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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1997

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In the year 1997, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.393% and global population grew with total of 82,553,695 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇱🇷Liberia with a rate of 14.236%. Closely followed by 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands with a population growth rate of 8.525%, and 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates with 7.866% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇲🇸Montserrat with -9.377%. Followed by 🇨🇰Cook Islands with a population growth rate of -2.951%, and 🇬🇪Georgia with -2.565% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.492%. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a population growth rate of 1.575%, and Oceania with a 1.521% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Melanesia had the highest population growth rate of 3.147%. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.905%, and Western Africa with a 2.76% 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 2.784%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.574%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1997

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1997

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇱🇷Liberia 14.236% 342,924
2 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 8.525% 4,822
3 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 7.866% 221,515
4 🇷🇼Rwanda 7.544% 584,788
5 🇰🇭Cambodia 6.545% 757,094
6 🇪🇭Western Sahara 5.328% 12,453
7 🇶🇦Qatar 5.159% 28,395
8 🇾🇹Mayotte 5.032% 6,914
9 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 4.381% 722
10 🇩🇯Djibouti 4.3% 28,885
11 🇸🇴Somalia 4.11% 321,576
12 🇵🇸State of Palestine 3.982% 113,849
13 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 3.934% 1,398
14 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 3.89% 23,994
15 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 3.829% 614,426
16 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 3.792% 545,087
17 🇦🇫Afghanistan 3.732% 688,577
18 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 3.554% 177,243
19 🇧🇿Belize 3.478% 7,563
20 🇹🇩Chad 3.451% 264,668
21 🇦🇴Angola 3.402% 498,665
22 🇸🇬Singapore 3.375% 128,107
23 🇳🇪Niger 3.323% 345,063
24 🇦🇼Aruba 3.271% 2,653
25 🇲🇬Madagascar 3.268% 489,915
26 🇰🇼Kuwait 3.191% 57,034
27 🇾🇪Yemen 3.177% 567,771
28 🇬🇫French Guiana 3.173% 4,560
29 🇪🇹Ethiopia 3.153% 1,935,977
30 🇸🇸South Sudan 3.081% 169,735
31 🇮🇶Iraq 3.08% 683,019
32 🇧🇯Benin 3.066% 201,855
33 🇹🇬Togo 2.836% 134,006
34 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.834% 11,549
35 🇬🇲Gambia 2.812% 37,647
36 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 2.812% 184
37 🇵🇰Pakistan 2.798% 3,988,492
38 🇭🇳Honduras 2.783% 168,963
39 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 2.758% 25,297
40 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.752% 869,132
41 🇰🇪Kenya 2.73% 767,077
42 🇦🇮Anguilla 2.721% 279
43 🇨🇫Central African Republic 2.702% 95,409
44 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.637% 363,296
45 🇿🇲Zambia 2.619% 241,911
46 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.619% 63,144
47 🇺🇬Uganda 2.618% 572,061
48 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.607% 285,056
49 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.598% 3,033,413
50 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 2.584% 398,319
51 🇮🇱Israel 2.571% 145,186
52 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 2.565% 481
53 🇳🇦Namibia 2.563% 43,289
54 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.549% 276,703
55 🇸🇩Sudan 2.535% 653,867
56 🇬🇦Gabon 2.526% 29,843
57 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.475% 99,438
58 🇧🇭Bahrain 2.471% 15,418
59 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.466% 527,037
60 🇬🇭Ghana 2.437% 444,417
61 🇯🇴Jordan 2.424% 122,340
62 🇵🇼Palau 2.397% 434
63 🇲🇱Mali 2.371% 252,456
64 🇸🇳Senegal 2.334% 216,700
65 🇵🇭Philippines 2.322% 1,715,782
66 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 2.315% 7,067
67 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.251% 381,480
68 🇧🇼Botswana 2.249% 35,347
69 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.219% 106,380
70 🇨🇷Costa Rica 2.213% 81,914
71 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 2.164% 63
72 🇳🇨New Caledonia 2.15% 4,506
73 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.11% 3,684
74 🇪🇬Egypt 2.082% 1,424,499
75 🇸🇷Suriname 2.069% 9,269
76 🇲🇼Malawi 2.043% 215,774
77 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.037% 471,209
78 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 2.015% 1,432
79 🇳🇵Nepal 2.013% 467,407
80 🇵🇦Panama 2.005% 56,881
81 🇮🇳India 1.951% 19,494,645
82 🇲🇻Maldives 1.942% 5,199
83 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.909% 17,136
84 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 1.906% 216,679
85 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.904% 98,089
86 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1.902% 7,896
87 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 1.884% 343,834
88 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1.883% 2,394,437
89 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.879% 864,718
90 🇭🇹Haiti 1.878% 147,488
91 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 1.855% 21,620
92 🇵🇪Peru 1.831% 462,857
93 🇦🇸American Samoa 1.829% 994
94 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.819% 1,531
95 🇩🇿Algeria 1.818% 537,749
96 🇪🇨Ecuador 1.818% 218,737
97 🇨🇴Colombia 1.785% 662,483
98 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.777% 145,152
99 🇱🇧Lebanon 1.772% 72,798
100 🇧🇹Bhutan 1.732% 9,675
101 🇰🇲Comoros 1.721% 8,741
102 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 1.706% 109,447
103 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 1.694% 73,448
104 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 1.693% 138,387
105 🇵🇫French Polynesia 1.669% 3,825
106 🇲🇽Mexico 1.657% 1,557,856
107 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 1.655% 393,272
108 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1.644% 7,117
109 🇮🇩Indonesia 1.614% 3,333,834
110 🇳🇮Nicaragua 1.613% 77,558
111 🇷🇪Réunion 1.574% 11,531
112 🇨🇬Congo 1.574% 45,442
113 🇪🇷Eritrea 1.542% 33,191
114 🇱🇾Libya 1.5% 75,988
115 🇲🇶Martinique 1.497% 6,228
116 🇲🇦Morocco 1.486% 404,302
117 🇴🇲Oman 1.484% 32,512
118 🇧🇷Brazil 1.476% 2,459,474
119 🇸🇿Eswatini 1.468% 14,776
120 🇧🇸Bahamas 1.463% 4,549
121 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1.456% 1,080,435
122 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.437% 2,192
123 🇬🇳Guinea 1.422% 112,758
124 🇹🇷Türkiye 1.418% 891,294
125 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.368% 1,901
126 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.34% 56,987
127 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 1.323% 422
128 🇬🇺Guam 1.319% 2,033
129 🇹🇳Tunisia 1.312% 123,571
130 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1.311% 956
131 🇹🇭Thailand 1.31% 795,257
132 🇨🇱Chile 1.299% 193,933
133 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.296% 824,596
134 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.293% 62,669
135 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.29% 560
136 🇫🇯Fiji 1.285% 10,435
137 🇲🇲Myanmar 1.268% 554,152
138 🇦🇩Andorra 1.26% 815
139 🇿🇦South Africa 1.248% 569,796
140 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.244% 98,705
141 🇸🇲San Marino 1.229% 317
142 🇱🇺Luxembourg 1.229% 5,151
143 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 1.219% 26,794
144 🇦🇷Argentina 1.197% 430,287
145 🇹🇰Tokelau 1.179% 21
146 🇳🇿New Zealand 1.096% 41,402
147 🇧🇮Burundi 1.092% 66,278
148 🇸🇨Seychelles 1.061% 845
149 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 1.059% 146
150 🇮🇪Ireland 1.052% 38,619
151 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.032% 24,656
152 🇦🇺Australia 1.03% 190,577
153 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 0.966% 476
154 🇲🇺Mauritius 0.965% 11,433
155 🇺🇸United States of America 0.946% 2,586,499
156 🇮🇸Iceland 0.933% 2,531
157 🇨🇦Canada 0.921% 276,908
158 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 0.898% 207,580
159 🇯🇲Jamaica 0.893% 22,764
160 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 0.869% 3,628
161 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 0.835% 372
162 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 0.813% 177,905
163 🇨🇳China 0.794% 9,856,472
164 🇼🇸Samoa 0.788% 1,399
165 🇲🇹Malta 0.779% 3,044
166 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.751% 452
167 🇹🇴Tonga 0.744% 749
168 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.735% 106
169 🇲🇨Monaco 0.683% 219
170 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 0.679% 25,444
171 🇬🇩Grenada 0.673% 709
172 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 0.647% 297,121
173 🇸🇻El Salvador 0.644% 37,632
174 🇹🇯Tajikistan 0.639% 39,248
175 🇱🇸Lesotho 0.616% 12,245
176 🇹🇻Tuvalu 0.606% 57
177 🇲🇰North Macedonia 0.592% 11,991
178 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.577% 90,656
179 🇳🇴Norway 0.566% 24,917
180 🇯🇪Jersey 0.564% 489
181 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.521% 16,802
182 🇬🇷Greece 0.509% 54,040
183 🇪🇸Spain 0.473% 191,120
184 🇵🇹Portugal 0.468% 47,349
185 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 0.383% 414
186 🇩🇰Denmark 0.375% 19,810
187 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.354% 211
188 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 0.347% 4,537
189 🇨🇺Cuba 0.328% 36,122
190 🇫🇷France 0.323% 189,440
191 🇬🇮Gibraltar 0.312% 86
192 🇫🇮Finland 0.29% 14,926
193 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 0.283% 314
194 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.259% 151,488
195 🇯🇵Japan 0.228% 288,318
196 🇧🇪Belgium 0.215% 21,924
197 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.215% 15,229
198 🇬🇾Guyana 0.202% 1,543
199 🇬🇱Greenland 0.137% 77
200 🇳🇷Nauru 0.137% 14
201 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.119% 6,387
202 🇲🇪Montenegro 0.116% 737
203 🇦🇹Austria 0.075% 6,011
204 🇩🇪Germany 0.063% 52,100
205 🇮🇹Italy 0.043% 24,771
206 🇸🇪Sweden 0.037% 3,316
207 🇧🇧Barbados 0.023% 61
208 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.006% 7
209 🇵🇱Poland -0.042% -16,262
210 🇸🇮Slovenia -0.107% -2,119
211 🇨🇿Czechia -0.156% -16,028
212 🇷🇺Russian Federation -0.156% -230,059
213 🇩🇲Dominica -0.196% -136
214 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.218% -14
215 🇭🇺Hungary -0.237% -24,393
216 🇷🇸Serbia -0.262% -20,403
217 🇻🇦Holy See -0.287% -2
218 🇧🇾Belarus -0.478% -48,418
219 🇦🇱Albania -0.557% -17,999
220 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) -0.57% -167
221 🇷🇴Romania -0.601% -134,775
222 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) -0.634% -199
223 🇪🇪Estonia -0.704% -10,012
224 🇱🇹Lithuania -0.716% -25,586
225 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova -0.8% -34,824
226 🇺🇦Ukraine -0.818% -415,289
227 🇨🇼Curaçao -0.901% -1,354
228 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.986% -81,034
229 🇱🇻Latvia -1.002% -24,382
230 🇸🇭Saint Helena -1.076% -67
231 🇦🇲Armenia -1.077% -34,958
232 🇭🇷Croatia -1.294% -58,310
233 🇳🇺Niue -2.115% -47
234 🇰🇿Kazakhstan -2.422% -388,601
235 🇬🇪Georgia -2.565% -120,437
236 🇨🇰Cook Islands -2.951% -520
237 🇲🇸Montserrat -9.377% -652

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1997

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.492% 19,199,263
2 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.575% 7,845,696
3 Oceania 1.521% 455,605
4 Asia 1.454% 52,243,428
5 Americas 1.336% 10,709,618
6 Northern America 0.943% 2,863,922
7 Europe -0.007% -54,219

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1997

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Melanesia 3.147% 207,417
2 Eastern Africa 2.905% 6,933,923
3 Western Africa 2.76% 6,169,522
4 Middle Africa 2.418% 2,187,936
5 Western Asia 2.202% 3,854,984
6 Southern Asia 2.025% 28,216,862
7 Micronesia 1.99% 9,625
8 Northern Africa 1.95% 3,232,429
9 South-Eastern Asia 1.796% 9,022,151
10 Central America 1.765% 2,265,070
11 South America 1.558% 5,182,749
12 Southern Africa 1.301% 675,453
13 Polynesia 1.084% 6,584
14 Caribbean 1.073% 397,877
15 Australia/New Zealand 1.041% 231,979
16 Eastern Asia 0.747% 10,969,395
17 Central Asia 0.327% 180,036
18 Southern Europe 0.249% 361,669
19 Northern Europe 0.211% 197,655
20 Western Europe 0.209% 381,152
21 Eastern Europe -0.323% -994,695

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1997

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.784% 9,987,443
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 2.12% 53,028,654
3 No income group available 2.06% 482,989
4 Lower-middle-income countries 2.009% 43,041,211
5 Low-and-middle-income countries 1.573% 75,882,036
6 Middle-income countries 1.476% 65,894,592
7 Upper-middle-income countries 0.984% 22,853,382
8 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 0.854% 29,038,424
9 High-income countries 0.574% 6,185,042

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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