database.earth

Population Growth Rate by Country in 2022

-5 year -1 year 2022 +1 year +5 year

In the year 2022, the world experienced a population growth rate of 0.875% and global population grew with total of 70,196,744 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇰🇼Kuwait with a rate of 8.892%. Closely followed by 🇴🇲Oman with a population growth rate of 8.595%, and 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba with 5.912% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇺🇦Ukraine with -14.762%. Followed by 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) with a population growth rate of -4.251%, and 🇬🇵Guadeloupe with -3.858% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.315%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 1.111%, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a 0.675% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 2.991%. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.557%, and Western Asia 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 2.661%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by Upper-middle-income countries with a rate of only 0.279%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2022

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2022

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇰🇼Kuwait 8.892% 407,819
2 🇴🇲Oman 8.595% 406,336
3 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 5.912% 1,692
4 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 4.92% 1,104,891
5 🇹🇰Tokelau 4.542% 104
6 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 4.302% 1,383,983
7 🇲🇪Montenegro 4.238% 26,043
8 🇸🇬Singapore 4.101% 231,667
9 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 3.963% 405,889
10 🇶🇦Qatar 3.683% 106,514
11 🇾🇹Mayotte 3.611% 11,021
12 🇹🇩Chad 3.385% 624,737
13 🇳🇪Niger 3.282% 830,644
14 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.255% 3,332,688
15 🇦🇴Angola 3.098% 1,103,854
16 🇾🇪Yemen 2.99% 1,142,923
17 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.983% 145,449
18 🇲🇱Mali 2.976% 686,538
19 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.967% 968,760
20 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.921% 1,890,366
21 🇨🇿Czechia 2.898% 309,330
22 🇺🇬Uganda 2.826% 1,336,781
23 🇿🇲Zambia 2.754% 554,888
24 🇧🇮Burundi 2.746% 365,801
25 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 2.68% 81,479
26 🇧🇿Belize 2.672% 10,762
27 🇳🇦Namibia 2.656% 76,749
28 🇸🇩Sudan 2.647% 1,307,325
29 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.642% 730,123
30 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.623% 3,288,147
31 🇸🇴Somalia 2.579% 459,014
32 🇲🇼Malawi 2.568% 528,210
33 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 2.557% 777,036
34 🇧🇯Benin 2.539% 349,331
35 🇪🇪Estonia 2.53% 34,149
36 🇬🇳Guinea 2.48% 348,516
37 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.472% 752,429
38 🇸🇳Senegal 2.447% 431,940
39 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 2.433% 43,870
40 🇨🇬Congo 2.421% 146,076
41 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.409% 18,812
42 🇵🇸State of Palestine 2.364% 125,414
43 🇮🇶Iraq 2.358% 1,039,288
44 🇧🇭Bahrain 2.357% 36,136
45 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.355% 7,371
46 🇱🇺Luxembourg 2.351% 15,359
47 🇹🇬Togo 2.344% 213,089
48 🇬🇲Gambia 2.3% 60,632
49 🇸🇸South Sudan 2.281% 251,435
50 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.28% 513,195
51 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 2.257% 47,522
52 🇵🇱Poland 2.231% 856,420
53 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.221% 303,132
54 🇬🇦Gabon 2.219% 53,936
55 🇱🇷Liberia 2.21% 118,752
56 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 2.207% 182,625
57 🇬🇮Gibraltar 2.194% 825
58 🇮🇪Ireland 2.185% 111,639
59 🇮🇸Iceland 2.114% 8,039
60 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.101% 4,687,707
61 🇹🇯Tajikistan 2.076% 211,338
62 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 2.035% 1,457
63 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 2.033% 710,409
64 🇰🇪Kenya 1.995% 1,082,101
65 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.991% 4,506
66 🇪🇭Western Sahara 1.947% 11,073
67 🇰🇲Comoros 1.937% 16,158
68 🇮🇱Israel 1.926% 175,320
69 🇬🇭Ghana 1.92% 636,438
70 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 1.881% 135,960
71 🇸🇨Seychelles 1.867% 2,343
72 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 1.824% 186,079
73 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.744% 121,298
74 🇱🇹Lithuania 1.737% 48,931
75 🇪🇷Eritrea 1.734% 59,104
76 🇭🇳Honduras 1.729% 180,876
77 🇬🇫French Guiana 1.701% 5,074
78 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 1.691% 648
79 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 1.67% 268,407
80 🇦🇮Anguilla 1.657% 235
81 🇧🇼Botswana 1.643% 40,091
82 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.633% 2,131
83 🇯🇴Jordan 1.621% 182,441
84 🇵🇰Pakistan 1.619% 3,945,468
85 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.611% 322,782
86 🇸🇰Slovakia 1.584% 86,679
87 🇦🇹Austria 1.576% 142,852
88 🇩🇿Algeria 1.557% 707,907
89 🇪🇬Egypt 1.554% 1,749,769
90 🇬🇹Guatemala 1.531% 273,212
91 🇦🇲Armenia 1.491% 42,947
92 🇦🇩Andorra 1.478% 1,178
93 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.441% 607
94 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1.41% 572,052
95 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.41% 106,607
96 🇩🇯Djibouti 1.393% 15,838
97 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.393% 47,160
98 🇳🇮Nicaragua 1.382% 93,005
99 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.364% 164,682
100 🇿🇦South Africa 1.342% 836,946
101 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 1.337% 146
102 🇵🇦Panama 1.33% 58,514
103 🇰🇭Cambodia 1.313% 225,909
104 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1.306% 9,199
105 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.292% 1,156,781
106 🇳🇱Netherlands 1.285% 230,148
107 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.255% 678
108 🇱🇾Libya 1.245% 89,947
109 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1.23% 2,083,228
110 🇨🇦Canada 1.229% 476,932
111 🇲🇾Malaysia 1.227% 425,722
112 🇵🇾Paraguay 1.215% 82,124
113 🇳🇴Norway 1.164% 63,507
114 🇨🇭Switzerland 1.157% 101,742
115 🇭🇹Haiti 1.147% 131,992
116 🇨🇴Colombia 1.139% 589,321
117 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.103% 15,103
118 🇱🇸Lesotho 1.084% 24,771
119 🇵🇪Peru 1.081% 361,812
120 🇲🇨Monaco 1.051% 409
121 🇲🇦Morocco 1.043% 389,324
122 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.013% 13,488
123 🇩🇰Denmark 0.998% 58,933
124 🇧🇪Belgium 0.967% 112,568
125 🇸🇿Eswatini 0.95% 11,579
126 🇳🇨New Caledonia 0.938% 2,694
127 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 0.923% 103,619
128 🇸🇷Suriname 0.919% 5,728
129 🇦🇺Australia 0.915% 239,635
130 🇮🇳India 0.881% 12,559,471
131 🇪🇨Ecuador 0.876% 156,224
132 🇲🇽Mexico 0.868% 1,116,003
133 🇮🇩Indonesia 0.858% 2,391,921
134 🇬🇺Guam 0.821% 1,356
135 🇵🇭Philippines 0.784% 894,025
136 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 0.779% 357
137 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.773% 527,133
138 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.765% 39,245
139 🇫🇮Finland 0.755% 42,056
140 🇩🇪Germany 0.748% 629,344
141 🇳🇷Nauru 0.746% 88
142 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 0.728% 3,317
143 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 0.727% 286
144 🇲🇲Myanmar 0.708% 380,653
145 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 0.706% 72,642
146 🇧🇹Bhutan 0.704% 5,499
147 🇻🇳Viet Nam 0.699% 696,872
148 🇹🇳Tunisia 0.681% 82,537
149 🇼🇸Samoa 0.672% 1,447
150 🇸🇪Sweden 0.659% 69,144
151 🇬🇪Georgia 0.652% 24,723
152 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 0.612% 139,664
153 🇬🇾Guyana 0.593% 4,874
154 🇱🇧Lebanon 0.582% 33,411
155 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 0.56% 8,377
156 🇺🇸United States of America 0.551% 1,882,105
157 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 0.521% 484
158 🇨🇱Chile 0.514% 100,405
159 🇫🇯Fiji 0.506% 4,650
160 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 0.503% 2,612
161 🇲🇹Malta 0.502% 2,652
162 🇧🇸Bahamas 0.491% 1,953
163 🇸🇻El Salvador 0.476% 29,888
164 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 0.454% 509
165 🇨🇷Costa Rica 0.441% 22,423
166 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.438% 279
167 🇱🇻Latvia 0.429% 8,071
168 🇲🇻Maldives 0.396% 2,075
169 🇧🇷Brazil 0.381% 801,171
170 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 0.359% 94,498
171 🇷🇪Réunion 0.356% 3,101
172 🇪🇸Spain 0.33% 157,923
173 🇫🇷France 0.314% 208,153
174 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 0.296% 530
175 🇵🇫French Polynesia 0.28% 786
176 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.268% 75,533
177 🇵🇹Portugal 0.264% 27,505
178 🇹🇷Türkiye 0.255% 221,711
179 🇦🇷Argentina 0.225% 102,240
180 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.221% 4,680
181 🇯🇪Jersey 0.179% 185
182 🇬🇩Grenada 0.161% 188
183 🇦🇼Aruba 0.16% 172
184 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.131% 191,042
185 🇮🇲Isle of Man 0.062% 52
186 🇨🇼Curaçao 0.053% 99
187 🇯🇲Jamaica 0.043% 1,212
188 🇷🇴Romania 0.024% 4,693
189 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.015% 7
190 🇳🇵Nepal -0.001% -314
191 🇧🇧Barbados -0.016% -44
192 🇭🇺Hungary -0.023% -2,201
193 🇹🇭Thailand -0.055% -39,334
194 🇵🇷Puerto Rico -0.059% -1,913
195 🇧🇲Bermuda -0.076% -49
196 🇰🇷Republic of Korea -0.089% -46,239
197 🇷🇸Serbia -0.093% -6,291
198 🇬🇱Greenland -0.102% -57
199 🇵🇼Palau -0.124% -22
200 🇨🇳China -0.129% -1,837,246
201 🇺🇾Uruguay -0.132% -4,462
202 🇳🇺Niue -0.165% -3
203 🇮🇹Italy -0.186% -110,699
204 🇭🇷Croatia -0.221% -8,630
205 🇲🇺Mauritius -0.23% -2,941
206 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR -0.362% -27,048
207 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.366% -24,960
208 🇨🇺Cuba -0.372% -41,104
209 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -0.401% -14
210 🇦🇱Albania -0.421% -11,918
211 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China -0.428% -100,218
212 🇹🇴Tonga -0.43% -452
213 🇲🇰North Macedonia -0.45% -8,284
214 🇩🇲Dominica -0.474% -317
215 🇯🇵Japan -0.523% -653,728
216 🇧🇾Belarus -0.606% -55,550
217 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.645% -20,672
218 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.719% -734
219 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.764% -34
220 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.803% -46
221 🇸🇭Saint Helena -0.936% -50
222 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -0.943% -816
223 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -0.993% -114
224 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) -1.025% -17,612
225 🇲🇶Martinique -1.163% -4,064
226 🇬🇷Greece -1.214% -126,368
227 🇨🇫Central African Republic -1.312% -66,895
228 🇸🇲San Marino -1.361% -464
229 🇹🇻Tuvalu -1.761% -176
230 🇦🇸American Samoa -1.823% -881
231 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands -1.997% -920
232 🇻🇦Holy See -2.567% -13
233 🇲🇭Marshall Islands -3.019% -1,210
234 🇨🇰Cook Islands -3.349% -493
235 🇬🇵Guadeloupe -3.858% -14,841
236 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) -4.251% -1,227
237 🇺🇦Ukraine -14.762% -6,048,710

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2022

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.315% 33,486,983
2 Oceania 1.111% 500,636
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 0.675% 4,418,076
4 Asia 0.668% 31,710,428
5 Americas 0.655% 6,776,961
6 Northern America 0.62% 2,358,885
7 Europe -0.305% -2,278,265

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2022

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 2.991% 5,972,895
2 Eastern Africa 2.557% 12,154,095
3 Western Asia 2.327% 6,925,876
4 Western Africa 2.301% 10,031,976
5 Central Asia 1.893% 1,501,787
6 Melanesia 1.756% 219,606
7 Northern Africa 1.639% 4,337,882
8 Southern Africa 1.39% 990,136
9 Southern Asia 1.012% 20,463,925
10 Central America 0.992% 1,784,683
11 Northern Europe 0.905% 972,797
12 Australia/New Zealand 0.89% 278,880
13 South-Eastern Asia 0.779% 5,332,462
14 Western Europe 0.726% 1,440,861
15 South America 0.568% 2,444,712
16 Caribbean 0.428% 188,681
17 Micronesia 0.369% 1,932
18 Polynesia 0.032% 218
19 Southern Europe -0.059% -90,145
20 Eastern Asia -0.151% -2,513,622
21 Eastern Europe -1.592% -4,601,778

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2022

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.661% 19,078,029
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 1.36% 53,488,480
3 Lower-middle-income countries 1.07% 34,410,451
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 0.91% 61,326,052
5 Middle-income countries 0.702% 42,248,023
6 High-income countries 0.701% 8,797,617
7 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 0.41% 16,635,188
8 No income group available 0.305% 87,916
9 Upper-middle-income countries 0.279% 7,837,572

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

Data Disclaimer

People at database.earth has not verified data entry and collection processes in person. We take all open data provided by this source at face value.

This data is the foundation for most content and visualization found on this page. If you find errors in the representation of the data, please contact us and we will correct it.

All data from sources are archived for future reference.