Population Growth Rate by Country in 1991

In the year 1991, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.615% and global population grew with total of 87,308,991 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผKuwait with a rate of 36.299%. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝSint Maarten (Dutch part) with a population growth rate of 6.787%, and ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ทLiberia with 6.342% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทEritrea with -13.172%. Followed by ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia with a population growth rate of -7.511%, and ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธMontserrat with -3.501% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.572%. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a population growth rate of 1.816%, and Asia with a 1.715% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 3.3%. Closely followed by Melanesia with a population growth rate of 2.915%, and Western Asia with a 2.791% 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 2.69%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.831%.

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1991

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผKuwait 36.299% 480,952
2 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝSint Maarten (Dutch part) 6.787% 2,023
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ทLiberia 6.342% 122,951
4 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡นMayotte 6.034% 5,938
5 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏDjibouti 6.014% 37,786
6 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จTurks and Caicos Islands 5.574% 687
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates 5.385% 108,133
8 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดJordan 5.27% 193,162
9 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉChad 5.038% 304,349
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พCayman Islands 4.847% 1,325
11 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡นEthiopia 4.788% 2,390,618
12 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒOman 4.778% 90,538
13 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธState of Palestine 4.191% 92,790
14 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini 4.058% 36,099
15 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒGambia 4.054% 43,922
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผAruba 3.938% 2,672
17 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆSaudi Arabia 3.854% 641,777
18 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen 3.81% 529,394
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญCambodia 3.802% 351,957
20 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎCรดte d'Ivoire 3.751% 463,898
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan 3.751% 402,998
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณGuinea 3.727% 246,513
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถEquatorial Guinea 3.698% 17,865
24 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Guiana 3.686% 4,368
25 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑSaint Barthรฉlemy 3.654% 196
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎAnguilla 3.587% 309
27 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญBahrain 3.538% 18,940
28 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌPapua New Guinea 3.487% 139,133
29 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore 3.467% 108,174
30 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌUganda 3.338% 606,505
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดAngola 3.319% 405,877
32 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra 3.289% 1,823
33 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆQatar 3.247% 14,821
34 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐPakistan 3.194% 3,807,492
35 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆNamibia 3.188% 45,120
36 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉDemocratic Republic of the Congo 3.182% 1,183,440
37 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ทNauru 3.171% 314
38 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR 3.162% 11,457
39 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic 3.134% 90,829
40 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNiger 3.098% 267,519
41 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏBenin 3.068% 162,383
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ปMaldives 3.066% 7,118
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชKenya 3.055% 730,579
44 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern Sahara 3.042% 5,606
45 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌMadagascar 3.023% 370,138
46 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ทMauritania 2.968% 61,323
47 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡งSolomon Islands 2.955% 9,867
48 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒCameroon 2.95% 347,471
49 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พSyrian Arab Republic 2.911% 372,085
50 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌTogo 2.886% 115,147
51 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณBrunei Darussalam 2.881% 7,774
52 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsrael 2.832% 139,950
53 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณSenegal 2.827% 219,195
54 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผBotswana 2.808% 38,760
55 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณHonduras 2.806% 145,791
56 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌCongo 2.804% 68,777
57 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIran (Islamic Republic of) 2.804% 1,626,082
58 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆLao People's Democratic Republic 2.788% 123,717
59 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMalaysia 2.777% 500,257
60 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 2.777% 66
61 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผMalawi 2.731% 268,523
62 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒTurkmenistan 2.703% 103,289
63 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆGabon 2.693% 27,200
64 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตNepal 2.632% 529,753
65 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พParaguay 2.616% 109,020
66 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡นGuatemala 2.591% 241,675
67 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏTajikistan 2.574% 143,027
68 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraq 2.573% 459,237
69 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟUnited Republic of Tanzania 2.561% 688,717
70 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผGuinea-Bissau 2.555% 25,389
71 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ทCosta Rica 2.529% 81,907
72 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผZimbabwe 2.525% 262,055
73 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌBritish Virgin Islands 2.517% 405
74 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จNew Caledonia 2.508% 4,557
75 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria 2.498% 2,440,477
76 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บVanuatu 2.49% 3,851
77 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญGhana 2.48% 392,963
78 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan 2.471% 520,707
79 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒComoros 2.467% 10,912
80 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒZambia 2.46% 193,837
81 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซBurkina Faso 2.436% 228,128
82 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan 2.429% 118,208
83 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พLibya 2.393% 103,912
84 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ปCabo Verde 2.355% 8,777
85 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ชVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.352% 475,711
86 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgeria 2.351% 614,448
87 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippines 2.345% 1,478,103
88 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎNicaragua 2.314% 100,135
89 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌEgypt 2.312% 1,354,890
90 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผPalau 2.27% 355
91 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth Africa 2.241% 916,735
92 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธAmerican Samoa 2.203% 1,079
93 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡งLebanon 2.202% 80,744
94 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จEcuador 2.19% 233,992
95 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณViet Nam 2.123% 1,451,104
96 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณTunisia 2.107% 181,676
97 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡นSao Tome and Principe 2.098% 2,582
98 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญMarshall Islands 2.081% 979
99 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia 2.079% 18,484,340
100 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆPanama 2.076% 51,941
101 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟBelize 2.064% 3,849
102 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ดBolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.061% 149,330
103 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ชRรฉunion 2.052% 13,803
104 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ดDominican Republic 2.047% 148,980
105 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ชPeru 2.039% 460,361
106 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผRwanda 2.024% 151,536
107 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธBahamas 2.02% 5,575
108 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMali 1.983% 180,877
109 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎBurundi 1.981% 110,813
110 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ดColombia 1.975% 657,215
111 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡นHaiti 1.973% 139,392
112 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Polynesia 1.969% 4,241
113 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico 1.947% 1,623,069
114 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐKosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 1.929% 38,619
115 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟMozambique 1.924% 260,892
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถMartinique 1.893% 7,213
117 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ปTuvalu 1.85% 173
118 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒMicronesia (Fed. States of) 1.829% 1,837
119 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟNew Zealand 1.821% 63,410
120 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎKiribati 1.783% 1,366
121 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTรผrkiye 1.776% 982,640
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บGuam 1.75% 2,463
123 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉBangladesh 1.738% 1,898,221
124 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesia 1.738% 3,221,187
125 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณMongolia 1.713% 37,695
126 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทBrazil 1.688% 2,588,411
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒArmenia 1.677% 60,670
128 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉSudan 1.648% 353,516
129 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆMorocco 1.639% 409,531
130 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑChile 1.639% 222,303
131 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ปEl Salvador 1.638% 89,445
132 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho 1.635% 29,909
133 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตDem. People's Republic of Korea 1.522% 321,277
134 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland 1.499% 3,868
135 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand 1.486% 833,611
136 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟAzerbaijan 1.448% 109,160
137 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR 1.427% 84,552
138 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌAntigua and Barbuda 1.418% 902
139 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste 1.411% 10,899
140 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ทArgentina 1.405% 465,224
141 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States of America 1.398% 3,516,728
142 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จSaint Lucia 1.393% 2,009
143 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎLiechtenstein 1.385% 404
144 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌKyrgyzstan 1.384% 61,668
145 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒMyanmar 1.38% 561,344
146 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉGrenada 1.363% 1,360
147 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourg 1.352% 5,223
148 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino 1.334% 313
149 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerland 1.33% 90,350
150 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprus 1.297% 10,361
151 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บMauritius 1.275% 14,081
152 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada 1.204% 337,179
153 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia 1.204% 207,931
154 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐSri Lanka 1.198% 208,667
155 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซSaint Martin (French part) 1.197% 344
156 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina 1.193% 13,969,317
157 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ตGuadeloupe 1.15% 4,566
158 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustria 1.125% 87,286
159 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซWallis and Futuna Islands 1.066% 145
160 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จSeychelles 1.005% 721
161 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐCook Islands 1.0% 173
162 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทPuerto Rico 0.982% 35,135
163 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.966% 123
164 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒIsle of Man 0.955% 666
165 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡นBhutan 0.936% 5,316
166 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผChina, Taiwan Province of China 0.897% 186,232
167 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒJamaica 0.886% 21,376
168 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece 0.854% 88,742
169 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMalta 0.848% 3,127
170 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ทSuriname 0.804% 3,346
171 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒBermuda 0.788% 456
172 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco 0.759% 232
173 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡นTrinidad and Tobago 0.756% 9,650
174 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland 0.739% 25,915
175 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บCuba 0.715% 76,576
176 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakhstan 0.698% 118,676
177 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands 0.689% 103,600
178 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland 0.609% 30,512
179 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พUruguay 0.591% 18,528
180 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway 0.559% 23,811
181 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegro 0.547% 3,416
182 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden 0.536% 46,101
183 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany 0.513% 409,627
184 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทRepublic of Korea 0.469% 208,531
185 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain 0.469% 182,926
186 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธSamoa 0.46% 776
187 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ชJersey 0.458% 382
188 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎUnited States Virgin Islands 0.455% 459
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณSaint Kitts and Nevis 0.439% 178
190 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakia 0.437% 23,073
191 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.41% 462
192 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance 0.401% 227,353
193 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒSaint Pierre and Miquelon 0.394% 25
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌGuernsey 0.335% 195
195 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡งBarbados 0.318% 826
196 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan 0.314% 389,846
197 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmark 0.302% 15,580
198 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgium 0.292% 29,134
199 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ดTonga 0.264% 261
200 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom 0.254% 145,941
201 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland 0.247% 94,103
202 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พBelarus 0.22% 22,979
203 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian Federation 0.18% 267,815
204 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine 0.17% 87,959
205 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏFiji 0.17% 1,332
206 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuania 0.129% 4,903
207 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑAlbania 0.122% 4,025
208 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉRepublic of Moldova 0.12% 5,401
209 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆBosnia and Herzegovina 0.112% 5,044
210 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenia 0.11% 2,191
211 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzechia 0.077% 7,967
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItaly 0.052% 29,552
213 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland 0.049% 27
214 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungary 0.001% 102
215 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พGuyana -0.019% -145
216 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomania -0.038% -8,735
217 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐTokelau -0.121% -2
218 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒDominica -0.188% -130
219 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal -0.223% -22,299
220 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผCuraรงao -0.319% -494
221 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ตNorthern Mariana Islands -0.356% -172
222 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatvia -0.494% -13,244
223 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgaria -0.594% -51,835
224 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia -0.641% -10,032
225 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธSerbia -0.683% -54,373
226 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญSaint Helena -0.746% -49
227 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐNorth Macedonia -0.866% -17,646
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎGibraltar -0.982% -265
229 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatia -1.11% -53,784
230 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชGeorgia -1.38% -73,463
231 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆHoly See -1.447% -10
232 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ดFaroe Islands -1.587% -743
233 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บNiue -1.602% -40
234 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone -2.976% -130,279
235 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธMontserrat -3.501% -370
236 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia -7.511% -505,489
237 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทEritrea -13.172% -268,218

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1991

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.572% 16,849,683
2 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.816% 8,187,291
3 Asia 1.715% 56,086,279
4 Oceania 1.632% 444,029
5 Northern America 1.378% 3,854,415
6 Europe 0.261% 1,887,294

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1991

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 3.3% 2,448,390
2 Melanesia 2.915% 158,740
3 Western Asia 2.791% 4,311,891
4 Eastern Africa 2.697% 5,461,957
5 Western Africa 2.586% 4,849,134
6 Southern Africa 2.298% 1,066,623
7 Southern Asia 2.203% 26,969,987
8 Northern Africa 2.095% 3,023,579
9 Central America 2.058% 2,337,812
10 South-Eastern Asia 1.924% 8,648,127
11 Central Asia 1.825% 947,367
12 South America 1.781% 5,387,730
13 Micronesia 1.628% 7,142
14 Caribbean 1.333% 461,749
15 Australia/New Zealand 1.308% 271,341
16 Polynesia 1.18% 6,806
17 Eastern Asia 1.095% 15,208,907
18 Western Europe 0.54% 953,209
19 Northern Europe 0.296% 273,855
20 Southern Europe 0.147% 211,401
21 Eastern Europe 0.144% 448,829

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1991

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.69% 8,355,419
2 No income group available 2.351% 481,662
3 Lower-middle-income countries 2.158% 44,494,021
4 Middle-income countries 1.729% 69,867,549
5 Upper-middle-income countries 1.282% 25,373,528
6 High-income countries 0.831% 8,604,361

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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