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Population Growth Rate by Country in 2000

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In the year 2000, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.332% and global population grew with total of 81,913,894 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates with a rate of 5.449%. Closely followed by 🇶🇦Qatar with a population growth rate of 5.074%, and 🇨🇬Congo with 5.011% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇲🇸Montserrat with -12.298%. Followed by 🇨🇰Cook Islands with a population growth rate of -3.875%, and 🇳🇺Niue with -3.328% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.462%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 1.54%, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a 1.432% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 3.042%. Closely followed by Melanesia with a population growth rate of 3.02%, and Eastern Africa with a 2.744% 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 2.513%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.652%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2000

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2000

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 5.449% 178,430
2 🇶🇦Qatar 5.074% 32,770
3 🇨🇬Congo 5.011% 157,004
4 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 4.97% 34,038
5 🇪🇭Western Sahara 4.942% 13,359
6 🇸🇸South Sudan 4.48% 273,869
7 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 4.309% 197,486
8 🇬🇫French Guiana 4.206% 6,911
9 🇾🇹Mayotte 4.157% 6,617
10 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 4.114% 771
11 🇸🇴Somalia 4.018% 350,340
12 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 3.503% 1,389
13 🇳🇪Niger 3.452% 401,160
14 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 3.419% 188,297
15 🇮🇶Iraq 3.359% 827,266
16 🇵🇰Pakistan 3.301% 5,094,867
17 🇹🇩Chad 3.279% 270,792
18 🇦🇴Angola 3.259% 534,190
19 🇧🇿Belize 3.144% 7,558
20 🇺🇬Uganda 3.114% 748,009
21 🇵🇸State of Palestine 3.088% 96,941
22 🇦🇮Anguilla 3.069% 339
23 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 3.02% 358,880
24 🇧🇯Benin 3.018% 211,206
25 🇲🇬Madagascar 3.007% 487,514
26 🇩🇯Djibouti 2.99% 22,185
27 🇲🇱Mali 2.961% 332,794
28 🇰🇼Kuwait 2.957% 57,209
29 🇰🇪Kenya 2.944% 908,184
30 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.94% 1,429,364
31 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.902% 1,944,815
32 🇬🇲Gambia 2.88% 41,404
33 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.853% 983,164
34 🇿🇲Zambia 2.848% 281,725
35 🇨🇫Central African Republic 2.806% 105,490
36 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.785% 75,043
37 🇹🇬Togo 2.771% 138,743
38 🇱🇷Liberia 2.768% 80,140
39 🇾🇪Yemen 2.767% 515,438
40 🇧🇹Bhutan 2.746% 16,122
41 🇭🇳Honduras 2.711% 180,464
42 🇧🇭Bahrain 2.686% 19,110
43 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 2.673% 448,954
44 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 2.641% 187
45 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 2.638% 781
46 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.632% 3,232,997
47 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.621% 395,537
48 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.597% 595,940
49 🇬🇦Gabon 2.588% 32,939
50 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 2.582% 519
51 🇬🇭Ghana 2.574% 506,212
52 🇸🇩Sudan 2.538% 667,432
53 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.525% 4,850
54 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 2.512% 409,642
55 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 2.497% 537,977
56 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.482% 440,975
57 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.444% 10,507
58 🇸🇳Senegal 2.363% 229,303
59 🇲🇼Malawi 2.326% 261,170
60 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.276% 267,134
61 🇱🇾Libya 2.266% 116,800
62 🇹🇯Tajikistan 2.205% 138,329
63 🇦🇼Aruba 2.198% 1,958
64 🇳🇦Namibia 2.18% 39,652
65 🇵🇭Philippines 2.148% 1,674,863
66 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 2.095% 25,788
67 🇯🇴Jordan 2.084% 105,382
68 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 2.06% 6,879
69 🇪🇬Egypt 2.056% 1,467,679
70 🇧🇼Botswana 2.041% 35,245
71 🇧🇮Burundi 2.03% 128,029
72 🇳🇨New Caledonia 2.014% 4,462
73 🇮🇱Israel 2.005% 122,644
74 🇰🇲Comoros 1.991% 10,687
75 🇵🇦Panama 1.963% 58,917
76 🇨🇷Costa Rica 1.918% 76,319
77 🇸🇬Singapore 1.909% 77,401
78 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.886% 460,587
79 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1.885% 2,435,516
80 🇵🇾Paraguay 1.848% 94,704
81 🇭🇹Haiti 1.829% 152,909
82 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1.818% 56
83 🇮🇳India 1.816% 19,243,861
84 🇰🇭Cambodia 1.794% 217,416
85 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.786% 153,418
86 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.784% 1,585
87 🇬🇳Guinea 1.766% 147,234
88 🇸🇷Suriname 1.766% 8,457
89 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.737% 16,473
90 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1.731% 7,930
91 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.723% 1,129,109
92 🇪🇨Ecuador 1.711% 216,036
93 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1.684% 1,264
94 🇸🇲San Marino 1.681% 451
95 🇵🇫French Polynesia 1.655% 4,152
96 🇲🇻Maldives 1.654% 4,673
97 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.654% 89,824
98 🇳🇵Nepal 1.639% 402,399
99 🇱🇧Lebanon 1.605% 69,356
100 🇨🇴Colombia 1.598% 626,493
101 🇲🇽Mexico 1.556% 1,522,639
102 🇸🇨Seychelles 1.546% 1,238
103 🇮🇸Iceland 1.539% 4,332
104 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 1.517% 129,543
105 🇧🇸Bahamas 1.506% 4,894
106 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.471% 12,921
107 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 1.47% 67,184
108 🇹🇷Türkiye 1.462% 937,046
109 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.461% 664
110 🇵🇪Peru 1.442% 384,392
111 🇮🇪Ireland 1.434% 54,041
112 🇮🇩Indonesia 1.428% 3,056,635
113 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1.426% 6,157
114 🇱🇺Luxembourg 1.424% 6,202
115 🇳🇮Nicaragua 1.394% 71,401
116 🇩🇿Algeria 1.389% 427,576
117 🇧🇷Brazil 1.343% 2,362,127
118 🇴🇲Oman 1.324% 31,033
119 🇲🇦Morocco 1.317% 375,957
120 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.312% 599
121 🇷🇪Réunion 1.311% 10,296
122 🇷🇼Rwanda 1.299% 105,365
123 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 1.293% 87,048
124 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.287% 1,849
125 🇪🇷Eritrea 1.285% 30,747
126 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 1.266% 315,597
127 🇦🇺Australia 1.206% 229,300
128 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 1.182% 165
129 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 1.148% 379
130 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1.138% 860
131 🇨🇱Chile 1.138% 174,659
132 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.134% 92,846
133 🇸🇿Eswatini 1.121% 11,549
134 🇺🇸United States of America 1.12% 3,163,854
135 🇦🇷Argentina 1.116% 413,547
136 🇹🇰Tokelau 1.08% 18
137 🇫🇯Fiji 1.064% 8,861
138 🇲🇲Myanmar 1.062% 483,484
139 🇹🇳Tunisia 1.047% 103,609
140 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1.039% 821,036
141 🇨🇦Canada 1.002% 307,411
142 🇼🇸Samoa 0.968% 1,782
143 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 0.964% 47,564
144 🇬🇺Guam 0.951% 1,523
145 🇹🇭Thailand 0.936% 590,535
146 🇵🇼Palau 0.928% 183
147 🇿🇦South Africa 0.882% 412,887
148 🇲🇳Mongolia 0.866% 21,237
149 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.856% 126
150 🇵🇱Poland 0.85% 327,094
151 🇲🇺Mauritius 0.817% 9,931
152 🇲🇹Malta 0.774% 3,089
153 🇵🇹Portugal 0.75% 77,275
154 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 0.734% 86,925
155 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 0.733% 13,367
156 🇲🇰North Macedonia 0.73% 14,873
157 🇨🇳China 0.71% 8,977,828
158 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 0.667% 1,064
159 🇦🇩Andorra 0.658% 435
160 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 0.654% 152,877
161 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.645% 396
162 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.618% 23,820
163 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 0.607% 134,680
164 🇹🇴Tonga 0.597% 613
165 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 0.592% 277,026
166 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 0.589% 473
167 🇫🇷France 0.581% 341,034
168 🇬🇩Grenada 0.564% 606
169 🇳🇴Norway 0.556% 24,969
170 🇸🇻El Salvador 0.546% 32,549
171 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.544% 86,414
172 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.544% 39,044
173 🇪🇸Spain 0.53% 215,869
174 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 0.522% 98,028
175 🇯🇲Jamaica 0.518% 13,530
176 🇦🇸American Samoa 0.493% 287
177 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 0.441% 239
178 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 0.435% 5,795
179 🇧🇪Belgium 0.418% 42,909
180 🇩🇰Denmark 0.399% 21,322
181 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.392% 230,523
182 🇬🇱Greenland 0.377% 212
183 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.366% 15,282
184 🇬🇷Greece 0.351% 38,712
185 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.329% 10,829
186 🇨🇺Cuba 0.314% 34,914
187 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.311% 184
188 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 0.282% 315
189 🇯🇪Jersey 0.277% 239
190 🇸🇪Sweden 0.276% 24,501
191 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 0.261% 39,695
192 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 0.248% 9,509
193 🇦🇹Austria 0.23% 18,463
194 🇯🇵Japan 0.219% 277,818
195 🇫🇮Finland 0.189% 9,768
196 🇧🇧Barbados 0.131% 348
197 🇬🇮Gibraltar 0.119% 33
198 🇱🇸Lesotho 0.118% 2,362
199 🇬🇾Guyana 0.116% 882
200 🇮🇹Italy 0.055% 31,329
201 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.017% 923
202 🇲🇨Monaco 0.009% 3
203 🇩🇪Germany -0.024% -19,842
204 🇲🇪Montenegro -0.049% -311
205 🇸🇮Slovenia -0.085% -1,688
206 🇳🇷Nauru -0.125% -13
207 🇹🇻Tuvalu -0.125% -12
208 🇨🇿Czechia -0.132% -13,544
209 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -0.148% -160
210 🇻🇦Holy See -0.154% -1
211 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.159% -181
212 🇭🇺Hungary -0.224% -22,836
213 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.239% -15
214 🇷🇸Serbia -0.278% -22,082
215 🇷🇺Russian Federation -0.388% -569,852
216 🇧🇾Belarus -0.486% -49,883
217 🇷🇴Romania -0.54% -118,409
218 🇩🇲Dominica -0.579% -396
219 🇬🇵Guadeloupe -0.59% -2,503
220 🇪🇪Estonia -0.613% -8,565
221 🇲🇶Martinique -0.64% -2,767
222 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) -0.738% -225
223 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.795% -64,392
224 🇦🇱Albania -0.861% -27,385
225 🇺🇦Ukraine -0.926% -452,681
226 🇱🇹Lithuania -1.003% -36,097
227 🇨🇼Curaçao -1.126% -1,592
228 🇸🇭Saint Helena -1.179% -71
229 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova -1.179% -50,146
230 🇦🇲Armenia -1.21% -38,337
231 🇭🇷Croatia -1.275% -57,978
232 🇦🇫Afghanistan -1.299% -253,861
233 🇱🇻Latvia -1.373% -32,849
234 🇬🇪Georgia -3.086% -131,612
235 🇳🇺Niue -3.328% -69
236 🇨🇰Cook Islands -3.875% -616
237 🇲🇸Montserrat -12.298% -631

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2000

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.462% 20,162,298
2 Oceania 1.54% 480,683
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.432% 7,482,774
4 Asia 1.344% 50,220,303
5 Northern America 1.109% 3,471,858
6 Europe 0.013% 95,978

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2000

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 3.042% 2,961,203
2 Melanesia 3.02% 216,977
3 Eastern Africa 2.744% 7,091,785
4 Western Africa 2.711% 6,435,203
5 Western Asia 2.049% 3,879,615
6 Southern Asia 1.913% 28,170,714
7 Northern Africa 1.841% 3,172,412
8 Central America 1.648% 2,216,982
9 South-Eastern Asia 1.452% 7,626,934
10 South America 1.405% 4,913,098
11 Australia/New Zealand 1.107% 253,120
12 Central Asia 1.088% 608,369
13 Polynesia 0.982% 6,281
14 Southern Africa 0.94% 501,695
15 Caribbean 0.921% 352,694
16 Micronesia 0.819% 4,305
17 Eastern Asia 0.665% 9,934,671
18 Northern Europe 0.311% 293,827
19 Western Europe 0.283% 514,606
20 Southern Europe 0.207% 301,270
21 Eastern Europe -0.333% -1,013,725

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2000

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.513% 10,073,362
2 No income group available 1.911% 473,262
3 Lower-middle-income countries 1.871% 46,010,604
4 Middle-income countries 1.389% 64,189,553
5 Upper-middle-income countries 0.84% 18,178,949
6 High-income countries 0.652% 7,177,717

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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