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Population Growth Rate by Country in 2012

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In the year 2012, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.267% and global population grew with total of 91,260,025 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇴🇲Oman with a rate of 10.96%. Closely followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a population growth rate of 6.03%, and 🇰🇼Kuwait with 5.424% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇦🇮Anguilla with -4.455%. Followed by 🇻🇦Holy See with a population growth rate of -3.159%, and 🇦🇩Andorra with -2.442% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.61%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 1.767%, and Asia with a 1.164% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 3.272%. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.77%, and Western Africa with a 2.721% 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 2.623%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.648%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2012

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2012

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇴🇲Oman 10.96% 388,389
2 🇹🇰Tokelau 6.03% 100
3 🇰🇼Kuwait 5.424% 180,952
4 🇮🇶Iraq 5.213% 1,753,873
5 🇶🇦Qatar 5.07% 96,662
6 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 4.639% 1,490
7 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 4.361% 995
8 🇸🇸South Sudan 4.08% 438,744
9 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 4.078% 305,723
10 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 4.036% 52,198
11 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 3.988% 1,210
12 🇦🇴Angola 3.876% 975,774
13 🇱🇧Lebanon 3.852% 201,678
14 🇳🇪Niger 3.828% 682,741
15 🇧🇮Burundi 3.741% 376,679
16 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3.678% 16,221
17 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 3.662% 21,005
18 🇬🇦Gabon 3.569% 65,917
19 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 3.55% 960,743
20 🇦🇫Afghanistan 3.513% 1,073,428
21 🇹🇩Chad 3.435% 453,762
22 🇲🇻Maldives 3.424% 13,242
23 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.357% 2,459,113
24 🇲🇷Mauritania 3.261% 117,998
25 🇿🇲Zambia 3.208% 478,354
26 🇾🇪Yemen 3.053% 867,981
27 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 3.048% 523,361
28 🇧🇯Benin 2.957% 307,436
29 🇬🇲Gambia 2.957% 60,415
30 🇾🇹Mayotte 2.953% 6,466
31 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.933% 1,389,471
32 🇺🇬Uganda 2.888% 991,543
33 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.876% 699,955
34 🇲🇼Malawi 2.846% 447,128
35 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.819% 586,520
36 🇬🇫French Guiana 2.812% 6,910
37 🇸🇴Somalia 2.79% 347,627
38 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.77% 2,653,008
39 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.75% 4,845,773
40 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.742% 221,544
41 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.736% 641,920
42 🇸🇳Senegal 2.699% 359,261
43 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 2.676% 1,529
44 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 2.666% 44,031
45 🇲🇱Mali 2.644% 448,239
46 🇳🇦Namibia 2.605% 57,166
47 🇹🇬Togo 2.593% 184,082
48 🇳🇷Nauru 2.552% 262
49 🇰🇪Kenya 2.549% 1,118,600
50 🇸🇨Seychelles 2.544% 2,532
51 🇹🇯Tajikistan 2.508% 200,956
52 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 2.472% 161,908
53 🇨🇬Congo 2.443% 115,808
54 🇬🇳Guinea 2.429% 265,281
55 🇬🇭Ghana 2.422% 647,583
56 🇧🇭Bahrain 2.394% 29,122
57 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2.384% 835
58 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.376% 257,320
59 🇵🇸State of Palestine 2.356% 99,314
60 🇱🇺Luxembourg 2.297% 12,195
61 🇸🇩Sudan 2.277% 840,874
62 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.214% 5,511
63 🇪🇬Egypt 2.209% 2,057,900
64 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.205% 128,083
65 🇱🇷Liberia 2.201% 96,263
66 🇲🇨Monaco 2.19% 760
67 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 2.14% 24,282
68 🇧🇿Belize 2.139% 7,152
69 🇵🇭Philippines 2.072% 2,075,342
70 🇩🇿Algeria 2.029% 763,864
71 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 2.029% 476,128
72 🇸🇬Singapore 2.026% 107,257
73 🇰🇲Comoros 2.013% 13,721
74 🇭🇳Honduras 2.002% 174,481
75 🇬🇹Guatemala 1.986% 299,745
76 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.984% 3,758
77 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1.905% 11,189
78 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.899% 53,074
79 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1.895% 5,146
80 🇩🇯Djibouti 1.875% 18,127
81 🇮🇱Israel 1.852% 140,879
82 🇱🇾Libya 1.846% 114,061
83 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.78% 101,412
84 🇵🇦Panama 1.754% 65,929
85 🇦🇺Australia 1.724% 393,908
86 🇲🇾Malaysia 1.708% 506,486
87 🇵🇰Pakistan 1.706% 3,543,381
88 🇿🇦South Africa 1.688% 907,823
89 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.628% 18,970
90 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.588% 167,038
91 🇪🇨Ecuador 1.554% 241,938
92 🇧🇼Botswana 1.544% 32,563
93 🇭🇹Haiti 1.53% 154,057
94 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 1.514% 442,938
95 🇰🇭Cambodia 1.497% 223,773
96 🇹🇷Türkiye 1.471% 1,106,133
97 🇨🇼Curaçao 1.469% 2,364
98 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1.469% 47
99 🇵🇾Paraguay 1.437% 84,742
100 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.418% 245,480
101 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.418% 92,454
102 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.407% 1,580
103 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 1.405% 194,074
104 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 1.405% 5,699
105 🇳🇮Nicaragua 1.401% 82,673
106 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.363% 127,807
107 🇮🇳India 1.357% 17,353,517
108 🇹🇻Tuvalu 1.326% 145
109 🇲🇦Morocco 1.318% 439,459
110 🇲🇽Mexico 1.308% 1,528,109
111 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 1.305% 120
112 🇳🇴Norway 1.304% 65,449
113 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.28% 1,016,017
114 🇮🇩Indonesia 1.279% 3,230,928
115 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.237% 365,641
116 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 1.233% 124,182
117 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1.183% 1,058,867
118 🇨🇷Costa Rica 1.15% 53,623
119 🇹🇳Tunisia 1.142% 125,751
120 🇸🇷Suriname 1.136% 6,394
121 🇧🇹Bhutan 1.114% 7,993
122 🇪🇷Eritrea 1.092% 33,149
123 🇨🇦Canada 1.077% 375,946
124 🇬🇮Gibraltar 1.068% 342
125 🇨🇭Switzerland 1.057% 84,521
126 🇱🇸Lesotho 1.041% 21,173
127 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1.004% 876
128 🇦🇷Argentina 0.983% 414,499
129 🇨🇴Colombia 0.978% 447,246
130 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 0.957% 474,859
131 🇧🇩Bangladesh 0.951% 1,474,779
132 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 0.948% 347
133 🇺🇸United States of America 0.948% 3,007,157
134 🇨🇱Chile 0.945% 165,478
135 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 0.941% 16,998
136 🇧🇸Bahamas 0.94% 3,531
137 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 0.937% 67,446
138 🇼🇸Samoa 0.904% 1,776
139 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 0.884% 187,180
140 🇯🇪Jersey 0.884% 874
141 🇵🇪Peru 0.872% 257,636
142 🇲🇲Myanmar 0.854% 425,660
143 🇧🇷Brazil 0.814% 1,602,865
144 🇸🇪Sweden 0.768% 73,155
145 🇦🇼Aruba 0.767% 781
146 🇨🇫Central African Republic 0.76% 35,020
147 🇨🇳China 0.738% 10,101,537
148 🇮🇸Iceland 0.71% 2,277
149 🇸🇭Saint Helena 0.703% 38
150 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.666% 29,365
151 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.65% 415,966
152 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 0.639% 8,972
153 🇬🇩Grenada 0.638% 719
154 🇹🇭Thailand 0.613% 425,532
155 🇧🇪Belgium 0.562% 62,376
156 🇵🇫French Polynesia 0.559% 1,527
157 🇸🇲San Marino 0.553% 185
158 🇸🇿Eswatini 0.535% 6,015
159 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 0.528% 197
160 🇦🇹Austria 0.519% 43,762
161 🇫🇷France 0.511% 327,143
162 🇫🇮Finland 0.471% 25,511
163 🇬🇾Guyana 0.466% 3,479
164 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 0.46% 115,866
165 🇮🇪Ireland 0.459% 21,132
166 🇳🇺Niue 0.455% 8
167 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 0.453% 781
168 🇲🇹Malta 0.442% 1,887
169 🇯🇲Jamaica 0.426% 11,810
170 🇸🇻El Salvador 0.408% 24,950
171 🇩🇰Denmark 0.398% 22,281
172 🇯🇴Jordan 0.386% 29,263
173 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 0.372% 86,936
174 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 0.353% 170
175 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.304% 51,497
176 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.289% 179
177 🇮🇹Italy 0.287% 173,810
178 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.276% 9,198
179 🇧🇧Barbados 0.27% 749
180 🇳🇵Nepal 0.212% 58,430
181 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.206% 297,166
182 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 0.196% 212
183 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.186% 3,816
184 🇫🇯Fiji 0.174% 1,593
185 🇲🇺Mauritius 0.173% 2,232
186 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.124% 6,702
187 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.085% 40
188 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 0.074% 380
189 🇨🇿Czechia 0.049% 5,186
190 🇵🇱Poland 0.037% 14,249
191 🇲🇪Montenegro 0.026% 164
192 🇩🇪Germany 0.01% 8,154
193 🇦🇲Armenia -0.008% -227
194 🇧🇾Belarus -0.02% -1,881
195 🇨🇺Cuba -0.02% -2,227
196 🇦🇱Albania -0.068% -1,976
197 🇬🇵Guadeloupe -0.07% -285
198 🇺🇦Ukraine -0.138% -63,670
199 🇯🇵Japan -0.15% -191,700
200 🇬🇺Guam -0.179% -297
201 🇧🇲Bermuda -0.185% -118
202 🇮🇲Isle of Man -0.2% -169
203 🇪🇸Spain -0.219% -102,749
204 🇭🇺Hungary -0.237% -23,522
205 🇨🇰Cook Islands -0.249% -44
206 🇹🇴Tonga -0.297% -319
207 🇷🇪Réunion -0.319% -2,695
208 🇭🇷Croatia -0.354% -15,069
209 🇪🇪Estonia -0.381% -5,042
210 🇬🇱Greenland -0.387% -220
211 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.417% -25
212 🇩🇲Dominica -0.43% -297
213 🇷🇴Romania -0.475% -95,839
214 🇵🇹Portugal -0.498% -52,402
215 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.527% -573
216 🇲🇶Martinique -0.64% -2,509
217 🇷🇸Serbia -0.66% -48,344
218 🇲🇰North Macedonia -0.67% -13,583
219 🇬🇷Greece -0.751% -83,003
220 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands -0.785% -418
221 🇬🇪Georgia -0.793% -30,450
222 🇦🇸American Samoa -0.822% -448
223 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.903% -66,053
224 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.959% -46
225 🇱🇻Latvia -1.029% -20,931
226 🇱🇹Lithuania -1.061% -31,717
227 🇵🇷Puerto Rico -1.067% -38,914
228 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -1.085% -1,132
229 🇲🇭Marshall Islands -1.268% -652
230 🇵🇼Palau -1.706% -303
231 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -1.75% -222
232 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina -1.993% -73,139
233 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova -2.137% -74,411
234 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic -2.301% -523,737
235 🇦🇩Andorra -2.442% -1,876
236 🇻🇦Holy See -3.159% -19
237 🇦🇮Anguilla -4.455% -596

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2012

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.61% 29,459,615
2 Oceania 1.767% 680,979
3 Asia 1.164% 50,495,399
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 1.044% 6,278,432
5 Americas 1.013% 9,661,172
6 Northern America 0.961% 3,382,740
7 Europe 0.13% 962,860

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2012

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 3.272% 4,747,870
2 Eastern Africa 2.77% 10,107,955
3 Western Africa 2.721% 9,220,919
4 Melanesia 2.525% 254,799
5 Western Asia 2.333% 5,753,075
6 Northern Africa 1.993% 4,358,131
7 Central Asia 1.693% 1,118,869
8 Southern Africa 1.673% 1,024,740
9 Australia/New Zealand 1.553% 423,273
10 Central America 1.386% 2,236,662
11 Southern Asia 1.373% 24,727,967
12 South-Eastern Asia 1.32% 8,176,281
13 South America 0.947% 3,773,111
14 Eastern Asia 0.667% 10,719,207
15 Caribbean 0.641% 268,659
16 Northern Europe 0.563% 569,135
17 Polynesia 0.373% 2,523
18 Western Europe 0.311% 590,756
19 Micronesia 0.074% 384
20 Eastern Europe -0.001% -2,073
21 Southern Europe -0.126% -194,958

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2012

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.623% 14,410,421
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 1.765% 59,075,835
3 Lower-middle-income countries 1.597% 44,665,414
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 1.391% 83,154,232
5 No income group available 1.27% 382,123
6 Middle-income countries 1.266% 68,743,811
7 Upper-middle-income countries 0.915% 24,078,397
8 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 0.832% 31,802,352
9 High-income countries 0.648% 7,723,955

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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