Population Growth Rate by Country in 2020

-5 year -1 year 2020 +1 year +5 year

In the year 2020, the world experienced a population growth rate of 0.902% and global population grew with total of 71,173,342 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇹🇰Tokelau with a rate of 4.136%. Closely followed by 🇸🇴Somalia with a population growth rate of 3.835%, and 🇹🇩Chad with 3.355% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) with -8.487%. Followed by 🇨🇰Cook Islands with a population growth rate of -3.177%, and 🇲🇭Marshall Islands with -3.065% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.396%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 1.082%, and Asia with a 0.713% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 3.124%. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.7%, and Western Africa with a 2.327% 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 2.809%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by No income group available with a rate of only -0.955%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2020

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2020

Rank	Country	Growth Rate	Population Change +/-
1	🇹🇰Tokelau	4.136%	88
2	🇸🇴Somalia	3.835%	638,565
3	🇹🇩Chad	3.355%	577,842
4	🇾🇹Mayotte	3.315%	9,427
5	🇳🇪Niger	3.289%	780,031
6	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.287%	3,154,484
7	🇦🇫Afghanistan	3.272%	1,278,058
8	🇺🇬Uganda	3.241%	1,440,757
9	🇦🇴Angola	3.173%	1,061,247
10	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	3.115%	824
11	🇲🇱Mali	3.077%	668,109
12	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	3.023%	1,842,777
13	🇳🇦Namibia	3.009%	82,091
14	🇲🇿Mozambique	2.989%	920,092
15	🇲🇷Mauritania	2.9%	133,410
16	🇿🇲Zambia	2.858%	544,652
17	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	2.837%	597,046
18	🇲🇻Maldives	2.836%	14,239
19	🇧🇮Burundi	2.786%	351,460
20	🇾🇪Yemen	2.735%	988,367
21	🇪🇹Ethiopia	2.724%	3,238,585
22	🇨🇲Cameroon	2.696%	706,498
23	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	2.637%	979
24	🇨🇫Central African Republic	2.63%	132,169
25	🇸🇩Sudan	2.629%	1,229,868
26	🇧🇯Benin	2.629%	343,660
27	🇲🇼Malawi	2.621%	512,010
28	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	2.618%	276
29	🇸🇳Senegal	2.59%	434,761
30	🇸🇸South Sudan	2.573%	275,266
31	🇲🇬Madagascar	2.539%	735,127
32	🇬🇳Guinea	2.527%	337,928
33	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	2.473%	715,079
34	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	2.451%	163,357
35	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2.425%	18,050
36	🇨🇬Congo	2.417%	139,019
37	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	2.415%	518,711
38	🇬🇲Gambia	2.396%	60,263
39	🇹🇬Togo	2.396%	207,685
40	🇻🇺Vanuatu	2.354%	7,035
41	🇬🇦Gabon	2.336%	54,252
42	🇵🇸State of Palestine	2.305%	116,832
43	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	2.304%	182,304
44	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	2.272%	38,989
45	🇮🇶Iraq	2.255%	949,819
46	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	2.251%	45,320
47	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	2.24%	4,871
48	🇷🇼Rwanda	2.223%	290,438
49	🇸🇨Seychelles	2.216%	2,666
50	🇹🇯Tajikistan	2.215%	215,907
51	🇱🇷Liberia	2.147%	110,529
52	🇳🇬Nigeria	2.108%	4,510,700
53	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	2.071%	143,924
54	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	2.036%	199,833
55	🇰🇲Comoros	2.014%	16,152
56	🇬🇭Ghana	1.998%	637,176
57	🇰🇮Kiribati	1.986%	2,504
58	🇰🇪Kenya	1.952%	1,019,175
59	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	1.949%	865
60	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	1.944%	1,335
61	🇬🇮Gibraltar	1.919%	694
62	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	1.914%	180,860
63	🇵🇰Pakistan	1.894%	4,451,844
64	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	1.889%	634,536
65	🇯🇴Jordan	1.886%	204,883
66	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	1.882%	24,959
67	🇳🇵Nepal	1.849%	535,705
68	🇪🇷Eritrea	1.774%	58,401
69	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1.751%	11,961
70	🇭🇳Honduras	1.713%	173,357
71	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	1.709%	265,359
72	🇪🇭Western Sahara	1.701%	9,342
73	🇩🇿Algeria	1.62%	713,342
74	🇰🇭Cambodia	1.607%	268,737
75	🇿🇦South Africa	1.595%	965,776
76	🇮🇱Israel	1.59%	139,964
77	🇲🇳Mongolia	1.588%	52,255
78	🇪🇬Egypt	1.565%	1,711,055
79	🇬🇹Guatemala	1.483%	257,409
80	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.474%	108,301
81	🇩🇯Djibouti	1.471%	16,261
82	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.461%	599
83	🇲🇨Monaco	1.453%	553
84	🇧🇼Botswana	1.449%	34,283
85	🇲🇹Malta	1.421%	7,361
86	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.37%	8,636
87	🇵🇾Paraguay	1.37%	90,445
88	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	1.354%	263,742
89	🇳🇿New Zealand	1.317%	66,772
90	🇱🇾Libya	1.309%	92,240
91	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	1.299%	683
92	🇧🇿Belize	1.295%	5,059
93	🇮🇸Iceland	1.275%	4,674
94	🇸🇿Eswatini	1.229%	14,661
95	🇱🇸Lesotho	1.22%	27,265
96	🇳🇮Nicaragua	1.22%	80,128
97	🇵🇦Panama	1.213%	52,066
98	🇭🇹Haiti	1.204%	135,428
99	🇨🇴Colombia	1.197%	606,133
100	🇨🇾Cyprus	1.189%	15,487
101	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	1.176%	364,364
102	🇲🇾Malaysia	1.137%	385,213
103	🇸🇮Slovenia	1.111%	23,361
104	🇷🇪Réunion	1.096%	9,444
105	🇵🇪Peru	1.088%	357,305
106	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	1.085%	119,454
107	🇵🇭Philippines	1.077%	1,206,620
108	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	1.077%	127,213
109	🇬🇾Guyana	1.061%	8,565
110	🇲🇦Morocco	1.04%	380,550
111	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1.04%	4,653
112	🇸🇷Suriname	1.037%	6,351
113	🇼🇸Samoa	1.016%	2,154
114	🇬🇺Guam	0.987%	1,600
115	🇮🇳India	0.948%	13,293,239
116	🇻🇳Viet Nam	0.936%	917,574
117	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	0.854%	947
118	🇬🇫French Guiana	0.835%	2,413
119	🇪🇨Ecuador	0.833%	146,119
120	🇧🇩Bangladesh	0.813%	1,352,804
121	🇮🇪Ireland	0.805%	40,097
122	🇨🇦Canada	0.804%	306,838
123	🇮🇩Indonesia	0.776%	2,133,345
124	🇹🇷Türkiye	0.774%	666,393
125	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	0.758%	294
126	🇹🇳Tunisia	0.754%	90,246
127	🇨🇭Switzerland	0.744%	64,309
128	🇲🇲Myanmar	0.721%	382,443
129	🇧🇹Bhutan	0.704%	5,424
130	🇲🇽Mexico	0.697%	884,249
131	🇦🇺Australia	0.683%	175,754
132	🇧🇭Bahrain	0.682%	10,118
133	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	0.654%	147,608
134	🇳🇺Niue	0.612%	11
135	🇨🇷Costa Rica	0.6%	30,204
136	🇦🇩Andorra	0.597%	462
137	🇦🇮Anguilla	0.593%	88
138	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	0.553%	508
139	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.551%	483,352
140	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	0.551%	56,056
141	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	0.539%	9,444
142	🇧🇷Brazil	0.512%	1,067,833
143	🇸🇪Sweden	0.499%	51,621
144	🇳🇴Norway	0.441%	23,719
145	🇧🇲Bermuda	0.438%	282
146	🇦🇹Austria	0.436%	38,914
147	🇯🇲Jamaica	0.43%	12,172
148	🇬🇬Guernsey	0.429%	271
149	🇨🇱Chile	0.405%	78,420
150	🇳🇱Netherlands	0.397%	70,098
151	🇬🇩Grenada	0.37%	430
152	🇸🇻El Salvador	0.369%	23,029
153	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	0.362%	5,357
154	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	0.361%	94,318
155	🇨🇼Curaçao	0.342%	632
156	🇦🇷Argentina	0.336%	151,629
157	🇳🇨New Caledonia	0.335%	951
158	🇸🇲San Marino	0.314%	109
159	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	0.311%	555
160	🇫🇯Fiji	0.298%	2,724
161	🇩🇰Denmark	0.294%	17,172
162	🇳🇷Nauru	0.292%	34
163	🇵🇫French Polynesia	0.279%	780
164	🇧🇪Belgium	0.278%	32,088
165	🇫🇷France	0.269%	176,971
166	🇯🇪Jersey	0.246%	254
167	🇱🇧Lebanon	0.213%	12,125
168	🇬🇧United Kingdom	0.208%	139,947
169	🇧🇧Barbados	0.181%	510
170	🇪🇸Spain	0.178%	84,834
171	🇺🇸United States of America	0.173%	587,461
172	🇹🇭Thailand	0.162%	116,369
173	🇧🇸Bahamas	0.162%	643
174	🇵🇹Portugal	0.156%	16,143
175	🇫🇮Finland	0.154%	8,534
176	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	0.126%	65,364
177	🇪🇪Estonia	0.122%	1,625
178	🇮🇲Isle of Man	0.099%	83
179	🇨🇳China	0.094%	1,340,498
180	🇺🇾Uruguay	0.075%	2,554
181	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	0.071%	367
182	🇱🇹Lithuania	0.054%	1,513
183	🇵🇼Palau	0.045%	8
184	🇦🇼Aruba	0.036%	39
185	🇸🇰Slovakia	0.023%	1,275
186	🇹🇴Tonga	0.014%	15
187	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	-0.013%	-943
188	🇩🇪Germany	-0.015%	-12,197
189	🇬🇱Greenland	-0.055%	-31
190	🇬🇪Georgia	-0.063%	-2,396
191	🇨🇿Czechia	-0.139%	-14,625
192	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	-0.144%	-34,028
193	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	-0.213%	-100
194	🇨🇺Cuba	-0.222%	-24,778
195	🇲🇺Mauritius	-0.246%	-3,152
196	🇷🇺Russian Federation	-0.25%	-366,653
197	🇵🇱Poland	-0.251%	-95,876
198	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	-0.275%	-32
199	🇬🇷Greece	-0.297%	-31,822
200	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	-0.371%	-13
201	🇦🇸American Samoa	-0.376%	-187
202	🇭🇺Hungary	-0.393%	-38,327
203	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	-0.4%	-351
204	🇯🇵Japan	-0.428%	-540,618
205	🇮🇹Italy	-0.429%	-257,066
206	🇦🇱Albania	-0.435%	-12,499
207	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	-0.454%	-216
208	🇩🇲Dominica	-0.456%	-308
209	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.496%	-514
210	🇧🇬Bulgaria	-0.506%	-35,090
211	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	-0.594%	-2,420
212	🇲🇪Montenegro	-0.612%	-3,720
213	🇷🇴Romania	-0.625%	-121,146
214	🇸🇭Saint Helena	-0.663%	-36
215	🇦🇲Armenia	-0.664%	-19,193
216	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	-0.691%	-22,620
217	🇺🇦Ukraine	-0.698%	-311,711
218	🇱🇻Latvia	-0.734%	-13,953
219	🇭🇷Croatia	-0.813%	-32,160
220	🇲🇸Montserrat	-0.821%	-37
221	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-0.824%	-48
222	🇲🇶Martinique	-0.869%	-3,099
223	🇶🇦Qatar	-0.9%	-25,218
224	🇷🇸Serbia	-0.907%	-62,622
225	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	-1.01%	-287,351
226	🇧🇾Belarus	-1.053%	-98,452
227	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	-1.357%	-41,638
228	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	-1.496%	-49,345
229	🇲🇰North Macedonia	-1.514%	-28,351
230	🇻🇦Holy See	-1.515%	-8
231	🇹🇻Tuvalu	-1.779%	-185
232	🇴🇲Oman	-2.154%	-97,413
233	🇸🇬Singapore	-2.193%	-123,243
234	🇰🇼Kuwait	-2.921%	-128,524
235	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	-3.065%	-1,309
236	🇨🇰Cook Islands	-3.177%	-497
237	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	-8.487%	-2,696

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2020

Rank	Region	Growth Rate	Population Change +/-
1	Africa	2.396%	33,089,551
2	Oceania	1.082%	476,834
3	Asia	0.713%	33,427,088
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	0.632%	4,086,888
5	Americas	0.486%	4,981,390
6	Northern America	0.237%	894,502
7	Europe	-0.107%	-801,521

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2020

Rank	Sub-Region	Growth Rate	Population Change +/-
1	Middle Africa	3.124%	5,869,371
2	Eastern Africa	2.7%	12,183,464
3	Western Africa	2.327%	9,685,997
4	Melanesia	1.896%	228,593
5	Central Asia	1.86%	1,421,466
6	Northern Africa	1.649%	4,226,643
7	Southern Africa	1.627%	1,124,076
8	Western Asia	1.401%	4,029,570
9	Southern Asia	1.087%	21,562,273
10	Central America	0.852%	1,505,501
11	South-Eastern Asia	0.804%	5,424,971
12	Australia/New Zealand	0.787%	242,526
13	Micronesia	0.688%	3,568
14	South America	0.553%	2,357,616
15	Caribbean	0.512%	223,771
16	Polynesia	0.312%	2,147
17	Northern Europe	0.26%	276,240
18	Western Europe	0.193%	379,666
19	Eastern Asia	0.059%	988,808
20	Southern Europe	-0.22%	-335,184
21	Eastern Europe	-0.382%	-1,122,243

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2020

Rank	Income Group	Growth Rate	Population Change +/-
1	Low-income countries	2.809%	19,085,806
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	1.561%	59,648,629
3	Lower-middle-income countries	1.291%	40,562,823
4	Low-and-middle-income countries	1.061%	70,123,052
5	Middle-income countries	0.861%	51,037,246
6	Upper-middle-income countries	0.376%	10,474,423
7	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	0.292%	11,804,754
8	High-income countries	0.107%	1,330,331
9	No income group available	-0.955%	-277,621

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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