Population Growth Rate by Country in 2026

-5 year -1 year2026+1 year +5 year

-4.16%

3.283%

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data source: UN WPP

In the year 2026, the world experienced a population growth rate of 0.83% and global population grew with total of 68,866,209 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇨🇫Central African Republic, with a rate of 3.28%. Closely followed by 🇸🇴Somalia with a population growth rate of 3.24%, and 🇳🇪Niger with 3.13% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) with only -4.16%. Followed by 🇲🇭Marshall Islands with a population growth rate of -3.28%, and 🇨🇰Cook Islands with -3.26% population growth.

The geographic region highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.22%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 1.07%, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 0.62% population growth. .

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 2.92%. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.46% , and Western Africa with 2.19% population growth.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-income countries had the highest population growth rate of 2.62%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by Upper-middle-income countries with a rate of only 0.17%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2026

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2026

Rank	Flag	Location	Population Growth Rate
1	🇨🇫	Central African Republic	3.283%
2	🇸🇴	Somalia	3.24%
3	🇳🇪	Niger	3.135%
4	🇨🇩	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.132%
5	🇸🇾	Syrian Arab Republic	3.041%
6	🇾🇹	Mayotte	3.035%
7	🇸🇩	Sudan	3.032%
8	🇦🇴	Angola	2.954%
9	🇲🇱	Mali	2.85%
10	🇴🇲	Oman	2.822%
11	🇹🇿	United Republic of Tanzania	2.795%
12	🇲🇿	Mozambique	2.786%
13	🇾🇪	Yemen	2.761%
14	🇿🇲	Zambia	2.722%
15	🇦🇫	Afghanistan	2.705%
16	🇲🇷	Mauritania	2.69%
17	🇺🇬	Uganda	2.615%
18	🇹🇩	Chad	2.605%
19	🇹🇰	Tokelau	2.601%
20	🇲🇼	Malawi	2.526%
21	🇨🇲	Cameroon	2.494%
22	🇪🇹	Ethiopia	2.48%
23	🇧🇯	Benin	2.361%
24	🇲🇬	Madagascar	2.34%
25	🇨🇮	Côte d'Ivoire	2.34%
26	🇨🇬	Congo	2.326%
27	🇬🇶	Equatorial Guinea	2.32%
28	🇧🇮	Burundi	2.306%
29	🇸🇧	Solomon Islands	2.296%
30	🇸🇳	Senegal	2.257%
31	🇬🇳	Guinea	2.209%
32	🇱🇷	Liberia	2.179%
33	🇻🇺	Vanuatu	2.158%
34	🇧🇫	Burkina Faso	2.148%
35	🇬🇲	Gambia	2.147%
36	🇹🇬	Togo	2.13%
37	🇯🇴	Jordan	2.122%
38	🇷🇼	Rwanda	2.12%
39	🇬🇼	Guinea-Bissau	2.097%
40	🇪🇷	Eritrea	2.069%
41	🇬🇦	Gabon	2.054%
42	🇮🇶	Iraq	2.05%
43	🇳🇬	Nigeria	2.033%
44	🇸🇸	South Sudan	2.017%
45	🇸🇱	Sierra Leone	1.963%
46	🇸🇹	Sao Tome and Principe	1.938%
47	🇵🇸	State of Palestine	1.897%
48	🇰🇪	Kenya	1.886%
49	🇳🇦	Namibia	1.885%
50	🇿🇼	Zimbabwe	1.88%
51	🇧🇭	Bahrain	1.815%
52	🇰🇲	Comoros	1.794%
53	🇬🇭	Ghana	1.767%
54	🇺🇿	Uzbekistan	1.753%
55	🇹🇯	Tajikistan	1.736%
56	🇰🇾	Cayman Islands	1.731%
57	🇬🇮	Gibraltar	1.73%
58	🇸🇦	Saudi Arabia	1.691%
59	🇦🇪	United Arab Emirates	1.69%
60	🇵🇬	Papua New Guinea	1.684%
61	🇶🇦	Qatar	1.65%
62	🇧🇶	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.648%
63	🇬🇫	French Guiana	1.646%
64	🇧🇼	Botswana	1.603%
65	🇭🇳	Honduras	1.593%
66	🇵🇰	Pakistan	1.592%
67	🇪🇭	Western Sahara	1.583%
68	🇸🇨	Seychelles	1.529%
69	🇹🇲	Turkmenistan	1.479%
70	🇬🇹	Guatemala	1.473%
71	🇪🇬	Egypt	1.444%
72	🇰🇮	Kiribati	1.411%
73	🇰🇬	Kyrgyzstan	1.4%
74	🇰🇼	Kuwait	1.391%
75	🇻🇦	Holy See	1.382%
76	🇮🇱	Israel	1.359%
77	🇧🇿	Belize	1.326%
78	🇩🇯	Djibouti	1.314%
79	🇹🇱	Timor-Leste	1.314%
80	🇧🇴	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	1.309%
81	🇳🇮	Nicaragua	1.255%
82	🇱🇦	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.251%
83	🇩🇿	Algeria	1.204%
84	🇧🇩	Bangladesh	1.194%
85	🇵🇦	Panama	1.168%
86	🇵🇾	Paraguay	1.146%
87	🇱🇾	Libya	1.121%
88	🇰🇿	Kazakhstan	1.11%
89	🇸🇽	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.107%
90	🇰🇭	Cambodia	1.105%
91	🇲🇾	Malaysia	1.102%
92	🇱🇸	Lesotho	1.095%
93	🇲🇳	Mongolia	1.091%
94	🇭🇹	Haiti	1.084%
95	🇸🇿	Eswatini	1.078%
96	🇿🇦	South Africa	1.054%
97	🇧🇱	Saint Barthélemy	1.048%
98	🇱🇺	Luxembourg	0.992%
99	🇵🇪	Peru	0.971%
100	🇦🇩	Andorra	0.958%
101	🇨🇴	Colombia	0.92%
102	🇮🇸	Iceland	0.919%
103	🇦🇺	Australia	0.911%
104	🇮🇪	Ireland	0.877%
105	🇫🇴	Faroe Islands	0.869%
106	🇮🇳	India	0.857%
107	🇱🇧	Lebanon	0.84%
108	🇪🇨	Ecuador	0.84%
109	🇲🇦	Morocco	0.836%
110	🇳🇨	New Caledonia	0.83%
111	🇸🇷	Suriname	0.829%
112	🇨🇾	Cyprus	0.804%
113	🇨🇦	Canada	0.794%
114	🇵🇭	Philippines	0.793%
115	🇲🇽	Mexico	0.778%
116	🇮🇷	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.76%
117	🇩🇴	Dominican Republic	0.752%
118	🇮🇩	Indonesia	0.741%
119	🇧🇳	Brunei Darussalam	0.719%
120	🇧🇹	Bhutan	0.697%
121	🇬🇺	Guam	0.69%
122	🇳🇿	New Zealand	0.653%
123	🇳🇷	Nauru	0.636%
124	🇲🇲	Myanmar	0.592%
125	🇹🇨	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.585%
126	🇬🇾	Guyana	0.585%
127	🇱🇮	Liechtenstein	0.575%
128	🇸🇬	Singapore	0.561%
129	🇼🇸	Samoa	0.555%
130	🇻🇳	Viet Nam	0.549%
131	🇦🇿	Azerbaijan	0.532%
132	🇬🇧	United Kingdom	0.521%
133	🇹🇳	Tunisia	0.515%
134	🇳🇱	Netherlands	0.51%
135	🇱🇰	Sri Lanka	0.497%
136	🇺🇸	United States of America	0.491%
137	🇦🇮	Anguilla	0.472%
138	🇷🇪	Réunion	0.45%
139	🇻🇬	British Virgin Islands	0.436%
140	🇦🇬	Antigua and Barbuda	0.428%
141	🇫🇲	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	0.428%
142	🇫🇯	Fiji	0.426%
143	🇨🇻	Cabo Verde	0.422%
144	🇻🇪	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	0.42%
145	🇨🇭	Switzerland	0.419%
146	🇨🇱	Chile	0.412%
147	🇨🇷	Costa Rica	0.411%
148	🇸🇻	El Salvador	0.396%
149	🇸🇪	Sweden	0.387%
150	🇧🇸	Bahamas	0.377%
151	🇲🇹	Malta	0.372%
152	🇳🇴	Norway	0.368%
153	🇲🇻	Maldives	0.346%
154	🇧🇷	Brazil	0.338%
155	🇳🇺	Niue	0.329%
156	🇦🇷	Argentina	0.328%
157	🇩🇰	Denmark	0.313%
158	🇹🇷	Türkiye	0.298%
159	🇲🇴	China, Macao SAR	0.23%
160	🇰🇵	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	0.217%
161	🇵🇫	French Polynesia	0.207%
162	🇱🇨	Saint Lucia	0.17%
163	🇬🇬	Guernsey	0.147%
164	🇳🇵	Nepal	0.144%
165	🇫🇷	France	0.137%
166	🇰🇳	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.134%
167	🇧🇪	Belgium	0.124%
168	🇯🇪	Jersey	0.103%
169	🇹🇹	Trinidad and Tobago	0.101%
170	🇸🇲	San Marino	0.089%
171	🇧🇧	Barbados	0.026%
172	🇬🇩	Grenada	0.026%
173	🇦🇼	Aruba	-0.017%
174	🇨🇼	Curaçao	-0.033%
175	🇬🇪	Georgia	-0.063%
176	🇦🇹	Austria	-0.066%
177	🇺🇾	Uruguay	-0.068%
178	🇮🇲	Isle of Man	-0.082%
179	🇫🇮	Finland	-0.083%
180	🇹🇭	Thailand	-0.093%
181	🇪🇸	Spain	-0.1%
182	🇫🇰	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	-0.115%
183	🇸🇮	Slovenia	-0.133%
184	🇰🇷	Republic of Korea	-0.142%
185	🇧🇲	Bermuda	-0.152%
186	🇯🇲	Jamaica	-0.157%
187	🇵🇹	Portugal	-0.161%
188	🇸🇰	Slovakia	-0.164%
189	🇨🇿	Czechia	-0.2%
190	🇨🇳	China	-0.219%
191	🇷🇺	Russian Federation	-0.23%
192	🇩🇪	Germany	-0.232%
193	🇬🇱	Greenland	-0.232%
194	🇲🇺	Mauritius	-0.266%
195	🇵🇼	Palau	-0.301%
196	🇽🇰	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	-0.312%
197	🇭🇺	Hungary	-0.338%
198	🇬🇵	Guadeloupe	-0.361%
199	🇵🇱	Poland	-0.38%
200	🇮🇹	Italy	-0.393%
201	🇨🇺	Cuba	-0.418%
202	🇹🇴	Tonga	-0.428%
203	🇬🇷	Greece	-0.434%
204	🇹🇼	China, Taiwan Province of China	-0.44%
205	🇭🇰	China, Hong Kong SAR	-0.456%
206	🇵🇷	Puerto Rico	-0.466%
207	🇪🇪	Estonia	-0.531%
208	🇩🇲	Dominica	-0.534%
209	🇲🇪	Montenegro	-0.544%
210	🇲🇰	North Macedonia	-0.556%
211	🇯🇵	Japan	-0.562%
212	🇷🇴	Romania	-0.578%
213	🇲🇨	Monaco	-0.578%
214	🇭🇷	Croatia	-0.662%
215	🇷🇸	Serbia	-0.663%
216	🇻🇨	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.682%
217	🇧🇾	Belarus	-0.687%
218	🇼🇫	Wallis and Futuna Islands	-0.72%
219	🇦🇲	Armenia	-0.721%
220	🇧🇬	Bulgaria	-0.729%
221	🇦🇱	Albania	-0.736%
222	🇺🇦	Ukraine	-0.737%
223	🇱🇻	Latvia	-0.777%
224	🇲🇶	Martinique	-0.802%
225	🇱🇹	Lithuania	-0.825%
226	🇲🇸	Montserrat	-0.832%
227	🇧🇦	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.843%
228	🇻🇮	United States Virgin Islands	-0.886%
229	🇲🇩	Republic of Moldova	-0.976%
230	🇵🇲	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-1.143%
231	🇸🇭	Saint Helena	-1.146%
232	🇹🇻	Tuvalu	-1.239%
233	🇲🇵	Northern Mariana Islands	-1.305%
234	🇦🇸	American Samoa	-1.542%
235	🇨🇰	Cook Islands	-3.259%
236	🇲🇭	Marshall Islands	-3.279%
237	🇲🇫	Saint Martin (French part)	-4.16%

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2026

Rank	Location	Population Growth Rate
1	Africa	2.223%
2	Oceania	1.066%
3	Latin America and the Caribbean	0.62%
4	Americas	0.584%
5	Asia	0.575%
6	Northern America	0.523%
7	Europe	-0.142%

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2026

Rank	Location	Population Growth Rate
1	Middle Africa	2.923%
2	Eastern Africa	2.463%
3	Western Africa	2.186%
4	Melanesia	1.628%
5	Northern Africa	1.571%
6	Western Asia	1.541%
7	Central Asia	1.536%
8	Southern Africa	1.11%
9	Southern Asia	0.997%
10	Central America	0.903%
11	Australia/New Zealand	0.869%
12	South-Eastern Asia	0.659%
13	South America	0.528%
14	Northern Europe	0.407%
15	Micronesia	0.364%
16	Caribbean	0.341%
17	Western Europe	0.022%
18	Polynesia	0.019%
19	Eastern Asia	-0.236%
20	Southern Europe	-0.314%
21	Eastern Europe	-0.379%

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2026

Rank	Location	Population Growth Rate
1	Low-income countries	2.622%
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	1.466%
3	Lower-middle-income countries	1.193%
4	Low-and-middle-income countries	0.944%
5	Middle-income countries	0.728%
6	No income group available	0.443%
7	High-income countries	0.21%
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	0.184%
9	Upper-middle-income countries	0.172%

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)

Source data made available by UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024 under CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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