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Population Growth Rate by Country in 2010

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In the year 2010, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.25% and global population grew with total of 87,303,690 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇴🇲Oman with a rate of 11.164%. Closely followed by 🇸🇸South Sudan with a population growth rate of 5.891%, and 🇰🇼Kuwait with 5.126% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands with -5.546%. Followed by 🇦🇩Andorra with a population growth rate of -3.349%, and 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova with -2.181% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.606%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 1.676%, and Asia with a 1.147% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 3.293%. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.87%, and Western Africa with a 2.768% 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 2.822%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.618%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2010

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2010

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇴🇲Oman 11.164% 321,403
2 🇸🇸South Sudan 5.891% 572,073
3 🇰🇼Kuwait 5.126% 150,855
4 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 4.73% 51,765
5 🇶🇦Qatar 4.703% 80,579
6 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 3.805% 1,131
7 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3.791% 15,665
8 🇦🇴Angola 3.759% 878,207
9 🇳🇪Niger 3.747% 623,645
10 🇧🇮Burundi 3.745% 341,789
11 🇲🇻Maldives 3.519% 12,721
12 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 3.516% 711
13 🇬🇦Gabon 3.487% 59,668
14 🇹🇩Chad 3.422% 406,954
15 🇿🇲Zambia 3.421% 471,773
16 🇨🇰Cook Islands 3.37% 580
17 🇨🇬Congo 3.349% 148,604
18 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.302% 2,191,856
19 🇲🇱Mali 3.26% 506,263
20 🇮🇶Iraq 3.184% 995,458
21 🇬🇲Gambia 3.09% 59,856
22 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.985% 226,326
23 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.949% 100,817
24 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.939% 473,644
25 🇧🇯Benin 2.929% 276,649
26 🇾🇪Yemen 2.918% 721,959
27 🇺🇬Uganda 2.913% 942,020
28 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.887% 666,038
29 🇱🇷Liberia 2.887% 116,042
30 🇲🇼Malawi 2.879% 423,757
31 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.851% 566,655
32 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.842% 2,535,785
33 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.835% 616,124
34 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.819% 1,271,717
35 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.758% 4,439,299
36 🇦🇫Afghanistan 2.742% 773,004
37 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 2.738% 805,254
38 🇰🇪Kenya 2.735% 1,135,561
39 🇸🇳Senegal 2.714% 340,001
40 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 2.703% 173,948
41 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 2.695% 1,457
42 🇹🇬Togo 2.674% 175,696
43 🇸🇬Singapore 2.617% 135,115
44 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 2.598% 40,709
45 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.597% 267,736
46 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 2.588% 14,424
47 🇾🇹Mayotte 2.582% 5,467
48 🇯🇴Jordan 2.57% 178,109
49 🇸🇴Somalia 2.511% 301,973
50 🇬🇳Guinea 2.469% 253,615
51 🇬🇭Ghana 2.424% 619,930
52 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.397% 12,955
53 🇵🇸State of Palestine 2.376% 94,846
54 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.348% 5,762
55 🇲🇨Monaco 2.33% 773
56 🇧🇿Belize 2.292% 7,383
57 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 2.257% 504,113
58 🇵🇰Pakistan 2.232% 4,340,186
59 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.201% 69,284
60 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 2.199% 23,933
61 🇬🇫French Guiana 2.187% 4,995
62 🇸🇲San Marino 2.186% 691
63 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2.157% 3,929
64 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 2.118% 447,216
65 🇰🇲Comoros 2.1% 13,774
66 🇪🇬Egypt 2.094% 1,826,951
67 🇹🇯Tajikistan 2.075% 158,165
68 🇧🇼Botswana 2.065% 43,201
69 🇱🇾Libya 2.052% 133,225
70 🇭🇳Honduras 2.041% 172,465
71 🇸🇩Sudan 2.017% 680,648
72 🇬🇹Guatemala 1.978% 287,644
73 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.958% 91,220
74 🇩🇯Djibouti 1.93% 17,737
75 🇱🇺Luxembourg 1.927% 9,769
76 🇩🇿Algeria 1.88% 674,025
77 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1.838% 4,805
78 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.811% 1,956
79 🇮🇱Israel 1.797% 131,662
80 🇵🇭Philippines 1.796% 1,699,643
81 🇵🇦Panama 1.777% 64,394
82 🇦🇮Anguilla 1.769% 233
83 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 1.709% 90,045
84 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.687% 172,461
85 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.664% 18,793
86 🇪🇨Ecuador 1.649% 247,185
87 🇲🇾Malaysia 1.596% 458,218
88 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 1.591% 143
89 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 1.554% 444,568
90 🇳🇦Namibia 1.535% 32,220
91 🇨🇼Curaçao 1.476% 2,353
92 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.474% 93,183
93 🇦🇺Australia 1.473% 324,407
94 🇳🇮Nicaragua 1.47% 86,065
95 🇸🇨Seychelles 1.46% 1,349
96 🇰🇭Cambodia 1.458% 209,360
97 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 1.453% 5,755
98 🇬🇮Gibraltar 1.439% 450
99 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.433% 1,080,374
100 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.428% 237,477
101 🇲🇽Mexico 1.419% 1,597,285
102 🇮🇳India 1.375% 17,056,464
103 🇧🇸Bahamas 1.365% 5,096
104 🇲🇸Montserrat 1.357% 67
105 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 1.351% 173,525
106 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.345% 36,360
107 🇹🇷Türkiye 1.344% 983,744
108 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.341% 385,144
109 🇲🇦Morocco 1.328% 431,222
110 🇹🇻Tuvalu 1.318% 139
111 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 1.312% 128,304
112 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.286% 118,807
113 🇳🇴Norway 1.27% 62,080
114 🇵🇾Paraguay 1.259% 72,635
115 🇨🇷Costa Rica 1.251% 57,801
116 🇮🇩Indonesia 1.244% 3,035,294
117 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1.242% 1,064
118 🇿🇦South Africa 1.233% 638,741
119 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1.218% 1,807,157
120 🇨🇭Switzerland 1.179% 92,249
121 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1.154% 6,013
122 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.135% 62,264
123 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 1.127% 95,560
124 🇨🇴Colombia 1.123% 503,142
125 🇸🇷Suriname 1.118% 6,104
126 🇧🇹Bhutan 1.107% 7,811
127 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1.083% 908
128 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1.066% 932,102
129 🇨🇦Canada 1.062% 360,741
130 🇹🇳Tunisia 1.052% 114,601
131 🇯🇪Jersey 1.04% 1,000
132 🇦🇼Aruba 1.037% 1,041
133 🇦🇷Argentina 1.009% 414,690
134 🇨🇱Chile 0.989% 168,200
135 🇲🇹Malta 0.948% 3,968
136 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.947% 41,139
137 🇧🇷Brazil 0.938% 1,841,484
138 🇸🇪Sweden 0.9% 84,391
139 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 0.89% 184,021
140 🇹🇰Tokelau 0.878% 12
141 🇺🇸United States of America 0.835% 2,597,562
142 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.831% 521,811
143 🇼🇸Samoa 0.831% 1,617
144 🇵🇪Peru 0.801% 234,204
145 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 0.787% 1,346
146 🇲🇲Myanmar 0.785% 387,576
147 🇷🇪Réunion 0.721% 6,419
148 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.72% 238
149 🇧🇪Belgium 0.715% 77,827
150 🇸🇭Saint Helena 0.714% 38
151 🇬🇩Grenada 0.695% 792
152 🇭🇹Haiti 0.691% 68,056
153 🇱🇸Lesotho 0.678% 13,716
154 🇨🇳China 0.667% 8,987,580
155 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 0.656% 9,256
156 🇹🇭Thailand 0.639% 436,297
157 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.583% 11,993
158 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 0.568% 204
159 🇫🇷France 0.55% 343,466
160 🇵🇫French Polynesia 0.541% 1,534
161 🇱🇧Lebanon 0.537% 26,825
162 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 0.519% 253,116
163 🇬🇺Guam 0.511% 842
164 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.5% 83,066
165 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 0.492% 35,089
166 🇳🇵Nepal 0.488% 132,423
167 🇸🇿Eswatini 0.472% 5,194
168 🇩🇰Denmark 0.461% 25,563
169 🇮🇪Ireland 0.453% 20,496
170 🇫🇮Finland 0.444% 23,813
171 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 0.435% 120
172 🇨🇿Czechia 0.426% 44,580
173 🇮🇹Italy 0.423% 253,032
174 🇯🇲Jamaica 0.412% 11,266
175 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 0.387% 95,559
176 🇫🇯Fiji 0.386% 3,497
177 🇸🇻El Salvador 0.378% 23,129
178 🇪🇸Spain 0.363% 168,885
179 🇧🇧Barbados 0.297% 816
180 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.291% 177
181 🇦🇹Austria 0.283% 23,706
182 🇹🇴Tonga 0.273% 293
183 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 0.269% 98
184 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.26% 8,726
185 🇮🇸Iceland 0.256% 814
186 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 0.254% 273
187 🇲🇺Mauritius 0.251% 3,216
188 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.236% 112
189 🇳🇺Niue 0.221% 4
190 🇲🇰North Macedonia 0.2% 4,198
191 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.177% 112
192 🇳🇷Nauru 0.166% 17
193 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 0.157% 36,337
194 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.105% 5,656
195 🇩🇪Germany 0.102% 83,318
196 🇵🇱Poland 0.091% 35,136
197 🇨🇺Cuba 0.067% 7,549
198 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 0.053% 213
199 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.018% 26,434
200 🇲🇪Montenegro 0.003% 16
201 🇧🇭Bahrain 0.0% 5
202 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0% 0
203 🇯🇵Japan -0.041% -51,938
204 🇫🇴Faroe Islands -0.07% -34
205 🇬🇱Greenland -0.082% -46
206 🇩🇲Dominica -0.108% -74
207 🇵🇹Portugal -0.159% -16,786
208 🇬🇷Greece -0.22% -24,226
209 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) -0.245% -4,391
210 🇧🇾Belarus -0.281% -27,334
211 🇪🇪Estonia -0.282% -3,750
212 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -0.282% -9
213 🇭🇺Hungary -0.284% -28,384
214 🇲🇭Marshall Islands -0.29% -155
215 🇭🇷Croatia -0.342% -14,940
216 🇬🇪Georgia -0.366% -14,024
217 🇺🇦Ukraine -0.416% -190,127
218 🇷🇸Serbia -0.434% -33,183
219 🇬🇾Guyana -0.472% -3,529
220 🇻🇦Holy See -0.504% -3
221 🇦🇱Albania -0.515% -14,995
222 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.517% -565
223 🇲🇶Martinique -0.582% -2,284
224 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -0.603% -640
225 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.613% -46,531
226 🇵🇷Puerto Rico -0.626% -23,266
227 🇦🇲Armenia -0.632% -18,630
228 🇷🇴Romania -0.67% -136,212
229 🇦🇸American Samoa -0.913% -501
230 🇱🇻Latvia -1.206% -25,343
231 🇱🇹Lithuania -1.305% -40,977
232 🇵🇼Palau -1.58% -293
233 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina -1.766% -67,300
234 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -1.88% -247
235 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova -2.181% -80,200
236 🇦🇩Andorra -3.349% -2,395
237 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands -5.546% -2,999

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2010

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.606% 27,498,766
2 Oceania 1.676% 621,963
3 Asia 1.147% 48,405,001
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.112% 6,566,232
5 Northern America 0.857% 2,958,369
6 Europe 0.17% 1,253,359

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2010

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 3.293% 4,398,858
2 Eastern Africa 2.87% 9,837,117
3 Western Africa 2.768% 8,653,381
4 Melanesia 2.657% 253,345
5 Western Asia 2.178% 5,195,318
6 Northern Africa 1.872% 3,876,337
7 Central Asia 1.56% 992,519
8 Central America 1.471% 2,296,167
9 Southern Asia 1.463% 25,394,161
10 Australia/New Zealand 1.386% 365,546
11 Southern Africa 1.24% 733,073
12 South-Eastern Asia 1.237% 7,416,476
13 South America 1.032% 4,055,432
14 Northern Europe 0.673% 670,949
15 Eastern Asia 0.594% 9,406,527
16 Caribbean 0.518% 214,633
17 Polynesia 0.501% 3,431
18 Western Europe 0.38% 714,378
19 Southern Europe 0.172% 265,014
20 Micronesia -0.069% -359
21 Eastern Europe -0.135% -396,982

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2010

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.822% 15,097,083
2 Lower-middle-income countries 1.58% 45,898,836
3 No income group available 1.377% 402,195
4 Middle-income countries 1.231% 64,501,015
5 Upper-middle-income countries 0.796% 18,602,179
6 High-income countries 0.618% 7,303,397

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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