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Population Growth Rate by Country in 2019

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In the year 2019, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.031% and global population grew with total of 80,045,481 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇹🇰Tokelau with a rate of 7.309%. Closely followed by 🇾🇹Mayotte with a population growth rate of 3.981%, and 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic with 3.859% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇨🇼Curaçao with -4.664%. Followed by 🇱🇧Lebanon with a population growth rate of -3.023%, and 🇲🇭Marshall Islands with -2.895% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.466%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 1.729%, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a 0.828% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 3.081%. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.695%, and Western Africa with a 2.555% 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 2.802%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by No income group available with a rate of only -2.27%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2019

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2019

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇹🇰Tokelau 7.309% 128
2 🇾🇹Mayotte 3.981% 11,722
3 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.859% 775,583
4 🇳🇪Niger 3.74% 876,594
5 🇸🇴Somalia 3.649% 583,121
6 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 3.594% 1,548
7 🇺🇬Uganda 3.431% 1,473,566
8 🇦🇴Angola 3.372% 1,090,818
9 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 3.264% 50,685
10 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.17% 2,850,119
11 🇹🇩Chad 3.129% 504,638
12 🇲🇱Mali 3.106% 638,714
13 🇧🇮Burundi 3.016% 358,118
14 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 3.005% 1,798,774
15 🇿🇲Zambia 2.986% 548,883
16 🇦🇫Afghanistan 2.947% 1,113,057
17 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.874% 870,314
18 🇧🇯Benin 2.87% 352,750
19 🇸🇩Sudan 2.757% 1,191,950
20 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.752% 709,576
21 🇳🇿New Zealand 2.721% 134,924
22 🇲🇼Malawi 2.688% 507,091
23 🇸🇳Senegal 2.684% 429,371
24 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.675% 560,508
25 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.66% 3,035,533
26 🇬🇫French Guiana 2.632% 7,475
27 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.604% 114,169
28 🇬🇲Gambia 2.564% 64,331
29 🇬🇳Guinea 2.548% 328,095
30 🇲🇻Maldives 2.53% 12,764
31 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 2.524% 660,046
32 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.513% 691,994
33 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.436% 4,952,207
34 🇾🇪Yemen 2.412% 760,876
35 🇨🇫Central African Republic 2.407% 125,403
36 🇹🇬Togo 2.406% 198,283
37 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.373% 304,606
38 🇲🇹Malta 2.367% 11,921
39 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.344% 7,135
40 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.342% 15,808
41 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2.338% 12,738
42 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 2.321% 186,761
43 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 2.319% 45,693
44 🇨🇬Congo 2.318% 129,110
45 🇮🇶Iraq 2.307% 958,861
46 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 2.288% 585
47 🇹🇯Tajikistan 2.267% 211,628
48 🇬🇦Gabon 2.248% 50,419
49 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 2.248% 805,220
50 🇲🇸Montserrat 2.242% 101
51 🇳🇺Niue 2.239% 43
52 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.229% 212,665
53 🇯🇴Jordan 2.213% 236,787
54 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 2.147% 225
55 🇵🇸State of Palestine 2.127% 104,421
56 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.106% 68,067
57 🇬🇭Ghana 2.075% 653,912
58 🇰🇪Kenya 1.997% 1,017,522
59 🇮🇸Iceland 1.977% 7,131
60 🇱🇺Luxembourg 1.97% 12,212
61 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 1.962% 301,237
62 🇱🇷Liberia 1.962% 97,804
63 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1.919% 12,733
64 🇧🇼Botswana 1.907% 47,679
65 🇸🇸South Sudan 1.872% 195,550
66 🇰🇲Comoros 1.856% 14,680
67 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 1.839% 1,216
68 🇩🇿Algeria 1.806% 771,237
69 🇮🇱Israel 1.805% 155,349
70 🇦🇩Andorra 1.774% 1,354
71 🇨🇱Chile 1.756% 334,405
72 🇪🇬Egypt 1.742% 1,840,096
73 🇧🇿Belize 1.712% 6,662
74 🇨🇴Colombia 1.712% 859,243
75 🇳🇦Namibia 1.67% 40,865
76 🇭🇳Honduras 1.666% 165,922
77 🇪🇨Ecuador 1.654% 286,845
78 🇵🇭Philippines 1.643% 1,813,637
79 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.634% 2,029
80 🇵🇰Pakistan 1.63% 3,639,161
81 🇵🇪Peru 1.617% 530,841
82 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 1.616% 533,030
83 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.615% 694
84 🇵🇦Panama 1.56% 66,018
85 🇩🇯Djibouti 1.555% 16,700
86 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.54% 97,374
87 🇶🇦Qatar 1.524% 42,790
88 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.513% 3,246
89 🇦🇮Anguilla 1.502% 231
90 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 1.492% 91,892
91 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.486% 107,200
92 🇦🇺Australia 1.475% 374,018
93 🇬🇹Guatemala 1.46% 249,669
94 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.455% 18,633
95 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.444% 170,063
96 🇪🇷Eritrea 1.42% 49,670
97 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.42% 734
98 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1.402% 52
99 🇳🇷Nauru 1.393% 169
100 🇳🇮Nicaragua 1.374% 91,562
101 🇭🇹Haiti 1.327% 148,140
102 🇵🇾Paraguay 1.317% 86,025
103 🇱🇾Libya 1.307% 85,880
104 🇿🇦South Africa 1.305% 758,176
105 🇨🇦Canada 1.256% 471,295
106 🇱🇸Lesotho 1.249% 27,805
107 🇰🇼Kuwait 1.228% 54,523
108 🇲🇾Malaysia 1.217% 399,237
109 🇸🇨Seychelles 1.214% 1,267
110 🇮🇪Ireland 1.187% 58,110
111 🇯🇪Jersey 1.173% 1,256
112 🇸🇷Suriname 1.168% 7,009
113 🇳🇵Nepal 1.157% 333,463
114 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.139% 213,598
115 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1.101% 1,821,542
116 🇰🇭Cambodia 1.093% 177,068
117 🇼🇸Samoa 1.089% 2,307
118 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 1.056% 114,929
119 🇸🇪Sweden 1.042% 106,985
120 🇲🇦Morocco 1.016% 368,871
121 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1.006% 5,805
122 🇮🇳India 0.991% 13,708,673
123 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.984% 851,920
124 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 0.98% 300
125 🇹🇳Tunisia 0.945% 113,875
126 🇩🇲Dominica 0.941% 672
127 🇸🇬Singapore 0.924% 54,228
128 🇮🇩Indonesia 0.922% 2,485,940
129 🇻🇳Viet Nam 0.891% 853,757
130 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.869% 542
131 🇷🇪Réunion 0.863% 8,197
132 🇪🇸Spain 0.843% 397,164
133 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 0.842% 3,689
134 🇲🇽Mexico 0.84% 1,050,301
135 🇨🇷Costa Rica 0.819% 41,655
136 🇨🇾Cyprus 0.804% 9,883
137 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 0.797% 81,550
138 🇹🇷Türkiye 0.791% 659,994
139 🇸🇿Eswatini 0.788% 9,218
140 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 0.779% 71,786
141 🇹🇻Tuvalu 0.767% 84
142 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 0.764% 294
143 🇧🇷Brazil 0.739% 1,564,114
144 🇳🇴Norway 0.736% 39,353
145 🇦🇷Argentina 0.728% 325,842
146 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.719% 61,685
147 🇬🇩Grenada 0.71% 871
148 🇲🇲Myanmar 0.708% 375,518
149 🇵🇫French Polynesia 0.684% 2,049
150 🇧🇹Bhutan 0.663% 5,090
151 🇺🇸United States of America 0.639% 2,137,135
152 🇧🇸Bahamas 0.604% 2,444
153 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 0.566% 521
154 🇧🇪Belgium 0.534% 61,410
155 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.517% 345,030
156 🇩🇰Denmark 0.514% 29,800
157 🇦🇹Austria 0.477% 42,333
158 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 0.449% 115,585
159 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.449% 78,031
160 🇦🇼Aruba 0.424% 451
161 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 0.379% 677
162 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 0.378% 421
163 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.362% 231
164 🇵🇼Palau 0.34% 61
165 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.317% 6,701
166 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 0.309% 66,996
167 🇪🇪Estonia 0.309% 4,094
168 🇨🇳China 0.3% 4,267,976
169 🇩🇪Germany 0.287% 239,028
170 🇹🇭Thailand 0.229% 163,222
171 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 0.21% 108,597
172 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 0.195% 46,317
173 🇫🇷France 0.18% 116,003
174 🇧🇧Barbados 0.177% 495
175 🇳🇨New Caledonia 0.172% 490
176 🇵🇹Portugal 0.165% 16,952
177 🇮🇲Isle of Man 0.155% 130
178 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 0.154% 11,571
179 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.133% 7,256
180 🇫🇮Finland 0.133% 7,357
181 🇬🇮Gibraltar 0.107% 35
182 🇲🇺Mauritius 0.105% 1,362
183 🇸🇲San Marino 0.085% 29
184 🇯🇲Jamaica 0.05% 1,400
185 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.027% 38,753
186 🇸🇻El Salvador 0.022% 1,410
187 🇨🇿Czechia 0.02% 2,080
188 🇬🇱Greenland 0.013% 7
189 🇲🇨Monaco -0.005% -2
190 🇺🇾Uruguay -0.008% -275
191 🇲🇰North Macedonia -0.014% -304
192 🇧🇭Bahrain -0.021% -311
193 🇭🇺Hungary -0.034% -3,351
194 🇬🇺Guam -0.057% -96
195 🇵🇱Poland -0.081% -31,270
196 🇫🇯Fiji -0.081% -747
197 🇬🇪Georgia -0.086% -3,255
198 🇦🇱Albania -0.122% -3,507
199 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.128% -61
200 🇨🇺Cuba -0.132% -14,921
201 🇹🇴Tonga -0.148% -155
202 🇲🇪Montenegro -0.161% -1,012
203 🇬🇵Guadeloupe -0.195% -772
204 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.236% -14
205 🇧🇾Belarus -0.267% -25,854
206 🇮🇹Italy -0.295% -176,068
207 🇷🇴Romania -0.353% -68,962
208 🇸🇭Saint Helena -0.386% -21
209 🇯🇵Japan -0.396% -497,813
210 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.403% -423
211 🇷🇸Serbia -0.459% -33,985
212 🇺🇦Ukraine -0.545% -240,803
213 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -0.562% -567
214 🇦🇲Armenia -0.575% -16,211
215 🇬🇷Greece -0.58% -61,356
216 🇴🇲Oman -0.592% -27,264
217 🇲🇶Martinique -0.695% -2,587
218 🇭🇷Croatia -0.732% -30,225
219 🇵🇷Puerto Rico -0.769% -25,337
220 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago -0.797% -12,110
221 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -0.802% -94
222 🇨🇰Cook Islands -0.807% -138
223 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands -0.915% -456
224 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.916% -64,594
225 🇱🇹Lithuania -0.925% -26,366
226 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova -0.931% -28,934
227 🇱🇻Latvia -0.972% -18,623
228 🇻🇦Holy See -1.136% -6
229 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina -1.175% -39,475
230 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) -1.39% -23,442
231 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) -1.639% -543
232 🇬🇾Guyana -1.73% -13,822
233 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) -2.367% -685,703
234 🇦🇸American Samoa -2.394% -1,133
235 🇲🇭Marshall Islands -2.895% -1,295
236 🇱🇧Lebanon -3.023% -174,769
237 🇨🇼Curaçao -4.664% -9,005

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2019

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.466% 32,737,334
2 Oceania 1.729% 748,218
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 0.828% 5,354,487
4 Asia 0.816% 37,781,163
5 Northern America 0.701% 2,608,654
6 Europe 0.109% 815,625

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2019

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 3.081% 5,514,015
2 Eastern Africa 2.695% 11,789,907
3 Western Africa 2.555% 10,165,022
4 Melanesia 2.007% 235,351
5 Northern Africa 1.775% 4,384,647
6 Australia/New Zealand 1.679% 508,942
7 Western Asia 1.588% 4,495,813
8 Central Asia 1.56% 1,147,522
9 Southern Africa 1.33% 883,743
10 Southern Asia 1.106% 21,552,666
11 South-Eastern Asia 0.972% 6,452,129
12 Central America 0.957% 1,673,199
13 South America 0.811% 3,472,114
14 Northern Europe 0.527% 555,534
15 Caribbean 0.478% 209,174
16 Polynesia 0.437% 3,091
17 Western Europe 0.314% 610,994
18 Eastern Asia 0.249% 4,133,033
19 Micronesia 0.158% 834
20 Southern Europe 0.042% 64,775
21 Eastern Europe -0.142% -415,679

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2019

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.802% 19,052,440
2 Lower-middle-income countries 1.3% 43,056,035
3 Middle-income countries 0.964% 56,069,566
4 Upper-middle-income countries 0.52% 13,013,531
5 High-income countries 0.451% 5,595,559
6 No income group available -2.27% -672,084

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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