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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1996

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In the year 1996, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.4% and global population grew with total of 81,534,304 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇷🇼Rwanda with a rate of 22.446%. Closely followed by 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands with a population growth rate of 13.651%, and 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates with 6.707% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇲🇸Montserrat with -8.157%. Followed by 🇬🇪Georgia with a population growth rate of -2.52%, and 🇰🇿Kazakhstan with -1.93% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.476%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 1.631%, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a 1.618% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Melanesia had the highest population growth rate of 3.124%. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a population growth rate of 3.08%, and Micronesia with a 2.636% 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 2.874%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.665%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1996

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1996

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇷🇼Rwanda 22.446% 1,501,063
2 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 13.651% 7,274
3 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 6.707% 172,500
4 🇪🇭Western Sahara 5.574% 12,247
5 🇾🇹Mayotte 5.512% 7,284
6 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.707% 183,893
7 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 4.499% 711
8 🇵🇸State of Palestine 4.103% 112,159
9 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 4.08% 1,395
10 🇦🇫Afghanistan 3.982% 681,121
11 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 3.845% 22,396
12 🇹🇬Togo 3.592% 159,681
13 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 3.592% 171,905
14 🇬🇫French Guiana 3.59% 5,106
15 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 3.492% 517,152
16 🇹🇩Chad 3.424% 246,529
17 🇰🇼Kuwait 3.416% 58,175
18 🇳🇪Niger 3.34% 338,958
19 🇦🇴Angola 3.334% 479,505
20 🇧🇿Belize 3.259% 6,839
21 🇵🇼Palau 3.215% 570
22 🇺🇬Uganda 3.208% 681,565
23 🇲🇬Madagascar 3.179% 455,154
24 🇪🇹Ethiopia 3.175% 1,884,045
25 🇮🇶Iraq 3.156% 682,949
26 🇧🇭Bahrain 3.142% 19,880
27 🇲🇿Mozambique 3.051% 490,549
28 🇦🇼Aruba 3.025% 2,402
29 🇸🇬Singapore 3.005% 109,745
30 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 2.984% 189
31 🇵🇰Pakistan 2.973% 4,079,897
32 🇾🇪Yemen 2.948% 489,783
33 🇯🇴Jordan 2.947% 135,829
34 🇬🇲Gambia 2.927% 37,434
35 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.836% 10,948
36 🇨🇫Central African Republic 2.827% 95,082
37 🇸🇴Somalia 2.814% 210,230
38 🇧🇯Benin 2.791% 173,168
39 🇭🇳Honduras 2.772% 165,675
40 🇩🇯Djibouti 2.757% 17,770
41 🇦🇮Anguilla 2.707% 267
42 🇬🇳Guinea 2.703% 207,699
43 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 2.702% 524,467
44 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.691% 556,699
45 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 2.687% 395,198
46 🇰🇪Kenya 2.686% 741,579
47 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.681% 363,923
48 🇳🇦Namibia 2.637% 43,503
49 🇶🇦Qatar 2.635% 13,947
50 🇨🇬Congo 2.623% 73,870
51 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 2.555% 463
52 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.543% 270,059
53 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.541% 270,172
54 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.525% 2,801,538
55 🇿🇲Zambia 2.508% 223,276
56 🇬🇦Gabon 2.505% 28,822
57 🇵🇭Philippines 2.498% 1,772,412
58 🇸🇸South Sudan 2.497% 135,678
59 🇸🇩Sudan 2.443% 582,928
60 🇮🇱Israel 2.409% 135,207
61 🇧🇼Botswana 2.388% 37,787
62 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.366% 4,133
63 🇸🇳Senegal 2.354% 208,187
64 🇰🇭Cambodia 2.33% 260,503
65 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 2.311% 65
66 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 2.306% 7,062
67 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 2.299% 9,680
68 🇬🇭Ghana 2.285% 407,687
69 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.28% 114,976
70 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.276% 107,237
71 🇨🇷Costa Rica 2.275% 83,186
72 🇪🇬Egypt 2.161% 1,416,962
73 🇰🇲Comoros 2.158% 10,667
74 🇳🇨New Caledonia 2.131% 4,348
75 🇲🇱Mali 2.113% 214,060
76 🇳🇵Nepal 2.074% 472,446
77 🇸🇷Suriname 2.067% 9,173
78 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.054% 463,715
79 🇲🇻Maldives 2.046% 5,397
80 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 2.04% 1,424
81 🇦🇸American Samoa 2.022% 1,102
82 🇵🇦Panama 2.02% 55,983
83 🇹🇯Tajikistan 1.996% 120,447
84 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.991% 17,523
85 🇸🇿Eswatini 1.969% 19,167
86 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 1.952% 22,263
87 🇮🇳India 1.934% 19,016,909
88 🇲🇼Malawi 1.921% 198,050
89 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1.865% 7,538
90 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.857% 148,348
91 🇭🇹Haiti 1.855% 144,143
92 🇱🇧Lebanon 1.852% 74,730
93 🇲🇷Mauritania 1.851% 44,955
94 🇵🇪Peru 1.841% 458,505
95 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 1.813% 425,526
96 🇪🇨Ecuador 1.812% 213,343
97 🇨🇴Colombia 1.805% 661,332
98 🇧🇹Bhutan 1.781% 9,570
99 🇳🇮Nicaragua 1.773% 85,327
100 🇱🇾Libya 1.756% 84,615
101 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 1.755% 140,631
102 🇲🇽Mexico 1.753% 1,605,124
103 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.742% 1,443
104 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1.726% 2,069,440
105 🇩🇿Algeria 1.721% 498,846
106 🇲🇶Martinique 1.702% 7,097
107 🇷🇪Réunion 1.698% 12,538
108 🇧🇸Bahamas 1.698% 5,177
109 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.695% 2,295
110 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 1.679% 106,343
111 🇹🇷Türkiye 1.668% 1,005,726
112 🇴🇲Oman 1.65% 36,456
113 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 1.639% 183,198
114 🇵🇫French Polynesia 1.623% 3,818
115 🇮🇩Indonesia 1.61% 3,241,939
116 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1.595% 822
117 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.534% 71,572
118 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1.523% 1,141,427
119 🇧🇷Brazil 1.514% 2,513,181
120 🇲🇦Morocco 1.475% 398,098
121 🇿🇦South Africa 1.463% 653,403
122 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.442% 11,986
123 🇳🇿New Zealand 1.437% 53,579
124 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 1.434% 31,177
125 🇹🇳Tunisia 1.393% 131,344
126 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 1.391% 436
127 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 1.387% 59,672
128 🇬🇺Guam 1.38% 2,101
129 🇸🇲San Marino 1.367% 345
130 🇨🇱Chile 1.341% 195,927
131 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.33% 819,011
132 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 1.319% 410,773
133 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.303% 574,961
134 🇹🇭Thailand 1.298% 781,308
135 🇱🇺Luxembourg 1.28% 5,289
136 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.274% 55,403
137 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.274% 549
138 🇲🇲Myanmar 1.267% 550,068
139 🇺🇸United States of America 1.251% 3,366,061
140 🇦🇷Argentina 1.233% 436,502
141 🇦🇺Australia 1.14% 207,583
142 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1.13% 1,182
143 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.088% 25,654
144 🇸🇨Seychelles 1.085% 820
145 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 1.079% 144
146 🇲🇺Mauritius 1.036% 12,146
147 🇼🇸Samoa 1.029% 1,818
148 🇨🇦Canada 1.027% 303,958
149 🇱🇸Lesotho 1.004% 19,637
150 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.003% 1,544
151 🇮🇲Isle of Man 0.988% 711
152 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 0.986% 223,001
153 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 0.938% 3,921
154 🇲🇹Malta 0.904% 3,482
155 🇫🇯Fiji 0.873% 6,951
156 🇯🇲Jamaica 0.867% 21,964
157 🇦🇩Andorra 0.859% 551
158 🇸🇻El Salvador 0.81% 46,937
159 🇨🇳China 0.796% 9,776,335
160 🇪🇷Eritrea 0.794% 17,977
161 🇮🇪Ireland 0.784% 28,262
162 🇱🇷Liberia 0.773% 17,033
163 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 0.77% 340
164 🇲🇨Monaco 0.769% 244
165 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 0.738% 135,220
166 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 0.73% 27,245
167 🇮🇸Iceland 0.714% 1,921
168 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 0.712% 153,903
169 🇬🇩Grenada 0.705% 739
170 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 0.7% 55,631
171 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.693% 99
172 🇬🇷Greece 0.681% 73,523
173 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 0.679% 309,819
174 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.657% 393
175 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.58% 90,100
176 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.574% 18,509
177 🇲🇰North Macedonia 0.563% 11,221
178 🇯🇪Jersey 0.519% 439
179 🇳🇴Norway 0.519% 22,748
180 🇪🇸Spain 0.448% 179,321
181 🇩🇰Denmark 0.399% 20,971
182 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 0.393% 5,168
183 🇵🇹Portugal 0.384% 38,744
184 🇫🇷France 0.362% 208,680
185 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 0.354% 392
186 🇹🇻Tuvalu 0.354% 34
187 🇨🇺Cuba 0.32% 35,132
188 🇨🇰Cook Islands 0.303% 54
189 🇫🇮Finland 0.302% 15,469
190 🇧🇪Belgium 0.296% 29,987
191 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.295% 172
192 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.278% 161,579
193 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.275% 19,440
194 🇸🇪Sweden 0.272% 23,875
195 🇬🇱Greenland 0.264% 148
196 🇯🇵Japan 0.252% 316,280
197 🇬🇾Guyana 0.233% 1,753
198 🇬🇮Gibraltar 0.222% 61
199 🇹🇴Tonga 0.206% 206
200 🇩🇪Germany 0.184% 149,750
201 🇳🇷Nauru 0.184% 19
202 🇧🇧Barbados 0.174% 457
203 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.158% 8,442
204 🇦🇹Austria 0.15% 11,954
205 🇲🇪Montenegro 0.117% 742
206 🇷🇸Serbia 0.101% 8,034
207 🇮🇹Italy 0.051% 29,113
208 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.034% 39
209 🇵🇱Poland -0.001% -204
210 🇸🇮Slovenia -0.023% -459
211 🇩🇲Dominica -0.085% -59
212 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.125% -8
213 🇨🇿Czechia -0.163% -16,830
214 🇭🇺Hungary -0.208% -21,443
215 🇷🇺Russian Federation -0.21% -311,828
216 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) -0.245% -72
217 🇹🇰Tokelau -0.246% -4
218 🇧🇾Belarus -0.276% -28,804
219 🇻🇦Holy See -0.446% -3
220 🇦🇱Albania -0.455% -14,874
221 🇷🇴Romania -0.556% -124,697
222 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) -0.646% -203
223 🇱🇹Lithuania -0.701% -26,098
224 🇦🇲Armenia -0.776% -25,589
225 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova -0.833% -36,910
226 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.919% -77,168
227 🇺🇦Ukraine -0.929% -470,009
228 🇭🇷Croatia -0.946% -45,027
229 🇸🇭Saint Helena -0.986% -62
230 🇪🇪Estonia -1.135% -16,290
231 🇨🇼Curaçao -1.162% -1,730
232 🇧🇮Burundi -1.239% -73,495
233 🇱🇻Latvia -1.378% -34,913
234 🇳🇺Niue -1.87% -43
235 🇰🇿Kazakhstan -1.93% -311,577
236 🇬🇪Georgia -2.52% -119,990
237 🇲🇸Montserrat -8.157% -629

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1996

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.476% 18,391,682
2 Oceania 1.631% 479,152
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.618% 7,951,229
4 Asia 1.44% 50,906,230
5 Northern America 1.229% 3,670,552
6 Europe 0.019% 135,459

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1996

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Melanesia 3.124% 198,285
2 Eastern Africa 3.08% 7,120,867
3 Micronesia 2.636% 12,621
4 Western Africa 2.569% 5,484,895
5 Western Asia 2.173% 3,784,581
6 Middle Africa 2.161% 1,887,383
7 Southern Asia 2.005% 27,289,011
8 Northern Africa 1.955% 3,125,040
9 Central America 1.849% 2,319,243
10 South-Eastern Asia 1.735% 8,548,125
11 South America 1.59% 5,232,696
12 Southern Africa 1.522% 773,497
13 Australia/New Zealand 1.19% 261,161
14 Polynesia 1.157% 7,084
15 Caribbean 1.086% 399,290
16 Eastern Asia 0.751% 10,918,873
17 Central Asia 0.67% 365,640
18 Southern Europe 0.345% 499,844
19 Western Europe 0.286% 515,880
20 Northern Europe 0.213% 199,186
21 Eastern Europe -0.349% -1,079,451

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1996

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.874% 10,335,285
2 No income group available 2.081% 475,850
3 Lower-middle-income countries 1.919% 43,766,953
4 Middle-income countries 1.455% 63,593,520
5 Upper-middle-income countries 0.949% 19,826,567
6 High-income countries 0.665% 7,129,649

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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