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Population Growth Rate by Country in 2015

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In the year 2015, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.178% and global population grew with total of 88,028,113 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇶🇦Qatar with a rate of 8.279%. Closely followed by 🇯🇴Jordan with a population growth rate of 7.194%, and 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands with 5.976% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic with -2.953%. Followed by 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands with a population growth rate of -2.331%, and 🇦🇩Andorra with -2.243% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.561%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 1.745%, and Asia with a 1.001% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 3.183%. Closely followed by Western Africa with a population growth rate of 2.645%, and Eastern Africa with a 2.603% 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 2.499%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.707%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2015

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2015

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇶🇦Qatar 8.279% 200,841
2 🇯🇴Jordan 7.194% 686,334
3 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 5.976% 2,061
4 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 5.132% 1,878
5 🇴🇲Oman 5.093% 213,086
6 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 4.949% 429,196
7 🇰🇼Kuwait 4.743% 181,826
8 🇾🇹Mayotte 4.114% 10,101
9 🇧🇭Bahrain 4.016% 54,992
10 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 3.731% 54,244
11 🇳🇪Niger 3.705% 738,674
12 🇦🇴Angola 3.568% 1,004,436
13 🇲🇻Maldives 3.561% 15,244
14 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 3.56% 22,760
15 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 3.45% 1,794,400
16 🇸🇴Somalia 3.364% 464,393
17 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.267% 2,647,324
18 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 3.266% 979,036
19 🇲🇱Mali 3.126% 581,134
20 🇺🇬Uganda 3.098% 1,162,487
21 🇿🇲Zambia 3.094% 507,293
22 🇨🇲Cameroon 3.037% 691,183
23 🇸🇩Sudan 3.028% 1,211,755
24 🇸🇳Senegal 3.025% 441,401
25 🇲🇷Mauritania 3.003% 119,071
26 🇬🇦Gabon 2.985% 60,919
27 🇾🇪Yemen 2.985% 930,054
28 🇧🇯Benin 2.94% 333,932
29 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.934% 550,830
30 🇹🇩Chad 2.93% 429,088
31 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.908% 772,041
32 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 2.899% 731,921
33 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2.785% 13,542
34 🇲🇼Malawi 2.728% 466,002
35 🇬🇲Gambia 2.68% 59,620
36 🇳🇦Namibia 2.679% 63,601
37 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.673% 2,776,293
38 🇮🇶Iraq 2.623% 985,231
39 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.621% 666,379
40 🇹🇯Tajikistan 2.583% 223,242
41 🇬🇳Guinea 2.562% 301,494
42 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 2.544% 45,451
43 🇹🇬Togo 2.516% 192,803
44 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.507% 219,194
45 🇹🇷Türkiye 2.494% 1,995,430
46 🇦🇮Anguilla 2.47% 351
47 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.469% 4,706,846
48 🇵🇸State of Palestine 2.449% 110,706
49 🇨🇬Congo 2.419% 123,329
50 🇸🇨Seychelles 2.418% 2,593
51 🇲🇹Malta 2.41% 10,725
52 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.382% 277,254
53 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 2.373% 1,463
54 🇦🇫Afghanistan 2.337% 790,755
55 🇱🇺Luxembourg 2.332% 13,280
56 🇿🇦South Africa 2.309% 1,309,929
57 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 2.301% 161,908
58 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.294% 142,598
59 🇬🇭Ghana 2.281% 654,415
60 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.215% 5,894
61 🇰🇪Kenya 2.173% 1,023,246
62 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.165% 64,427
63 🇱🇷Liberia 2.153% 100,292
64 🇳🇿New Zealand 2.142% 98,812
65 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2.116% 793
66 🇧🇿Belize 2.106% 7,504
67 🇰🇲Comoros 2.084% 15,144
68 🇩🇿Algeria 2.048% 819,426
69 🇪🇬Egypt 2.043% 2,034,376
70 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 2.025% 69
71 🇮🇱Israel 1.964% 158,177
72 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.94% 23,377
73 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1.934% 12,034
74 🇳🇷Nauru 1.917% 210
75 🇭🇳Honduras 1.89% 174,596
76 🇬🇫French Guiana 1.89% 5,033
77 🇬🇹Guatemala 1.796% 286,898
78 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.753% 105,194
79 🇲🇾Malaysia 1.748% 545,959
80 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 1.744% 536,235
81 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.732% 3,468
82 🇵🇦Panama 1.731% 68,545
83 🇩🇯Djibouti 1.709% 17,432
84 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.704% 78,873
85 🇲🇨Monaco 1.654% 608
86 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 1.585% 152
87 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.555% 105,733
88 🇱🇾Libya 1.538% 100,431
89 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.504% 165,634
90 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.501% 271,514
91 🇦🇺Australia 1.501% 359,488
92 🇵🇾Paraguay 1.461% 89,984
93 🇰🇭Cambodia 1.449% 226,301
94 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.445% 17,617
95 🇪🇨Ecuador 1.439% 234,136
96 🇧🇼Botswana 1.421% 31,304
97 🇭🇹Haiti 1.42% 149,395
98 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.37% 1,132,108
99 🇵🇭Philippines 1.364% 1,436,439
100 🇵🇰Pakistan 1.354% 2,941,463
101 🇳🇮Nicaragua 1.35% 83,000
102 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 1.347% 193,978
103 🇦🇹Austria 1.336% 115,469
104 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.31% 1,530
105 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 1.283% 5,417
106 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1.229% 1,141,034
107 🇸🇬Singapore 1.222% 67,497
108 🇧🇮Burundi 1.219% 134,646
109 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.216% 118,616
110 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.209% 591
111 🇵🇪Peru 1.199% 365,204
112 🇩🇪Germany 1.189% 976,171
113 🇱🇸Lesotho 1.188% 25,001
114 🇮🇳India 1.171% 15,555,749
115 🇲🇦Morocco 1.145% 396,399
116 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 1.13% 117,874
117 🇹🇳Tunisia 1.121% 127,774
118 🇮🇩Indonesia 1.097% 2,870,790
119 🇬🇮Gibraltar 1.094% 363
120 🇨🇭Switzerland 1.079% 89,360
121 🇸🇷Suriname 1.063% 6,182
122 🇸🇪Sweden 1.057% 103,581
123 🇨🇷Costa Rica 1.052% 50,699
124 🇮🇪Ireland 1.05% 49,370
125 🇮🇸Iceland 1.039% 3,437
126 🇦🇷Argentina 1.034% 449,618
127 🇨🇱Chile 1.013% 182,781
128 🇲🇽Mexico 1.005% 1,217,334
129 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.005% 307,126
130 🇧🇹Bhutan 0.975% 7,218
131 🇨🇦Canada 0.946% 340,166
132 🇳🇴Norway 0.927% 48,096
133 🇺🇸United States of America 0.919% 2,996,655
134 🇧🇩Bangladesh 0.891% 1,420,224
135 🇨🇴Colombia 0.864% 405,639
136 🇼🇸Samoa 0.851% 1,718
137 🇨🇼Curaçao 0.845% 1,408
138 🇩🇰Denmark 0.835% 47,442
139 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 0.828% 422,241
140 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 0.825% 179,331
141 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.797% 521,172
142 🇲🇲Myanmar 0.786% 401,655
143 🇧🇷Brazil 0.778% 1,568,666
144 🇸🇲San Marino 0.773% 262
145 🇦🇼Aruba 0.769% 801
146 🇸🇭Saint Helena 0.763% 42
147 🇧🇸Bahamas 0.738% 2,843
148 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 0.693% 620
149 🇳🇵Nepal 0.681% 189,504
150 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 0.674% 252
151 🇪🇷Eritrea 0.667% 20,718
152 🇧🇪Belgium 0.655% 73,885
153 🇬🇾Guyana 0.616% 4,676
154 🇸🇿Eswatini 0.582% 6,647
155 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 0.578% 42,589
156 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 0.551% 7,873
157 🇨🇳China 0.526% 7,349,355
158 🇵🇫French Polynesia 0.503% 1,398
159 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 0.485% 124,138
160 🇯🇪Jersey 0.478% 484
161 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.473% 80,880
162 🇳🇺Niue 0.45% 8
163 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 0.443% 775
164 🇬🇩Grenada 0.441% 506
165 🇹🇭Thailand 0.424% 298,855
166 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.358% 12,044
167 🇩🇲Dominica 0.355% 250
168 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.31% 449,845
169 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 0.31% 337
170 🇯🇲Jamaica 0.291% 8,150
171 🇸🇻El Salvador 0.291% 17,989
172 🇫🇮Finland 0.282% 15,457
173 🇫🇷France 0.261% 169,564
174 🇵🇼Palau 0.242% 43
175 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 0.238% 55,886
176 🇧🇧Barbados 0.224% 624
177 🇪🇪Estonia 0.215% 2,832
178 🇧🇾Belarus 0.182% 17,296
179 🇬🇱Greenland 0.118% 66
180 🇳🇨New Caledonia 0.111% 314
181 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.09% 4,876
182 🇫🇯Fiji 0.087% 798
183 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.078% 1,600
184 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.066% 41
185 🇨🇿Czechia 0.045% 4,725
186 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 0.019% 95
187 🇬🇪Georgia 0.0% 17
188 🇵🇱Poland -0.002% -758
189 🇲🇺Mauritius -0.008% -105
190 🇪🇸Spain -0.012% -5,718
191 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.023% -11
192 🇨🇺Cuba -0.039% -4,427
193 🇦🇲Armenia -0.072% -2,089
194 🇸🇸South Sudan -0.102% -11,289
195 🇧🇲Bermuda -0.109% -69
196 🇯🇵Japan -0.13% -164,961
197 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba -0.138% -34
198 🇦🇱Albania -0.189% -5,476
199 🇷🇪Réunion -0.196% -1,696
200 🇹🇻Tuvalu -0.201% -22
201 🇮🇹Italy -0.21% -127,420
202 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.219% -13
203 🇵🇹Portugal -0.241% -24,968
204 🇭🇺Hungary -0.257% -25,284
205 🇺🇦Ukraine -0.369% -169,094
206 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) -0.369% -138
207 🇮🇲Isle of Man -0.38% -318
208 🇬🇺Guam -0.384% -633
209 🇷🇴Romania -0.503% -100,039
210 🇹🇴Tonga -0.505% -536
211 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.539% -576
212 🇨🇰Cook Islands -0.55% -96
213 🇲🇪Montenegro -0.58% -3,646
214 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.673% -48,340
215 🇬🇷Greece -0.687% -74,291
216 🇷🇸Serbia -0.703% -50,488
217 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.749% -35
218 🇬🇵Guadeloupe -0.801% -3,235
219 🇱🇻Latvia -0.868% -17,158
220 🇲🇰North Macedonia -0.933% -18,476
221 🇲🇶Martinique -0.961% -3,686
222 🇭🇷Croatia -1.058% -44,273
223 🇱🇹Lithuania -1.123% -32,644
224 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -1.135% -138
225 🇦🇸American Samoa -1.161% -614
226 🇵🇷Puerto Rico -1.269% -44,697
227 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina -1.304% -45,887
228 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands -1.369% -705
229 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova -1.594% -52,399
230 🇻🇦Holy See -1.748% -10
231 🇹🇰Tokelau -1.885% -32
232 🇲🇭Marshall Islands -2.141% -1,045
233 🇱🇧Lebanon -2.201% -142,440
234 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) -2.208% -39,276
235 🇦🇩Andorra -2.243% -1,619
236 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -2.331% -2,337
237 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic -2.953% -573,518

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2015

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.561% 31,244,288
2 Oceania 1.745% 708,683
3 Asia 1.001% 44,882,257
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 0.958% 5,941,998
5 Americas 0.945% 9,278,803
6 Northern America 0.921% 3,336,805
7 Europe 0.257% 1,914,082

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2015

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 3.183% 5,092,864
2 Western Africa 2.645% 9,719,929
3 Eastern Africa 2.603% 10,291,310
4 Western Asia 2.395% 6,343,112
5 Melanesia 2.295% 248,960
6 Southern Africa 2.226% 1,436,482
7 Northern Africa 2.022% 4,703,703
8 Central Asia 1.835% 1,278,783
9 Australia/New Zealand 1.605% 458,300
10 Southern Asia 1.188% 22,231,596
11 Central America 1.137% 1,906,565
12 South-Eastern Asia 1.109% 7,123,057
13 South America 0.927% 3,796,792
14 Western Europe 0.788% 1,519,469
15 Northern Europe 0.72% 742,383
16 Caribbean 0.559% 238,641
17 Eastern Asia 0.484% 7,905,709
18 Polynesia 0.247% 1,686
19 Eastern Europe 0.027% 80,828
20 Micronesia -0.051% -263
21 Southern Europe -0.28% -428,598

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2015

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.499% 14,798,105
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 1.639% 57,758,904
3 Lower-middle-income countries 1.466% 42,960,799
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 1.271% 79,106,249
5 Middle-income countries 1.142% 64,308,144
6 No income group available 1.03% 320,793
7 Upper-middle-income countries 0.791% 21,347,345
8 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 0.765% 29,951,651
9 High-income countries 0.707% 8,604,306

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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