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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1989

-5 year -1 year 1989 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1989, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.763% and global population grew with total of 92,112,088 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) with a rate of 10.552%. Closely followed by 🇩🇯Djibouti with a population growth rate of 9.07%, and 🇳🇦Namibia with 8.84% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇹🇰Tokelau with -1.36%. Followed by 🇬🇮Gibraltar with a population growth rate of -1.253%, and 🇳🇺Niue with -0.859% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.747%. Closely followed by Asia with a population growth rate of 1.931%, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a 1.86% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Africa had the highest population growth rate of 3.364%. Closely followed by Middle Africa with a population growth rate of 3.154%, and Eastern Africa with a 2.814% 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 2.696%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.779%.

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) 10.552% 2,773
2 🇩🇯Djibouti 9.07% 47,231
3 🇳🇦Namibia 8.84% 113,790
4 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 7.668% 3,515
5 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 7.162% 1,858
6 🇾🇹Mayotte 6.114% 5,329
7 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 6.046% 108,293
8 🇴🇲Oman 5.287% 90,582
9 🇬🇫French Guiana 5.108% 5,554
10 🇯🇴Jordan 4.859% 160,844
11 🇲🇼Malawi 4.516% 414,227
12 🇦🇲Armenia 4.502% 155,195
13 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 4.271% 212
14 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 4.207% 645,821
15 🇬🇲Gambia 3.986% 39,848
16 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 3.93% 978
17 🇵🇸State of Palestine 3.916% 79,921
18 🇰🇭Cambodia 3.905% 334,610
19 🇦🇸American Samoa 3.872% 1,792
20 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 3.853% 441,636
21 🇾🇪Yemen 3.834% 493,452
22 🇦🇮Anguilla 3.83% 307
23 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 3.828% 12,912
24 🇦🇩Andorra 3.786% 1,955
25 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 3.777% 16,937
26 🇰🇼Kuwait 3.696% 81,676
27 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 3.652% 410
28 🇪🇹Ethiopia 3.542% 1,636,145
29 🇶🇦Qatar 3.457% 14,757
30 🇰🇪Kenya 3.429% 767,580
31 🇧🇭Bahrain 3.415% 17,085
32 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 3.387% 511
33 🇦🇴Angola 3.358% 384,050
34 🇵🇰Pakistan 3.328% 3,715,859
35 🇹🇩Chad 3.29% 186,530
36 🇹🇯Tajikistan 3.29% 173,195
37 🇿🇦South Africa 3.279% 1,267,730
38 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3.272% 5,651
39 🇺🇬Uganda 3.242% 552,067
40 🇦🇫Afghanistan 3.237% 345,511
41 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 3.201% 8,122
42 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.136% 1,092,195
43 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.119% 375,316
44 🇲🇻Maldives 3.108% 6,772
45 🇳🇷Nauru 3.106% 289
46 🇧🇼Botswana 3.084% 40,146
47 🇳🇪Niger 3.064% 248,682
48 🇨🇫Central African Republic 3.061% 83,390
49 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 3.028% 9,525
50 🇨🇲Cameroon 3.027% 335,668
51 🇧🇯Benin 3.025% 150,610
52 🇹🇬Togo 2.955% 111,190
53 🇮🇶Iraq 2.952% 514,825
54 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.923% 337,198
55 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.898% 493,261
56 🇨🇬Congo 2.881% 66,815
57 🇸🇳Senegal 2.881% 210,955
58 🇮🇱Israel 2.867% 133,779
59 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.861% 119,975
60 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.851% 1,529,360
61 🇧🇹Bhutan 2.802% 15,246
62 🇭🇳Honduras 2.801% 137,601
63 🇰🇲Comoros 2.781% 11,666
64 🇬🇦Gabon 2.75% 26,302
65 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.745% 242,606
66 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 2.735% 269,306
67 🇱🇷Liberia 2.72% 68,202
68 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.714% 107,230
69 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.713% 98,233
70 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.685% 685,157
71 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.63% 2,438,655
72 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.619% 232,975
73 🇪🇬Egypt 2.618% 1,459,662
74 🇿🇲Zambia 2.616% 195,959
75 🇱🇾Libya 2.611% 107,817
76 🇬🇳Guinea 2.596% 159,291
77 🇬🇭Ghana 2.585% 389,055
78 🇩🇿Algeria 2.571% 639,920
79 🇨🇷Costa Rica 2.536% 78,090
80 🇸🇿Eswatini 2.52% 20,817
81 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 2.507% 18,543
82 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.49% 3,664
83 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2.467% 2,897
84 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.466% 176,077
85 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.464% 475,015
86 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 2.414% 1,086
87 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 2.401% 482,694
88 🇰🇮Kiribati 2.401% 1,763
89 🇳🇮Nicaragua 2.372% 97,943
90 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.359% 88,808
91 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.355% 240,413
92 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.327% 48,919
93 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 2.323% 96,607
94 🇳🇵Nepal 2.32% 444,162
95 🇵🇭Philippines 2.294% 1,379,508
96 🇵🇪Peru 2.23% 482,120
97 🇳🇨New Caledonia 2.229% 3,859
98 🇵🇼Palau 2.226% 333
99 🇹🇳Tunisia 2.22% 183,272
100 🇻🇳Viet Nam 2.217% 1,451,195
101 🇵🇫French Polynesia 2.212% 4,570
102 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.187% 42,746
103 🇸🇬Singapore 2.186% 64,382
104 🇧🇿Belize 2.18% 3,895
105 🇮🇳India 2.158% 18,384,142
106 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 2.122% 148,127
107 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2.113% 2,215,809
108 🇵🇦Panama 2.112% 50,655
109 🇨🇴Colombia 2.103% 671,296
110 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.102% 146,044
111 🇭🇹Haiti 2.068% 140,282
112 🇧🇮Burundi 2.027% 108,936
113 🇱🇧Lebanon 2.016% 71,070
114 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.963% 41,625
115 🇧🇸Bahamas 1.955% 5,191
116 🇷🇪Réunion 1.926% 12,444
117 🇹🇷Türkiye 1.926% 1,026,396
118 🇲🇱Mali 1.878% 164,800
119 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 1.861% 1,801
120 🇬🇺Guam 1.856% 2,520
121 🇱🇸Lesotho 1.85% 32,695
122 🇧🇷Brazil 1.848% 2,734,484
123 🇮🇩Indonesia 1.811% 3,239,879
124 🇹🇻Tuvalu 1.808% 163
125 🇸🇩Sudan 1.797% 372,220
126 🇸🇻El Salvador 1.79% 94,370
127 🇲🇦Morocco 1.741% 420,413
128 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 1.726% 6,660
129 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 1.686% 32,563
130 🇲🇽Mexico 1.663% 1,334,093
131 🇹🇭Thailand 1.656% 899,512
132 🇨🇳China 1.649% 18,704,540
133 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1.637% 1,109
134 🇨🇦Canada 1.636% 445,664
135 🇨🇱Chile 1.62% 212,647
136 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 1.607% 15,402
137 🇦🇺Australia 1.575% 264,596
138 🇲🇲Myanmar 1.569% 619,652
139 🇲🇶Martinique 1.509% 5,558
140 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 1.504% 86,536
141 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1.477% 5,288
142 🇦🇷Argentina 1.47% 472,793
143 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 1.456% 298,373
144 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 1.456% 413
145 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.422% 11,055
146 🇸🇲San Marino 1.395% 318
147 🇸🇷Suriname 1.393% 5,689
148 🇲🇿Mozambique 1.354% 177,168
149 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 1.329% 578,835
150 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.31% 56,810
151 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.255% 1,763
152 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 1.24% 210,699
153 🇬🇬Guernsey 1.221% 696
154 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.204% 572
155 🇲🇺Mauritius 1.189% 12,800
156 🇨🇰Cook Islands 1.182% 200
157 🇺🇸United States of America 1.153% 2,823,090
158 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.122% 187,359
159 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1.083% 25
160 🇸🇨Seychelles 1.076% 757
161 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 1.067% 142
162 🇫🇯Fiji 1.033% 7,980
163 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.994% 124
164 🇲🇹Malta 0.985% 3,565
165 🇨🇺Cuba 0.962% 101,298
166 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.953% 3,594
167 🇦🇼Aruba 0.927% 599
168 🇬🇱Greenland 0.924% 511
169 🇬🇷Greece 0.888% 90,710
170 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 0.887% 180,917
171 🇲🇨Monaco 0.878% 264
172 🇯🇪Jersey 0.875% 719
173 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 0.864% 10,855
174 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.811% 53,921
175 🇯🇲Jamaica 0.802% 19,030
176 🇮🇸Iceland 0.743% 1,881
177 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 0.736% 25,867
178 🇦🇹Austria 0.684% 52,145
179 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.668% 22,256
180 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.647% 20,053
181 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.641% 366
182 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 0.629% 46,221
183 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.594% 88,174
184 🇲🇪Montenegro 0.575% 3,554
185 🇩🇪Germany 0.575% 453,560
186 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 0.573% 25,573
187 🇸🇪Sweden 0.487% 41,418
188 🇦🇱Albania 0.48% 15,761
189 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.473% 696,810
190 🇧🇾Belarus 0.449% 46,626
191 🇫🇷France 0.443% 248,613
192 🇫🇮Finland 0.404% 20,035
193 🇱🇹Lithuania 0.4% 15,079
194 🇹🇴Tonga 0.397% 391
195 🇵🇱Poland 0.365% 138,332
196 🇯🇵Japan 0.362% 445,849
197 🇪🇪Estonia 0.339% 5,315
198 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.336% 17,603
199 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.336% 15,055
200 🇲🇰North Macedonia 0.335% 6,826
201 🇷🇴Romania 0.33% 75,155
202 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.32% 6,332
203 🇳🇴Norway 0.294% 12,432
204 🇺🇦Ukraine 0.218% 112,509
205 🇼🇸Samoa 0.206% 346
206 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.204% 116,606
207 🇧🇪Belgium 0.19% 18,896
208 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.19% 213
209 🇩🇰Denmark 0.186% 9,564
210 🇷🇸Serbia 0.139% 11,076
211 🇪🇸Spain 0.138% 53,720
212 🇮🇹Italy 0.077% 43,771
213 🇭🇷Croatia 0.075% 3,633
214 🇧🇧Barbados -0.009% -24
215 🇱🇻Latvia -0.014% -384
216 🇨🇿Czechia -0.029% -2,977
217 🇵🇹Portugal -0.064% -6,375
218 🇨🇼Curaçao -0.191% -298
219 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -0.224% -226
220 🇮🇪Ireland -0.253% -8,825
221 🇻🇦Holy See -0.284% -2
222 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.332% -21
223 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.374% -32,906
224 🇭🇺Hungary -0.383% -39,779
225 🇬🇩Grenada -0.419% -416
226 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda -0.511% -325
227 🇸🇸South Sudan -0.555% -26,145
228 🇸🇭Saint Helena -0.602% -40
229 🇩🇲Dominica -0.622% -435
230 🇸🇴Somalia -0.643% -45,266
231 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.698% -76
232 🇬🇾Guyana -0.753% -5,666
233 🇬🇪Georgia -0.773% -42,095
234 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.844% -346
235 🇳🇺Niue -0.859% -22
236 🇬🇮Gibraltar -1.253% -347
237 🇹🇰Tokelau -1.36% -23

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1989

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.747% 17,062,374
2 Asia 1.931% 60,828,272
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.86% 8,077,420
4 Oceania 1.596% 419,554
5 Northern America 1.201% 3,269,610
6 Europe 0.341% 2,454,858

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1989

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Southern Africa 3.364% 1,475,178
2 Middle Africa 3.154% 2,194,784
3 Eastern Africa 2.814% 5,387,555
4 Western Africa 2.703% 4,815,902
5 Western Asia 2.688% 3,984,193
6 Micronesia 2.685% 11,307
7 Northern Africa 2.31% 3,188,955
8 Southern Asia 2.297% 26,867,560
9 Melanesia 2.201% 113,836
10 South-Eastern Asia 1.997% 8,628,641
11 Central Asia 1.995% 998,291
12 South America 1.909% 5,567,697
13 Central America 1.87% 2,039,253
14 Eastern Asia 1.507% 20,349,587
15 Australia/New Zealand 1.425% 286,852
16 Caribbean 1.396% 470,470
17 Polynesia 1.344% 7,559
18 Western Europe 0.527% 919,580
19 Eastern Europe 0.335% 1,036,945
20 Northern Europe 0.235% 216,217
21 Southern Europe 0.197% 282,115

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1989

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.696% 7,959,269
2 No income group available 2.465% 481,301
3 Lower-middle-income countries 2.254% 44,424,704
4 Middle-income countries 1.947% 75,730,595
5 Upper-middle-income countries 1.632% 31,305,891
6 High-income countries 0.779% 7,940,923

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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