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Population Growth Rate by Country in 2003

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In the year 2003, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.274% and global population grew with total of 81,443,376 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇪🇷Eritrea with a rate of 5.59%. Closely followed by 🇧🇭Bahrain with a population growth rate of 5.43%, and 🇦🇫Afghanistan with 5.352% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇹🇰Tokelau with -4.482%. Followed by 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands with a population growth rate of -3.531%, and 🇲🇶Martinique with -2.054% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.498%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 1.603%, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a 1.27% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 3.083%. Closely followed by Melanesia with a population growth rate of 2.916%, and Eastern Africa with a 2.856% 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 2.918%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.622%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2003

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2003

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇪🇷Eritrea 5.59% 148,285
2 🇧🇭Bahrain 5.43% 42,249
3 🇦🇫Afghanistan 5.352% 1,211,660
4 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 5.25% 1,141
5 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 4.72% 179,962
6 🇶🇦Qatar 4.675% 34,989
7 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 4.558% 35,990
8 🇸🇸South Sudan 4.51% 315,310
9 🇪🇭Western Sahara 4.457% 13,868
10 🇹🇩Chad 4.409% 405,408
11 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 4.185% 644
12 🇦🇩Andorra 4.156% 3,071
13 🇬🇫French Guiana 4.014% 7,473
14 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 3.815% 204,128
15 🇾🇹Mayotte 3.761% 6,724
16 🇸🇴Somalia 3.709% 361,869
17 🇧🇮Burundi 3.579% 245,508
18 🇳🇪Niger 3.525% 454,739
19 🇦🇴Angola 3.466% 628,163
20 🇨🇬Congo 3.388% 116,013
21 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 3.294% 200,640
22 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 3.244% 713
23 🇲🇱Mali 3.225% 397,986
24 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 3.217% 1,411
25 🇿🇲Zambia 3.199% 346,628
26 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 3.12% 406,508
27 🇧🇿Belize 3.059% 8,076
28 🇧🇯Benin 3.032% 232,193
29 🇺🇬Uganda 3.009% 793,007
30 🇰🇪Kenya 2.976% 1,004,931
31 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.929% 519,166
32 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.887% 2,111,999
33 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.871% 1,527,623
34 🇬🇲Gambia 2.869% 44,940
35 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 2.799% 12,946
36 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.732% 446,806
37 🇬🇦Gabon 2.725% 37,563
38 🇮🇶Iraq 2.712% 733,944
39 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.69% 3,581,249
40 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.681% 1,001,016
41 🇬🇭Ghana 2.676% 570,816
42 🇾🇪Yemen 2.655% 535,976
43 🇹🇬Togo 2.633% 142,743
44 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.599% 498,605
45 🇲🇼Malawi 2.592% 313,266
46 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 2.575% 453,469
47 🇱🇾Libya 2.549% 141,261
48 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2.545% 3,913
49 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.535% 217,181
50 🇰🇼Kuwait 2.534% 53,240
51 🇭🇳Honduras 2.523% 181,663
52 🇸🇳Senegal 2.487% 259,442
53 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.485% 5,151
54 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 2.482% 190
55 🇧🇹Bhutan 2.437% 15,462
56 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.397% 592,869
57 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 2.387% 762
58 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 2.379% 430,894
59 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 2.328% 30,631
60 🇯🇴Jordan 2.328% 125,617
61 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.278% 10,507
62 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 2.242% 518,996
63 🇵🇰Pakistan 2.24% 3,738,325
64 🇬🇳Guinea 2.224% 195,051
65 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.223% 279,437
66 🇸🇩Sudan 2.202% 620,718
67 🇵🇸State of Palestine 2.184% 73,900
68 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.153% 62,080
69 🇨🇫Central African Republic 2.144% 86,351
70 🇪🇬Egypt 2.051% 1,558,231
71 🇰🇮Kiribati 2.007% 1,893
72 🇸🇲San Marino 2.0% 572
73 🇵🇭Philippines 1.997% 1,656,417
74 🇹🇯Tajikistan 1.932% 128,878
75 🇵🇦Panama 1.916% 60,970
76 🇰🇲Comoros 1.9% 10,834
77 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.862% 17,253
78 🇮🇱Israel 1.86% 120,425
79 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 1.836% 6,499
80 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.829% 18,294
81 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1.783% 4,185
82 🇰🇭Cambodia 1.767% 225,977
83 🇪🇨Ecuador 1.752% 232,969
84 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.745% 158,030
85 🇧🇼Botswana 1.736% 31,711
86 🇳🇿New Zealand 1.729% 69,510
87 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.726% 445,111
88 🇭🇹Haiti 1.723% 151,860
89 🇪🇸Spain 1.697% 716,547
90 🇮🇳India 1.696% 18,950,507
91 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1.69% 2,306,873
92 🇲🇻Maldives 1.657% 4,925
93 🇮🇪Ireland 1.63% 64,510
94 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.593% 1,082,462
95 🇸🇷Suriname 1.591% 8,016
96 🇦🇮Anguilla 1.584% 186
97 🇨🇷Costa Rica 1.55% 64,915
98 🇱🇧Lebanon 1.534% 69,111
99 🇵🇫French Polynesia 1.514% 3,985
100 🇩🇯Djibouti 1.491% 12,020
101 🇲🇽Mexico 1.462% 1,497,988
102 🇱🇺Luxembourg 1.461% 6,593
103 🇨🇴Colombia 1.447% 593,911
104 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.424% 81,023
105 🇬🇮Gibraltar 1.406% 398
106 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 1.394% 124,332
107 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1.386% 6,654
108 🇩🇿Algeria 1.373% 440,109
109 🇨🇼Curaçao 1.365% 1,954
110 🇸🇨Seychelles 1.364% 1,140
111 🇹🇷Türkiye 1.352% 903,938
112 🇧🇸Bahamas 1.346% 4,555
113 🇳🇵Nepal 1.324% 339,990
114 🇮🇩Indonesia 1.322% 2,948,144
115 🇳🇦Namibia 1.275% 24,426
116 🇹🇻Tuvalu 1.272% 123
117 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.251% 593
118 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 1.246% 322,762
119 🇷🇪Réunion 1.209% 9,856
120 🇵🇾Paraguay 1.201% 64,280
121 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 1.198% 57,029
122 🇳🇮Nicaragua 1.189% 63,312
123 🇲🇦Morocco 1.183% 350,874
124 🇯🇪Jersey 1.165% 1,034
125 🇧🇷Brazil 1.144% 2,089,774
126 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.139% 57,835
127 🇴🇲Oman 1.137% 27,640
128 🇦🇺Australia 1.127% 221,966
129 🇸🇬Singapore 1.098% 46,395
130 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1.095% 855
131 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.072% 90,707
132 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1.019% 830,203
133 🇨🇱Chile 1.013% 160,721
134 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 1.004% 193,864
135 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.004% 310
136 🇦🇷Argentina 1.001% 383,091
137 🇵🇪Peru 0.996% 275,035
138 🇫🇯Fiji 0.984% 8,447
139 🇹🇳Tunisia 0.977% 99,606
140 🇮🇲Isle of Man 0.966% 753
141 🇦🇼Aruba 0.949% 880
142 🇺🇸United States of America 0.941% 2,739,645
143 🇿🇦South Africa 0.918% 441,477
144 🇲🇲Myanmar 0.91% 426,822
145 🇨🇦Canada 0.906% 286,322
146 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 0.876% 298
147 🇲🇳Mongolia 0.86% 21,645
148 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 0.834% 100,713
149 🇹🇭Thailand 0.833% 539,420
150 🇬🇩Grenada 0.761% 828
151 🇮🇹Italy 0.759% 435,889
152 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 0.739% 1,205
153 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 0.727% 172,863
154 🇮🇸Iceland 0.727% 2,106
155 🇸🇿Eswatini 0.699% 7,402
156 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.682% 49,988
157 🇲🇺Mauritius 0.651% 8,087
158 🇨🇳China 0.607% 7,824,611
159 🇹🇴Tonga 0.599% 625
160 🇫🇷France 0.59% 352,529
161 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 0.587% 90,512
162 🇳🇴Norway 0.554% 25,281
163 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 0.54% 7,310
164 🇦🇹Austria 0.535% 43,422
165 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.527% 314,292
166 🇲🇹Malta 0.525% 2,138
167 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 0.519% 117,256
168 🇲🇸Montserrat 0.519% 24
169 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 0.497% 34,253
170 🇯🇲Jamaica 0.481% 12,762
171 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.466% 291
172 🇧🇪Belgium 0.464% 48,255
173 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.442% 14
174 🇸🇪Sweden 0.439% 39,371
175 🇬🇺Guam 0.438% 716
176 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.427% 68,856
177 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 0.424% 201,757
178 🇧🇧Barbados 0.382% 1,022
179 🇼🇸Samoa 0.364% 683
180 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.347% 161
181 🇩🇰Denmark 0.339% 18,284
182 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.337% 6,713
183 🇵🇹Portugal 0.303% 31,783
184 🇲🇰North Macedonia 0.296% 6,129
185 🇬🇱Greenland 0.284% 161
186 🇫🇮Finland 0.257% 13,420
187 🇨🇺Cuba 0.252% 28,242
188 🇨🇰Cook Islands 0.252% 38
189 🇩🇲Dominica 0.221% 151
190 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.206% 123
191 🇸🇻El Salvador 0.19% 11,463
192 🇵🇼Palau 0.166% 33
193 🇯🇵Japan 0.137% 175,085
194 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.094% 3,119
195 🇨🇿Czechia 0.084% 8,623
196 🇬🇷Greece 0.075% 8,303
197 🇬🇾Guyana 0.011% 83
198 🇸🇰Slovakia -0.01% -553
199 🇲🇪Montenegro -0.051% -323
200 🇳🇷Nauru -0.058% -6
201 🇲🇭Marshall Islands -0.062% -34
202 🇵🇱Poland -0.081% -31,352
203 🇩🇪Germany -0.129% -105,325
204 🇵🇷Puerto Rico -0.184% -7,039
205 🇲🇨Monaco -0.22% -71
206 🇷🇸Serbia -0.24% -18,936
207 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) -0.263% -294
208 🇭🇺Hungary -0.266% -26,936
209 🇱🇸Lesotho -0.291% -5,804
210 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -0.339% -51
211 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) -0.392% -7,210
212 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.408% -462
213 🇷🇺Russian Federation -0.445% -644,805
214 🇭🇷Croatia -0.472% -21,051
215 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -0.477% -512
216 🇦🇸American Samoa -0.478% -277
217 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.487% -20,380
218 🇱🇷Liberia -0.52% -16,047
219 🇦🇲Armenia -0.588% -18,122
220 🇪🇪Estonia -0.646% -8,849
221 🇧🇾Belarus -0.676% -68,042
222 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.699% -55,311
223 🇺🇦Ukraine -0.722% -343,557
224 🇬🇪Georgia -0.738% -29,667
225 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.774% -48
226 🇷🇴Romania -0.849% -182,472
227 🇻🇦Holy See -0.94% -6
228 🇦🇱Albania -0.984% -30,430
229 🇬🇵Guadeloupe -1.081% -4,471
230 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova -1.309% -53,600
231 🇱🇹Lithuania -1.339% -46,454
232 🇱🇻Latvia -1.356% -31,104
233 🇳🇺Niue -1.867% -36
234 🇸🇭Saint Helena -1.932% -111
235 🇲🇶Martinique -2.054% -8,608
236 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands -3.531% -2,635
237 🇹🇰Tokelau -4.482% -71

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2003

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.498% 22,041,751
2 Oceania 1.603% 525,098
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.27% 6,909,857
4 Asia 1.245% 48,367,192
5 Northern America 0.937% 3,026,371
6 Europe 0.079% 573,107

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2003

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 3.083% 3,287,830
2 Melanesia 2.916% 228,930
3 Eastern Africa 2.856% 8,026,146
4 Western Africa 2.717% 7,003,896
5 Western Asia 1.957% 3,934,669
6 Southern Asia 1.788% 27,844,068
7 Northern Africa 1.773% 3,224,667
8 Central America 1.535% 2,167,824
9 South-Eastern Asia 1.345% 7,371,022
10 Australia/New Zealand 1.229% 291,476
11 South America 1.216% 4,421,627
12 Central Asia 1.136% 657,017
13 Southern Africa 0.909% 499,212
14 Caribbean 0.815% 320,406
15 Polynesia 0.765% 5,019
16 Southern Europe 0.752% 1,113,207
17 Eastern Asia 0.563% 8,560,416
18 Northern Europe 0.412% 393,360
19 Western Europe 0.253% 464,545
20 Micronesia -0.062% -327
21 Eastern Europe -0.465% -1,398,005

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2003

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.918% 12,745,571
2 No income group available 1.756% 459,610
3 Lower-middle-income countries 1.728% 44,846,960
4 Middle-income countries 1.274% 61,263,901
5 Upper-middle-income countries 0.741% 16,416,940
6 High-income countries 0.622% 6,974,294

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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