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Population Growth Rate by Country in 2027

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In the year 2027, the world is projected to have a population growth rate of 0.812% and the global population will grow with a total of 67,965,689 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇻🇦Holy See with a rate of 3.847%. Closely followed by 🇨🇫Central African Republic with a population growth rate of 3.247%, and 🇸🇴Somalia with 3.094% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) with -3.563%. Followed by 🇲🇭Marshall Islands with a population growth rate of -3.085%, and 🇨🇰Cook Islands with -2.944% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate is projected to be Africa with a rate of 2.18%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 1.045%, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a 0.598% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 2.929%. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.43%, and Western Africa with a 2.157% 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 2.544%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by Upper-middle-income countries with a rate of only 0.153%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2027

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2027

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇻🇦Holy See 3.847% 20
2 🇨🇫Central African Republic 3.247% 191,177
3 🇸🇴Somalia 3.094% 648,501
4 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.087% 3,707,982
5 🇳🇪Niger 3.077% 914,433
6 🇹🇩Chad 3.015% 668,447
7 🇾🇹Mayotte 2.978% 10,665
8 🇦🇴Angola 2.927% 1,211,999
9 🇹🇰Tokelau 2.857% 79
10 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 2.836% 773,013
11 🇲🇱Mali 2.829% 754,835
12 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.753% 1,036,848
13 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.753% 2,053,744
14 🇿🇲Zambia 2.682% 620,549
15 🇾🇪Yemen 2.678% 1,182,015
16 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.639% 148,024
17 🇦🇫Afghanistan 2.606% 1,205,323
18 🇺🇬Uganda 2.56% 1,386,059
19 🇲🇼Malawi 2.507% 585,833
20 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.467% 774,958
21 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.445% 3,480,034
22 🇧🇮Burundi 2.361% 355,998
23 🇨🇬Congo 2.335% 158,606
24 🇧🇯Benin 2.318% 359,897
25 🇸🇩Sudan 2.316% 1,267,447
26 🇱🇷Liberia 2.308% 138,144
27 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 2.304% 789,717
28 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.3% 789,048
29 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 2.291% 46,531
30 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.269% 19,924
31 🇸🇳Senegal 2.244% 444,377
32 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.193% 333,673
33 🇴🇲Oman 2.176% 126,510
34 🇬🇳Guinea 2.174% 343,056
35 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.119% 7,415
36 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.109% 530,050
37 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.107% 79,232
38 🇹🇬Togo 2.096% 212,591
39 🇬🇲Gambia 2.094% 61,676
40 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 2.07% 48,574
41 🇬🇦Gabon 2.019% 54,540
42 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.004% 4,956,695
43 🇮🇶Iraq 1.992% 975,940
44 🇸🇸South Sudan 1.984% 251,682
45 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.954% 179,303
46 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.939% 4,842
47 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 1.871% 329,364
48 🇳🇦Namibia 1.864% 59,873
49 🇰🇪Kenya 1.863% 1,113,039
50 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1.837% 106,558
51 🇯🇴Jordan 1.81% 213,917
52 🇰🇲Comoros 1.77% 16,200
53 🇬🇭Ghana 1.736% 630,648
54 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 1.703% 1,337
55 🇹🇯Tajikistan 1.693% 189,021
56 🇬🇫French Guiana 1.682% 5,454
57 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 1.674% 642,501
58 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 1.656% 592,102
59 🇬🇮Gibraltar 1.641% 682
60 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 1.64% 182,537
61 🇵🇰Pakistan 1.634% 4,305,228
62 🇭🇳Honduras 1.556% 176,796
63 🇧🇼Botswana 1.542% 40,769
64 🇪🇭Western Sahara 1.51% 9,369
65 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 1.499% 486
66 🇧🇭Bahrain 1.456% 24,797
67 🇪🇬Egypt 1.443% 1,758,297
68 🇬🇹Guatemala 1.437% 276,577
69 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 1.414% 166,209
70 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.392% 1,954
71 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.37% 102,792
72 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.369% 19,944
73 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 1.368% 107,384
74 🇮🇱Israel 1.343% 131,293
75 🇸🇨Seychelles 1.324% 1,813
76 🇶🇦Qatar 1.315% 42,358
77 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.284% 165,772
78 🇩🇯Djibouti 1.264% 15,358
79 🇧🇿Belize 1.256% 5,452
80 🇳🇮Nicaragua 1.221% 87,718
81 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.214% 98,027
82 🇱🇾Libya 1.19% 90,776
83 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1.168% 2,101,250
84 🇰🇼Kuwait 1.165% 60,211
85 🇩🇿Algeria 1.135% 551,688
86 🇵🇦Panama 1.133% 53,035
87 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.115% 501
88 🇵🇾Paraguay 1.107% 79,460
89 🇰🇭Cambodia 1.087% 198,303
90 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.084% 230,999
91 🇲🇾Malaysia 1.084% 398,858
92 🇱🇸Lesotho 1.072% 25,897
93 🇭🇹Haiti 1.069% 130,133
94 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.056% 37,971
95 🇿🇦South Africa 1.043% 690,005
96 🇸🇿Eswatini 1.016% 13,032
97 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 1.003% 117
98 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.985% 6,840
99 🇵🇪Peru 0.93% 327,827
100 🇦🇺Australia 0.897% 246,334
101 🇳🇷Nauru 0.894% 109
102 🇨🇴Colombia 0.875% 476,117
103 🇪🇨Ecuador 0.842% 156,602
104 🇱🇧Lebanon 0.835% 49,678
105 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 0.835% 476
106 🇮🇳India 0.834% 12,418,464
107 🇮🇪Ireland 0.831% 44,912
108 🇳🇨New Caledonia 0.825% 2,479
109 🇮🇸Iceland 0.819% 3,324
110 🇸🇷Suriname 0.81% 5,270
111 🇲🇦Morocco 0.797% 311,390
112 🇵🇭Philippines 0.784% 930,207
113 🇨🇾Cyprus 0.782% 10,898
114 🇨🇦Canada 0.754% 307,698
115 🇲🇽Mexico 0.75% 1,005,156
116 🇦🇩Andorra 0.733% 619
117 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 0.732% 85,575
118 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 0.715% 3,385
119 🇮🇩Indonesia 0.713% 2,066,422
120 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.674% 632,629
121 🇬🇺Guam 0.661% 1,133
122 🇬🇾Guyana 0.631% 5,341
123 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.607% 32,275
124 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 0.599% 284
125 🇸🇬Singapore 0.58% 34,476
126 🇼🇸Samoa 0.572% 1,268
127 🇧🇹Bhutan 0.559% 4,514
128 🇲🇲Myanmar 0.557% 308,878
129 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 0.544% 221
130 🇻🇳Viet Nam 0.525% 539,013
131 🇳🇵Nepal 0.514% 152,839
132 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.512% 359,695
133 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 0.51% 53,548
134 🇺🇸United States of America 0.476% 1,670,824
135 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 0.475% 545
136 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 0.47% 110,359
137 🇹🇳Tunisia 0.465% 58,017
138 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.455% 84,350
139 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.45% 129,554
140 🇫🇯Fiji 0.435% 4,096
141 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 0.434% 174
142 🇷🇪Réunion 0.431% 3,835
143 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 0.422% 2,247
144 🇸🇻El Salvador 0.391% 25,081
145 🇨🇱Chile 0.391% 78,370
146 🇨🇷Costa Rica 0.39% 20,264
147 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 0.382% 363
148 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.381% 34,463
149 🇲🇻Maldives 0.373% 1,990
150 🇸🇪Sweden 0.363% 39,007
151 🇳🇴Norway 0.359% 20,346
152 🇧🇸Bahamas 0.358% 1,455
153 🇲🇹Malta 0.342% 1,886
154 🇦🇷Argentina 0.321% 148,178
155 🇹🇷Türkiye 0.32% 282,404
156 🇧🇷Brazil 0.315% 675,627
157 🇦🇮Anguilla 0.296% 44
158 🇩🇰Denmark 0.281% 16,989
159 🇵🇫French Polynesia 0.213% 603
160 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 0.179% 47,714
161 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 0.14% 253
162 🇫🇷France 0.138% 92,335
163 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.134% 87
164 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.13% 61
165 🇸🇲San Marino 0.119% 40
166 🇧🇪Belgium 0.114% 13,431
167 🇯🇪Jersey 0.107% 111
168 🇬🇩Grenada 0.035% 41
169 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 0.033% 504
170 🇧🇧Barbados 0.018% 51
171 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 0.014% 103
172 🇦🇼Aruba -0.026% -28
173 🇨🇼Curaçao -0.051% -94
174 🇳🇺Niue -0.055% -1
175 🇦🇹Austria -0.061% -5,524
176 🇺🇾Uruguay -0.068% -2,307
177 🇬🇪Georgia -0.085% -3,229
178 🇪🇸Spain -0.103% -49,272
179 🇹🇭Thailand -0.107% -76,321
180 🇫🇮Finland -0.121% -6,789
181 🇮🇲Isle of Man -0.136% -114
182 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -0.144% -5
183 🇸🇮Slovenia -0.154% -3,259
184 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) -0.156% -2,598
185 🇵🇹Portugal -0.174% -18,023
186 🇰🇷Republic of Korea -0.175% -89,932
187 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR -0.184% -13,505
188 🇯🇲Jamaica -0.187% -5,301
189 🇸🇰Slovakia -0.199% -10,846
190 🇧🇲Bermuda -0.216% -139
191 🇨🇿Czechia -0.22% -23,070
192 🇬🇱Greenland -0.238% -132
193 🇨🇳China -0.24% -3,380,438
194 🇩🇪Germany -0.251% -209,165
195 🇷🇺Russian Federation -0.259% -370,541
196 🇲🇺Mauritius -0.277% -3,495
197 🇵🇼Palau -0.279% -49
198 🇹🇴Tonga -0.338% -348
199 🇭🇺Hungary -0.343% -32,735
200 🇬🇵Guadeloupe -0.384% -1,425
201 🇵🇱Poland -0.404% -152,404
202 🇮🇹Italy -0.414% -243,254
203 🇨🇺Cuba -0.427% -46,361
204 🇬🇷Greece -0.44% -43,360
205 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China -0.457% -104,592
206 🇲🇪Montenegro -0.535% -3,331
207 🇪🇪Estonia -0.537% -7,111
208 🇩🇲Dominica -0.546% -356
209 🇲🇰North Macedonia -0.552% -9,911
210 🇵🇷Puerto Rico -0.566% -18,132
211 🇲🇨Monaco -0.573% -217
212 🇯🇵Japan -0.577% -702,133
213 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.582% -25
214 🇷🇴Romania -0.585% -109,377
215 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -0.589% -65
216 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.638% -629
217 🇭🇷Croatia -0.65% -24,665
218 🇦🇲Armenia -0.677% -19,697
219 🇷🇸Serbia -0.68% -44,835
220 🇧🇾Belarus -0.692% -61,396
221 🇦🇱Albania -0.709% -19,356
222 🇺🇦Ukraine -0.739% -289,837
223 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands -0.746% -317
224 🇲🇶Martinique -0.759% -2,543
225 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.771% -51,054
226 🇱🇻Latvia -0.795% -14,475
227 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -0.815% -674
228 🇱🇹Lithuania -0.834% -23,135
229 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.844% -26,050
230 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova -0.983% -28,835
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -1.008% -55
232 🇹🇻Tuvalu -1.026% -95
233 🇸🇭Saint Helena -1.061% -54
234 🇦🇸American Samoa -1.409% -629
235 🇨🇰Cook Islands -2.944% -366
236 🇲🇭Marshall Islands -3.085% -1,048
237 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) -3.563% -819

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2027

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.18% 35,317,836
2 Oceania 1.045% 497,833
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 0.598% 4,046,331
4 Americas 0.564% 6,024,527
5 Asia 0.558% 27,290,198
6 Northern America 0.505% 1,978,196
7 Europe -0.157% -1,164,705

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2027

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 2.929% 6,819,082
2 Eastern Africa 2.43% 13,107,981
3 Western Africa 2.157% 10,514,213
4 Melanesia 1.591% 216,451
5 Central Asia 1.476% 1,272,697
6 Western Asia 1.472% 4,768,525
7 Northern Africa 1.42% 4,046,984
8 Southern Africa 1.096% 829,576
9 Southern Asia 0.984% 20,932,596
10 Central America 0.875% 1,650,079
11 Australia/New Zealand 0.85% 278,609
12 South-Eastern Asia 0.637% 4,521,192
13 South America 0.508% 2,251,260
14 Micronesia 0.437% 2,327
15 Northern Europe 0.392% 433,323
16 Caribbean 0.323% 144,992
17 Polynesia 0.065% 446
18 Western Europe 0.008% 16,734
19 Eastern Asia -0.256% -4,204,812
20 Southern Europe -0.323% -484,667
21 Eastern Europe -0.4% -1,130,095

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2027

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.544% 20,829,633
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 1.441% 61,061,034
3 Lower-middle-income countries 1.177% 40,231,401
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 0.926% 65,403,933
5 Middle-income countries 0.713% 44,574,300
6 No income group available 0.472% 139,036
7 High-income countries 0.19% 2,424,145
8 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 0.165% 6,767,044
9 Upper-middle-income countries 0.153% 4,342,899

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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