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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1989

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In the year 1989, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.778% and global population grew with total of 93,075,576 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) with a rate of 10.291%. Closely followed by 🇩🇯Djibouti with a population growth rate of 9.047%, and 🇳🇦Namibia with 8.756% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇧🇬Bulgaria with -1.214%. Followed by 🇬🇮Gibraltar with a population growth rate of -1.18%, and 🇳🇺Niue with -1.114% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.757%. Closely followed by Asia with a population growth rate of 1.957%, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a 1.892% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 3.15%. Closely followed by Southern Africa with a population growth rate of 3.029%, and Eastern Africa with a 2.847% 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 2.759%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.746%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1989

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1989

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 10.291% 2,720
2 🇩🇯Djibouti 9.047% 47,318
3 🇳🇦Namibia 8.756% 112,789
4 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 7.095% 1,856
5 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 6.726% 2,777
6 🇾🇹Mayotte 6.263% 5,276
7 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 6.051% 108,277
8 🇬🇫French Guiana 5.419% 5,828
9 🇴🇲Oman 5.235% 87,726
10 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 5.023% 508,671
11 🇯🇴Jordan 4.883% 163,546
12 🇲🇼Malawi 4.556% 418,003
13 🇦🇲Armenia 4.533% 156,040
14 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 4.322% 218
15 🇬🇲Gambia 4.18% 42,267
16 🇰🇭Cambodia 4.162% 294,338
17 🇸🇿Eswatini 4.027% 33,734
18 🇦🇮Anguilla 3.907% 316
19 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 3.904% 971
20 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 3.903% 457,409
21 🇵🇸State of Palestine 3.9% 80,158
22 🇾🇪Yemen 3.843% 513,578
23 🇰🇼Kuwait 3.79% 84,029
24 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 3.781% 17,271
25 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 3.771% 422
26 🇪🇹Ethiopia 3.672% 1,684,403
27 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 3.612% 12,251
28 🇦🇸American Samoa 3.523% 1,592
29 🇧🇭Bahrain 3.522% 17,513
30 🇰🇪Kenya 3.485% 770,670
31 🇸🇬Singapore 3.405% 100,052
32 🇦🇴Angola 3.401% 382,190
33 🇶🇦Qatar 3.397% 14,456
34 🇦🇫Afghanistan 3.364% 399,448
35 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 3.347% 508
36 🇹🇩Chad 3.324% 193,406
37 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.266% 397,742
38 🇺🇬Uganda 3.25% 552,776
39 🇵🇰Pakistan 3.232% 3,630,919
40 🇲🇻Maldives 3.153% 6,865
41 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 3.141% 10,090
42 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.133% 1,111,638
43 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3.114% 5,416
44 🇨🇫Central African Republic 3.103% 86,375
45 🇧🇯Benin 3.064% 156,912
46 🇳🇪Niger 3.061% 245,903
47 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.99% 214,798
48 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.985% 516,806
49 🇮🇶Iraq 2.973% 516,227
50 🇹🇬Togo 2.947% 114,450
51 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.94% 323,410
52 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.926% 342,439
53 🇧🇹Bhutan 2.911% 16,698
54 🇨🇬Congo 2.903% 67,164
55 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 2.902% 7,198
56 🇿🇦South Africa 2.878% 1,140,269
57 🇸🇳Senegal 2.872% 215,443
58 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.858% 119,773
59 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.856% 1,619,217
60 🇱🇷Liberia 2.836% 71,390
61 🇭🇳Honduras 2.812% 136,121
62 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.802% 245,876
63 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 2.784% 274,579
64 🇧🇼Botswana 2.775% 35,247
65 🇬🇦Gabon 2.753% 26,347
66 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.743% 107,719
67 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.73% 99,977
68 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.7% 2,551,918
69 🇪🇬Egypt 2.67% 1,514,194
70 🇰🇲Comoros 2.66% 11,518
71 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.644% 672,586
72 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.64% 235,480
73 🇿🇲Zambia 2.592% 196,700
74 🇬🇳Guinea 2.567% 159,553
75 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 2.545% 508,446
76 🇩🇿Algeria 2.538% 628,315
77 🇬🇭Ghana 2.534% 380,251
78 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.531% 3,654
79 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 2.506% 1,092
80 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2.504% 3,004
81 🇨🇷Costa Rica 2.5% 76,090
82 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.471% 478,085
83 🇵🇭Philippines 2.436% 1,492,483
84 🇳🇷Nauru 2.417% 227
85 🇳🇨New Caledonia 2.407% 4,141
86 🇹🇯Tajikistan 2.396% 126,193
87 🇱🇾Libya 2.39% 103,806
88 🇰🇮Kiribati 2.367% 1,731
89 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.364% 46,968
90 🇳🇮Nicaragua 2.355% 95,763
91 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.328% 88,374
92 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 2.311% 93,218
93 🇳🇵Nepal 2.303% 438,957
94 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.264% 231,892
95 🇬🇺Guam 2.236% 3,037
96 🇮🇳India 2.228% 18,846,010
97 🇵🇪Peru 2.223% 478,581
98 🇧🇿Belize 2.217% 3,971
99 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.14% 40,724
100 🇹🇳Tunisia 2.126% 173,332
101 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 2.119% 148,390
102 🇵🇦Panama 2.119% 50,930
103 🇵🇫French Polynesia 2.117% 4,227
104 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.11% 147,323
105 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 2.084% 15,519
106 🇧🇮Burundi 2.083% 113,990
107 🇱🇧Lebanon 2.064% 72,743
108 🇻🇳Viet Nam 2.062% 1,322,477
109 🇭🇹Haiti 2.057% 138,085
110 🇨🇴Colombia 2.054% 652,773
111 🇸🇩Sudan 2.047% 441,782
112 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2.025% 2,216,408
113 🇱🇸Lesotho 1.975% 35,065
114 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.962% 41,668
115 🇲🇱Mali 1.935% 174,151
116 🇹🇷Türkiye 1.929% 1,060,544
117 🇵🇼Palau 1.927% 288
118 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 1.909% 1,890
119 🇸🇻El Salvador 1.904% 100,868
120 🇲🇽Mexico 1.897% 1,541,285
121 🇮🇩Indonesia 1.852% 3,336,601
122 🇮🇱Israel 1.837% 80,480
123 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.829% 80,148
124 🇲🇦Morocco 1.815% 434,483
125 🇧🇷Brazil 1.814% 2,658,013
126 🇧🇸Bahamas 1.79% 4,853
127 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 1.72% 6,585
128 🇨🇳China 1.684% 19,090,568
129 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 1.669% 15,981
130 🇨🇦Canada 1.664% 455,282
131 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1.661% 1,126
132 🇨🇱Chile 1.655% 218,680
133 🇹🇻Tuvalu 1.628% 141
134 🇷🇪Réunion 1.611% 10,334
135 🇹🇭Thailand 1.606% 865,042
136 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1.604% 5,901
137 🇦🇺Australia 1.598% 269,546
138 🇲🇲Myanmar 1.556% 610,024
139 🇦🇷Argentina 1.511% 487,536
140 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 1.457% 303,086
141 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.423% 11,060
142 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 1.412% 27,480
143 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 1.383% 601,966
144 🇸🇷Suriname 1.367% 5,583
145 🇸🇲San Marino 1.361% 315
146 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1.337% 31
147 🇲🇶Martinique 1.334% 4,875
148 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 1.297% 370
149 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.238% 588
150 🇬🇬Guernsey 1.229% 715
151 🇸🇨Seychelles 1.202% 879
152 🇲🇿Mozambique 1.157% 149,326
153 🇲🇺Mauritius 1.148% 12,350
154 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 1.102% 179,092
155 🇨🇰Cook Islands 1.093% 185
156 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.072% 182,288
157 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.037% 1,415
158 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 1.02% 136
159 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.955% 3,603
160 🇫🇯Fiji 0.955% 7,322
161 🇨🇺Cuba 0.951% 100,164
162 🇲🇨Monaco 0.941% 283
163 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.937% 120
164 🇩🇪Germany 0.934% 737,910
165 🇲🇹Malta 0.925% 3,373
166 🇺🇸United States of America 0.925% 2,318,226
167 🇬🇱Greenland 0.902% 499
168 🇯🇪Jersey 0.889% 741
169 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 0.889% 11,039
170 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 0.878% 179,370
171 🇦🇱Albania 0.864% 28,177
172 🇬🇩Grenada 0.832% 825
173 🇦🇼Aruba 0.814% 516
174 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.812% 54,001
175 🇸🇪Sweden 0.802% 68,082
176 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.749% 428
177 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 0.747% 26,248
178 🇮🇸Iceland 0.746% 1,885
179 🇯🇲Jamaica 0.7% 16,542
180 🇦🇩Andorra 0.678% 343
181 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.676% 22,524
182 🇦🇹Austria 0.674% 51,387
183 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 0.659% 47,202
184 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.633% 94,376
185 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.586% 18,095
186 🇫🇷France 0.572% 324,284
187 🇲🇪Montenegro 0.565% 3,488
188 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.537% 597
189 🇧🇾Belarus 0.499% 50,740
190 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.486% 721,030
191 🇲🇰North Macedonia 0.456% 9,378
192 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 0.426% 23,626
193 🇫🇮Finland 0.404% 20,045
194 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.387% 17,165
195 🇬🇷Greece 0.369% 37,680
196 🇹🇴Tonga 0.36% 358
197 🇯🇵Japan 0.353% 434,198
198 🇵🇱Poland 0.346% 131,273
199 🇪🇪Estonia 0.34% 5,332
200 🇷🇴Romania 0.339% 77,671
201 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 0.338% 14,988
202 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.335% 17,595
203 🇭🇷Croatia 0.298% 14,389
204 🇳🇴Norway 0.294% 12,416
205 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.289% 165,190
206 🇺🇦Ukraine 0.286% 148,285
207 🇧🇪Belgium 0.211% 20,944
208 🇼🇸Samoa 0.192% 324
209 🇪🇸Spain 0.168% 65,551
210 🇧🇧Barbados 0.121% 312
211 🇹🇰Tokelau 0.113% 2
212 🇩🇰Denmark 0.108% 5,542
213 🇮🇹Italy 0.087% 49,400
214 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.073% 1,457
215 🇱🇻Latvia 0.039% 1,037
216 🇨🇿Czechia -0.031% -3,232
217 🇵🇹Portugal -0.056% -5,583
218 🇷🇸Serbia -0.057% -4,494
219 🇻🇦Holy See -0.138% -1
220 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -0.151% -154
221 🇨🇼Curaçao -0.165% -258
222 🇮🇪Ireland -0.228% -8,006
223 🇱🇹Lithuania -0.285% -10,544
224 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.362% -23
225 🇭🇺Hungary -0.385% -40,065
226 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda -0.434% -275
227 🇸🇴Somalia -0.576% -41,016
228 🇸🇭Saint Helena -0.601% -40
229 🇬🇾Guyana -0.652% -4,920
230 🇩🇲Dominica -0.68% -477
231 🇬🇪Georgia -0.694% -38,157
232 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.77% -314
233 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.817% -88
234 🇸🇸South Sudan -0.999% -47,087
235 🇳🇺Niue -1.114% -28
236 🇬🇮Gibraltar -1.18% -325
237 🇧🇬Bulgaria -1.214% -108,491

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1989

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.757% 17,266,958
2 Asia 1.957% 61,599,547
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.892% 8,202,134
4 Oceania 1.606% 423,630
5 Americas 1.542% 10,976,546
6 Northern America 0.997% 2,774,412
7 Europe 0.389% 2,808,895

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1989

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 3.15% 2,210,805
2 Southern Africa 3.029% 1,357,104
3 Eastern Africa 2.847% 5,436,810
4 Western Africa 2.745% 4,960,911
5 Western Asia 2.681% 3,881,835
6 Micronesia 2.647% 11,042
7 Northern Africa 2.364% 3,301,328
8 Southern Asia 2.333% 27,353,614
9 Melanesia 2.184% 113,581
10 Central America 2.049% 2,250,904
11 South-Eastern Asia 2.013% 8,680,313
12 Central Asia 1.983% 997,052
13 South America 1.89% 5,485,219
14 Eastern Asia 1.533% 20,686,733
15 Australia/New Zealand 1.446% 292,070
16 Caribbean 1.386% 466,011
17 Polynesia 1.247% 6,937
18 Western Europe 0.734% 1,287,158
19 Eastern Europe 0.325% 1,009,794
20 Northern Europe 0.287% 264,150
21 Southern Europe 0.172% 247,793

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1989

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.759% 7,874,495
2 No income group available 2.47% 484,134
3 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 2.392% 49,977,167
4 Lower-middle-income countries 2.334% 42,102,672
5 Low-and-middle-income countries 2.026% 84,971,712
6 Middle-income countries 1.973% 77,097,217
7 Upper-middle-income countries 1.663% 34,994,545
8 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 1.363% 42,607,690
9 High-income countries 0.746% 7,613,145

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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