% 674
194 🇦🇫Afghanistan 0.59% 58,708
195 🇫🇮Finland 0.58% 28,140
196 🇯🇵Japan 0.57% 682,718
197 🇮🇪Ireland 0.558% 19,386
198 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.498% 71,517
199 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.487% 14,565
200 🇭🇷Croatia 0.46% 21,837
201 🇫🇷France 0.443% 241,754
202 🇪🇸Spain 0.429% 163,574
203 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.423% 8,191
204 🇺🇦Ukraine 0.419% 212,017
205 🇲🇪Montenegro 0.385% 2,309
206 🇵🇹Portugal 0.338% 33,592
207 🇧🇧Barbados 0.323% 829
208 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 0.315% 206
209 🇳🇴Norway 0.287% 11,839
210 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.283% 18,163
211 🇷🇸Serbia 0.281% 22,105
212 🇷🇴Romania 0.271% 60,678
213 🇸🇪Sweden 0.173% 14,482
214 🇦🇮Anguilla 0.151% 10
215 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.102% 371
216 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.097% 54,956
217 🇧🇪Belgium 0.062% 6,106
218 🇹🇴Tonga 0.039% 38
219 🇮🇹Italy 0.004% 2,429
220 🇨🇿Czechia 0.003% 260
221 🇩🇪Germany -0.042% -32,423
222 🇼🇸Samoa -0.052% -87
223 🇦🇹Austria -0.06% -4,542
224 🇩🇰Denmark -0.071% -3,645
225 🇨🇼Curaçao -0.087% -136
226 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -0.09% -2
227 🇮🇲Isle of Man -0.13% -84
228 🇬🇮Gibraltar -0.146% -42
229 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.182% -16,340
230 🇬🇾Guyana -0.238% -1,851
231 🇭🇺Hungary -0.377% -40,004
232 🇻🇦Holy See -0.413% -3
233 🇩🇲Dominica -0.482% -348
234 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.505% -215
235 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.57% -64
236 🇨🇰Cook Islands -1.415% -243
237 🇳🇺Niue -5.677% -183

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1983

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.758% 14,489,436
2 Latin America and the Caribbean 2.09% 8,067,321
3 Asia 1.947% 54,494,886
4 Oceania 1.456% 349,701
5 Northern America 1.036% 2,651,204
6 Europe 0.398% 2,795,564

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1983

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Micronesia 3.321% 11,578
2 Eastern Africa 2.913% 4,675,230
3 Western Asia 2.864% 3,600,729
4 Northern Africa 2.86% 3,394,748
5 Middle Africa 2.814% 1,634,399
6 Southern Africa 2.767% 1,000,222
7 Western Africa 2.492% 3,784,837
8 Southern Asia 2.439% 24,751,736
9 South-Eastern Asia 2.31% 8,782,731
10 Central Asia 2.243% 974,527
11 Melanesia 2.221% 100,767
12 South America 2.154% 5,560,941
13 Central America 2.128% 2,061,516
14 Caribbean 1.436% 444,863
15 Eastern Asia 1.328% 16,385,163
16 Australia/New Zealand 1.248% 232,176
17 Polynesia 0.992% 5,180
18 Eastern Europe 0.6% 1,797,640
19 Southern Europe 0.358% 504,312
20 Northern Europe 0.212% 191,863
21 Western Europe 0.177% 301,749

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1983

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 No income group available 2.668% 446,119
2 Low-income countries 2.553% 6,448,073
3 Lower-middle-income countries 2.432% 41,617,605
4 Middle-income countries 1.996% 68,820,565
5 Upper-middle-income countries 1.567% 27,202,960
6 High-income countries 0.731% 7,133,355

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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