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Population Growth Rate by Country in 2007

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In the year 2007, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.266% and global population grew with total of 85,170,887 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates with a rate of 18.905%. Closely followed by 🇶🇦Qatar with a population growth rate of 17.796%, and 🇧🇭Bahrain with 6.709% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands with -4.796%. Followed by 🇦🇩Andorra with a population growth rate of -2.675%, and 🇸🇭Saint Helena with -2.278% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.578%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 1.946%, and Asia with a 1.166% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 3.211%. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.864%, and Western Africa with a 2.764% 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 2.893%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by Upper-middle-income countries with a rate of only 0.727%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2007

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2007

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 18.905% 1,106,896
2 🇶🇦Qatar 17.796% 218,653
3 🇧🇭Bahrain 6.709% 69,784
4 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 6.535% 1,352,357
5 🇰🇼Kuwait 5.74% 143,842
6 🇱🇷Liberia 4.782% 173,677
7 🇸🇸South Sudan 4.75% 399,769
8 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 4.722% 44,797
9 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 4.379% 1,150
10 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3.999% 14,730
11 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 3.912% 1,032,694
12 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 3.846% 696
13 🇸🇬Singapore 3.782% 176,345
14 🇧🇮Burundi 3.741% 297,175
15 🇦🇴Angola 3.665% 766,188
16 🇳🇪Niger 3.657% 544,738
17 🇨🇬Congo 3.64% 143,995
18 🇿🇲Zambia 3.611% 447,768
19 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 3.557% 896
20 🇲🇻Maldives 3.556% 11,560
21 🇨🇰Cook Islands 3.508% 544
22 🇸🇴Somalia 3.368% 374,472
23 🇲🇱Mali 3.297% 464,200
24 🇹🇩Chad 3.238% 347,182
25 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.201% 1,929,782
26 🇬🇦Gabon 3.145% 48,741
27 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 3.099% 214,471
28 🇬🇲Gambia 3.095% 54,617
29 🇾🇪Yemen 3.006% 680,518
30 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 2.985% 1,482
31 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.965% 437,472
32 🇧🇯Benin 2.95% 255,065
33 🇺🇬Uganda 2.94% 871,197
34 🇰🇪Kenya 2.935% 1,116,443
35 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.922% 582,094
36 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.87% 2,353,505
37 🇧🇿Belize 2.856% 8,487
38 🇲🇼Malawi 2.846% 384,122
39 🇸🇩Sudan 2.838% 885,236
40 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.832% 516,914
41 🇾🇹Mayotte 2.8% 5,477
42 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.8% 1,168,144
43 🇹🇬Togo 2.784% 168,371
44 🇮🇪Ireland 2.739% 119,406
45 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.715% 4,025,346
46 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.699% 257,027
47 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 2.635% 13,580
48 🇸🇳Senegal 2.63% 304,106
49 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.613% 556,026
50 🇬🇭Ghana 2.591% 614,168
51 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 2.587% 37,531
52 🇮🇸Iceland 2.503% 7,804
53 🇬🇫French Guiana 2.474% 5,277
54 🇵🇸State of Palestine 2.465% 91,635
55 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2.45% 4,161
56 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 2.445% 145,193
57 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.414% 5,511
58 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 2.4% 24,462
59 🇬🇳Guinea 2.383% 227,525
60 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 2.349% 198
61 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.346% 73,970
62 🇯🇴Jordan 2.271% 147,015
63 🇭🇳Honduras 2.251% 178,374
64 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.232% 11,264
65 🇵🇰Pakistan 2.174% 3,954,701
66 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.142% 580,403
67 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 2.141% 424,217
68 🇱🇾Libya 2.118% 129,113
69 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.098% 61,399
70 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.085% 285,545
71 🇨🇫Central African Republic 2.024% 88,548
72 🇩🇯Djibouti 2.011% 17,402
73 🇰🇲Comoros 2.007% 12,381
74 🇧🇼Botswana 2.006% 39,466
75 🇪🇬Egypt 1.965% 1,615,241
76 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 1.961% 684
77 🇪🇸Spain 1.945% 880,160
78 🇦🇺Australia 1.921% 400,198
79 🇱🇧Lebanon 1.902% 91,472
80 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.882% 1,920
81 🇷🇪Réunion 1.873% 16,117
82 🇵🇭Philippines 1.867% 1,672,502
83 🇹🇯Tajikistan 1.847% 132,737
84 🇵🇦Panama 1.846% 63,348
85 🇰🇭Cambodia 1.755% 240,714
86 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.739% 168,876
87 🇮🇱Israel 1.733% 120,500
88 🇴🇲Oman 1.727% 44,991
89 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.722% 18,496
90 🇪🇨Ecuador 1.715% 244,439
91 🇩🇿Algeria 1.663% 565,227
92 🇭🇹Haiti 1.64% 154,493
93 🇨🇼Curaçao 1.626% 2,473
94 🇱🇺Luxembourg 1.605% 7,703
95 🇦🇮Anguilla 1.589% 199
96 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.567% 94,686
97 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 1.553% 5,881
98 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.52% 418,471
99 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1.489% 3,714
100 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 1.467% 400,528
101 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 1.445% 72,608
102 🇸🇨Seychelles 1.444% 1,275
103 🇮🇳India 1.443% 17,165,741
104 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1.42% 1,165
105 🇧🇸Bahamas 1.417% 5,069
106 🇳🇮Nicaragua 1.407% 78,917
107 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.398% 1,011,335
108 🇨🇷Costa Rica 1.393% 61,838
109 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.341% 119,048
110 🇬🇮Gibraltar 1.34% 402
111 🇮🇩Indonesia 1.321% 3,101,452
112 🇲🇽Mexico 1.294% 1,401,810
113 🇲🇦Morocco 1.286% 401,700
114 🇳🇦Namibia 1.286% 25,865
115 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 1.259% 118,340
116 🇦🇼Aruba 1.244% 1,204
117 🇧🇹Bhutan 1.208% 8,233
118 🇹🇷Türkiye 1.206% 849,556
119 🇨🇴Colombia 1.204% 521,495
120 🇳🇴Norway 1.191% 56,067
121 🇹🇻Tuvalu 1.182% 120
122 🇯🇪Jersey 1.161% 1,080
123 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.14% 182,519
124 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1.137% 5,739
125 🇸🇷Suriname 1.13% 5,968
126 🇸🇲San Marino 1.129% 343
127 🇨🇭Switzerland 1.118% 84,348
128 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1.083% 1,561,286
129 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1.081% 877
130 🇿🇦South Africa 1.038% 519,044
131 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 1.038% 208,449
132 🇨🇦Canada 1.034% 339,661
133 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.024% 329
134 🇧🇷Brazil 1.009% 1,925,669
135 🇵🇫French Polynesia 1.003% 2,791
136 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.001% 26,094
137 🇺🇸United States of America 0.995% 3,012,829
138 🇦🇷Argentina 0.981% 391,055
139 🇨🇱Chile 0.977% 161,105
140 🇵🇾Paraguay 0.977% 54,595
141 🇻🇳Viet Nam 0.971% 822,659
142 🇹🇳Tunisia 0.929% 98,239
143 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.899% 37,958
144 🇲🇸Montserrat 0.818% 39
145 🇮🇹Italy 0.817% 480,453
146 🇫🇯Fiji 0.779% 6,938
147 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 0.776% 41,073
148 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.77% 472,006
149 🇹🇭Thailand 0.762% 509,519
150 🇵🇪Peru 0.74% 211,600
151 🇲🇲Myanmar 0.738% 357,705
152 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 0.731% 51,203
153 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 0.72% 253
154 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 0.699% 87,030
155 🇳🇵Nepal 0.681% 181,812
156 🇧🇪Belgium 0.677% 72,111
157 🇸🇪Sweden 0.676% 61,953
158 🇬🇩Grenada 0.674% 753
159 🇫🇷France 0.649% 397,769
160 🇨🇳China 0.646% 8,534,923
161 🇼🇸Samoa 0.637% 1,214
162 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 0.622% 1,042
163 🇸🇿Eswatini 0.606% 6,565
164 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 0.582% 8,061
165 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.491% 9,944
166 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 0.47% 114,452
167 🇫🇮Finland 0.444% 23,494
168 🇲🇺Mauritius 0.436% 5,540
169 🇱🇸Lesotho 0.415% 8,226
170 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.408% 66,953
171 🇧🇧Barbados 0.403% 1,094
172 🇸🇻El Salvador 0.402% 24,324
173 🇩🇰Denmark 0.399% 21,886
174 🇹🇰Tokelau 0.372% 5
175 🇯🇲Jamaica 0.369% 9,970
176 🇨🇿Czechia 0.363% 37,552
177 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 0.361% 174,196
178 🇹🇴Tonga 0.329% 351
179 🇦🇹Austria 0.305% 25,292
180 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.298% 140
181 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.294% 177
182 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 0.271% 62,165
183 🇲🇹Malta 0.239% 986
184 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.215% 7,153
185 🇵🇹Portugal 0.198% 20,956
186 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.138% 87
187 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 0.122% 59
188 🇲🇰North Macedonia 0.108% 2,240
189 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 0.093% 374
190 🇯🇵Japan 0.072% 92,312
191 🇨🇺Cuba 0.064% 7,208
192 🇩🇪Germany 0.033% 26,669
193 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.024% 1,264
194 🇩🇲Dominica 0.023% 16
195 🇲🇶Martinique 0.012% 46
196 🇬🇺Guam 0.012% 19
197 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -0.027% -29
198 🇵🇱Poland -0.036% -13,785
199 🇷🇺Russian Federation -0.059% -84,998
200 🇲🇪Montenegro -0.1% -635
201 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.115% -7
202 🇦🇫Afghanistan -0.126% -32,695
203 🇬🇷Greece -0.168% -18,683
204 🇭🇺Hungary -0.205% -20,587
205 🇳🇺Niue -0.22% -4
206 🇬🇱Greenland -0.222% -126
207 🇮🇶Iraq -0.245% -70,118
208 🇬🇾Guyana -0.275% -2,083
209 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -0.28% -9
210 🇭🇷Croatia -0.287% -12,622
211 🇳🇷Nauru -0.302% -31
212 🇪🇪Estonia -0.335% -4,491
213 🇲🇭Marshall Islands -0.365% -197
214 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) -0.404% -7,312
215 🇧🇾Belarus -0.42% -41,310
216 🇵🇷Puerto Rico -0.452% -17,050
217 🇷🇸Serbia -0.472% -36,630
218 🇻🇦Holy See -0.487% -3
219 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.509% -564
220 🇺🇦Ukraine -0.591% -273,760
221 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.6% -46,285
222 🇲🇨Monaco -0.691% -220
223 🇬🇪Georgia -0.698% -27,259
224 🇦🇲Armenia -0.701% -21,074
225 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) -0.743% -814
226 🇷🇴Romania -0.757% -157,066
227 🇦🇸American Samoa -0.828% -467
228 🇦🇱Albania -0.866% -25,783
229 🇱🇻Latvia -1.246% -27,112
230 🇵🇼Palau -1.322% -256
231 🇱🇹Lithuania -1.535% -50,227
232 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina -1.59% -63,709
233 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova -1.687% -65,396
234 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -2.163% -302
235 🇸🇭Saint Helena -2.278% -121
236 🇦🇩Andorra -2.675% -2,091
237 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands -4.796% -3,023

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2007

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.578% 25,169,139
2 Oceania 1.946% 681,924
3 Asia 1.166% 47,524,146
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.141% 6,515,732
5 Northern America 0.999% 3,352,444
6 Europe 0.264% 1,927,502

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2007

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 3.211% 3,890,308
2 Eastern Africa 2.864% 9,014,364
3 Western Africa 2.764% 7,955,814
4 Melanesia 2.751% 241,898
5 Western Asia 2.702% 5,969,006
6 Northern Africa 1.896% 3,709,486
7 Australia/New Zealand 1.749% 438,156
8 Southern Asia 1.449% 24,070,422
9 Central America 1.404% 2,102,643
10 Central Asia 1.364% 829,465
11 South-Eastern Asia 1.314% 7,586,328
12 South America 1.08% 4,113,611
13 Southern Africa 1.05% 599,167
14 Southern Europe 0.808% 1,228,016
15 Caribbean 0.739% 299,478
16 Northern Europe 0.699% 682,979
17 Polynesia 0.63% 4,252
18 Eastern Asia 0.583% 9,068,925
19 Western Europe 0.366% 680,878
20 Eastern Europe -0.225% -664,371
21 Micronesia -0.455% -2,382

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2007

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.893% 14,203,258
2 Lower-middle-income countries 1.587% 43,984,533
3 No income group available 1.553% 434,245
4 Middle-income countries 1.199% 60,569,654
5 High-income countries 0.863% 9,963,730
6 Upper-middle-income countries 0.727% 16,585,121

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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