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Population Growth Rate by Country in 2026

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In the year 2026, the world is projected to have a population growth rate of 0.83% and the global population will grow with a total of 68,866,209 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇨🇫Central African Republic with a rate of 3.283%. Closely followed by 🇸🇴Somalia with a population growth rate of 3.24%, and 🇳🇪Niger with 3.135% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) with -4.16%. Followed by 🇲🇭Marshall Islands with a population growth rate of -3.279%, and 🇨🇰Cook Islands with -3.259% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate is projected to be Africa with a rate of 2.223%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 1.066%, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a 0.62% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 2.923%. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.463%, and Western Africa with a 2.186% 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 2.622%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by Upper-middle-income countries with a rate of only 0.172%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2026

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2026

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇨🇫Central African Republic 3.283% 187,100
2 🇸🇴Somalia 3.24% 657,810
3 🇳🇪Niger 3.135% 903,204
4 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.132% 3,647,187
5 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.041% 805,070
6 🇾🇹Mayotte 3.035% 10,546
7 🇸🇩Sudan 3.032% 1,615,551
8 🇦🇴Angola 2.954% 1,187,891
9 🇲🇱Mali 2.85% 738,954
10 🇴🇲Oman 2.822% 160,017
11 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.795% 2,028,311
12 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.786% 1,020,765
13 🇾🇪Yemen 2.761% 1,185,932
14 🇿🇲Zambia 2.722% 613,061
15 🇦🇫Afghanistan 2.705% 1,218,351
16 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.69% 146,920
17 🇺🇬Uganda 2.615% 1,379,547
18 🇹🇩Chad 2.605% 561,544
19 🇹🇰Tokelau 2.601% 70
20 🇲🇼Malawi 2.526% 575,472
21 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.494% 764,177
22 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.48% 3,445,190
23 🇧🇯Benin 2.361% 358,091
24 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.34% 784,435
25 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 2.34% 783,850
26 🇨🇬Congo 2.326% 154,411
27 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 2.32% 46,042
28 🇧🇮Burundi 2.306% 339,646
29 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.296% 19,707
30 🇸🇳Senegal 2.257% 437,020
31 🇬🇳Guinea 2.209% 341,137
32 🇱🇷Liberia 2.179% 127,558
33 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.158% 7,392
34 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.148% 528,372
35 🇬🇲Gambia 2.147% 61,927
36 🇹🇬Togo 2.13% 211,565
37 🇯🇴Jordan 2.122% 245,945
38 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.12% 315,596
39 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 2.097% 48,188
40 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.069% 76,178
41 🇬🇦Gabon 2.054% 54,363
42 🇮🇶Iraq 2.05% 984,032
43 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.033% 4,928,166
44 🇸🇸South Sudan 2.017% 250,850
45 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.963% 176,593
46 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.938% 4,747
47 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1.897% 108,008
48 🇰🇪Kenya 1.886% 1,105,643
49 🇳🇦Namibia 1.885% 59,444
50 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 1.88% 324,702
51 🇧🇭Bahrain 1.815% 30,404
52 🇰🇲Comoros 1.794% 16,128
53 🇬🇭Ghana 1.767% 630,764
54 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 1.753% 661,261
55 🇹🇯Tajikistan 1.736% 190,561
56 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 1.731% 1,336
57 🇬🇮Gibraltar 1.73% 707
58 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 1.691% 594,806
59 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 1.69% 195,618
60 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 1.684% 184,312
61 🇶🇦Qatar 1.65% 52,353
62 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 1.648% 526
63 🇬🇫French Guiana 1.646% 5,249
64 🇧🇼Botswana 1.603% 41,740
65 🇭🇳Honduras 1.593% 178,152
66 🇵🇰Pakistan 1.592% 4,126,841
67 🇪🇭Western Sahara 1.583% 9,670
68 🇸🇨Seychelles 1.529% 2,064
69 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 1.479% 114,461
70 🇬🇹Guatemala 1.473% 279,482
71 🇪🇬Egypt 1.444% 1,734,585
72 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.411% 1,954
73 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.4% 103,639
74 🇰🇼Kuwait 1.391% 70,980
75 🇻🇦Holy See 1.382% 7
76 🇮🇱Israel 1.359% 131,106
77 🇧🇿Belize 1.326% 5,685
78 🇩🇯Djibouti 1.314% 15,757
79 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.314% 18,878
80 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.309% 166,824
81 🇳🇮Nicaragua 1.255% 89,068
82 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.251% 99,781
83 🇩🇿Algeria 1.204% 578,461
84 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1.194% 2,123,011
85 🇵🇦Panama 1.168% 54,012
86 🇵🇾Paraguay 1.146% 81,329
87 🇱🇾Libya 1.121% 84,497
88 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.11% 234,103
89 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.107% 492
90 🇰🇭Cambodia 1.105% 199,549
91 🇲🇾Malaysia 1.102% 401,087
92 🇱🇸Lesotho 1.095% 26,168
93 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.091% 38,816
94 🇭🇹Haiti 1.084% 130,467
95 🇸🇿Eswatini 1.078% 13,695
96 🇿🇦South Africa 1.054% 689,869
97 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 1.048% 121
98 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.992% 6,819
99 🇵🇪Peru 0.971% 339,246
100 🇦🇩Andorra 0.958% 802
101 🇨🇴Colombia 0.92% 495,962
102 🇮🇸Iceland 0.919% 3,696
103 🇦🇺Australia 0.911% 248,016
104 🇮🇪Ireland 0.877% 46,964
105 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 0.869% 491
106 🇮🇳India 0.857% 12,659,731
107 🇱🇧Lebanon 0.84% 49,515
108 🇪🇨Ecuador 0.84% 155,025
109 🇲🇦Morocco 0.836% 323,926
110 🇳🇨New Caledonia 0.83% 2,473
111 🇸🇷Suriname 0.829% 5,349
112 🇨🇾Cyprus 0.804% 11,107
113 🇨🇦Canada 0.794% 321,315
114 🇵🇭Philippines 0.793% 933,677
115 🇲🇽Mexico 0.778% 1,034,944
116 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.76% 707,667
117 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 0.752% 87,304
118 🇮🇩Indonesia 0.741% 2,133,057
119 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 0.719% 3,376
120 🇧🇹Bhutan 0.697% 5,588
121 🇬🇺Guam 0.69% 1,174
122 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.653% 34,508
123 🇳🇷Nauru 0.636% 77
124 🇲🇲Myanmar 0.592% 326,448
125 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 0.585% 276
126 🇬🇾Guyana 0.585% 4,918
127 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 0.575% 232
128 🇸🇬Singapore 0.561% 33,121
129 🇼🇸Samoa 0.555% 1,224
130 🇻🇳Viet Nam 0.549% 560,916
131 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 0.532% 55,590
132 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.521% 364,410
133 🇹🇳Tunisia 0.515% 63,901
134 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.51% 94,133
135 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 0.497% 116,132
136 🇺🇸United States of America 0.491% 1,714,898
137 🇦🇮Anguilla 0.472% 70
138 🇷🇪Réunion 0.45% 3,986
139 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 0.436% 174
140 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 0.428% 405
141 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 0.428% 489
142 🇫🇯Fiji 0.426% 3,993
143 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 0.422% 2,237
144 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.42% 120,159
145 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.419% 37,752
146 🇨🇱Chile 0.412% 82,239
147 🇨🇷Costa Rica 0.411% 21,268
148 🇸🇻El Salvador 0.396% 25,297
149 🇸🇪Sweden 0.387% 41,401
150 🇧🇸Bahamas 0.377% 1,527
151 🇲🇹Malta 0.372% 2,041
152 🇳🇴Norway 0.368% 20,775
153 🇲🇻Maldives 0.346% 1,838
154 🇧🇷Brazil 0.338% 721,091
155 🇳🇺Niue 0.329% 6
156 🇦🇷Argentina 0.328% 151,038
157 🇩🇰Denmark 0.313% 18,855
158 🇹🇷Türkiye 0.298% 262,330
159 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 0.23% 1,663
160 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 0.217% 57,900
161 🇵🇫French Polynesia 0.207% 586
162 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 0.17% 307
163 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.147% 95
164 🇳🇵Nepal 0.144% 42,667
165 🇫🇷France 0.137% 91,387
166 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.134% 63
167 🇧🇪Belgium 0.124% 14,563
168 🇯🇪Jersey 0.103% 107
169 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 0.101% 1,532
170 🇸🇲San Marino 0.089% 30
171 🇧🇧Barbados 0.026% 73
172 🇬🇩Grenada 0.026% 30
173 🇦🇼Aruba -0.017% -18
174 🇨🇼Curaçao -0.033% -61
175 🇬🇪Georgia -0.063% -2,399
176 🇦🇹Austria -0.066% -6,022
177 🇺🇾Uruguay -0.068% -2,286
178 🇮🇲Isle of Man -0.082% -69
179 🇫🇮Finland -0.083% -4,687
180 🇹🇭Thailand -0.093% -66,595
181 🇪🇸Spain -0.1% -47,771
182 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -0.115% -4
183 🇸🇮Slovenia -0.133% -2,803
184 🇰🇷Republic of Korea -0.142% -73,154
185 🇧🇲Bermuda -0.152% -98
186 🇯🇲Jamaica -0.157% -4,447
187 🇵🇹Portugal -0.161% -16,741
188 🇸🇰Slovakia -0.164% -8,948
189 🇨🇿Czechia -0.2% -21,069
190 🇨🇳China -0.219% -3,088,927
191 🇷🇺Russian Federation -0.23% -330,126
192 🇩🇪Germany -0.232% -193,940
193 🇬🇱Greenland -0.232% -129
194 🇲🇺Mauritius -0.266% -3,359
195 🇵🇼Palau -0.301% -53
196 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) -0.312% -5,199
197 🇭🇺Hungary -0.338% -32,418
198 🇬🇵Guadeloupe -0.361% -1,346
199 🇵🇱Poland -0.38% -143,933
200 🇮🇹Italy -0.393% -231,521
201 🇨🇺Cuba -0.418% -45,550
202 🇹🇴Tonga -0.428% -442
203 🇬🇷Greece -0.434% -42,923
204 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China -0.44% -101,315
205 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR -0.456% -33,618
206 🇵🇷Puerto Rico -0.466% -15,033
207 🇪🇪Estonia -0.531% -7,072
208 🇩🇲Dominica -0.534% -350
209 🇲🇪Montenegro -0.544% -3,406
210 🇲🇰North Macedonia -0.556% -10,027
211 🇯🇵Japan -0.562% -688,648
212 🇷🇴Romania -0.578% -108,717
213 🇲🇨Monaco -0.578% -220
214 🇭🇷Croatia -0.662% -25,320
215 🇷🇸Serbia -0.663% -44,032
216 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.682% -677
217 🇧🇾Belarus -0.687% -61,388
218 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -0.72% -80
219 🇦🇲Armenia -0.721% -21,142
220 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.729% -48,609
221 🇦🇱Albania -0.736% -20,244
222 🇺🇦Ukraine -0.737% -291,443
223 🇱🇻Latvia -0.777% -14,267
224 🇲🇶Martinique -0.802% -2,708
225 🇱🇹Lithuania -0.825% -23,090
226 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.832% -36
227 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.843% -26,247
228 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -0.886% -739
229 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova -0.976% -28,905
230 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -1.143% -63
231 🇸🇭Saint Helena -1.146% -59
232 🇹🇻Tuvalu -1.239% -116
233 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands -1.305% -560
234 🇦🇸American Samoa -1.542% -699
235 🇨🇰Cook Islands -3.259% -418
236 🇲🇭Marshall Islands -3.279% -1,150
237 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) -4.16% -994

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2026

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.223% 35,235,784
2 Oceania 1.066% 502,463
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 0.62% 4,166,792
4 Americas 0.584% 6,202,716
5 Asia 0.575% 27,981,135
6 Northern America 0.523% 2,035,923
7 Europe -0.142% -1,055,889

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2026

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 2.923% 6,607,462
2 Eastern Africa 2.463% 12,962,328
3 Western Africa 2.186% 10,424,487
4 Melanesia 1.628% 217,877
5 Northern Africa 1.571% 4,410,591
6 Western Asia 1.541% 4,919,272
7 Central Asia 1.536% 1,304,025
8 Southern Africa 1.11% 830,916
9 Southern Asia 0.997% 21,001,826
10 Central America 0.903% 1,687,909
11 Australia/New Zealand 0.869% 282,524
12 South-Eastern Asia 0.659% 4,643,295
13 South America 0.528% 2,326,139
14 Northern Europe 0.407% 447,609
15 Micronesia 0.364% 1,931
16 Caribbean 0.341% 152,745
17 Western Europe 0.022% 44,704
18 Polynesia 0.019% 131
19 Eastern Asia -0.236% -3,887,283
20 Southern Europe -0.314% -472,646
21 Eastern Europe -0.379% -1,075,556

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2026

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.622% 20,920,485
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 1.466% 61,203,004
3 Lower-middle-income countries 1.193% 40,282,519
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 0.944% 66,067,426
5 Middle-income countries 0.728% 45,146,941
6 No income group available 0.443% 129,911
7 High-income countries 0.21% 2,670,218
8 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 0.184% 7,534,640
9 Upper-middle-income countries 0.172% 4,864,422

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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