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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1988

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In the year 1988, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.767% and global population grew with total of 90,708,581 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) with a rate of 11.6%. Closely followed by 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands with a population growth rate of 8.126%, and 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) with 7.328% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇸🇸South Sudan with -3.954%. Followed by 🇸🇴Somalia with a population growth rate of -2.862%, and 🇹🇰Tokelau with -1.804% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.688%. Closely followed by Asia with a population growth rate of 1.947%, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a 1.9% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Africa had the highest population growth rate of 3.41%. Closely followed by Middle Africa with a population growth rate of 3.124%, and Micronesia with a 2.922% 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 2.523%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.756%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1988

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1988

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 11.6% 2,729
2 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 8.126% 3,442
3 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 7.328% 1,768
4 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 6.418% 108,023
5 🇩🇯Djibouti 6.285% 30,303
6 🇾🇹Mayotte 6.203% 5,084
7 🇬🇫French Guiana 5.562% 5,734
8 🇴🇲Oman 5.559% 90,228
9 🇸🇿Eswatini 5.315% 42,218
10 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 4.915% 233
11 🇲🇼Malawi 4.867% 425,999
12 🇯🇴Jordan 4.648% 146,709
13 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 4.304% 633,202
14 🇦🇩Andorra 4.055% 2,013
15 🇬🇲Gambia 3.949% 37,942
16 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 3.946% 12,803
17 🇪🇹Ethiopia 3.893% 1,732,689
18 🇵🇸State of Palestine 3.888% 76,328
19 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 3.877% 16,729
20 🇦🇸American Samoa 3.863% 1,720
21 🇾🇪Yemen 3.85% 476,795
22 🇳🇦Namibia 3.846% 46,452
23 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 3.819% 413
24 🇰🇼Kuwait 3.76% 80,044
25 🇦🇮Anguilla 3.758% 290
26 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 3.703% 887
27 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 3.603% 397,864
28 🇶🇦Qatar 3.579% 14,749
29 🇧🇭Bahrain 3.505% 16,941
30 🇰🇪Kenya 3.495% 755,783
31 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 3.473% 1,517
32 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3.458% 5,775
33 🇹🇩Chad 3.441% 188,632
34 🇿🇦South Africa 3.429% 1,281,932
35 🇵🇰Pakistan 3.417% 3,689,238
36 🇦🇴Angola 3.386% 374,425
37 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 3.317% 484
38 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 3.28% 8,060
39 🇰🇭Cambodia 3.237% 267,687
40 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.237% 377,335
41 🇧🇼Botswana 3.223% 40,652
42 🇲🇻Maldives 3.212% 6,782
43 🇺🇬Uganda 3.192% 526,374
44 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.139% 1,059,485
45 🇳🇷Nauru 3.082% 278
46 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 3.058% 9,329
47 🇹🇯Tajikistan 3.048% 155,429
48 🇳🇪Niger 3.036% 238,963
49 🇲🇾Malaysia 3.013% 497,792
50 🇧🇯Benin 3.012% 145,501
51 🇨🇲Cameroon 3.008% 323,630
52 🇹🇬Togo 2.992% 109,284
53 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 2.988% 285,908
54 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.948% 1,536,375
55 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.92% 55,641
56 🇸🇳Senegal 2.888% 205,437
57 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.88% 322,693
58 🇨🇬Congo 2.879% 64,866
59 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.875% 199,921
60 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.875% 117,165
61 🇧🇹Bhutan 2.849% 15,071
62 🇮🇱Israel 2.844% 128,991
63 🇭🇳Honduras 2.795% 133,521
64 🇰🇲Comoros 2.785% 11,363
65 🇱🇷Liberia 2.776% 67,720
66 🇬🇦Gabon 2.772% 25,788
67 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.77% 106,472
68 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.747% 236,249
69 🇪🇬Egypt 2.717% 1,475,132
70 🇿🇲Zambia 2.714% 197,942
71 🇱🇾Libya 2.714% 109,138
72 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.706% 672,346
73 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 2.695% 109,291
74 🇩🇿Algeria 2.694% 653,057
75 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.671% 94,155
76 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 2.669% 523,054
77 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.655% 230,051
78 🇬🇳Guinea 2.655% 158,691
79 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.597% 2,346,540
80 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2.59% 2,966
81 🇨🇷Costa Rica 2.565% 76,989
82 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.547% 52,252
83 🇬🇭Ghana 2.539% 372,484
84 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.538% 3,643
85 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.531% 52,482
86 🇵🇫French Polynesia 2.524% 5,092
87 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.521% 474,030
88 🇰🇮Kiribati 2.442% 1,750
89 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.411% 240,383
90 🇹🇳Tunisia 2.379% 191,943
91 🇳🇮Nicaragua 2.34% 94,368
92 🇮🇶Iraq 2.329% 395,663
93 🇵🇭Philippines 2.32% 1,363,333
94 🇸🇬Singapore 2.291% 65,996
95 🇵🇪Peru 2.265% 478,904
96 🇦🇫Afghanistan 2.253% 233,907
97 🇧🇿Belize 2.208% 3,859
98 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 2.2% 361,446
99 🇻🇳Viet Nam 2.196% 1,406,498
100 🇮🇳India 2.181% 18,181,842
101 🇵🇼Palau 2.18% 319
102 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.177% 80,114
103 🇵🇦Panama 2.163% 50,772
104 🇳🇵Nepal 2.161% 404,502
105 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 2.151% 15,546
106 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2.137% 2,193,871
107 🇬🇺Guam 2.134% 2,840
108 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.118% 144,090
109 🇨🇴Colombia 2.116% 661,484
110 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 2.1% 143,524
111 🇭🇹Haiti 2.079% 138,121
112 🇳🇨New Caledonia 2.069% 3,506
113 🇸🇻El Salvador 2.058% 106,399
114 🇹🇻Tuvalu 2.058% 182
115 🇹🇷Türkiye 1.975% 1,032,291
116 🇱🇸Lesotho 1.962% 34,022
117 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 1.915% 1,819
118 🇧🇷Brazil 1.903% 2,764,391
119 🇱🇧Lebanon 1.899% 65,639
120 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.895% 50,359
121 🇧🇸Bahamas 1.878% 4,891
122 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 1.872% 7,095
123 🇷🇪Réunion 1.866% 11,830
124 🇮🇩Indonesia 1.861% 3,269,175
125 🇲🇦Morocco 1.832% 434,614
126 🇧🇮Burundi 1.798% 94,779
127 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.78% 129,226
128 🇮🇸Iceland 1.748% 4,369
129 🇹🇭Thailand 1.735% 926,567
130 🇲🇱Mali 1.723% 148,497
131 🇲🇽Mexico 1.71% 1,349,373
132 🇸🇷Suriname 1.679% 6,751
133 🇦🇺Australia 1.675% 276,774
134 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 1.659% 31,497
135 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1.646% 1,097
136 🇨🇳China 1.644% 18,345,302
137 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.627% 69,529
138 🇨🇱Chile 1.609% 207,812
139 🇲🇲Myanmar 1.602% 622,645
140 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 1.582% 14,917
141 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 1.547% 87,647
142 🇨🇦Canada 1.54% 413,020
143 🇦🇷Argentina 1.506% 477,153
144 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 1.478% 413
145 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.475% 11,306
146 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 1.469% 296,631
147 🇲🇶Martinique 1.386% 5,034
148 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 1.348% 579,280
149 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 1.329% 222,979
150 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.321% 1,831
151 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1.287% 4,547
152 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1.228% 28
153 🇬🇬Guernsey 1.179% 664
154 🇲🇺Mauritius 1.171% 12,463
155 🇫🇯Fiji 1.137% 8,688
156 🇸🇨Seychelles 1.088% 757
157 🇨🇰Cook Islands 1.064% 178
158 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.041% 489
159 🇯🇪Jersey 1.038% 845
160 🇺🇸United States of America 1.036% 2,509,470
161 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 1.015% 205,132
162 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.994% 131
163 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 0.988% 12,300
164 🇨🇺Cuba 0.98% 102,210
165 🇲🇨Monaco 0.97% 289
166 🇬🇱Greenland 0.968% 530
167 🇲🇹Malta 0.933% 3,346
168 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.921% 3,440
169 🇬🇷Greece 0.918% 92,867
170 🇸🇲San Marino 0.905% 204
171 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.873% 108
172 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 0.808% 35,776
173 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.806% 53,152
174 🇸🇩Sudan 0.77% 157,561
175 🇯🇲Jamaica 0.768% 18,089
176 🇪🇪Estonia 0.744% 11,608
177 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 0.736% 25,665
178 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.722% 1,057,451
179 🇦🇱Albania 0.692% 22,565
180 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.663% 376
181 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.656% 20,205
182 🇲🇿Mozambique 0.652% 84,496
183 🇬🇪Georgia 0.601% 32,781
184 🇧🇾Belarus 0.596% 61,634
185 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.594% 87,639
186 🇲🇪Montenegro 0.591% 3,632
187 🇩🇪Germany 0.541% 424,256
188 🇱🇹Lithuania 0.538% 20,200
189 🇳🇴Norway 0.532% 22,410
190 🇹🇴Tonga 0.501% 491
191 🇫🇷France 0.48% 268,327
192 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.465% 20,763
193 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.437% 22,818
194 🇯🇵Japan 0.406% 498,843
195 🇲🇰North Macedonia 0.402% 8,161
196 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.4% 13,250
197 🇸🇪Sweden 0.381% 32,272
198 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.357% 7,041
199 🇫🇮Finland 0.319% 15,791
200 🇼🇸Samoa 0.312% 522
201 🇵🇱Poland 0.306% 115,542
202 🇷🇴Romania 0.276% 62,739
203 🇭🇷Croatia 0.269% 13,075
204 🇺🇦Ukraine 0.257% 131,834
205 🇦🇹Austria 0.252% 19,115
206 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.245% 275
207 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.237% 15
208 🇱🇻Latvia 0.231% 6,219
209 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.229% 130,295
210 🇦🇲Armenia 0.223% 7,501
211 🇷🇸Serbia 0.211% 16,796
212 🇪🇸Spain 0.2% 77,472
213 🇧🇪Belgium 0.196% 19,454
214 🇩🇰Denmark 0.119% 6,082
215 🇮🇹Italy 0.066% 37,500
216 🇨🇿Czechia 0.036% 3,664
217 🇧🇧Barbados 0.007% 19
218 🇵🇹Portugal 0.004% 384
219 🇦🇼Aruba -0.11% -71
220 🇻🇦Holy See -0.142% -1
221 🇨🇼Curaçao -0.155% -242
222 🇭🇺Hungary -0.33% -34,407
223 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.338% -29,864
224 🇸🇭Saint Helena -0.345% -23
225 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -0.503% -509
226 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.538% -59
227 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda -0.575% -368
228 🇩🇲Dominica -0.581% -409
229 🇮🇪Ireland -0.589% -20,606
230 🇬🇾Guyana -0.717% -5,440
231 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.753% -311
232 🇳🇺Niue -0.891% -23
233 🇬🇩Grenada -0.892% -891
234 🇬🇮Gibraltar -0.993% -278
235 🇹🇰Tokelau -1.804% -31
236 🇸🇴Somalia -2.862% -204,900
237 🇸🇸South Sudan -3.954% -190,362

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1988

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.688% 16,250,443
2 Asia 1.947% 60,150,518
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.9% 8,096,633
4 Oceania 1.606% 415,531
5 Northern America 1.086% 2,923,411
6 Europe 0.401% 2,872,045

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1988

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Southern Africa 3.41% 1,445,276
2 Middle Africa 3.124% 2,106,880
3 Micronesia 2.922% 11,965
4 Eastern Africa 2.7% 5,027,720
5 Western Africa 2.677% 4,643,347
6 Western Asia 2.65% 3,823,754
7 Central Asia 2.46% 1,203,613
8 Southern Asia 2.317% 26,484,567
9 Northern Africa 2.243% 3,027,220
10 Melanesia 2.08% 105,280
11 South-Eastern Asia 2.021% 8,560,464
12 South America 1.952% 5,581,997
13 Central America 1.917% 2,051,530
14 Eastern Asia 1.509% 20,078,120
15 Polynesia 1.489% 8,262
16 Australia/New Zealand 1.462% 290,024
17 Caribbean 1.393% 463,106
18 Western Europe 0.504% 876,085
19 Eastern Europe 0.463% 1,427,187
20 Northern Europe 0.253% 231,736
21 Southern Europe 0.235% 337,037

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1988

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 No income group available 2.523% 480,403
2 Low-income countries 2.503% 7,197,944
3 Lower-middle-income countries 2.282% 43,974,488
4 Middle-income countries 1.977% 75,386,383
5 Upper-middle-income countries 1.665% 31,411,895
6 High-income countries 0.756% 7,643,851

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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