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Population Growth Rate by Country in 2018

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In the year 2018, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.071% and global population grew with total of 82,276,928 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇨🇼Curaçao with a rate of 13.976%. Closely followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a population growth rate of 8.271%, and 🇬🇾Guyana with 5.132% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) with -3.428%. Followed by 🇱🇧Lebanon with a population growth rate of -2.741%, and 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) with -2.709% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.481%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 1.713%, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a 0.894% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 3.136%. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.638%, and Western Africa with a 2.58% 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 2.792%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by No income group available with a rate of only -3.312%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2018

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2018

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇨🇼Curaçao 13.976% 25,774
2 🇹🇰Tokelau 8.271% 134
3 🇬🇾Guyana 5.132% 40,300
4 🇰🇼Kuwait 4.478% 193,305
5 🇲🇸Montserrat 4.383% 191
6 🇾🇹Mayotte 4.011% 11,347
7 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 3.946% 1,637
8 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.9% 753,994
9 🇳🇪Niger 3.792% 856,076
10 🇸🇴Somalia 3.617% 557,293
11 🇧🇮Burundi 3.521% 404,613
12 🇹🇩Chad 3.465% 540,674
13 🇦🇴Angola 3.419% 1,069,292
14 🇲🇻Maldives 3.418% 16,736
15 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 3.408% 51,193
16 🇺🇬Uganda 3.358% 1,393,804
17 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.203% 2,788,952
18 🇲🇱Mali 3.148% 627,538
19 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 3.039% 1,765,498
20 🇸🇩Sudan 3.034% 1,274,118
21 🇿🇲Zambia 3.029% 540,284
22 🇧🇯Benin 2.904% 346,771
23 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.9% 853,119
24 🇦🇫Afghanistan 2.869% 1,052,372
25 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 2.831% 42,602
26 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.798% 701,613
27 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.733% 557,324
28 🇸🇳Senegal 2.712% 422,374
29 🇲🇼Malawi 2.678% 491,816
30 🇬🇫French Guiana 2.667% 7,377
31 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.652% 2,946,778
32 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.625% 112,105
33 🇬🇲Gambia 2.602% 63,605
34 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 2.538% 647,079
35 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.537% 681,192
36 🇬🇳Guinea 2.527% 317,253
37 🇲🇹Malta 2.477% 12,176
38 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 2.467% 616
39 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.461% 4,881,529
40 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2.445% 13,007
41 🇾🇪Yemen 2.441% 751,481
42 🇮🇶Iraq 2.431% 986,781
43 🇹🇬Togo 2.418% 194,548
44 🇮🇸Iceland 2.416% 8,526
45 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.409% 301,835
46 🇨🇬Congo 2.394% 130,229
47 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.381% 7,078
48 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.379% 15,680
49 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 2.354% 45,311
50 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 2.345% 184,334
51 🇬🇦Gabon 2.333% 51,129
52 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 2.322% 813,238
53 🇯🇴Jordan 2.303% 240,849
54 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.292% 213,852
55 🇹🇯Tajikistan 2.258% 206,113
56 🇵🇪Peru 2.208% 710,992
57 🇳🇿New Zealand 2.193% 106,092
58 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.175% 68,810
59 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.17% 369,293
60 🇵🇸State of Palestine 2.165% 104,035
61 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 2.145% 220
62 🇬🇭Ghana 2.104% 649,387
63 🇳🇷Nauru 2.063% 246
64 🇨🇫Central African Republic 2.035% 103,686
65 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 2.017% 303,610
66 🇧🇼Botswana 1.995% 48,907
67 🇯🇪Jersey 1.983% 2,089
68 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 1.979% 1,284
69 🇰🇪Kenya 1.959% 978,770
70 🇱🇺Luxembourg 1.959% 11,908
71 🇨🇴Colombia 1.952% 961,647
72 🇧🇿Belize 1.936% 7,396
73 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1.934% 12,590
74 🇱🇷Liberia 1.922% 93,992
75 🇰🇲Comoros 1.889% 14,665
76 🇩🇿Algeria 1.874% 785,486
77 🇪🇬Egypt 1.847% 1,915,715
78 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.83% 773
79 🇨🇱Chile 1.827% 341,665
80 🇮🇱Israel 1.745% 147,524
81 🇦🇩Andorra 1.74% 1,305
82 🇳🇦Namibia 1.707% 41,063
83 🇭🇳Honduras 1.696% 166,036
84 🇵🇭Philippines 1.667% 1,810,300
85 🇪🇷Eritrea 1.661% 57,217
86 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.654% 102,923
87 🇵🇦Panama 1.645% 68,537
88 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 1.608% 521,714
89 🇩🇯Djibouti 1.598% 16,892
90 🇵🇰Pakistan 1.586% 3,484,439
91 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.578% 1,929
92 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 1.563% 94,816
93 🇬🇹Guatemala 1.559% 262,655
94 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1.559% 57
95 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.544% 3,264
96 🇦🇺Australia 1.529% 381,862
97 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.505% 106,895
98 🇱🇾Libya 1.493% 96,710
99 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.471% 170,756
100 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.47% 18,551
101 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.409% 718
102 🇳🇮Nicaragua 1.397% 91,821
103 🇶🇦Qatar 1.381% 38,216
104 🇨🇦Canada 1.359% 503,366
105 🇵🇾Paraguay 1.356% 87,372
106 🇮🇪Ireland 1.343% 64,914
107 🇭🇹Haiti 1.343% 147,894
108 🇳🇺Niue 1.325% 25
109 🇿🇦South Africa 1.285% 736,664
110 🇲🇾Malaysia 1.266% 410,259
111 🇱🇸Lesotho 1.254% 27,564
112 🇸🇨Seychelles 1.238% 1,276
113 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.216% 1,041,359
114 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.18% 218,720
115 🇰🇭Cambodia 1.173% 187,947
116 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1.126% 1,842,986
117 🇳🇵Nepal 1.116% 318,104
118 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 1.094% 117,775
119 🇦🇮Anguilla 1.093% 166
120 🇲🇦Morocco 1.071% 384,922
121 🇮🇳India 1.06% 14,508,815
122 🇸🇷Suriname 1.038% 6,163
123 🇸🇪Sweden 1.026% 104,262
124 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1.025% 5,853
125 🇼🇸Samoa 1.002% 2,102
126 🇹🇳Tunisia 0.994% 118,669
127 🇮🇩Indonesia 0.953% 2,546,131
128 🇧🇭Bahrain 0.942% 14,009
129 🇻🇳Viet Nam 0.918% 871,015
130 🇨🇷Costa Rica 0.911% 45,940
131 🇹🇻Tuvalu 0.902% 98
132 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 0.889% 3,859
133 🇲🇽Mexico 0.881% 1,092,597
134 🇷🇪Réunion 0.879% 8,269
135 🇸🇬Singapore 0.851% 49,509
136 🇨🇾Cyprus 0.831% 10,128
137 🇹🇷Türkiye 0.827% 684,765
138 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 0.824% 250
139 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 0.807% 308
140 🇧🇷Brazil 0.794% 1,668,457
141 🇸🇿Eswatini 0.789% 9,153
142 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 0.779% 71,189
143 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 0.777% 78,913
144 🇩🇲Dominica 0.761% 539
145 🇦🇷Argentina 0.761% 338,006
146 🇧🇹Bhutan 0.739% 5,635
147 🇬🇩Grenada 0.739% 900
148 🇵🇫French Polynesia 0.731% 2,175
149 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.712% 60,624
150 🇧🇸Bahamas 0.711% 2,857
151 🇲🇲Myanmar 0.708% 372,878
152 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.674% 417
153 🇺🇸United States of America 0.669% 2,222,131
154 🇴🇲Oman 0.663% 30,487
155 🇳🇴Norway 0.613% 32,564
156 🇪🇸Spain 0.602% 281,494
157 🇧🇪Belgium 0.546% 62,535
158 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.521% 346,301
159 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 0.503% 461
160 🇩🇰Denmark 0.496% 28,584
161 🇦🇼Aruba 0.482% 511
162 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 0.464% 118,997
163 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.442% 76,407
164 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 0.431% 478
165 🇪🇪Estonia 0.43% 5,687
166 🇦🇹Austria 0.413% 36,521
167 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 0.401% 714
168 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.393% 250
169 🇨🇳China 0.376% 5,321,149
170 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.344% 7,254
171 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 0.329% 70,912
172 🇩🇪Germany 0.318% 263,863
173 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 0.281% 145,262
174 🇹🇭Thailand 0.277% 196,700
175 🇵🇼Palau 0.241% 43
176 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 0.239% 56,787
177 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 0.235% 17,562
178 🇮🇲Isle of Man 0.221% 185
179 🇫🇷France 0.199% 127,899
180 🇳🇨New Caledonia 0.175% 498
181 🇧🇧Barbados 0.174% 487
182 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.13% 7,101
183 🇬🇮Gibraltar 0.123% 40
184 🇸🇻El Salvador 0.101% 6,339
185 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.097% 141,235
186 🇯🇲Jamaica 0.088% 2,476
187 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.088% 3,008
188 🇫🇮Finland 0.087% 4,794
189 🇲🇰North Macedonia 0.079% 1,674
190 🇸🇲San Marino 0.041% 14
191 🇲🇺Mauritius 0.033% 433
192 🇲🇨Monaco 0.032% 12
193 🇨🇿Czechia 0.024% 2,476
194 🇬🇪Georgia 0.006% 226
195 🇬🇺Guam -0.007% -12
196 🇬🇱Greenland -0.014% -8
197 🇫🇯Fiji -0.034% -316
198 🇭🇺Hungary -0.059% -5,773
199 🇵🇱Poland -0.063% -24,441
200 🇨🇺Cuba -0.072% -8,174
201 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.08% -38
202 🇦🇱Albania -0.096% -2,752
203 🇵🇹Portugal -0.163% -16,776
204 🇲🇪Montenegro -0.175% -1,105
205 🇧🇾Belarus -0.179% -17,351
206 🇬🇵Guadeloupe -0.197% -782
207 🇮🇹Italy -0.205% -122,919
208 🇹🇴Tonga -0.233% -245
209 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.276% -291
210 🇯🇵Japan -0.341% -430,566
211 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.421% -25
212 🇷🇸Serbia -0.424% -31,540
213 🇷🇴Romania -0.491% -96,182
214 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -0.502% -509
215 🇺🇦Ukraine -0.52% -230,915
216 🇬🇷Greece -0.537% -57,137
217 🇸🇭Saint Helena -0.548% -30
218 🇦🇲Armenia -0.553% -15,700
219 🇲🇶Martinique -0.695% -2,605
220 🇭🇷Croatia -0.751% -31,242
221 🇵🇷Puerto Rico -0.826% -27,428
222 🇨🇰Cook Islands -0.852% -147
223 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands -0.867% -436
224 🇸🇸South Sudan -0.874% -90,877
225 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.916% -65,203
226 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -0.923% -109
227 🇱🇹Lithuania -0.964% -27,723
228 🇱🇻Latvia -1.009% -19,527
229 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova -1.138% -35,758
230 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina -1.158% -39,360
231 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) -1.331% -22,764
232 🇦🇸American Samoa -2.218% -1,074
233 🇻🇦Holy See -2.235% -12
234 🇲🇭Marshall Islands -2.666% -1,226
235 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) -2.709% -917
236 🇱🇧Lebanon -2.741% -163,096
237 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) -3.428% -1,022,235

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2018

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.481% 32,134,894
2 Oceania 1.713% 728,727
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 0.894% 5,731,562
4 Asia 0.874% 40,110,624
5 Northern America 0.738% 2,725,714
6 Europe 0.113% 845,407

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2018

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 3.136% 5,440,033
2 Eastern Africa 2.638% 11,237,834
3 Western Africa 2.58% 10,005,049
4 Melanesia 2.061% 236,792
5 Northern Africa 1.892% 4,588,627
6 Western Asia 1.702% 4,740,344
7 Australia/New Zealand 1.636% 487,954
8 Central Asia 1.58% 1,144,286
9 Southern Africa 1.317% 863,351
10 Southern Asia 1.16% 22,341,359
11 Central America 1.006% 1,741,321
12 South-Eastern Asia 1.0% 6,574,044
13 South America 0.867% 3,682,858
14 Caribbean 0.707% 307,383
15 Northern Europe 0.526% 551,791
16 Polynesia 0.42% 2,959
17 Western Europe 0.33% 640,077
18 Eastern Asia 0.321% 5,310,591
19 Micronesia 0.194% 1,022
20 Southern Europe -0.014% -21,650
21 Eastern Europe -0.111% -324,811

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2018

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.792% 18,461,329
2 Lower-middle-income countries 1.343% 43,909,958
3 Middle-income countries 1.021% 58,799,384
4 Upper-middle-income countries 0.599% 14,889,426
5 High-income countries 0.488% 6,024,552
6 No income group available -3.312% -1,008,337

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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