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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1984

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In the year 1984, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.781% and global population grew with total of 85,055,560 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) with a rate of 17.777%. Closely followed by 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands with a population growth rate of 11.263%, and 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) with 8.962% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇳🇺Niue with -6.222%. Followed by 🇨🇰Cook Islands with a population growth rate of -1.554%, and 🇲🇸Montserrat with -0.582% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.815%. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a population growth rate of 2.04%, and Asia with a 1.966% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Micronesia had the highest population growth rate of 3.252%. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.952%, and Southern Africa with a 2.878% population growth.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-income countries has the highest population growth rate of 2.733%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.725%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1984

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1984

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 17.777% 2,358
2 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 11.263% 3,233
3 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 8.962% 1,565
4 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 7.166% 269
5 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 5.884% 21,057
6 🇬🇫French Guiana 5.882% 4,821
7 🇴🇲Oman 5.461% 69,523
8 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 5.427% 70,991
9 🇾🇹Mayotte 5.414% 3,496
10 🇦🇫Afghanistan 5.134% 525,767
11 🇶🇦Qatar 5.086% 17,708
12 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 4.646% 571,828
13 🇵🇸State of Palestine 4.527% 75,773
14 🇯🇴Jordan 4.488% 118,023
15 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 4.484% 411
16 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 4.283% 875
17 🇩🇯Djibouti 4.213% 16,099
18 🇦🇩Andorra 4.038% 1,703
19 🇸🇴Somalia 4.026% 256,387
20 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 4.002% 1,498
21 🇰🇼Kuwait 3.926% 71,200
22 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 3.881% 10,732
23 🇲🇼Malawi 3.863% 283,441
24 🇦🇸American Samoa 3.826% 1,460
25 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3.78% 5,468
26 🇾🇪Yemen 3.756% 399,094
27 🇰🇪Kenya 3.683% 690,692
28 🇬🇲Gambia 3.667% 30,243
29 🇦🇴Angola 3.607% 346,918
30 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.58% 1,633,489
31 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 3.547% 341,203
32 🇧🇼Botswana 3.546% 38,976
33 🇧🇭Bahrain 3.533% 14,809
34 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 3.498% 446
35 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.469% 353,171
36 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 3.467% 291,136
37 🇱🇾Libya 3.408% 121,484
38 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 3.402% 7,302
39 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 3.398% 9,103
40 🇩🇿Algeria 3.393% 725,772
41 🇸🇿Eswatini 3.31% 22,420
42 🇹🇬Togo 3.286% 106,218
43 🇷🇼Rwanda 3.263% 197,624
44 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.178% 949,651
45 🇮🇶Iraq 3.132% 481,522
46 🇰🇭Cambodia 3.109% 221,810
47 🇨🇲Cameroon 3.041% 289,131
48 🇧🇹Bhutan 3.032% 14,254
49 🇿🇲Zambia 3.018% 195,819
50 🇳🇪Niger 3.013% 210,141
51 🇱🇷Liberia 3.004% 65,304
52 🇨🇬Congo 3.002% 60,097
53 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.968% 648,782
54 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.948% 49,991
55 🇵🇰Pakistan 2.939% 2,762,314
56 🇭🇳Honduras 2.93% 124,885
57 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.904% 225,074
58 🇲🇻Maldives 2.9% 5,346
59 🇹🇯Tajikistan 2.889% 130,830
60 🇧🇯Benin 2.887% 123,941
61 🇿🇦South Africa 2.856% 935,667
62 🇺🇬Uganda 2.854% 417,137
63 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2.824% 2,416
64 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.79% 2,269,515
65 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.79% 95,900
66 🇳🇦Namibia 2.785% 29,573
67 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.78% 278,410
68 🇨🇷Costa Rica 2.763% 74,504
69 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.762% 405,644
70 🇱🇸Lesotho 2.758% 43,394
71 🇪🇬Egypt 2.746% 1,336,748
72 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.74% 211,519
73 🇸🇳Senegal 2.731% 173,192
74 🇬🇦Gabon 2.72% 22,664
75 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.719% 98,973
76 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.699% 49,917
77 🇹🇳Tunisia 2.688% 195,633
78 🇰🇲Comoros 2.673% 9,773
79 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.638% 1,034,284
80 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.633% 446,371
81 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2.628% 2,458,162
82 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.595% 82,066
83 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 2.59% 455,723
84 🇦🇮Anguilla 2.556% 171
85 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.54% 229,214
86 🇧🇮Burundi 2.538% 122,912
87 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.51% 46,968
88 🇵🇼Palau 2.497% 332
89 🇮🇱Israel 2.488% 101,424
90 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.458% 3,192
91 🇵🇭Philippines 2.417% 1,293,555
92 🇳🇮Nicaragua 2.414% 88,701
93 🇫🇯Fiji 2.414% 17,152
94 🇻🇳Viet Nam 2.4% 1,401,717
95 🇲🇦Morocco 2.389% 521,159
96 🇵🇪Peru 2.376% 458,149
97 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 2.371% 41,424
98 🇵🇫French Polynesia 2.333% 4,272
99 🇳🇵Nepal 2.329% 399,186
100 🇧🇿Belize 2.305% 3,681
101 🇬🇳Guinea 2.303% 124,393
102 🇬🇺Guam 2.301% 2,804
103 🇸🇬Singapore 2.297% 60,283
104 🇵🇦Panama 2.297% 49,321
105 🇬🇭Ghana 2.296% 306,361
106 🇹🇰Tokelau 2.29% 39
107 🇮🇳India 2.261% 17,249,030
108 🇨🇴Colombia 2.255% 646,792
109 🇹🇷Türkiye 2.234% 1,074,746
110 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 2.231% 81,806
111 🇮🇩Indonesia 2.173% 3,527,202
112 🇧🇷Brazil 2.168% 2,903,254
113 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 2.16% 135,674
114 🇸🇸South Sudan 2.135% 98,268
115 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.131% 71,908
116 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.118% 132,415
117 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.082% 258,750
118 🇳🇷Nauru 2.068% 168
119 🇲🇱Mali 2.029% 162,918
120 🇲🇲Myanmar 2.029% 733,829
121 🇭🇹Haiti 2.018% 123,502
122 🇱🇧Lebanon 1.981% 62,668
123 🇸🇻El Salvador 1.96% 93,752
124 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.939% 1,267
125 🇹🇭Thailand 1.933% 959,297
126 🇧🇸Bahamas 1.93% 4,654
127 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 1.926% 6,760
128 🇷🇪Réunion 1.917% 11,269
129 🇲🇽Mexico 1.892% 1,390,611
130 🇸🇩Sudan 1.875% 359,348
131 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.864% 1,948
132 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1.844% 2,891
133 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.737% 263,101
134 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.679% 12,085
135 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.673% 66,897
136 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.645% 2,149
137 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.642% 111,269
138 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 1.561% 13,833
139 🇦🇷Argentina 1.516% 452,130
140 🇨🇳China 1.485% 15,506,496
141 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 1.48% 78,960
142 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.475% 9,902
143 🇲🇨Monaco 1.454% 413
144 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 1.453% 276,764
145 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 1.453% 590,664
146 🇨🇱Chile 1.434% 174,228
147 🇲🇺Mauritius 1.395% 14,120
148 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 1.392% 267,977
149 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 1.363% 216,279
150 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 1.363% 360
151 🇦🇱Albania 1.347% 42,169
152 🇯🇲Jamaica 1.321% 29,903
153 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1.318% 4,421
154 🇦🇺Australia 1.262% 196,542
155 🇬🇱Greenland 1.26% 663
156 🇬🇩Grenada 1.249% 1,244
157 🇲🇶Martinique 1.237% 4,259
158 🇹🇻Tuvalu 1.159% 95
159 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.148% 28,966
160 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 1.095% 12,972
161 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 1.082% 137
162 🇯🇪Jersey 1.058% 826
163 🇬🇷Greece 1.047% 101,950
164 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.024% 462
165 🇸🇷Suriname 1.02% 3,904
166 🇺🇸United States of America 1.009% 2,347,553
167 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 1.0% 33,739
168 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 0.987% 42,031
169 🇨🇦Canada 0.928% 237,697
170 🇮🇸Iceland 0.916% 2,195
171 🇦🇲Armenia 0.915% 29,933
172 🇲🇹Malta 0.889% 3,076
173 🇵🇱Poland 0.882% 325,363
174 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.854% 462
175 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.824% 35,853
176 🇨🇺Cuba 0.816% 82,164
177 🇱🇹Lithuania 0.811% 29,560
178 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.794% 95
179 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.792% 437
180 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.777% 48
181 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.772% 25,107
182 🇸🇨Seychelles 0.763% 514
183 🇬🇪Georgia 0.741% 39,245
184 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.699% 991,309
185 🇲🇰North Macedonia 0.685% 13,630
186 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 0.685% 695
187 🇪🇪Estonia 0.663% 10,046
188 🇦🇼Aruba 0.65% 417
189 🇧🇾Belarus 0.641% 64,577
190 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.631% 32,256
191 🇸🇭Saint Helena 0.62% 41
192 🇱🇻Latvia 0.619% 16,355
193 🇭🇷Croatia 0.568% 27,108
194 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.559% 617
195 🇯🇵Japan 0.557% 671,231
196 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.511% 15,374
197 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.506% 73,045
198 🇫🇮Finland 0.489% 23,889
199 🇫🇷France 0.484% 265,447
200 🇮🇪Ireland 0.478% 16,670
201 🇲🇪Montenegro 0.444% 2,673
202 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.433% 27,907
203 🇪🇸Spain 0.409% 156,757
204 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.392% 7,624
205 🇸🇲San Marino 0.371% 82
206 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.358% 8
207 🇺🇦Ukraine 0.35% 177,769
208 🇷🇸Serbia 0.308% 24,288
209 🇵🇹Portugal 0.285% 28,404
210 🇧🇧Barbados 0.279% 719
211 🇳🇴Norway 0.277% 11,489
212 🇷🇴Romania 0.275% 61,872
213 🇸🇪Sweden 0.214% 17,883
214 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.138% 78,325
215 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.084% 307
216 🇧🇪Belgium 0.081% 8,029
217 🇩🇪Germany 0.048% 37,437
218 🇦🇹Austria 0.046% 3,447
219 🇹🇴Tonga 0.046% 45
220 🇮🇹Italy 0.041% 23,014
221 🇨🇿Czechia 0.028% 2,841
222 🇩🇰Denmark -0.047% -2,390
223 🇨🇼Curaçao -0.109% -171
224 🇼🇸Samoa -0.146% -243
225 🇮🇲Isle of Man -0.174% -112
226 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.196% -17,546
227 🇬🇮Gibraltar -0.32% -92
228 🇹🇩Chad -0.354% -17,431
229 🇬🇾Guyana -0.371% -2,880
230 🇭🇺Hungary -0.379% -40,051
231 🇻🇦Holy See -0.415% -3
232 🇩🇲Dominica -0.442% -318
233 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda -0.457% -299
234 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.533% -226
235 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.582% -65
236 🇨🇰Cook Islands -1.554% -263
237 🇳🇺Niue -6.222% -189

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1984

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.815% 15,206,068
2 Latin America and the Caribbean 2.04% 8,041,233
3 Asia 1.966% 56,106,762
4 Oceania 1.408% 342,966
5 Northern America 1.001% 2,586,398
6 Europe 0.393% 2,772,133

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1984

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Micronesia 3.252% 11,718
2 Eastern Africa 2.952% 4,878,830
3 Southern Africa 2.878% 1,070,030
4 Middle Africa 2.851% 1,703,001
5 Western Asia 2.841% 3,675,012
6 Western Africa 2.751% 4,288,595
7 Northern Africa 2.676% 3,265,612
8 Southern Asia 2.429% 25,263,827
9 Central Asia 2.248% 998,617
10 Melanesia 2.247% 104,246
11 South-Eastern Asia 2.241% 8,719,514
12 South America 2.108% 5,559,680
13 Central America 2.059% 2,036,974
14 Caribbean 1.414% 444,579
15 Eastern Asia 1.395% 17,449,792
16 Australia/New Zealand 1.177% 221,649
17 Polynesia 1.015% 5,353
18 Eastern Europe 0.545% 1,640,421
19 Southern Europe 0.36% 509,660
20 Western Europe 0.243% 416,392
21 Northern Europe 0.226% 205,660

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1984

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.733% 7,088,209
2 No income group available 2.631% 451,810
3 Lower-middle-income countries 2.404% 42,155,554
4 Middle-income countries 2.002% 70,394,984
5 Upper-middle-income countries 1.602% 28,239,430
6 High-income countries 0.725% 7,120,557

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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