Population Growth Rate by Country in 2027

-5 year -1 year2027+1 year +5 year

-3.563%

3.847%

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data source: UN WPP

In the year 2027, the world is projected to have a population growth rate of 0.81% and the global population will grew with 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 3.85%. Closely followed by 🇨🇫Central African Republic with a population growth rate of 3.25%, and 🇸🇴Somalia with 3.09% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) with only -3.56%. Followed by 🇲🇭Marshall Islands with a population growth rate of -3.08%, and 🇨🇰Cook Islands with -2.94% population growth.

The geographic region 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 1.04%, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 0.6% population growth. .

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 2.93%. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.43% , and Western Africa with 2.16% population growth.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-income countries is projected to have the highest population growth rate of 2.54%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by Upper-middle-income countries with a rate of only 0.15%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2027

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2027

Rank	Flag	Location	Population Growth Rate
1	🇻🇦	Holy See	3.847%
2	🇨🇫	Central African Republic	3.247%
3	🇸🇴	Somalia	3.094%
4	🇨🇩	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.087%
5	🇳🇪	Niger	3.077%
6	🇹🇩	Chad	3.015%
7	🇾🇹	Mayotte	2.978%
8	🇦🇴	Angola	2.927%
9	🇹🇰	Tokelau	2.857%
10	🇸🇾	Syrian Arab Republic	2.836%
11	🇲🇱	Mali	2.829%
12	🇲🇿	Mozambique	2.753%
13	🇹🇿	United Republic of Tanzania	2.753%
14	🇿🇲	Zambia	2.682%
15	🇾🇪	Yemen	2.678%
16	🇲🇷	Mauritania	2.639%
17	🇦🇫	Afghanistan	2.606%
18	🇺🇬	Uganda	2.56%
19	🇲🇼	Malawi	2.507%
20	🇨🇲	Cameroon	2.467%
21	🇪🇹	Ethiopia	2.445%
22	🇧🇮	Burundi	2.361%
23	🇨🇬	Congo	2.335%
24	🇧🇯	Benin	2.318%
25	🇸🇩	Sudan	2.316%
26	🇱🇷	Liberia	2.308%
27	🇨🇮	Côte d'Ivoire	2.304%
28	🇲🇬	Madagascar	2.3%
29	🇬🇶	Equatorial Guinea	2.291%
30	🇸🇧	Solomon Islands	2.269%
31	🇸🇳	Senegal	2.244%
32	🇷🇼	Rwanda	2.193%
33	🇴🇲	Oman	2.176%
34	🇬🇳	Guinea	2.174%
35	🇻🇺	Vanuatu	2.119%
36	🇧🇫	Burkina Faso	2.109%
37	🇪🇷	Eritrea	2.107%
38	🇹🇬	Togo	2.096%
39	🇬🇲	Gambia	2.094%
40	🇬🇼	Guinea-Bissau	2.07%
41	🇬🇦	Gabon	2.019%
42	🇳🇬	Nigeria	2.004%
43	🇮🇶	Iraq	1.992%
44	🇸🇸	South Sudan	1.984%
45	🇸🇱	Sierra Leone	1.954%
46	🇸🇹	Sao Tome and Principe	1.939%
47	🇿🇼	Zimbabwe	1.871%
48	🇳🇦	Namibia	1.864%
49	🇰🇪	Kenya	1.863%
50	🇵🇸	State of Palestine	1.837%
51	🇯🇴	Jordan	1.81%
52	🇰🇲	Comoros	1.77%
53	🇬🇭	Ghana	1.736%
54	🇰🇾	Cayman Islands	1.703%
55	🇹🇯	Tajikistan	1.693%
56	🇬🇫	French Guiana	1.682%
57	🇺🇿	Uzbekistan	1.674%
58	🇸🇦	Saudi Arabia	1.656%
59	🇬🇮	Gibraltar	1.641%
60	🇵🇬	Papua New Guinea	1.64%
61	🇵🇰	Pakistan	1.634%
62	🇭🇳	Honduras	1.556%
63	🇧🇼	Botswana	1.542%
64	🇪🇭	Western Sahara	1.51%
65	🇧🇶	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.499%
66	🇧🇭	Bahrain	1.456%
67	🇪🇬	Egypt	1.443%
68	🇬🇹	Guatemala	1.437%
69	🇦🇪	United Arab Emirates	1.414%
70	🇰🇮	Kiribati	1.392%
71	🇰🇬	Kyrgyzstan	1.37%
72	🇹🇱	Timor-Leste	1.369%
73	🇹🇲	Turkmenistan	1.368%
74	🇮🇱	Israel	1.343%
75	🇸🇨	Seychelles	1.324%
76	🇶🇦	Qatar	1.315%
77	🇧🇴	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	1.284%
78	🇩🇯	Djibouti	1.264%
79	🇧🇿	Belize	1.256%
80	🇳🇮	Nicaragua	1.221%
81	🇱🇦	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.214%
82	🇱🇾	Libya	1.19%
83	🇧🇩	Bangladesh	1.168%
84	🇰🇼	Kuwait	1.165%
85	🇩🇿	Algeria	1.135%
86	🇵🇦	Panama	1.133%
87	🇸🇽	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.115%
88	🇵🇾	Paraguay	1.107%
89	🇰🇭	Cambodia	1.087%
90	🇰🇿	Kazakhstan	1.084%
91	🇲🇾	Malaysia	1.084%
92	🇱🇸	Lesotho	1.072%
93	🇭🇹	Haiti	1.069%
94	🇲🇳	Mongolia	1.056%
95	🇿🇦	South Africa	1.043%
96	🇸🇿	Eswatini	1.016%
97	🇧🇱	Saint Barthélemy	1.003%
98	🇱🇺	Luxembourg	0.985%
99	🇵🇪	Peru	0.93%
100	🇦🇺	Australia	0.897%
101	🇳🇷	Nauru	0.894%
102	🇨🇴	Colombia	0.875%
103	🇪🇨	Ecuador	0.842%
104	🇱🇧	Lebanon	0.835%
105	🇫🇴	Faroe Islands	0.835%
106	🇮🇳	India	0.834%
107	🇮🇪	Ireland	0.831%
108	🇳🇨	New Caledonia	0.825%
109	🇮🇸	Iceland	0.819%
110	🇸🇷	Suriname	0.81%
111	🇲🇦	Morocco	0.797%
112	🇵🇭	Philippines	0.784%
113	🇨🇾	Cyprus	0.782%
114	🇨🇦	Canada	0.754%
115	🇲🇽	Mexico	0.75%
116	🇦🇩	Andorra	0.733%
117	🇩🇴	Dominican Republic	0.732%
118	🇧🇳	Brunei Darussalam	0.715%
119	🇮🇩	Indonesia	0.713%
120	🇮🇷	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.674%
121	🇬🇺	Guam	0.661%
122	🇬🇾	Guyana	0.631%
123	🇳🇿	New Zealand	0.607%
124	🇹🇨	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.599%
125	🇸🇬	Singapore	0.58%
126	🇼🇸	Samoa	0.572%
127	🇧🇹	Bhutan	0.559%
128	🇲🇲	Myanmar	0.557%
129	🇱🇮	Liechtenstein	0.544%
130	🇻🇳	Viet Nam	0.525%
131	🇳🇵	Nepal	0.514%
132	🇬🇧	United Kingdom	0.512%
133	🇦🇿	Azerbaijan	0.51%
134	🇺🇸	United States of America	0.476%
135	🇫🇲	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	0.475%
136	🇱🇰	Sri Lanka	0.47%
137	🇹🇳	Tunisia	0.465%
138	🇳🇱	Netherlands	0.455%
139	🇻🇪	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	0.45%
140	🇫🇯	Fiji	0.435%
141	🇻🇬	British Virgin Islands	0.434%
142	🇷🇪	Réunion	0.431%
143	🇨🇻	Cabo Verde	0.422%
144	🇸🇻	El Salvador	0.391%
145	🇨🇱	Chile	0.391%
146	🇨🇷	Costa Rica	0.39%
147	🇦🇬	Antigua and Barbuda	0.382%
148	🇨🇭	Switzerland	0.381%
149	🇲🇻	Maldives	0.373%
150	🇸🇪	Sweden	0.363%
151	🇳🇴	Norway	0.359%
152	🇧🇸	Bahamas	0.358%
153	🇲🇹	Malta	0.342%
154	🇦🇷	Argentina	0.321%
155	🇹🇷	Türkiye	0.32%
156	🇧🇷	Brazil	0.315%
157	🇦🇮	Anguilla	0.296%
158	🇩🇰	Denmark	0.281%
159	🇵🇫	French Polynesia	0.213%
160	🇰🇵	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	0.179%
161	🇱🇨	Saint Lucia	0.14%
162	🇫🇷	France	0.138%
163	🇬🇬	Guernsey	0.134%
164	🇰🇳	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.13%
165	🇸🇲	San Marino	0.119%
166	🇧🇪	Belgium	0.114%
167	🇯🇪	Jersey	0.107%
168	🇬🇩	Grenada	0.035%
169	🇹🇹	Trinidad and Tobago	0.033%
170	🇧🇧	Barbados	0.018%
171	🇲🇴	China, Macao SAR	0.014%
172	🇦🇼	Aruba	-0.026%
173	🇨🇼	Curaçao	-0.051%
174	🇳🇺	Niue	-0.055%
175	🇦🇹	Austria	-0.061%
176	🇺🇾	Uruguay	-0.068%
177	🇬🇪	Georgia	-0.085%
178	🇪🇸	Spain	-0.103%
179	🇹🇭	Thailand	-0.107%
180	🇫🇮	Finland	-0.121%
181	🇮🇲	Isle of Man	-0.136%
182	🇫🇰	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	-0.144%
183	🇸🇮	Slovenia	-0.154%
184	🇽🇰	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	-0.156%
185	🇵🇹	Portugal	-0.174%
186	🇰🇷	Republic of Korea	-0.175%
187	🇭🇰	China, Hong Kong SAR	-0.184%
188	🇯🇲	Jamaica	-0.187%
189	🇸🇰	Slovakia	-0.199%
190	🇧🇲	Bermuda	-0.216%
191	🇨🇿	Czechia	-0.22%
192	🇬🇱	Greenland	-0.238%
193	🇨🇳	China	-0.24%
194	🇩🇪	Germany	-0.251%
195	🇷🇺	Russian Federation	-0.259%
196	🇲🇺	Mauritius	-0.277%
197	🇵🇼	Palau	-0.279%
198	🇹🇴	Tonga	-0.338%
199	🇭🇺	Hungary	-0.343%
200	🇬🇵	Guadeloupe	-0.384%
201	🇵🇱	Poland	-0.404%
202	🇮🇹	Italy	-0.414%
203	🇨🇺	Cuba	-0.427%
204	🇬🇷	Greece	-0.44%
205	🇹🇼	China, Taiwan Province of China	-0.457%
206	🇲🇪	Montenegro	-0.535%
207	🇪🇪	Estonia	-0.537%
208	🇩🇲	Dominica	-0.546%
209	🇲🇰	North Macedonia	-0.552%
210	🇵🇷	Puerto Rico	-0.566%
211	🇲🇨	Monaco	-0.573%
212	🇯🇵	Japan	-0.577%
213	🇲🇸	Montserrat	-0.582%
214	🇷🇴	Romania	-0.585%
215	🇼🇫	Wallis and Futuna Islands	-0.589%
216	🇻🇨	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.638%
217	🇭🇷	Croatia	-0.65%
218	🇦🇲	Armenia	-0.677%
219	🇷🇸	Serbia	-0.68%
220	🇧🇾	Belarus	-0.692%
221	🇦🇱	Albania	-0.709%
222	🇺🇦	Ukraine	-0.739%
223	🇲🇵	Northern Mariana Islands	-0.746%
224	🇲🇶	Martinique	-0.759%
225	🇧🇬	Bulgaria	-0.771%
226	🇱🇻	Latvia	-0.795%
227	🇻🇮	United States Virgin Islands	-0.815%
228	🇱🇹	Lithuania	-0.834%
229	🇧🇦	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.844%
230	🇲🇩	Republic of Moldova	-0.983%
231	🇵🇲	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-1.008%
232	🇹🇻	Tuvalu	-1.026%
233	🇸🇭	Saint Helena	-1.061%
234	🇦🇸	American Samoa	-1.409%
235	🇨🇰	Cook Islands	-2.944%
236	🇲🇭	Marshall Islands	-3.085%
237	🇲🇫	Saint Martin (French part)	-3.563%

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2027

Rank	Location	Population Growth Rate
1	Africa	2.18%
2	Oceania	1.045%
3	Latin America and the Caribbean	0.598%
4	Americas	0.564%
5	Asia	0.558%
6	Northern America	0.505%
7	Europe	-0.157%

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2027

Rank	Location	Population Growth Rate
1	Middle Africa	2.929%
2	Eastern Africa	2.43%
3	Western Africa	2.157%
4	Melanesia	1.591%
5	Central Asia	1.476%
6	Western Asia	1.472%
7	Northern Africa	1.42%
8	Southern Africa	1.096%
9	Southern Asia	0.984%
10	Central America	0.875%
11	Australia/New Zealand	0.85%
12	South-Eastern Asia	0.637%
13	South America	0.508%
14	Micronesia	0.437%
15	Northern Europe	0.392%
16	Caribbean	0.323%
17	Polynesia	0.065%
18	Western Europe	0.008%
19	Eastern Asia	-0.256%
20	Southern Europe	-0.323%
21	Eastern Europe	-0.4%

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2027

Rank	Location	Population Growth Rate
1	Low-income countries	2.544%
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	1.441%
3	Lower-middle-income countries	1.177%
4	Low-and-middle-income countries	0.926%
5	Middle-income countries	0.713%
6	No income group available	0.472%
7	High-income countries	0.19%
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	0.165%
9	Upper-middle-income countries	0.153%

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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